(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made this assertion at a press briefing in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has denied disregard for court order by the current administration of the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G). The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the current Office of the I-G was not aware of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah has expressed his government’s readiness to hold general elections in the country, calling for local and international pressure to complete the laws regulating the elections. Dbeibah made his remarks during a conference organised by the National Elections Commission in the capital Tripoli under the slogan “Together we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed a record-breaking £172.9million per year contract with Saudi Arabian club, Al Nassr. According to Daily Mail UK, Ronaldo is said to have sensationally agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with Al Nassr, worth a whooping £172.9million per year, that will see him play […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has opened up on how he assisted to resolve the conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray. African Examiner recalls that on November 2, the Ethiopian government agreed to end the two-year conflict with rebel forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. Obasanjo, in a statement issued by Kehinde […]
…..Grants Land Charges Waiver (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven years after, the Enugu state government has fulfilled its pledge to the 36 players of Enugu Rangers International FC that won the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has approved the immediate allocation of a plot of land to each of them. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State on Tuesday announced the killing of its women leader, Victoria Chintex, by suspected gunmen in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. The publicity secretary of the party in the southern Kaduna zone, Edward Buju, in a statement said she was shot dead at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd), has called for the cooperation and support of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region for the reform of the intervention programme. Gen. Ndiomu, disclosed that the monarchs who are custodians of the culture and tradition of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked African countries to collaborate to forestall the circulation of illegal weapons in their countries. Buhari made this known on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at the 16th summit of the heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), in Abuja. He was speaking on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly-wedded Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic, has opened up on how the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Visa ban almost deprived her of her wedding dress. African Examiner recalls that Rita Dominic married her fiancé, Fidelis Anosike this weekend in Yorkshire, England. In a recent Instagram post aimed at expressing her thanks, the actress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending arm for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved $16 million in loan and grant financing to Niger to implement the Financial Sector Deepening and Inclusion Project. Administered by the AfDB, the ADF comprises 32 contributing countries and 37 benefits countries. The 37 ADF-eligible […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon’s first choice goalkeeper in the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Andre Onana, is set to leave Qatar after a fallout with the country’s coach, Rigobert Song. Onana was removed from the country’s squad in their dramatic 3-3 match with Serbia on Monday afternoon, having been reportedly involved in a face-off […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City will host Chelsea in the standout tie of the FA Cup third round as holders Liverpool and Manchester United were also drawn against Premier League opposition on Monday. Liverpool begin their defence of the trophy at home to struggling Wolves, while United host Everton. The sides will meet again on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governorship aspirant and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State Sani Shaaban has resigned his membership of the party with immediate effect. Shaaban, a former member of the House of Representatives, contested in the May, 25th, 2022 APC governorship primary held in Kaduna State which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Monday in Abuja. Mr Yakubu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives of Enugu State Command have arrested a total of seventeen (17) criminal suspects, including one (1) female and a native Doctor for offences of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, truck snatching, abduction and unlawful possession of firearm. The Command’s Spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe DSP, in a statement made available to Newsmen Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday warned Nigerians that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. It urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal Government into paying its members’ withheld eight-month salaries across the nation. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), told newsmen in Ibadan, on Monday, that the corps recovered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire has razed 150 improvised shops at the Kachako Central Market in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State. This news of the fire incident is contained in a statement issued in Kano by the spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi. He said the incident occurred on Monday […]
