(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host nation Germany thrashed 10-man Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of the 2024 European Championship. Germany started confidently and raced into an early lead when Florian Wirtz beat Angus Gunn from distance. The impressive Jamal Musiala then doubled Germany’s lead before Scotland’s Ryan Porteous was sent off for an ugly lunge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Thursday insisted that both the federal and state governments can pay the national minimum wage if looted monies are recovered. The organised labour and the Nigerian government have yet to reach an agreement on the new minimum wage with the latter […]
Biden Pledges Not To Pardon Son Or Commute Sentence (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute any sentence following Hunter’s conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while buying a handgun. “No,” Biden replied when reporters at a G7 summit press […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons have died following the collapse of a mining pit in the Adunu community, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba’arah, confirmed the death of three persons and the rescue of one person in the community. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- No fewer than 30 people were killed late Wednesday in an overnight attack blamed on Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. The deaths occurred due to the recently launched series of deadly incursions into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a military spokesman confirmed on Thursday. ADF rebels launched an attack in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In order for the oil and gas industry to achieve its full potential as an enabler of national economic and industrial growth, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, has called for the support of the judiciary in tackling the twin challenges of crude oil theft and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has decried the bandits activities in the North-Western state, blaming the situation on what he described as political interference. The governor, who spoke during a town hall on Channels Television to mark Nigeria’s 25th Democracy Day in Abuja on Wednesday, said precious human lives are being toyed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Wednesday, shared insights about the challenges facing the military and police and what it would take to secure the country. General Musa, who battled insurgents in the North-East for months before becoming Chief of Defence Staff, believes understanding, cooperation, and good governance were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A security expert, Charles Omole, has pointed out competition among different security agencies in the country as part of the problems facing the fight against insecurity in the country. He said rather than competing among themselves, the different security agencies ought to realise that they are fighting for the same cause and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the trending video of him tripping at Eagle Square in Abuja on Wednesday, saying democracy is worth falling for. Tinubu missed a step while climbing the vehicle for a parade at Eagle Square in Abuja during an event for the 2024 Democracy Day. But he quickly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Wednesday, organised Labour rejected President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wages between the federal government and the group. It is worth recalling that President Tinubu during his nationwide broadcast on Democracy Day, stated that an agreement had been reached on the new minimum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the fall of his boss in the democracy day event held at Eagle Square in Abuja. It is worth recalling that Tinubu went to the vehicle shortly after he arrived at the venue of the 2024 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has refuted claims that Russia is coercing international students to join in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine alongside its troops in exchange for visa renewal. The African Examiner recalls that Bloomberg, an international media platform based in America had stated that Russia won’t extend the visas of African students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima and nine others on board a military aircraft have been confirmed dead, President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday. “I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you all that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy. The search and rescue team found the aircraft near […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on Wednesday, reacted to the viral video of President Tinubu falling down from his presidential vehicle in the Eagle Square ceremony in Abuja. A former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed sympathy for President Bola Tinubu, who was seen in a video stumbling and falling from his presidential vehicle during the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria we hail thee! Members of the Nigerian national and state assemblies we hail thee! We have always maintained that many of those calling themselves political leaders in this country are collectively an unserious bunch; even so, we recognise the fact that irrespective of this unseriousness, this bunch of reckless characters can […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says work on the Abuja-Kano Road project will resume this week. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known on Tuesday at a meeting with contractors in Abuja. He said that the work was paused due to disagreements over price variations, delays and funding challenges. He, however, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The global economy is expected to stabilise for the first time in three years in 2024 but at a level that is weak by recent historical standards, says the World Bank. This is contained in a statement issued by the bank’s online media briefing centre on the World Bank’s latest Global Economic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria celebrates 25 years of uninterrupted return to democracy, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the nation’s economic woes. June 12 is a day set aside annually to celebrate democracy. Currently, many Nigerians live […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured the Organised Labour that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. Tinubu made this known on Wednesday in his second Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024. “In this spirit, we have negotiated […]
