(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari would depart for London, United Kingdom later today (Wednesday), to join other world leaders invited to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, respectively. According to a statement signed by Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented keys to some new homeowners at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Zuba, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), urging them to live together in peace and harmony. ‘‘I convey my hearty congratulations to the new homeowners in this estate. Our promise of change has been fulfilled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor and Senator-elect, Dave Umahi on Tuesday met President Muhammad Buhari at the Presidential Villa during which he informed him of his interest in the position of Senate President According to him, the South East deserves the position of the Senate President in the 10th Senate to ensure justice, equity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested eighteen suspected internet fraudsters in different locations within Enugu. The suspects included one Chigozie Philips, founder of Holy Family School Abakpa, Enugu, where he allegedly trains prospective cybercriminals. According to the Commission’s Spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says that Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson, did not stop any Nigerian from being evacuated from Sudan. The African Examiner had on Monday reported that a video clip emerged online where one of the Nigerians stranded in Sudan alleged that some of them were left behind and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sidie Tunis, the speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament, has begged a UK court to show mercy to former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. The African Examiner recalls that in March 2023, Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were found guilty of organ trafficking by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col Charles Okello Engola (retd) was allegedly killed by his bodyguard. According to available information, Engola, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender and Labour, was shot dead on Tuesday, May 2 in his home in a Kampala suburb. Fred Enaga, Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – aris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward Lionel Messi has been suspended for two weeks after an unauthorised trip for two days to Saudi Arabia. The Argentina World Cup winner is banned from playing or training with the team, and his pay will be docked during his suspension, a media report in Paris stated on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Martin Odegaard fired Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League as the Norway midfielder’s double inspired a 3-1 win against woeful Chelsea on Tuesday. Mikel Arteta’s side lost control of the title race after last week’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City. But the Gunners signalled their intention to push City […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders of the Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day ceasefire from May 4 to 11, according to a statement issued by the South Sudan Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. The statement comes days after the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, began mediating between the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned visit of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3 a public holiday in his honour. In a state broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Wike said Tinubu is scheduled for a two-day visit to commission some projects in the state on Wednesday […]
….To Establish an Investment Company. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new President General of the Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has harped on the need for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying the existing political structure is highly defective and totally against the South East zone of Nigeria. Speaking to Newsmen Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said the repositioning of the military, through training, networking and equipping, would turn it into a force of global reckoning, while urging officers to keep giving their best to the nation. Speaking at the commissioning of a Nationwide Secure Defence Headquarters Communications Network, GIWA 2 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has acknowledged the private conversation between him and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, took place. The former Anambra governor, however, debunked describing the presidential election as a ‘religious war.’ Obi made the admission when he was featured on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports of banning Indomie instant noodles and has assured consumers that the product is safe for consumption. It should be recalled that health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic substance responsible for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid calls for a needed increase in the N30,000 national minimum wage, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has disclosed that his and other ministers’ monthly salary is N942,000 after taxation. Ngige, who was speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, also said they don’t have allowances as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of retreat and leadership development conference for Black women in corporate America has been scheduled to hold from May 18 to 21. The event which is dubbed, “Black Woman Leading LIVE!”, will be held in Clearwater Beach, FL at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort. Founder and Chief Executive Officer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has stated that Egypt has finally opened its border for Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan. Dabiri-Erewa stated that the border was opened after President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The NIDCOM chairperson’s statement is coming a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that some stranded Igbo traders in war-torn Sudan are lamenting that only northerners are been evacuated has set social media space on fire as many netizens have called out the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godwin Onyeama, who is also from the eastern part of the country. The African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American R&B star, Chris Brown, has stated that he plays Nigerian afrobeats music if he is not playing his own songs. Chris Brown made this known during a recent Million Dollarz Worth Of Game podcast episode. He said: “If I’m not playing my music, I play Afrobeats. I love how the genre […]
