(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped five places in the latest FIFA ranking on Thursday, moving from 35 to 40. According to the ranking published on the official website of the world football governing body, the Eagles also dropped in Africa as they are now sixth on the continent. For their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has approved the extension of the close of application on its recruitment portal by a week to enable applicants having challenges submitting their applications take advantage of the additional days to complete the process. The online […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Frank Lampard made a surprise return to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season on Thursday, just over two years after he was sacked by the Premier League club. Lampard, Chelsea’s record goalscorer, previously managed the Blues from July 2019 until January 2021, when he was replaced by Thomas […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus were handed on Thursday a one-match stand closure for their fans racially abusing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku during the stormy first leg of the two teams’ Italian Cup semi-final. In a statement Serie A, who organize the cup, said the lower tier of the Allianz Stadium’s South Stand would be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Real Madrid reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 2014 on Wednesday night in Barcelona. A Karim Benzema hat-trick and a Vinicius Junior strike earned a 4-0 Clasico victory over FC Barcelona at Camp Nou and a 4-1 triumph on aggregate. Eder Militao’s own goal at the Bernabeu had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Lagos State says one Inspector was killed and a Divisional Police Officer seriously injured while enforcing the ban on the use of motorcycles in some parts of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Wednesday in his verified Twitter handle. Hundeyin said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tech executive and investor who worked on the Android and Cash apps, Bob Lee, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco. The 43-year-old founder was killed at 2:35am on Tuesday when officials were called to the 300 block of Main Street near the entrance of a high-rise, according to DailyMail on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected unopposed for a third term as president of UEFA at a meeting of European football’s governing body in Lisbon on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will remain in the role until 2027. “I would like to thank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Population Commission (NPC) has urged the National Publicity Committee for 2023 Population and Housing Census to ensure that the exercise was well publicised. Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, Executive Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC) said this while declaring open a one-day training for members of the committee in Abuja on Tuesday. Kwarra, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says total capital importation in Nigeria stood d at 1,060.73 million dollars in quarter four of 2022. The NBS said this in its Nigeria Capital Importation Q4 2022 report released on Wednesday in Abuja. The report said the Q4 figure was lower than the 2,187.63 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea wasted a host of chances to beat Liverpool as the troubled Blues were held to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday in their first Premier League match since Graham Potter’s sacking. Potter was axed on Sunday after the former Brighton manager’s disastrous reign climaxed with a wretched home defeat against Aston Villa. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. former President, Donald Trump, and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024 has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty when he appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday in New York, according to media reports. The former president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump was set Tuesday to plead not guilty to criminal charges in a New York courtroom in an unprecedented case that threatens to upend the 2024 White House race. Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted — a historic development that has propelled the United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spotify, a global online streaming platform, says Davido’s music is most streamed in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada and France. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, in a statement on Tuesday said songs by Davido featured on over 10 million user-generated playlists on Spotify. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sportswear giants Nike has unveiled the Super Falcons’ kits for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The kit maker shared photos of the Nigerian team’s home and away jerseys for this year’s competition alongside that of other sides. Introducing the 2023 Nike National Team Away Kits. Next-level performance engineered just for her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island in western Indonesia on Monday, shaking homes of panicked residents but causing no casualties or damage. The quake’s epicenter was at sea southwest of Padangsidimpuan city in northern Sumatra at a depth of 84 kilometers (52 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea interim coach Bruno Saltor said the players would be “sad” after the Premier League club sacked manager Graham Potter as he prepared the team to face Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Potter was dismissed on Sunday, after a 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa the previous day. Big-spending Chelsea, who hired the Englishman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The secretariat of the Labour Party in Imo State has been sealed. In a statement issued on Monday by the national secretary of the LP Umar Farouk, stated that the secretariat was sealed by the police in connivance with the state government. The statement read “the national leadership of the Labour Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Novak Djokovic returned to number one spot in ATP rankings published Monday despite missing US tournaments last month because of his lack of a Covid vaccination. Carlos Alcaraz had taken the top ranking from Djokovic after victory in Indian Wells, but the Spaniard bowed out of the semi-finals of the Miami Open […]
