(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seven-year-old daughter of Togolese immigrants has been killed by a suspected ritualist in Ota area of Ogun State. The girl was said to be in her mother’s shop when a neighbour sent her home on an errand. The unknown killer, thought to have hidden somewhere around the house, then smashed her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liberia has secured $5.12 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group for the implementation of for the Emergency Food Production Programme in the country. This paves the way for the government to support farmers as they increase climate resilient food production and mitigate the impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is planning to reduce the volume of higher denominations — N500 and N1000 — in circulation to tame inflation. Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN, made this known while fielding questions from journalists at the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. Emefiele said increasing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday formally announced the reintroduction of History as a stand-alone subject in the basic education curriculum in Nigeria thirteen years after its abolition. A total of 3,700 History teachers have also been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finland’s Ambassador for Climate Change, Jan Wahlberg has said that African countries want the proposed climate fund to be based on public donations with no repayment obligation. Wahlberg noted that this option would help the countries from becoming even more burdened with debts on top of the challenges created by the weaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to the fresh controversy over the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Results Viewing Portal, IReV, for the 2023 general elections. It said Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be the president of Nigeria for eight years after President Muhammadu Buhari ends his tenure. Sule made this disclosure while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday as he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has been disqualified by a federal high court on Thursday over dual citizenship. African Examiner writes that Tonye Cole is also said to be a citizen of the United Kingdom. Also, the court ruled that the APC did not adhere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has stated that no Oyo-bound plane was grounded in Lagos. African Examiner recalls that on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, a customised plane of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, was said to have been grounded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, heading to Ibadan, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the Federal Government to appropriate adequate resources to all its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. MRA said Federal Government should do in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Wednesday when policemen allegedly shot a prince, Lukman Olatunji, to death during a scuffle at the entrance to the Akinrun of Ikirun palace, in the Ikirun area of Osun State. African Examiner gathered that the palace had been locked since the new Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri, became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, under the platform of South- East progressive Women Forum (SEPWF), has applauded president Muhammadu Buhari, for appointing one of them and it’s patron, Dr. Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie, as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC Board, describing the decision as a wise one. The organization in a statement signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $27.9 million grant to Ghana for the development of Savannah Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (SADP). The SADP project, which is located in Savannah region of the West African nation, will be implemented by Ghana’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have reacted with humour to the newly unveiled naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Some Nigerians took to social media to express […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that former Cross Rivers State governor, Donald Duke has claimed ownership of the childhood picture used in the documentary of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that in the aftermath of the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic Bishop of Kotangora Diocese, Niger State, Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has tasked Nigerians who are yet to be captured in the voters register to take advantage of the recent court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue the suspended Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Bulus, who is the new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that $1 billion in looted funds have been recovered so far since the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), disclosed this on Wednesday. He stated this while speaking with state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The redesigned Naira, an official legal tender issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari during the weekly Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant on Digital Communications to President Muhammadu Buhari, shared photos of the currency after it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the appointment of Alhaji Yakubu Muhammad Kwairanga as the new Emir of Funakaye. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Commissioner, Ministry for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo. According to the Commissioner, the appointment is in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, on money laundering charges. Mr Yero was re-arraigned along with his co-defendants at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, on eight counts, according to a statement by EFCC. The statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, […]
