(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brighton Sunday stunned a lacklustre Manchester United with three first-half goals to secure a famous victory at the Amex Stadium. The Seagulls beat United in May to retain their Premier League status, but few expected a repeat as the match lasted. However, Brighton capitalized on a poor start from United to take the lead on 25 […]
SOKOTO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 252 Special Advisers and Special Assistants of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State have resigned their positions. The Governor’s aides said on Sunday while addressing journalists that their decision was borne out of the resolve to stay in the APC, as they insisted that they have roles to play […]
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has applauded the State electorates for bravely defending their votes despite the violence and snatching of electoral materials at last Saturday’s by-election. The party in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by its acting National Publicity Secretary Mr. Yekini Nabena, alleged that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ibadan on Sunday lamented Sunday’s demolition of the Music House owned by popular musician, Yinka Ayefele, by the Oyo State Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the structure located on the Challenge-Toll Gate dual carriageway in Ibadan houses the popular Fresh FM radio station owned by the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from London, United Kingdom after a 10-day working holiday. The President who arrived the International Airport Abuja later Saturday was welcomed by top government officials, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Saturday commiserated with the family of Kofi Annan, the United Nations, the government and people of Ghana on the demise of former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan at the age of 80. Annan was the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work winner. Annan made history […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is normal for man to always aspire to achieve a new goal in life. However, an ambition will remain only a dream if not followed with planning and action. This clearly defines the direct link between the struggle and success. And as put by a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday insisted that it did not pay any ransom to secure the release of the Dapchi girls. In a statement issued in Ilorin, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed challenged anyone who has any evidence of payment to publish such. The minister was responding to […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by allegations of financial fraud and ongoing probe in Benue state, Mr Nathaniel Ikyur, a PDP House of Representatives aspirant for Gboko and Tarka constituency has strongly defended the governor arguing that he is a victim of political witch hunt as well as 2019 politics. Mr Ikyur […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has decried the neglect and inadequate funding of Ladoke Akintola University, vowing to turn the fortune of the University around for better if elected governor of Osun state. “It is disheartening the way lecturers and staff of LAUTECH […]
Photo: Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The race for the 2019 presidential election has begun in earnest. In the All Progressives Congress, APC, the candidature of the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, is a fait accompli. Nevertheless, four aspirants, with little or no political weight, want to square up with him at […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Enugu state South- East Nigeria, has suffered another major set back as one of its chieftains and immediate past senator that represented Enugu North senatorial district, Chief Ayogu Eze, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Eze, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Bwari Abuja has stopped President of the Senate Bukola Saraki from declaring vacant, the seat of a former Senate Minority Leader Senator Godswill Akpabio. In his ruling, Justice Othman Musa ordered Saraki not to impede Senator Akpabio’s access to the Senate building or alternatively, take any […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi, state governor, chief Dave Nweze Umahi, has berated operators of Ethiopian and Emirate Airlines over alleged use of sub-standard aircrafts in Nigeria. He accused owners of the foreign airlines of using only aircraft’s that are not in proper condition in Nigerian air space. Umahi, who is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Libyan court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad for killing protesters during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, according to the ministry of justice. They were convicted of opening fire on anti-Gaddafi protesters in the capital Tripoli, in August 2011. Another 54 defendants were sentenced to five years […]
Photo: President Yoweri Museveni (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ugandan legislator, Francis Zaake, detained after the president’s convoy was stoned, has been “brutalised” by security personnel, an opposition figure said on Wednesday as images of the bruised lawmaker emerged on social media. Supporters of an independent candidate running in a parliamentary by-election threw stones at President Yoweri Museveni’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, says he will join the presidential race if prevailed upon by Nigerians to do so. Al-Mustapha gave the indication Wednesday in Kaduna in an interview shortly after a meeting with United Christian Leaders Eagle Eye Forum which backed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, says the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has subjected state government officials to intense grilling, saying that the persecution was becoming “ridiculous”. Ortom’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase, who raised the alarm on Wednesday in Makurdi, said “no day passes without the commission adding one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles striker Victor Moses has quit international Football. Moses who made the announcement through his Instagram handle victormoses: explained that the decision was taken ”in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my young family as well as to allow the next generation of Super Eagles stars […]
Photo: Barrister Ogochukwu Onyema From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A senatorial Aspirant for the Enugu West district under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the 2019 general election, Barrister Ogochukwu Onyema, has said that if elected, he would propagate a bill that would challenge the present 4 – year tenure and […]
