(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) says the party’s candidate in the Nov. 11 Imo State Governorship election, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu will remain the party National Secretary. The party made the clarification in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Friday. Ologunagba said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has postponed the flag-off of its Bayelsa Governorship Campaign earlier scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14, in Yenagoa. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that a new date would be communicated to the public in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has removed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration from the Treasury Single Account (TSA), effectively giving the FCTA more control over its finances. The President also approved the establishment of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in the FCT Administration. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, who made this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Coroner inquiring into the death of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has summoned music artistes, Abdulazeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, Owodunni Eletu known as Sam Larry and Owodunni Ibrahim, known as Primeboy over the death of the 27-year-old artiste. The Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukayode as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Olukayode’s appointment was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder have destroyed an illegal refining site in the creeks of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Conducting journalists around the site on Wednesday, the Commander of the NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Desmond Igbo, estimated the capacity of the refinery at over a million litres. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NATO countries on Thursday told Israel’s defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by Hamas, but urged his forces to respond with “proportionality”, the alliance said. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant briefed his counterparts from the US-led military alliance via videolink as his country’s military carries out a bombing […]
By Stephen Ojate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The public have been greeted with serious debates over the authenticity of Tinubu’s Chicago Degree Certificate which he, the Candidate of All Progressive Congress submitted to Independent National Election Commission (INEC) in prelude to the last year general election. Recall that Tinubu’s Certificates have been a subject of questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 bandits have been reportedly killed by the airstrikes of the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits got information about the troops’ presence along the route which forced them to withdraw back to the Dansadau axis of Maru Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to coordinated attacks by the Islamist group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Telegram on Thursday that a large-scale attack was currently underway against Hamas-affiliated targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel was stunned by a large-scale attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid global slowdown and political instability, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to fall to 3.3 per cent this year from 4.0 per cent recorded in 2022. This is according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF), Regional Economic Outlook for SSA: “Light in the Horizon’’ released at the World Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a news conference he addressed. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible which failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said. All five people on board the recreational sub, named Titan and operated by US-based company OceanGate, were killed when the vessel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said he needs more time to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Dangote Cement Plc says it has not embarked on any sales promotion and adjusted its prices. Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, made the denial in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday. Chiejina said that the company was already making moves to track and prosecute […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results. In a press briefing in Minnaon Tuesday, NECO’s Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said the result summary shows that 61.6 percent scored five credits, including English and Mathematics. The number of candidates who registered for the exam was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fresh salvo of rockets was fired from south Lebanon toward Israel on Tuesday, prompting Israeli attacks on positions belonging to Hezbollah and retaliatory fire, in the third consecutive day of cross-border tensions. The rocket launch, which was not immediately claimed, comes after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented multi-pronged attack on Israel’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that has left 900 people dead in Israel. Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revellers were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday presented a budget of US$3.3 billion regular budget for 2024 to the fifth committee of the UN General Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fifth Committee of the General Assembly is saddled with the responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters. Guterres, while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed an immediate plan of action to stem the tide of impending flooding across the country. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement in Abuja. “To this effect, he […]
