(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has said that the guild cannot set aside funds to pay the ransom of their kidnapped members. Recall that two members of the AGN, Clemson Cornell and Cynthia Okereke, were kidnapped in Enugu, and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom of $100,000. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Rania Al-Mashat has expressed optimism and applauded her country’s New Strategy Paper for the 2022-2026 fiscal year. The new strategy for the north African nation, builds on results and lessons from the preceding 2015-2021 strategy paper, which helped develop the country’s infrastructure and improve the business […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innovative Entrepreneurs Hub, Rashunda Rene recently launched a retail store called ‘Our Culture Hub’. Innovative Entrepreneurs Hub is a hybrid shared workspace and business development and management company based in Los Angeles, which helps entrepreneurs and small businesses start, develop and grow. They have a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a commitment letter for a $280 million loan in financing for Access Bank Plc to boost small businesses in Nigeria. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. The corporation invest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has stated the reason why the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization is supporting Peter Obi ahead of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a tweet, Adebanjo stated that Tinubu will only continue President Muhammadu Buhari’s incompetent leadership. The elder statesman tasked Nigerians to put aside tribal differences and vote for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 presidential election, the minister of state for FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has extolled the leadership qualities of the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu describing him as a great leader that will make Nigeria greater. The minister spoke on Saturday in Abuja when she […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has stated that all the money in Cynthia Okereke’s account was cleared on Friday. Rollas, who was giving an update on the alleged kidnap of his members, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell (Agbogidi), stated that the veteran actors are for now, only […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Public affairs analyst and social commentator, Deji Adeyanju have informed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to stop acting like he was running for the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Adeyanju on Saturday expressed concern that the former Anambra governor has been moving from one church […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, on Saturday, talked about stepping down from his position. Pope Francis stated that he needed to slow down since he could no longer withstand the hectic schedule of international travels. He said this to journalists after a six-day Canada trip. The pontiff, who is suffering from knee pain, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just 24 hours after announcing his membership of the Social Democratic Party, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Magnus Abe, is now the governorship candidate of the SDP in Rivers State for the 2023 elections. Abe was elected in a primary conducted in Port Harcourt on Saturday and supervised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC operatives on Friday raided Wuse Zone 4, home to most bureaux de change in Abuja. The raid, conducted on other locations across the country, was undertaken days after the CBN blamed currency speculators of exacerbating the crash of the naira against the dollar and other foreign currencies. An authoritative source at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two prominent Nollywood actors and members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, aka Agbogidi, have been reportedly kidnapped. Monalisa Chinda, AGN’s Director of Communications, broke the news in a statement made available on Friday. Ms Chinda, in the statement, stated that the actors were reported missing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed an officer, Richard Gele, who was justifying extortion in a video clip that has now gone viral on the social media. Police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a statement on Friday. The dismissed officer was caught in the video clip which trended in June dignifying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – AfDB Approves Over $20m Grant To Raise Food Production In Malawi The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $20.2 million grant to raise food production in Malawi. Part of the Bank Group’s African Emergency Food Production Facility, the project is premised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Force Indy, a formidable African American-owned race team is demonstrably proving to be incredibly on a winning streak and breaking new ground. During its inaugural season in the 2021 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship, Force Indy made history as the first African American-owned race team to win an INDYCAR-sanctioned race. The race team […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at a Panel Dialogue on the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2022 said on Wednesday that Africa deserves the highest priority attention it can get at the United Nations climate conference, COP 27 holding in November this year in Egypt. The event which was hosted by the Atlantic Council in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State said that thugs did not cart away its voter enrollment machines in Surulere as reported in some sections of the media. African Examiner reports that some online media on Friday reported that thugs invaded INEC Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centre situated at St. Bridget […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Civil Society Organization, (CSO), Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour, (NACTAL), Enugu State chapter, has expressed worry over the alarming spate of human trafficking in the Society including Enugu, calling on all Stakeholders to join hands together in waging serious war against the menace. It said the establishment has been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heads of State of the East Africa Community (EAC) have officially launched the 42.4km Arusha Bypass Road which seeks to decongest traffic in the towns of Arusha and Moshi and to promote intra-regional trade. The road project was commissioned during the EAC Heads of State summit, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has opened up concerning the issues that happened during and after the presidential primary election of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It could be recalled former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential flag bearer of the primary election. Wike, speaking on Friday at the […]
