(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for Bayelsa State. He was declared the winner of the APC election held on Friday and Saturday across 105 wards via the direct primary option in the oil-rich state. While declaring the results at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland equalled the Premier League record of 32 goals in a 38-game season as Manchester City outclassed Leicester 3-1 to close within three points of Arsenal at the top of the table on Saturday. The damage was all done in the first 25 minutes as Haaland struck twice after John Stones’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Falcons skipper Onome Ebi maintains the team has the quality to reach the semi-final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria, who have been present at the competition since its inception in 1991, has managed one quarter-final outing in the tournament. That was in 1999. Despite this, the Abia Angels star […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United have been hit by a double defensive injury blow after Lisandro Martinez was ruled out for the rest of the season and Raphael Varane sidelined for the next few weeks. Both players were hurt in Thursday’s 2-2 draw against Sevilla in the Europa League quarter-final first leg at Old Trafford, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Thousands of voters are expected to hit the polls today as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducts supplementary elections across 23 states. On the heels of the February 25 presidential/National Assembly elections, and the March 18 governorship/state assembly elections, INEC fixed Saturday, April 15 for governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) says the African continent faces an annual GDP shortfall that could exceed 127.2 billion dollars by 2030. It stated on Friday that the shortfall would occur if current trends in climate finance flow into Africa continued. “Africa may lose as much as 12 per cent of GDP by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incident between Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane has been “dealt with” after the Senegal star was fined and suspended by Bayern Munich, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. Mane was suspended for this weekend’s Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim after reportedly having a physical altercation with Sane following Tuesday’s Champions League defeat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has commended members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their large turnouts in the ongoing governorship primaries in the state. The African examiner reports that the APC is holding their governorship primaries across the 239 wards of Kogi. Bello gave the commendation on Friday, while speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated his position on who will emerge as his successor. Gbajabiamila, in a tweet on Thursday, refuted a report claiming he was in opposition to the purported ambitions of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase and others in the running for the office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has distributed materials for Saturday’s re-run election in six local government areas of Zamfara. The Residents Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Saidu Ahmad made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Gusau. He said the election was for Zamfara Central Senatorial District and two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday banning most abortions after six weeks, hours after the White House called the measure “extreme and dangerous.” “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement. The bill bans women from having an abortion in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern have suspended Sadio Mané for the next game — he won’t be in the squad vs Hoffenheim and will also be fined. This happened due to his fight with Leroy Sané after the City game when he punched Sané in the face in the dressing room after having an argument during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says no fewer than 400 migrants died between January and March 2023 while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean route – stretching overseas from North Africa to Italy and, to a lesser degree, Malta – is the world’s most dangerous maritime crossing. IOM, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal of the season as Manchester City took a commanding 3-0 first-leg lead over Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Rodri and Bernardo Silva were also on target for the English champions, who took a giant stride towards finally conquering Europe for the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has fired back at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who laughed off his aspiration to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello. In a statement on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, Melaye said Kogi is not Rivers State where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons extended their winning streak to three following a 3-0 bashing of the 2023 World Cup co-host New Zealand on Tuesday. Coach Randy Waldrum’s girls got the breakthrough from an unlikely source eleven minutes to half time. Skipper Onome Ebi headed home from an incisive Tony Payne cross at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth will bottom out at 2.8 per cent in 2023 before rising modestly to 3.0 per cent in 2024. This is according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update Report for April 2023: “A Rocky Recovery”, released on Tuesday at the World Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has challenged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to clarify his position on a leaked audio of the conversation he allegedly had with a prominent Nigerian cleric. The audio clip as released by an online newspaper was an alleged conversation between Obi and the founder of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Napoli are sweating on the return of Victor Osimhen for the first leg of their all-Italian Champions League quarter-final as they head towards possibly the biggest two matches in the club’s history in unconvincing form. Southern Italy’s biggest club needed just four more wins from nine matches to secure their first league […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Frank Lampard has urged Chelsea to ignore the turmoil enveloping his struggling side as he invoked the memory of the Blues’ incredible run to Champions League glory in 2012. Lampard is back in charge of Chelsea until the end of the season after replacing the sacked Graham Potter last week. After watching […]
