Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of €9.8 million to support venture capital investments in African start-ups, from seed to growth stages The Bank’s investment which is aimed at driving technologies in the wake of COVID-19, is expected to accelerate the creation of a new class of successful African […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the West African nation is currently looking towards exporting barite to some African countries. Barite is a non-metallic mineral which is simply barium sulfate (BaSQ4) and is largely used by the oil and gas industry as a weighting agent in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has stated that Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari also does not agree with what he complained about her husband. Kukah disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday morning. The clergy, while […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Easter homily in which Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, berated President Buhari for his policies has continued to gather reactions on social media. African Examiner had earlier reported that the Bishop stressed that the administration of President Buhari has divided Nigerians more than ever. Reacting to this development, Presidential […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has appointed veteran Nollywood actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, as his Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure and Tourism. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Paul Nwosu, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. Governor Soludo also approved […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than five guests returning from a traditional wedding ceremony in Anambra were on Monday night abducted by suspected gunmen. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Anambra, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said that security personnel had launched […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in Kaduna on Tuesday evening. According to available information, the pilots died after the aircraft, which was a trainer aircraft, crashed. According to reports, the pilots were on a training session when the incident occurred at the NAF base in Kaduna. As at […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the two anti-graft agencies in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. He stated this, yesterday, […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osinbajo for President Media Council says it has uncovered a fraudulent plan to malign the reputation of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. African Examiner reports that Osinbajo is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The council, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the plot […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has invited all parties involved in the alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old primary six pupil of Chrisland Schools located in the Victoria Garden City area of the state. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Tuesday that all parties involved in the matter […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-South Branch of the Network of Clergymen in Nigeria (NCN) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Bola Tinubu. The clerics said that Nigeria needed a politician in the calibre of Tinubu to become the next president of the country. The clergymen stated […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A trader, Mr Musbau Yekeen, has told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan to put an end to the 12 year-old union between him and his estranged wife, Tawakalitu on ground of infidelity. Yekeen, a resident of Apete area in Ibadan, Oyo State, said he willfully agreed to the […]
Posted by African Examiner
Asia, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afghan security officials said on Tuesday that at least three explosions targeted a school in the west of Kabul. The Afghan Interior Ministry Spokesperson, Abdul Nafay Takoor, told dpa that the blasts targeted AbdulRaheem Shaheed School, located in the city’s police district 18. He said an investigation was underway; details would be […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, South Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday declared a national state of disaster over the deadly floods on the east coast, warning that rebuilding even basic services would take time. “This is a humanitarian disaster that calls for a massive and urgent relief effort. “The lives, health and wellbeing of thousands of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Europe, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Bank Group President, David Malpass has expressed concern over higher poverty rates in developing countries due to war in Ukraine and COVID-19 related shutdown. A statement issued on Monday by the Bank quoted Malpass as making this known in his opening remark at the World Bank Spring Meetings 2022 media roundtable. […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Shehu Garba has slammed the catholic Bishop of the diocese of Sokoto, Mattew Kukah to drop his religious garb and join partisan politics. He said this in retaliation to the homily presented by the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Mauritius have retained their seats to serve for another four years in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) from 2023 to 2026. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its efforts geared towards harnessing the inherent benefits of renewable energy, the Federal Government has unveiled its Electrical Vehicle (EV) pilot project. The project was developed by the Ministry of Power, with the financial support of the European Union (EU), the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Forum on the Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) also known as the NGOs Forum, is poised to strengthen its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance, peace and development in post COVID-19 […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Monday, April 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State said on Monday that it had begun investigation into the alleged viral rape video purportedly depicting students of Chrisland School, Lagos. Spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundey, said in a statement that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abiodun Alabi, ordered the investigation. […]
