(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An 18-year-old man, Adamu Musa of Unguwar Magina, Buji town, in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, drowned in a pond as he tried to rescue his Cow that slipped and fell into the pond during grazing around the area. The Jigawa State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has refuted claims that he was present at the rally organised in Ibadan by supporters of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. It could be recalled that supporters of Peter Obi, fondly called Obidients, thronged the streets of Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Saturday, September 3, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu from the party. This was announced in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (Politics) Dr. Bamidele Ajadi, accusing Kachikwu of false, misguided, and defamatory video he made and circulated, among other accusations. Ajadi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu has refuted claims that he insulted Governor Nyesom Wike. In a statement on Saturday, the former Senate President denied himself from social media posts that quoted him as insulting the Rivers helmsman. Ayu, who posted some of the screenshots on his Twitter account, stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria High Commission in Kenya has refuted an online media report alleging the targeting and killing of Nigerians in the East African country. In a statement issued in Nairobi on Saturday, a copy of which was received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Commission described the story as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, says the reports crediting Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa accusing him of dragging the Church into politics as the major reason he attends Church programmes is uncharitable. Obi made this known in a statement issued to his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Valentine Obienyem. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Susan Pwajok has been called out on Twitter concerning an alleged ninety thousand naira debt. According to the alleged creditor, Oluwaremilekun, the film star has been owing him the said amount of money since June 2022. In a series of tweets and screenshots of messages shared between himself and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has opened up on why Nigerian travelers to Dubai are being deported back home even though they have valid visas. African Examiner recalls that some Nigerians who travelled recently to Dubai were arrested at the airport and their passports seized and some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenneth Okonkwo, the Nollywood actor-turned-politician, has tasked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu to step down for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, Okonkwo stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Ipalibo Harry, a Federal Commissioner representing Rivers in the board of National Population Commission, said the digitisation of the planned 2023 census would eliminate fraud and multiple counting. Harry, who is the Census Committee Chairman, said this while speaking in Abuja. He stated that being the first digital census, every house […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has come under severe criticism on social media after he tasked Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate to desist from dragging the church into politics. Okowa, who spoke with reporters in Kano State on Wednesday, said he does not believe in dragging the church into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to repair his “battered image” by addressing the security issues in the country. Ortom’s comment is coming after a statement attributed to Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, on Wednesday. African Examiner recalls that Shehu had stated that Ortom was engaging in “dog […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nigerian singer, portable has apologized to his colleague, Davido over the uncomplimentary remarks he made in the build-up to the Osun State governorship elections. African Examiner recalls that in the last governorship elections in the state, Davido supported his uncle, Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party, and Portable campaigned for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Kukah has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recruitment process is the cause for the religious and ethnic divide Nigerians are presently facing. Kukah said this recently in a discussion of his new book, “Broken Truth” at Rovingheights Bookstore, Abuja. According to him, when you give […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour party has stated that it is not a social media party and vowed to win the 2023 elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Comrade Arabambi Abayomi, who stated this in Lagos, stated that there are more than 22 million registered voters who have indicated interest in the party. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the federal government fresh conditions on how to end its six-month-long academic strike. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, Stated that the government must exhibit transparency to end the ongoing strike. “Government should tell us and Nigerians – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Wife of Abia Gov., Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, has rescued a widow, Mrs Amarachi Okechi, who was brutally assaulted at Umueghu Amaegbuato Community for alleged witchcraft. Mr Chika Ojiegbe, the Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, disclosed this on Monday, while addressing newsmen in Umuahia on the ugly development. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The eviction of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season 7 housemate, Amaka has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that Amaka was evicted on Monday night after she got the highest nomination from housemates in a surprise eviction. Amaka and Doyin each received nominations, however, only Doyin survived the eviction as Deji, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has stated that, its about to cut the importation of sugar into the country by 40 percent. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, stated in a statement that it was embarking on Phase II of its sugar project, which would cover over 100,000ha to make […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed a former Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Mangu Ward 1, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nehemiah Goholshak. Goholshak was killed after assailants attacked his house in the community A resident of the community, Chris Yakubu, stated that the incident happened on Saturday night. According […]
