(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-democracy think tank, the Centre for Democracy and Development has extended invitations to leading presidential candidates in the 2023 elections to speak on their plans for the country. The invitation would also allow them to convince Nigerians that their political parties possessed the best ideas for bringing lasting solutions to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has stated God has not told him whether or not the 2023 polls will take place. The strange situation, he said, is despite the closeness of the February 2023 polls. Speaking during the RCCG 2022 Holy Ghost Service, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua has hit out at rival Tyson Fury after his bizarre X-rated rant at a YouTuber on social media. In a viral interview, the Gypsy King swore multiple times and insulted social media star True Geordie – real name Brian Davis – after he questioned Fury’s trilogy fight against Derek Chisora. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three serving state governors are under monitoring over moves to launder cash through table payment of salaries to workers, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Thursday. Bawa, who did not give the identities of these governors, said two of them were from the North, while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Royal Family of Obuoffia Ancient Kingdom in Nkanu-West Local Council Area of Enugu State has formally announced the commencement of the funeral rites of their matriarch mother, Her Royal Highness Lolo Ezinne Christiana Ego Igwesi. She is the mother of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon USA Igwesi. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to summon an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council following the decision of the Federal Government to pay the lecturers half salaries for the month of October, 2022. Though no date has been fixed yet, our correspondent gathered that the decision to convene […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chair of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), has applauded the intervention of the African Union (AU) in the search for peaceful resolution of the violent conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The escalation of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dubai based Emirates Airlines has disclosed plans to suspend operations in Nigeria indefinitely ,effective from October 29, 2022. According to a statement by the airline on Thursday and obtained by our correspondent, the airline said it had no option but to suspend flights to and from Nigeria to mitigate against further losses […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively gathered. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half salaries. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The two suspects detained in connection with the death of three-year-old Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of music artiste, Davido, and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, may remain in police custody until they are cleared by an autopsy report. A credible source, who disclosed on Wednesday, said the nanny and the cook were directly in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sunday Faleye, has questioned the Divisional Crime Officer of Ode-Omu Police Division, Matthew Ajayi, who was accused of torturing a woman inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo. In a video on Wednesday, Olorunsogo could be seen displaying the injuries she sustained on her chest and hands. She claimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has described the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as a political tourist, who will be permanently retired to the United Arab Emirates after the 2023 election. Mr Shettima spoke at the presentation of the manifesto […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Dr. Ahmed Sani Kaura, is dead. The chairman died immediately after he attended a peace meeting organized by the Nigeria Council of Ulamah, Zamfara state chapter on Wednesday. The Secretary of the party, Faruku Ahmed Gusau, said the chairman who was invited along with PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said eight domestic workers were brought in for questioning in connection with the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said the domestic workers’ narrations would assist the command in ascertaining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted four travellers along the Irele Ekiti-Oke Ako Highway in Ajoni Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of Ekiti. African Examiner reports that the latest abduction is one in a series of abductions on the highway in which some victims were killed. Local sources in the community told reporters that the victims, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced the east African nation’s latest population as 61,741,120 people. Hassan made public the country’s latest population in the capital Dodoma, following the National Population and Housing Census held from Aug. 23 to Sept. 4, this year. A statement by the Directorate of Presidential Communications […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed deep concern over the increase in the fight between government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the 23 March Movement (M23) rebels in the east. The fight, in 10 days, has seen multiple civilians killed, “massive displacement” and four peacekeepers from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many passengers on Monday got stranded following a one-week strike action embarked upon by commercial drivers operating under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association in Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the group embarked on the strike in protest against the numerous fees imposed on its members by the Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian popstar Davido is currently trending in the Nigerian digital space and it is due to the speculation that the singer and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, have lost their son, Ifeanyi. The news emanated from popular Nigerian actress and close friend of the singer, Eniola Badmus, in a now-deleted tweet. Details of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State PDP Governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, better known as Jandor has stated that he would end all excesses of transport unions and Motor Park touts if elected governor in 2023. Speaking during the formal presentation of the PDP Governorship Candidate of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, to indigenes […]
