(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC Bola Tinubu, would be part of those to make a youthful president in 2023. Bello disclosed this when he appeared on BBC Nigeria saying that Tinubu would see a reason to allow the youths to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday 2nd and Monday 5th April 2021 public holidays to celebrate this year’s Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd.), stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the nation’s service chiefs to fish out the masterminds of banditry and kidnapping and their sponsors. The NSA disclosed this when he spoke with State House correspondents saying that Buhari has handed down the directive at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation says that the Confederation of African Football has cleared Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, to play in Nigeria’s game against Lesotho. NFF disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, Few hours before the African Cup of Nations qualifier to be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says some persons benefiting from banditry and kidnapping are using the funds to sponsor Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east. Fayemi disclosed this on Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that there is a “direct correlation” between the persistent insurgency and increased […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians In Diaspora Commission says 255 Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned home. NIDCOM disclosed that the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air Flight SV3405 at about 1pm on Monday, March 29, 2021. It said, “The returnees, as part of a first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger government has directed public schools in the state to reopen from Monday. The state commissioner for education, Hannatu Salihu, disclosed that schools with day students will resume studies on March 29 and boarding secondary schools in urban areas will reopen on April 6. African Examiner recalls that the schools have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A special investigative team of the Nigeria police force has been sent to Benue state to probe the recent attack on Governor Samuel Ortom, the Benue state governor. The team, which has arrived in the state, is spearheaded by a deputy commissioner of police and crack investigator, Abba Kyari. This was announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he will resign from office first before he will do anything unlawful Bawa disclosed this on Saturday when he appeared on One-on-One, a programme on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Bawa enjoined Nigerians to stop “worshipping people that have money”, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirusThe Everton player was sidelined for the match against Benin Republic at 5pm because of this and he has gone into isolationIwobi will also miss next Tuesday’s clash against Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun stadium in LagosOur correspondent reports that Benin’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President, Joe Biden, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to a virtual climate change summit fixed for April Biden extended the invitation to President Buhari to attend the summit alongside 39 other world leaders including four presidents from Africa The White House in a statement on Friday disclosed that the ‘Leaders’ summit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed says the presidency has run out of ideas and is only looking for excuses Baba-Ahmed made this known in an interview with Channel Television Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who was also interviewed, stated that the opposition was using the challenges experienced by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo has been confirmed as the deputy secretary of the treasury department by the US senate which makes him the first African American to hold the position Adeyemo’s appointment was announced after a voice vote which is usually deployed when there is little to no opposition Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said that Nigerians are presently enjoying freedom of speech under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made this known when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Shehu said: “The fastest way to reach President Buhari is to reach […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara state, describing it as “nasty development.” Recall that Kwara recently closed 10 schools following their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. The refusal came after Christian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is about to marry the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero. Zahra Bayero, the prospective bride is presently an undergraduate student in the United Kingdom, studying architecture. Yusuf is a 2016 graduate of University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has ordered that a 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola to be jailed for one year over $104,500 fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Abiola following a report on the activities of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has blasted the style of government of President Muhammadu Buhari saying the President is too slow and Nigerians cannot wait for him to fix the county at his own pace. Baba-Ahmed stated this on Wednesday when he appeared on Arise Television saying […]
…Says Secession Not The Solution (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says those calling for secession are doing so because of frustration. Fayemi disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise Television, saying that the agitation by some for the breakaway of the South-West region from Nigeria and the establishment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State, some Nigerians are of the view that former Central Bank Governor, Charles Soludo, is not capable to lead the state. African Examiner reports that Soludo has declared his intention to run for the number one political position in the state under the […]
