(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of works, David Umahi, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu inherited N14 trillion worth of road projects across the country. Umahi made this known when he was speaking with reporters at the presidential vial as he gave the number of road projects inherited from the administration of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tricycle rider in Kano State Auwalu Salisu, has returned ₦15m forgotten in his tricycle by a Chadian passenger who intended to make use of the money to buy goods. Salisu returned the missing money after he heard in the radio that the owner had misplaced it. Speaking to a Kano broadcaster, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted claims that he has agreed to work with the government of President Bola Tinubu. The African Examiner recalls that during the week, a video went viral on social media showing Obasanjo in a conversation with Tinubu as the former president telling the present “If you are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced plans for necessary repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge. The announcement was made on Friday in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola saying that necessary repairs in vital parts will be carried out by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on X formerly Twitter are reacting to the news report that a Deeper Life pastor, Ogueze Venitius Chinyerugo, who is the district pastor of Deeper Life Bible Church, 84, Nnobi Road, Nnewi, Anambra State, resigned on account of the apparent support of the general superintendent and head of the church, William […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Bisoye Coker-Odusote, has tasked Nigerians not to involve third-party services for their National Identification Numbers (NIN). Coker also stated that Nigerians should not offer bribes to NIMC officials to expedite NIN registration or modifications and she pointed out the importance of making […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has cautioned the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, not to go to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as that could be waste of money. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, better known as RMD, has stated that being loyal to one’s spouse is indeed difficult. RMD stated this in a recent interview with popular comedian Teju Babyface where he spoke about marriage and remaining faithful. According to him, married men are often targets of women with ill […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State slammed his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and his wife, Olufunke Daniel following the partial demolition of a building belonging to the couple. The African Examiner writes that in the early hours of Sunday, September 10, 2023, the Ogun State Government destroyed Datkem Plaza located in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has ignored Nigerian referees for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and this is making it 15 years without the west African country producing a referee at the continental tournament. According to the list released on Tuesday by the Confederation, referees from Mali, Burkina Faso, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) reportedly opened fire inside Garki market in Abuja on Thursday has sparked reactions on social media as many netizens are of the view that the DSS have left its main job of being a top security agency to a “boy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, stated that only God can assist the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Ayodele stated that Atiku was playing his last politics while Obi could not be president of Nigeria. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A faction within the Labour Party, headed by Lamidi Apapa, has formally accepted the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The African Examiner recalls that the tribunal, in a decision handed down on Wednesday, September 06, 2023, unanimously declared that the petition presented by Peter Obi and his counterpart from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, tasked Nigerians not to expect too much from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s verdict on Wednesday. Ayodele made this known in a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho.According to him, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend its proposed 2-day nationwide warning strike over economic hardship. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the NLC in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has stated that there will be no military coup in the country but Nigerians should expect more political coups. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele stated that any plans for a military coup would fail in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed that there are chances of the Naira bouncing back and this time greater than the United States dollar. The African Examiner writes that the buying rate of the dollar is about N915, and sells at N918 in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against expelling the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, from the party. Fayose made this known when he appeared on Channels Television saying that if the PDP expels Wike, the party will be hurting itself. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Renowned economist and Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, Tony Elumelu, has refuted claims that President Tinubu intends to make him the substantive governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The African Examiner recalls that there are rumours that President Bola Tinubu has shortlisted Elumelu as one of the candidates […]
