Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Father Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro, one of the most famous Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Church priests who contributed to the country’s liberation struggle has died at the age of 86. Fr Ribeiro, a theologian, music composer, educationist, writer, media activist and nationalist, died Thursday morning, hours before Zambia’s nationalist founding father Kenneth Kaunda also […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday said that the commission would prosecute a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, again. He said Kalu “will be prosecuted all over again”. Bawa disclosed this while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, has died aged 97, according to Zambian news platform. He was the country’s founding father and ruled for 27 years from 1964 after it gained independence from Britain. Kaunda’s death comes days after reports that he was admitted to Maina Soko military hospital in the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has called for global intervention over the killings in the South-West region, saying that “the bubble may burst soon”. He made the call in a letter to the Secretary General, United Nations (UN), the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), and the Secretary of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Japan has pledged to provide approximately $39 million in emergency funds to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the development of vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and 31 countries in Africa and Latin America affected by COVID-19. The support from the Japanese government complements the work of the COVAX […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sequel to the statement issued on Wednesday by the Creditor Committee for Chad under the Common Framework for Debt Treatments, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has ignited a flicker of hope for the West African country. Managing Director of IMF, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva has applauded the statement by the Committee’s statement, noting […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has passed a vote of confidence on its 2019 governorship candidate, Sen. Ayogu Eze for being a blessing to the party since he joined her fold, as well as National Convention/ Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, governor Buni Mai Mala. In a […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide Garba Shehu has criticised PDP governors for being anti-Buhari, describing them as greedy, profligate, and unfit to rule Nigeria “any time soon”. He said this in a statement on Wednesday, reacting to the PDP governors’ communique issued at the end of their meeting in Uyo. Shehu said […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped four Chinese expatriates working on Lagos-Ibadan railway project in Ogun state. According to available information, the assailants were said to have ambushed the workers around Adeaga/Alaagba village in Odeda LGA area of the state. The gunmen were reported to have murdered the police escort guarding the expatriates who work […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Another set of female students of Federal Government Girls College have been abducted by Bandits in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, according to Daily Trust. Details of the incident are still sketchy but there are reports that a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 127 suspected traffic robbers were arrested in different parts of Lagos metropolis in three months, Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has said. Odumosu, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by the Command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The Commissioner of Police who addressed some officers […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. Atuche and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums who reportedly disguised themselves as local vigilante groups in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the private residence of the immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Imo State, Chief Cyprian Akaolisa and set the building ablaze. African Examiner gathered that the multi-million naira modern building which situates at Ebenato Ward […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday June 17, visit Borno state. During the one day official visit, President Buhari would appraise the security situation and inaugurate some of the viable projects executed by the federal and state governments. Governor Babagana Zulum made this known in a special broadcast to the people of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is to quit the club, the La Liga giants announced Wednesday. Real said there would be an “act of tribute and farewell” to Ramos on Thursday in the presence of club president Florentino Perez. Ramos, 35, has struggled with injuries this season and has played just five […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown armed men have reportedly kidnapped Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, South- South Nigeria, Coach, Mr. Stanley Eguma. His Abductors are reportedly demanding N10 million as ransom for his release. Although the Rivers State owned Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) club side is yet to make any official statement […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank has approved a $1.4 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme to improve household food security in Zambia. The grant which is aimed at reducing malnutrition among the Southern African nation’s most vulnerable households in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The Mitigating Impacts of Covid-19 on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has described democracy under President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime as a mixture of dictatorship as he condemns the Twitter ban in Nigeria. The archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on Tuesday urged Mr Buhari to provide a good life for Nigerians and preserve the things that make them […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writer Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Mohammadu Buhari to ensure that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa is given adequate protection. The EFCC chairman had recently raised an […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is a division within Canon Middle East FZ LLC (CME) and a subsidiary of Canon Europe has reaffirmed its commitment to building closer ties and collaborations with its customers in Africa. CCNA on Wednesday invited film and photography communities to get closer and announce collaborations with […]
