(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have won their second match crushing Newcastle United two goals to nothing. Darwin Nunez scored early in the 10th minute, while Cody Gakpo followed with a goal in the 17th minute to seal their team’s victory. In other matches of the Premier League Arsenal won 4-2 in a thrilling comeback victory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command says it has reinforced security in the Idemili North area of the State, following the attack on the Ogidi area command in the early hours of today Saturday, 18/2/2023 which claimed the lives of three police operatives. According to the Command Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, “The hoodlums […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated that the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards an interim government is not absolutely true. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement on Friday stated that President Buhari won’t stampede democracy he has helped to keep alive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira swap policy has failed woefully due to the present hardship in the country. Akeredolu, in a statement released on Saturday, enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the policy to prevent a major chaos in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has reiterated the importance of partnerships in driving sustainable development in Africa. AfDB Vice President of Infrastructure, Private Sector and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor made the observation while speaking at the signing ceremony of a joint partnership action plan by the AfDB Group and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Igbo apex Socio cultural body Ohaneze Ndigbo has asked people of South East Nigeria, to ignore the sit- at home and total lockdown order during the election period by a fugitive, one Simon Ekpa, based in Finland. It said the issue was part of her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to end the validity of the N1,000 and N500 old notes irrespective of the suffering Nigerians have faced in the past couple of weeks. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari in a national broadcast on the morning of Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) Commission has pledged to invest €313 million to alleviate the plight of children whose education has been disrupted by crisis in the part of the world. The Commission and the EU Member States came together as Team Europe to make this pledge. This was disclosed in a statement made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts geared towards having a peaceful and violent free general election in Anambra, the State Police Command on Friday met with all the political parties participating in the polls, and initiated signing of peace accord by the Candidates. The State police public Relations officer PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Friday said there was no truth in the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was working towards an interim government or the truncation of democracy. It also said that the naira re-design policy of the Buhari administration was not a ploy to keep him in office beyond May 29, 2023. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pledged that Nigeria was ready to host the Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund, including equipping and provision of accommodation to the top management staff of the fund. The “Sahel Climate Fund” is the financial body of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC). The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Enugu State from taking part in the 2023 elections. The case was instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial district candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chika Idoko. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it has arrested and detained about 800 Nigerians for various offences which border on irregular migration. This was announced in a statement signed by the Head of, Public Relations Unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Gabriel Odu, on Friday. The Saudi authorities stated that 45,458 illegal migrants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal tender. A source from the bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunshots were reportedly heard in the area with many scampering for safety, according to footage on social media. Some suspected louts in the area – Mile 12, Ojota, Ketu ,ikorodu garage – took over the Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway, attacking some commuters in the process. But the Lagos State Police Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old naira notes still remain legal tender in Kaduna State. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday night, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to make use of the old naira notes alongside the new notes. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona and Manchester United shared a gripping 2-2 draw at Camp Nou on Thursday as the two European heavyweights traded blows in an intense Europa League play-off first leg. Marcos Alonso sent Barcelona in front with a header but the superb Marcus Rashford drilled home to level for the visitors and helped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America on Thursday in Abuja stated that it would return to Nigeria a sum of $954, 807 seized from the late former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. The decision of the American government to repatriate the money to Nigeria was announced by the USA Ambassador to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed executives of commercial banks to make the old 200 naira notes available. Emefiele stated this to State House correspondents shortly after he attended a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) presidential candidate has appealed to Nigerians not to take the law into their hands through destructive protests because of the current naira scarcity. He made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to violent protests that occurred in some parts of […]
