(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Chidimma Ekile, aka Miss Kedike, has stated that she was born blind. Chidinma disclosed this in a video on her YouTube page. Speaking concerning her childhood, Chidinma stated how her parents sought God’s intervention after medical efforts proved abortive. She stated that after gaining her sight, her mum reached an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential election petition court has fixed Monday, May 8 for the hearing of the petition that is challenging Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the president-elect. According to Tinubu’s legal team, Monday’s hearing is a pre-hearing session. The session will seek to settle pending applications and after which a timetable will be fixed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, heaped praises on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his efforts at the February 25 presidential poll. The African Examiner writes that Tinubu spoke on Wednesday, as he commissioned the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover in Port Harcourt, saying that Wike’s insistence that the presidency must return […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says that Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson, did not stop any Nigerian from being evacuated from Sudan. The African Examiner had on Monday reported that a video clip emerged online where one of the Nigerians stranded in Sudan alleged that some of them were left behind and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sidie Tunis, the speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament, has begged a UK court to show mercy to former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. The African Examiner recalls that in March 2023, Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were found guilty of organ trafficking by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col Charles Okello Engola (retd) was allegedly killed by his bodyguard. According to available information, Engola, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender and Labour, was shot dead on Tuesday, May 2 in his home in a Kampala suburb. Fred Enaga, Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has stated that Egypt has finally opened its border for Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan. Dabiri-Erewa stated that the border was opened after President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The NIDCOM chairperson’s statement is coming a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that some stranded Igbo traders in war-torn Sudan are lamenting that only northerners are been evacuated has set social media space on fire as many netizens have called out the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godwin Onyeama, who is also from the eastern part of the country. The African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American R&B star, Chris Brown, has stated that he plays Nigerian afrobeats music if he is not playing his own songs. Chris Brown made this known during a recent Million Dollarz Worth Of Game podcast episode. He said: “If I’m not playing my music, I play Afrobeats. I love how the genre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage will perform at the historical coronation of the British monarch, King Charles III. The African Examiner writes that King Charles III, who will be ascending the throne after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last year, will be officially crowned alongside Queen Consort, Camilla, on Saturday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has stated that she authored a book to address claims that she looted the agency. The book, titled ‘Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority’, talked about her experience and the opposition she encountered at the NPA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has opened up to controversy after it’s claimed to have spent 1.2 million dollars to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The African Examiner recalls that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, had accused the Nigerian government of a ‘fake’ evacuation plan saying that some students paid some money […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has opened up on why he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election. According to him, it was due to security pressure. Ari made this known in a letter to the Inspector General of Police as he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that the Kano State governor-elect, Abba Yusuf, will review the dethronement of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi has set social media on fire. The African Examiner writes that Kwankwaso made this revelation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has frowned at the issue of insecurity as it affects the education sector in Nigeria. Kukah made his feelings known as he presented his keynote address at the Parents Summit of the 2023 Education Week in Edo State. The cleric described the wreck caused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is about to undertake a strike action if the Federal Government does not adhere to its demands within two weeks. The association issued the ultimatum in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital during the end of its national executive council (NEC) meeting on Saturday, April 29, 2023. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 7000 people including Nigerians are currently stranded at Egyptian borders and are not allowed to enter the country to continue their trips back to their various destinations. Thousands of people who ran away from Sudan, after a three-day ceasefire that ended on the evening of Thursday, April 27, 2023, were stuck […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aide to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala, has forecasted the composition of the cabinet of President-elect Bola Tinubu. Bwala, who was initially in the All Progressives Congress (APC), later defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year. Taking to his Twitter account, Bwala listed the portfolios of some top members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – According to him, this administration has achieved remarkable transformation of the military in the areas of fighting power, training, operations, manpower, remunerations and medical services. President Muhammadu Buhari says the fighting power of the Nigerian Army has increased significantly under his administration making its fourth in ranking among African militaries as against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze, has stated that he no longer watches English Premier League side, Chelsea’s games. Segun Arinze made this known in a video he uploaded on his Tiktok page recently. In the video, a reporter asked the actor his thoughts on Chelsea’s performance this season but he stated that he […]
