Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the West African nation is currently building a world class mining sector that would be the toast of investors. The minister disclosed this while commissioning the Fire Assay Laboratory and Earth Quake Monitoring Centre in Kaduna today. The establishment of […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Friday. Abiy was wearing military fatigues and speaking to the television station in the Afaan Oromo and Amharic languages, according to the broadcast. Reuters could not […]
Posted by African Examiner
Europe, Latest Headlines
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Belgium has confirmed the detection within its territory, of the new B.1.1.529 Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant causing many states to shut their borders with southern African countries. Speaking at a news conference with Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said that someone had tested positive for the variant in Belgium. […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government has decried the refusal of 1,115 applicants of the Home Owners’ Charter to collect their duly signed Certificates of Occupancy (C of O). The state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Mr Emmanuel Olayiwola, has therefor appealed to the affected applicants to come forward to pick their C […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year. The list of poor Nigerians on the Federal Government’s National Social Register had surpassed […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, has stated that he and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state of Nigeria, worked against a third term during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking virtually on Thursday at the Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar Festschrift Conference held in Abuja, Mbeki recounted his role alongside […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has enjoined the Federal Government and governors elected on the platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emulate their PDP counterparts. Atiku Abubakar stated that only states controlled by PDP governors are working based on projects that have […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Controller, Nigerian Correctional Service Enugu state command, Mr Obiako Obinna Nicholas has stressed the need for synergy among security agencies in the state. The Controller issued the statement through his Command’s public Relations officer PRO Monday Chukwu Emeka during a familiarization visit to the Enugu state police Commissioner Abubakar Lawal Daura. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 72 female Students of Comprehensive Secondary School, (CSC), Mbulu- Owo, in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, went home smiling, as a non- governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network, (WINET), in partnership with a Spanish body, Mundo Cooperante awarded them Scholarship. The gesture is part of the Spain […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
…..Says It’s Politically Motivated (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Government has officially reacted to the Economic and financial Crimes Commission EFCC placement of governor Willy Obiano on its watch list, describing it as politically motivated and in bad taste. The nation’s anti- graft agency had on Wednesday in a letter to the Nigerian Immigration Service […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 80 per cent of ward executives of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State have resigned their positions over the feud between Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje and Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya. The resigning executives, which constitute about 80 per cent of the entire […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ralf Rangnick is close to finalising a deal to become Manchester United’s interim manager as they seek a replacement for the sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, it was widely reported on Thursday. The Premier League giants have identified the German, 63, who is currently head of sports and development at Russian club Lokomotiv […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the arrest of a suspected notorious armed robber during operation in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. He said on Monday […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition of HND Stakeholders has commended the National Assembly for the passage of the bill to abolish the dichotomy between first degree and Higher National Diploma holders (HND). Mr Sebastian Onyemaobi, National Coordinator of the coalition made the commendation at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. Onyemaobi also appealed to […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has warned motorists against excessive speeding wrongful overtaking to minimise crashes as the year ends. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar, gave the warning during the 2021 Ember Months Campaign inaugurated by Ifo command at Tipper garage, Ogun. African Examiner reports […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The verbal war between Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and traditional religious adherents in Osun State seems to have taken a twist, as the group, under the aegis of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, TRAWSO, said the monarch’s effrontery against the gods would lead to his fall. But the monarch insisted that […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that it had received another 175 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos. The returnees are 92 male adults, 53 female adults, six male children, 12 female children nine male infants and three female infants. Acting Coordinator of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Central America, Latest Headlines
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Thursday announced members of his new Cabinet, four months after he took the leadership of the country following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Henry, while introducing the new cabinet said “one of the main tasks of this government is to create a safe and […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Researchers in the U.S. state of Nebraska have identified 102 students who died at a government-run boarding school as Native American children, British newspaper The Independent said in a report. The students, most of them young children, were identified as researchers continue to search for a cemetery used by the Genoa U.S. […]
Posted by African Examiner
Abuja, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja He said a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, was arrested with the […]
