African Examiner

05/15/2022

CSOs, Petition IGP, Minister Over Alleged Corruption, Abuse Of Office By Enugu Fed. Neuropsychiatric Hospital Director | African Examiner

CSOs, Petition IGP, Minister Over Alleged Corruption, Abuse Of Office By Enugu Fed. Neuropsychiatric Hospital Director -

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A Coalition of Civil Society organizations in Enugu State, have called on the Inspector General of police (IGP), Baba Akali and Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, to carry out thorough investigation on alleged abuse of office, corrupt practices, nepotism and t...

05/15/2022

American Envoy Applauds Growing U.S.-Nigeria Cultural Ties | African Examiner

American Envoy Applauds Growing U.S.-Nigeria Cultural Ties - https://bit.ly/3NguYjk

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has lauded the growing transcontinental relationship between America and Nigeria, particularly in the creative industry. The American envoy said the U.S. government is committed to strengthening the burgeoning cultural t...

05/14/2022

( BREAKING) : Liverpool Beat Chelsea On Penalties To Win FA Cup Final | African Examiner

( BREAKING) : Liverpool Beat Chelsea On Penalties To Win FA Cup Final - https://bit.ly/39oRvvC

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Liverpool held their nerve to win the FA Cup for the first time since 2006 after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Chelsea as the quadruple chasers kept their history bid alive on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side won 6-5 on penalties at Wembley as Greek defender Kostas Tsimika...

05/14/2022

Deborah’s Body Arrives In Niger, Buried — Pastor | African Examiner

Deborah’s Body Arrives In Niger, Buried — Pastor - https://bit.ly/3weRp2R

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger, has confirmed the arrival in Magajiya of the body of the slain student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Miss Deborah Samuel, for burial. African Examiner reports that....

05/14/2022

Green Growth Gaining Traction In Africa – New Report | African Examiner

Green Growth Gaining Traction In Africa – New Report - https://bit.ly/3wepRus

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Efforts geared towards advancing green growth in Africa is gathering momentum across Africa, according to a new report launched on Wednesday. The Africa Green Growth Readiness Assessment Report which is co-authored by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Green Grow...

05/14/2022

Finally 15 Years After, APGA Apologises To National Chairman, Okorie | African Examiner

Finally 15 After , APGA Apologises To National Chairman, Okorie - https://bit.ly/38mKXxL

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - National Chairman of the opposition, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, on Saturday led members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC) to the residence of its pioneer National Chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie to apologize to him for all the injust...

05/14/2022

Police arrest Man For Spying, Filming Church With Drone Camera | African Examiner

Police arrest Man For Spying, Filming Church With Drone Camera - https://bit.ly/3Po1Jgi

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Police Operatives attached to the Nsukka Area Command of Enugu State has arrested a man identified as Micheal Ali, over alleged spying and filming of Highway to Grace Assembly Church Nsukka with drone camera. A source at the Area Command who craved anonymity while confirming the...

05/14/2022

FHA Disowns Kpokpogiri As FCTA Demolishes Abuja Mansion | African Examiner

FHA Disowns Kpokpogiri As FCTA Demolishes Abuja Mansion - https://bit.ly/3wyWdzc

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has disowned Prince Joseph Kpokpogiri, after the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished his multi- million Naira mansion in Abuja on Saturday. African Examiner reports that officials of FHA, alongside its Managing Director,...

05/14/2022

(BREAKING) – Three Killed As Shop Collapses In Ebonyi Market | African Examiner

(BREAKING) – Three Killed As Shop Collapses In Ebonyi Market - https://bit.ly/3Lfwilp

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Three persons died while two others were injured when the roof of an open market stall in a market in Ebonyi caved in on Friday evening. The incident happened at Ekeaja market square, Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area. Governor David Umahi confirmed the incident in a state...

05/14/2022

IPOB Declares May 18, 26 Sit-At-Home | African Examiner

IPOB Declares May 18, 26 Sit-At-Home - https://bit.ly/3NwfRmj

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared May 18 and 26, 2022 as sit-at-home for the people of the South-East. The group said it declared the sit-at-home, being the court dates of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu as part of solidarity. In a statement on Saturday, the group’...

05/14/2022

Sheikh Bin Zayed Elected New UAE President | African Examiner

Sheikh Bin Zayed Elected New UAE President - https://bit.ly/3N927gM

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has been elected the new President of the United Arab Emirates. According to Khaleej Times, Zayed succeeds his brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who died on Friday, at the age of 73. The 61-year-old leader will be the country’s third presiden...

05/14/2022

(JUST IN) : JAMB Releases 2022 UTME Results | African Examiner

(JUST IN) : JAMB Releases 2022 UTME Results - https://bit.ly/3PiXO4x

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released results of the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body, which also outlined the process to check the results, made this known in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs....

05/14/2022

Africa Leaders, Stakeholders Rally Support For Land Restoration At COP15 - https://bit.ly/3Lg0Sv3

05/14/2022

Nomination Forms: EFCC Writes INEC, Requests APC, PDP, Other Aspirants’ Bank Details | African Examiner

Nomination Forms: EFCC Writes INEC, Requests APC, PDP, Other Aspirants’ Bank Details - https://bit.ly/3wbEgaD

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a discreet investigation into the finances of the 18 political parties in the country and their presidential aspirants. This followed the huge fees paid for expression of interest and nomination forms by aspirants vying f...

05/14/2022

Sokoto Killing, Deeply Distressing–Osinbajo | African Examiner

Sokoto Killing, Deeply Distressing–Osinbajo - https://bit.ly/3PhFXei

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Inte...

05/14/2022

UN Chief Mourns Al Jazeera Journalist, Shireen Akleh | African Examiner

UN Chief Mourns Al Jazeera Journalist, Shireen Akleh - https://bit.ly/3yHrq5X

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has followed with great sadness the funeral of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in occupied East Jerusalem. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, in a statement on Friday, said the UN chief was moved by...

05/14/2022

Blasphemy: Every Tweet Has To Get My Approval – Atiku | African Examiner

Blasphemy: Every Tweet Has To Get My Approval – Atiku - https://bit.ly/39ls2Ub

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Atiku, one of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultati...

05/13/2022

Nigerians Blast Atiku For Deleting Posts On Deborah’s Death After Fanatics Threatened His Presidential Ambition | African Examiner

Nigerians Blast Atiku For Deleting Posts On Deborah’s Death After Fanatics Threatened His Presidential Ambition - https://bit.ly/3NcMl4B

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Nigerians are reacting on social media after a former Nigerian Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, deleted a post he made on his Facebook and Twitter pages about slain Deborah Samuel. African Examiner recalls that Deborah was murdered after she allegedly blasphemed the prophet. Abub...

05/13/2022

I ‘ll Prioritise Poverty Reduction, Employment Opportunities, If Elected– Obi | African Examiner

I ‘ll Prioritise Poverty Reduction, Employment Opportunities, If Elected– Obi - https://bit.ly/3wxWlPs

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Mr Peter Obi, presidential aspirant for the 2023 general elections on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says he will prioritise poverty reduction through tackling unemployment if elected. Obi stated this at a meeting with the PDP stakeholders and delegates f...

05/13/2022

Killers Of Deborah Must Face Justice – British High Commissioner | African Examiner

Killers Of Deborah Must Face Justice – British High Commissioner - https://bit.ly/39kF6ZD

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has kicked against the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state. African Examiner recalls that in the early hours of Thursday, Deborah was attacked by a mob because of a....

05/13/2022

Alleged Blasphemy: Buhari Condemns Killing Of Female Student | African Examiner

Alleged Blasphemy: Buhari Condemns Killing Of Female Student - https://bit.ly/37MqKRC

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the resort to self-help by the mob in sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad,...

05/13/2022

Late Sheikh Khalifa Zayed Was A Visionary Leader | African Examiner

Late Sheikh Khalifa Zayed Was A Visionary Leader - https://bit.ly/3swjIrq

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - President Muhammadu Buhari has said the death of United Arab Emirate (UAE),President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed "has robbed the world of one of its visionary and most remarkable leaders of modern times." Buhari, while reacting to the demise of Khalifa yesterday in a statement issu...

05/13/2022

2023: Outgoing Ministers Competent To Be My Successor- Buhari | African Examiner

2023: Outgoing Ministers Competent To Be My Successor- Buhari - https://bit.ly/3MiB2YE

….Vacant Positions To Be Filled With Immediate Effect (AFRICAN EXAMINER) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday bade farewell to outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Speaking at a valedictory session for the ministers leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions, the Presi...

05/13/2022

Woman Arrested With Human Skull In Edo | African Examiner

Woman Arrested With Human Skull In Edo – https://bit.ly/3Mj5Okk

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A woman found in possession of a human skull has been arrested by the police in Edo State. The police spokesperson in the state, Kontongs Bello, disclosed this on Thursday in Benin City, while briefing reporters on the activities of the command within the last two weeks. Mr Bell...

05/13/2022

INEC Says 1.4m Online Registration Invalid | African Examiner

INEC Says 1.4m Online Registration Invalid - https://bit.ly/3yDMPwC

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Voters Cards registered online between June and December 2021 are invalid. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Zamfara State, Prof Sa’idu Babura, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in his office in Gusau on Thursday. Babura said, “After the authenticat...

05/13/2022

Alleged Blasphemy: Police In Sokoto Arrest 2 Students | African Examiner

Alleged Blasphemy: Police In Sokoto Arrest 2 Students - https://bit.ly/3N9rwXQ

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Police Command in Sokoto State on Thursday says it has arrested two students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, in connection with the killing of their female colleague. African Examiner reports that the Sokoto State Government had on Thursday confirm...

05/13/2022

Salah Insists He Is World’s Best Forward | African Examiner

Salah Insists He Is World’s Best Forward - https://bit.ly/3l83ksN

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah did not mince his words when defending his place as he declared he is the best player in the world in his position. The Egypt international is on track to win the English Premier League Golden Boot. He also boasts of the highest assist tally in t...

05/12/2022

Mob Lynches Sokoto College Student Over Alleged Blasphemy | African Examiner

Mob Lynches Sokoto College Student Over Alleged Blasphemy - https://bit.ly/3l6FePm

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam. The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob,....

05/12/2022

Gunmen Hijack Three Vehicles On East-West Road, Scores Kidnapped | African Examiner

Gunmen Hijack Three Vehicles On East-West Road, Scores Kidnapped - https://bit.ly/3FIjToB

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Scores of travelers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, i...

05/12/2022

ASUU Strike: NANS Protest Paralyzes Economic, Social Activities In Nsukka | African Examiner

ASUU Strike: NANS Protest Paralyzes Economic, Social Activities In Nsukka - https://bit.ly/3w7Fgws

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Human and vehicular movement as well as social economic activities were on Thursday paralysed in Nsukka town and environs as National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) staged a protest over the continued industrial action of members of the Academics Staff Union of Universit...

05/12/2022

Ekweremadu @ 60: It’s Been God All The Way, Says Lawmaker | African Examiner

Ekweremadu @ 60: It’s Been God All The Way, Says Lawmaker - https://bit.ly/3l6jpiO

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Former Deputy President of the Senate, and Governorship Aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said he has left his Governorship ambition in the hands of God. The Lawmaker also stated that God’s faithfulness in keeping his covenant with Him in the early part of h...

05/12/2022

Presidential race: I’ll address hunger, ensure shared prosperity for Nigerians – Tinubu | African Examiner

Presidential Race: I’ll Address Hunger, Ensure Shared Prosperity For Nigerians – Tinubu - https://bit.ly/3PdWIHg

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - APC presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Gombe State that he will curb hunger and ensure shared prosperity in the country if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Tinubu said this in Gombe when he paid homage to the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abu...