(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, has raised the alarm concerning moves to increase the pump price of fuel in Nigeria. Adeyanju alleged that the federal government is planning to increase the price of fuel to N450 per litre. In a series of tweets, the activist accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that even as the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari remains steadfast to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to all Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will help the country achieves its goal to end open defecation by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to available information, Igbinedion who finished his tenure as governor in 2007 is being grilled at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, has stated that the team is missing three players ahead of their Saturday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying tie against Liberia on Saturday. The Super Eagles men are presently camping in Morocco, the venue of the next FIFA World Cup qualifiers against the Lone Stars. Rohr’s men […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that Twitter was not banned in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated that Twitter was suspended in Nigeria and not banned. The minister disclosed this when he responded to a question from a participant at the Nigerian International Partnership Forum in Paris. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Victor Oye, national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has stated that the Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in 2019 election, Peter Obi “cannot achieve anything” unless he comes back to the party where he was elected as Governor of Anambra state in 2006 and also ended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, has congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo after the victory of the latter at the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State.The African Examiner recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters, on Wednesday announced Soludo, winner of the election.APGA got a total of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of defence, Bashir Magashi, has stated that the prevalence of insecurity in Nigeria is the cause of food security in the country. Magashi disclosed this at the opening of a retreat for defence advisers/attaches, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. According to the minister, the attacks by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Abuja Federal High Court has convicted the former Chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina, of money laundering charges. Justice Okon Abang found the former Pension boss guilty of stealing over N2 billion belonging to Pensioners “most of whom have died without reaping the fruits of their labour”. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, says many Nigerian presidents are not loved by the citizens until they are dead. Fashola disclosed this when he spoke as a guest speaker at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture, with the theme, ‘What can the President do for me?’ The former Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has filed a lawsuit enjoining the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the President Muhammadu Buhari from spending “N26bn in the 2022 presidency budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, ‘welfare package’, and office building.” This was contained in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Gabriel Othong, the Returning Officer of the Idemili South Local Government Area in the Anambra governorship election, has stated that 41 of the 42 result sheets for 89 polling units were carted away. Othong, who is from the University of Calabar in Cross River, made the disclosure while submitting results for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Frank Mba, has stated the reason why some police officers deployed for Anambra election are yet to receive allowances. African Examiner recalls that reports emerged on Saturday saying that police officers deployed to Anambra for the governorship election were protesting over unpaid allowances. Reacting to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Celebrity journalist, Dele Momodu, has stated that Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes and developer of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, wanted to live in the collapsed Ikoyi building and did not cut corners. It could be recalled that the collapsed building killed over 30 people, including Osibona. In an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has refuted claims that he owns the land upon which the collapsed 21-storey building was built. African examiner writes that the 21-storey building along Gerard Road in Ikoyi axis of Lagos collapsed on Monday afternoon with many people trapped in the rubble. On Thursday, an online news platform reported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crystal Palace winger, Wilfried Zaha, is thinking of retiring from the Ivory Coast national team at the age of 28. Zaha, who suffers with homesickness while playing for the Elephants stated that he is “reflecting” on whether to continue representing Ivory Coast according to manager Patrice Beaumelle. Zaha started playing for Ivory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu, has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance as a secret cult, expressing worry over the party’s dwindling political fortune. “APGA is now like a secret cult, and this has reduced our once vibrant party to a shadow of its former self,” she lamented. Bianca […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the distribution of electoral materials to the 21 local government areas of the state. The INEC team in charge of the distribution is led by Festus Okoye, national commissioner and chairman, information, voter education […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two policemen on stop and search duty were on Tuesday night killed by gunmen who opened fire on them at the Okija axis of Mile One in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The two officers were attached to the Mile One Police Station, Diobu in Port Harcourt. The circumstances leading to the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has tasked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, if that would bring back peace in the South-East geopolitical zone. Okupe disclosed this when he talked with journalists at […]
