(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent wave of insecurity in the country has sparked agitations from Nigerians in social media. The African Examiner writes that a few days ago, two monarchs in Ekiti were kidnapped. Also, in the same Ekiti State, school children and teachers were also abducted. This is aside from the other abductions that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has condemned the kidnapping of some school children and the killing of traditional rulers in Ekiti. The minister condemned the act in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that about six pupils, three teachers and the school bus driver of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has stated that some cabals are keen on frustrating President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies since they are no longer making money from the fuel subsidy scheme. It could be recalled that President Tinubu while delivering his inauguration speech in May 2023, announced the removal of fuel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy has stated that the allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, as untenable and baseless. The African Examiner recalls that an online platform, The Peoples’ Gazette in a report had accused the Naval Chief of aiding an unorganised bunkering of Nigerian crude and a multimillion-naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, says that his choice of Dr. Olayide Adelami and Tayo Oluwatuyi as Deputy Governor and Secretary to the State Government respectively was the right thing to do. Aiyedatiwa made this known on Friday at the Government House, Akure while meeting both Adelami and Oluwatuyi for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has apologised to the Nasarawa State Government concerning the accidental air strike which caused the death of many residents of the Rukubi community in the Doma Local Government Area of the state in January 2023. Abubakar stated this on Friday when he visited […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that the electoral commission needs to tell Nigerians why its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) and the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) did not work in the 2023 general elections. The African Examiner recalls that the February 2023 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday stated that the Bola Tinubu administration is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital of Nigeria back to Lagos. It described the insinuations as a creation of “mischief-makers” interested in “fueling needless ethnic mistrust.” The African Examiner recalls that the Federal Government had stated plans to relocate the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has announced that he is starting an online Christian ministry. Edochie, took to his social media account on Tuesday as he uploaded a flier containing the details of his True Salvation Ministry as he called his fans to connect online. “It’s time to answer the call of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has assured Nigerians of his country’s willingness to promote economic ties in his official visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The African Examiner writes that Secretary Blinken , who is presently on an African tour, arrived at the Presidential Villa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has issued a caution to parents against giving out their children as domestic helpers or for adoption. Addressing the audience during a New Year celebration party for school children in Abuja, the minister noted the necessity of the warning to prevent cases of child molestation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria on Monday enjoined Nigerians not to lose hope because of the effects of the economic reforms undertaken by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The body also tasked President Tinubu to “continue on the path” he has embarked upon since assuming office nearly eight months ago, pledging its support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement credited to the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, calling for prayers from Nigerians to tackle kidnapping and insecurity in the country has sparked social media reactions. | The African Examiner writes that on Monday, the first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu took to her X account asking Nigerians to intensify their prayers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano State Governor and presidential flag-bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has stated that the balkanisation of the Kano emirate will be revisited. The African Examiner recalls that in 2020, the immediate past Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, divided the Kano […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has departed his country and arrived in Nigeria on Friday, January 19, 2024, for medical treatment. This development is coming weeks after Koroma was released from house arrest in his country after his alleged involvement in what authorities called a coup attempt. Koroma […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South-South leader, Edwin Clark, has berated the eight-year administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria. Clark described the Buhari-led government as “biased, unjust, nepotistic, uncivil, and characterized by religious bigotry as he responded to Buhari’s self-praise during the public presentation of Femi Adesina’s book, “Working with Buhari: Reflections of A Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Nigerian singer, Harrison Tare Okiri better known as Harrysong, has reacted to the controversial leaked chats between him and his wife, which showed him asking for termination of her pregnancy. The singer took to his Instagram story on Thursday asking the public to let his family privacy at this time. Harrysong writes: “After […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor John Anosike of the New World Faith Ministry has tasked members to present their January salary, or ‘first fruit of the year’, to him. According to the pastor, his church members’ first earnings of the year is for him. In a video, which was recorded during one of the church’s programs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has stated that there was a plan to cancel the 2023 presidential election. The playwright stated that history almost repeated itself in the election period because according to him, some people tried to cancel the election like General Ibrahim Babangida did in 1993. Soyinka, while speaking on Channels […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL has stated that it uncovered no fewer than 83 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta in the last seven days. The NNPCL announced this on its X handle on Tuesday. According to the company, it found 15 illegal pipeline connections in the same period. “In […]
