(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that the 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Billionaire Roman Abramovich says his position over the sale of Chelsea Football Club of England is unchanged and has denied asking for any loan to be repaid to him. Reports have suggested that the Russian-Israeli, who was sanctioned by the UK Government on March 10 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could insist […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn alongside France, Canada and Korea Republic in Group C of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled for Costa Rica in August. Also, at Thursday’s draw held at the Teatro Nacional in the central American country’s capital city of San Jose, title-holders Spain were placed in Group […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has stated that the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, his predecessor, governed the country with “sincerity and passion”. African Examiner recalls that in 2007, Yar’Adua and Jonathan were elected as president and vice-president respectively on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP However, on May 5, 2010, Yar’Adua […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A faction of the African Action Congress has warned that the 2019 presidential candidate of the party, Omoyele Sowore, was not its candidate for the 2023 presidential election. This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Sylvester Cletus, on Wednesday, which noted that Sowore was expelled from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Ebonyi State for a two-day official visit to the state. The president who was accompanied by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi among other top government officials arrived at the state at about 11. 15 am. African Examiner observed that streets in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has picked his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, made this known on Thursday. Akande said the forms were collected by representatives of Osinbajo’s support groups. He said, “A passionate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia expelled seven Danish embassy workers on Thursday in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Denmark. “On May 5, the Danish ambassador to Russia, Carsten Søndergaard, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry because Copenhagen unjustifiably declared 15 employees of the Russian embassy and trade mission in Denmark undesirable. “And because […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force (JTF) North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) to ensure the discharge of their constitutional responsibility in defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. The Army Chief gave the charge yesterday, during the Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 30-year-old man, Oluwagbemiga Shogbola, has reportedly stabbed his friend, Victor Olabiyo, to death over $150 (N61,950) proceeds of a business deal between them in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. African Examiner gathered that Shogbola, aka Oja or Federal, accused the victim of cheating him and taking all the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Abuja described the increasing number of aspirants vying for the party’s presidential ticket as a plus for Nigeria’s democracy. Tinubu said this after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Wednesday appreciated at the Investors and Exporters window exchanging at N418 to the dollar, a -0.24 per cent appreciation, stronger than N419.00 it traded on April 29. The open indicative rate closed at N417.00 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N444 to the dollar was the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has urged the Nigerian electorate to vote the right people into positions of authority, to salvage the country from its current challenges. Amaechi, who was a Special Guest of Honour at the 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Uyo on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to always […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian comedian, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has cleared the air on the wedding-themed photos he earlier shared with fellow skit maker, Kemi Ikuseedun, also known as Mummy Wa. Mr Macaroni had on April 23 and 24, shared wedding-themed pictures of himself and Mummy wa, who always acted as his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Abdul Abiola, one of the sons of the late Chief MKO Abiola has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of his father. The young Abiola said this via his Twitter handle @AbdulMKO on Tuesday. He said that it was time for Nigerians to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no causality was reported at the fire incident that gutted its office in Kauran Namoda Local Government Area of Zamafara. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool survived a first-half scare to reach the Champions League final with a 3-2 win at Villarreal. The win secured a 5-2 aggregate victory after the night had threatened to turn sourfor Juergen Klopp’s side. The visitors fell 2-0 down with an insipid first-half performance before fighting back with three goals in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, cautioned Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries and Pastor Tunde Bakare against unguarded utterances. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, stated that Suleman should guard his utterances concerning the separatist group and the Igbo nation. Powerful frowned at the fact that Suleman and Bakare verbally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, has stated that the northern region will benefit more if a southerner emerges president in 2023. Ndume disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television adding that the next president of the country should come from the south in the spirit of justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt on Monday evening. The incident occurred at the Port Harcourt airport with no life lost and no passenger injured. A statement by Dana Air spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the […]
