(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said the menace of insecurity plaguing a large portion of the North can be put to an end only by implementing state policing, Governor Sani’s statement comes hours after bandits stormed the Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in the Kajuru Local Government Area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared the winner of a parallel Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election. The APC State Returning Officer Ogbuaja Stanley Uzoamaka declared Senator Okpebholo as the winner of the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Saturday. His declaration came just after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rodri’s late equaliser extended Manchester City’s year-long unbeaten record at home but a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Saturday handed Liverpool and Arsenal a huge boost in the Premier League title race. Raheem Sterling gave Chelsea a first-half lead on his return to the Etihad and City were headed to a first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Kennedy Iyere has emerged as the candidate of the Accord party for the forthcoming Edo State governorship election. He became the bearer of the party’s ticket after five other contestants stepped down for him a day before the primary election. Iyere was then invested as the man to lead the Accord party in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has realised about ₦556.74 million from its ongoing e-auction of 462 impounded vehicles. NCS in a statement on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, dispelled rumours of allotting 300 vehicles to a single individual. He said from the data generated upon completing five successful bidding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has apologised to it’s consumers over the power interruption being experienced in its franchise areas. The management of the company made the apology in a statement in Abuja on Friday. “We understand the inconvenience this may cause and sincerely apologise for this disruption. “We would like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Friday warned political parties and their aspirants to pull down campaign billboards, posters and jingles being aired on television and Radio stations in the state. INEC said the warning was because the ban on election campaigns had not been lifted. The State Resident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday pledged to clear all accrued pension rights owed by the state in April. Sanwo-Olu made the promise at the 103rd Bond Retirement Bond Certificates Presentation, organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in Lagos. He said, having paid N3.20 billion into the RSA of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN’s top court Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing. Trump — almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee this November — was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Eti-osa Local Council Development Area, (LCDA) John Campos Ogundare is currently enmeshed in misappropriation of the 2023 budgets of the council to the tune of N1.9 billion. An oversight function conducted by the legislative council of the LCDA revealed that the chairman disregarded the 2023 appropriation act and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The picture of former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, alongside 36 other state governors who attended the Federal Executive Council Meeting with President Tinubu has caused uproar on social media.The African Examiner writes that Yahaya Bello was the immediate former governor of Kogi State before he was replaced by his political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mikel Arteta says title-chasing Arsenal have “learned a lot of things from last season” as they chase a fifth straight Premier League win against Burnley on Saturday. The Gunners are third in the table, two points behind leaders Liverpool and level on points with second-placed Manchester City following last week’s impressive 6-0 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he has no plan to set up a price control board or approve the importation of food items into Nigeria. The President made the declaration at a meeting with 36 state governors, attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Inspector-General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Romelu Lukaku shouldered in the equaliser to earn Roma a 1-1 draw away to Feyenoord in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday. Elsewhere, Argentine Mauro Icardi smashed home a shot from wide on the left in added time to earn Galatasaray a 3-2 home win over Sparta Prague […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up, Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by 14 spots to placed 28th in the world in the February FIFA ranking. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, the team garnered 1,522 points as against the 1,474 points […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Industry veterans, investors and other relevant stakeholders are to be honoured at the 2024 edition of Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (INIFFAA), its organisers have said. Muoma Obinna, ace filmmaker and founder of Inside Nollywood told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the annual fiesta is dedicated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN refugee agency UNHCR says civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are once again bearing the brunt of localised violence. UNHCR, in a statement on Wednesday, said this has come amid a sharp uptick in fighting between Government forces and the M23 armed group. Fresh fighting since last week […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Mr Badamasi Haiba, Director Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the agencies affected were the Federal […]
