(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Atiku Support Organisation has described the conduct of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in Chatham House, London as disgraceful. ASO said watching Tinubu delegate questions directed at him to his party men at the conference room was proof that he has no atom of capacity to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A traditional ruler, Oloso of Oso in Ajowa Akoko, in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Clement Olukotun, has been kidnapped. Reports on Friday indicated that the monarch was abducted from his palace by gunmen at around 10 p.m. on Thursday. The hoodlums were said to have surrounded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped alongside Honourable Agbo Ode, one of his in-laws and the driver. It was gathered that they were kidnapped along David Marks Farm, after Akpa Otobi while on their way from Otukpo to Utonkon in Ado […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC Presidential Campaign Council has insisted that its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu will not attend Arise TV Presidential Town Hall meeting slated for December 04, 2022 adding that the campaign will not succumb to the station’s “blackmail”. The statement reads in full: “We find it shocking and downright anomalous that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Son Heung-min wants his South Korea side to pull off “another miracle” and beat Brazil on Monday in the World Cup last 16 after their last-gasp heroics against Portugal. The Koreans’ tournament looked to be over until substitute Hwang Hee-chan popped up in injury time to score the winner in a 2-1 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North in the 9th Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was never denied US visa as speculated. Kalu who took to his Facebook on Saturday to refute the report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Saturday to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for high-level bilateral engagements in the Southeast nation. The Osinbajo will meet with the President of Vietnam, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Vice President Vo Thi Aah Xuan, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, other government officials and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon defeated a second-string Brazil team 1-0 in their final Group G match at the Lusail Stadium on Friday in Qatar. The win, however, was not enough as the African side were knocked out of the competition. Cameroon finished third on four points, two points below second-placed Switzerland, who defeated Serbia 3-2. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo Police Command says it repelled an attack on the building of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Orlu LGA in Imo by the suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The command further disclosed that the hoodlums, who attacked the INEC facility, later retreated with bullet wounds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) says the purported suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe, is null and void. Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the national secretary of the party, said this when he addressed journalists in Abuja on Friday. The Ogun State chapter of the party had on Thursday announced the sack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party in Ogun State has sacked the Director-General of the party’s presidential campaign council (PCC), Doyin Okupe, and 10 for allegedly not paying membership fees, high-handedness and financial recklessness. The State Chairman of the party in the state, Michael Ashade, announced this at a press conference in Abeokuta on Thursday. Flanked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension gripped Ughelli town in Delta state over the kidnap of Imam of the Ughelli Central Mosque as gunmen attacked worshippers shortly after prayers Friday morning. At least 11 persons were injured by the gun-wielding hoodlums who stormed the mosque, reportedly seen in an ash coloured Toyota Sienna. The gunmen, said to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, yesterday, blamed the high level of poverty in the country on state governors, who it said operate only in state capitals, pay more attention to building flyovers and airports, rather than improvement of life in the rural areas. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia bowed out of the 2022 World Cup with their heads held high as they defeated reigning champions, France 1-0 on Wednesday at the Education City stadium. Skipper Wahbi Khazri scored what would have been a decisive goal for the Carthage Eagles had it been Denmark drew with Australia in the other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A student of Federal University Dutse (FUD), Aminu Muhammad, has been remanded in prison because of his tweet on Aisha Buhari. African Examiner writes that Muhammad, who is from Azare in Bauchi state, is a final-year student at the department of environmental management and he was arrested by the police because of […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made this assertion at a press briefing in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has denied disregard for court order by the current administration of the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G). The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the current Office of the I-G was not aware of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah has expressed his government’s readiness to hold general elections in the country, calling for local and international pressure to complete the laws regulating the elections. Dbeibah made his remarks during a conference organised by the National Elections Commission in the capital Tripoli under the slogan “Together we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed a record-breaking £172.9million per year contract with Saudi Arabian club, Al Nassr. According to Daily Mail UK, Ronaldo is said to have sensationally agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with Al Nassr, worth a whooping £172.9million per year, that will see him play […]
