(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kwali in Kwali Area Council, FCT, Abuja. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu gave the directive on Monday in Abuja in a statement made available to newsmen by the Director of Press and Public Relations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 30 passengers were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when their bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river along the highway in Tharaka Nithi. The Eastern Regional Police Commander Rono Brunei said on Monday. The bus, travelling from Meru town to the coastal city of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted some travellers in Lokpanta, a community in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. African Examiner learnt that the victims — who were travelling in a Toyota Corolla car –– were attacked by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A front civil society organization, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Nigeria Police of being used by powerful interests in the country to harass the media. MRA made the indictment while condemning the raid on the head office of the Peoples Gazette newspaper by agents of the Nigeria Police and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam, a political pressure group, operating under the banner of Like minds Initiative (LMI), has urged Nigerian Electorate to de- emphasize issue of ethnicity and religion and embrace the ruling All progressive Congress APC presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, saying he has the capacity to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with a Tier-1 Capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian Comedian, Mr Macaroni has stated that the prolonged captivity of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack passengers is a pointer on how little the government values the lives of Nigerians. Mr Macaroni stated this after a terrorist group in the North West who abducted the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers had threatened to also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, says the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, should be in jail. Dokubo stated this in his video on his Twitter account on Sunday saying that Obi should be in jail for investing the funds of the Anambra State government while he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has done all and even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Honourable Nasiru Baballe Ila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu Nasiru, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed his deep gratitude to Nigerians and everyone following his recent successful surgery. This was contained in a statement on Sunday personally signed by the Vice President Osinbajo underwent a surgical operation on Saturday, July 16, at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. “My deep gratitude to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is returning tolling to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the rehabilitation of the highway is completed. In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Fashola stated that three toll plazas were expected on the highway. While projecting the completion of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irrespective of controversy surrounding the Muslim-Muslim ticket, the Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has stated that the All Progressives Congress will win the 2023 presidential election. The former Lagos State governor made this known on Sunday during an interview on Channels TV. It could be recalled that the APC Presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African American entrepreneur, Paul Allen Billings from Muskegon, Michigan, has opened the East Africa’s newest Safari in Tanzania. The newly launched Safari dubbed, VisitTanzania4Less.com, is an African Safari Company dedicated to providing a safe safari that will advance visitors’ knowledge of the amazing country while leaving lifetime memories. Africa is known for […]
….As Enugu Defeats Anambra In Friendly Game (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Enugu State Hand Ball Association, Hon. Emmanuel Asogwa, has stressed the need for government Ministries of sports and private promoters in Nigeria to take issue of diversification of the sector very seriously, saying over emphasis on football has done more harm than good […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A terrorist group in the North West has threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari. The terrorists made their threat in a fresh video where they were seen flogging some of their captives. This threat is coming just a few weeks after the convoy of President Buhari was attacked in Katsina State. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice President candidate of Labour Party, Senator Yusuf Datti Ahmed, has enjoined supporters to remain steadfast in their campaign. Datti tasked the “Obidients” not to be distracted with the TV reality show, Big Brother Naija season seven. In a tweet by the Vice President candidate of LP on Saturday, he stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa has emerged the winner of this year’s African Finance Minister Award. The award, organized by the African Banker magazine through the vote of an independent committee of industry experts, is traditionally announced during the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual meetings. The committee awarded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has heaped praises on the United Nations, UN, for indicting Nigeria and Kenya in the arrest and detention of their son, the secessionist. According to available reports, the United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has stated that his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar is a liar as he lied concerning his comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket. According to Tinubu, Atiku asked him to be his running mate in 2007 but he refused. It could […]
