(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roma are considering making an offer for Kelechi Iheanacho if they fail to sign Tammy Abraham. Iheanacho signed a new three-year Leicester City contract in April but he is now reported to be a transfer target for Jose Mourinho’s as Roma. The Serie A club have already agreed a £34million deal with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hi-Impact TV, Nigeria’s first full high-definition television studio, located in Ogun State has been burnt. The television studio, which is located in the premises of Hi-Impact Planet Amusements Park & Resort at KM 12 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibafo in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, caught fire Thursday. The Ogun State Fire […]
(African examiner) – The People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) said it would continue its meeting tomorrow with others stakeholders as part of efforts to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the party. The meeting was called following the resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party, who accused PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, says he will never resign. The PDP Chairman stated that he would not resign his position in a statement signed by Ike Abonyi, his Special Assistant on Media on Monday as he pointed out that nothing so far warrants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was in Benin Republic some days back concerning the Sunday Igboho issue, according to The Cable. Obasanjo had travelled to Zanzibar in Tanzania on August 1 and rerouted to Benin. The former president was said to have met with Benin’s President Patrice Talon after his condolence visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on PDP leaders to unite for the sake of the party’s interest and the country. Abubakar made the call in a statement issued by his Media Adviser Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the current frictions in the PDP. He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Kyari , the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, has deleted a post on his verified Facebook account after the Federal Bureau of Investigation alleged that alleged fraudster and money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, paid N8m or $20,600 to the police officer to arrest and detain a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Vincent. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says the meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) aimed at evaluating the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) entered into by the parties is successful. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a close-door […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr. Edward Egbuka, has said that 17 people were killed and 85 buildings burnt in the recent attacks in Bassa and Riyom Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Egbuka disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen at the end of an emergency state security meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has ruled ten Nigerian athletes ineligible to partake in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan and reduce the country’s hope of clinching more medals at the event. According to available information, the athletes failed to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud charges as part of a plea bargain he entered with the U.S. authorities. Recall that the 37-year-old was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 and he was subsequently extradited to the United States where he has been facing charges of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, has stated that President Muhannadu Buhari did not reach an agreement with the party’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu concerning the 2023 presidency. Recall that Senator Rufai Hanga, first chairman of defunct political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise and Centre for Change, has tasked Benin Republic not to extradite Sunday Igboho to Nigeria. “Igboho will come to grief if he is extradited to Nigeria under the prevailing circumstances,” she said in a statement on Wednesday. It could be recalled that Igboho was arrested on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has stated that the IPOB leader is preaching unity while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that in June, Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria to face trial for alleged treason. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has alleged that his client was chained to the floor at a private detention center when he was arrested in Kenya. Speaking on Kanu’s ordeal in Kenya and how Kanu ended up in Nigeria, Ejimakor, in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China has advised Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to work together. China’s ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, made the call on Tuesday while speaking to journalists on the sideline of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit held […]
(AFRICAN EXMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has frowned at the attacks on some communities in Adamawa state on Wednesday. Atiku disclosed this as he reacted to the attack via his official Facebook page. “I categorically condemn the killings in some communities of Adamawa earlier today, he said. “Human life is sacrosanct and no […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – John Nwodo, former Ohaneze Ndigbo president, has called on Igbos to move on from the Nigerian Civil War bitterness affecting their political relationships with other regions in the country. Nwodo argued that there was a need for dialogue and negotiations to drive progress and peaceful coexistence. “We have for too long allowed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Ghana Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has assured the Nigerian House of Representatives that the Ghanaian government is trying to review the hostile law against Nigerian businesses in Ghana. Bagbin, who addressed the House on Wednesday, stated that the Ghanaian government had already announced the review of the $1 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has refuted reports that he intends to form a new political party. Recall that a popular Nigeria daily had reported that the former president intends to form a political party. However, reacting to the report on Monday, Obasanjo in a statement issued to the press and signed by […]
