(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a visit to Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former head of state, in Minna, Niger state capital, on Sunday. According to THISDAY, Obasanjo stated that he was in Minna to meet with Abubakar who has been indisposed. The former Nigerian leader reportedly arrived at Abdulsalami’s residence at about 12.30pm. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, has stated that her husband, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.), will be victorious in the Bauchi State governorship election in 2023. Farouq stated this at an event held by Bauchi indigenes and friends of Abubakar at the International Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday felicitated Nigeria’s iconic football star, sports administrator and broadcaster, Olusegun Odegbami, as he turns 70, on Sunday. In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja, the president congratulated the former national team player and his family for many years of service to the nation and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy have opened up on why he’s yet to endorse a candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Charly Boy, in an interview with Arise TV, stated that he has been under pressure to announce his presidential candidate but he’s yet to do that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media office of the Obi-Datti 2023 Presidential campaign has refuted claims that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has joined a ‘political deal’ to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The campaign office in a statement in Abuja, on Saturday, stated that the speculations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that very soon, the areas of border disagreement between Nigeria and Cameroon would be settled peaceably. The leader of the Nigerian delegation, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN stated this during the thirty-forth session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A teenager who was reported missing in Lagos has been found in Bauchi State, the police said on Friday. According to a police statement, “Mildred Joshua Ebuka”, a 17-year-old girl, had departed her home in Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday to deliver a wig cap to her aunt’s friend in Ikorodu. On […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has stated that the Labour Party Presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, is no longer an Igbo project. This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who stated that the Igbo had exported the frontline candidate to the rest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has apologized for the hardship motorists faced because of construction works on the Berger-Opic axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Forosola Oloyede, the acting federal controller of works in Lagos state, apologised in a statement on Saturday. Oloyede stated that the government knows the pains of Nigerians especially residents of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are presently expressing their grievances on Minister on Sports, Sunday Dare, as pictures of Falconets sleeping on the floor in Turkey Airport emerged on social media on Wednesday. African Examiner writes that the Falconets represented Nigeria in the 2022 FIFA women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, They defeated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health says that there are actually enough medical doctors in Nigeria. Ehanire stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during a media conference, saying that the number of doctors leaving Nigeria is less than 1,000. He stated that the Federal Government is working toward replacing any medical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is the most attacked president in Nigeria’s history. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in a statement stated that since the opposition couldn’t defeat the president at the 2019 polls, they have resorted to other means as he reacted to an editorial by Guardian Newspapers. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has stated that there has been a resurgence of the dreaded virus, Ebola. According to a statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Congo stated this on Tuesday after the confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. The African Examiner writes […]
