(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Qatar became the first home team to lose their opening World Cup match as Ecuador cruised to a 2-0 victory over the hosts, with Enner Valencia scoring twice as the tournament kicked off on Sunday. Asian champions Qatar enjoyed the backing of the majority of the crowd at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Sunday, a video surfaced of Cuppy getting a ring from Taylor in what is believed to be a marriage proposal. The duo shared a kiss in the midst of a crowd and in the background of ‘Marry You’, a song by Bruno Mars. This development left fans in awe as the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a video clip of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaking at a town hall meeting went viral, the official spokesperson for APC’s 2023 Presidential Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has claimed that what Nigerians heard from the former Lagos Governor was not a slurred speech. Keyamo, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just hours after saying he had not yet decided on whether to lift the Twitter ban on Donald Trump, the social network’s new owner Elon Musk asked users to vote on reinstating the former president to the platform. “Reinstate former President Trump,” the billionaire Twitter owner posted, with a chance to vote […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United has taken the first steps towards kicking Cristiano Ronaldo out of the club over his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan. It’s understood that United have begun the legal process of effectively sacking Ronaldo by tearing up his £500,000-a-week contract without paying the Portugal star a penny of the £16million he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it would address all issues raised concerning the national register of voters. INEC had this month made the entire register public on its website for the first time in the nation’s electoral history. However, many Nigerians have identified numerous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand unopposed for a third term as head of world football’s governing body next year, FIFA confirmed on Thursday. A brief statement from FIFA said that Infantino would be the only candidate when the election takes place at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup after being unable to recover from injury in time – in a cruel blow to Senegal. Mane suffered a knee injury in Bayern Munich’s 6-1 win over Werder Bremen earlier this month, which put into doubt his hopes of competing at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristics to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known to the LP presidential candidate in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United has begun taking action against Cristiano Ronaldo concerning his interview with Piers Morgan, in which he slammed many aspects of the club. African Examiner writes that workers have been seen tearing a large poster featuring Ronaldo from the side of Old Trafford. The Portuguese granted an interview as he opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he picked former Borno Governor Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. The choice, he said, was based on strategic and not religious considerations. He denied it was also an attempt to suppress the Christian community in Nigeria. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The inflation rate in the United Kingdom jumped in the last 12 months to 11.1 percent in October — by one percent from August’s inflation rate. According to the Office for National Statistics, the largest upward contributions came from electricity, gas and other fuels. “Indicative modeled consumer price inflation estimates suggest that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Netizens have captured the moment the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress – In a video posted on Twitter, Tinubu during his speech said, ” God bless Nigeria, God bless PD..and immediately changed it to God bless APC, APC, and then added God bless APC. @OkeyMachine1of1 writes: Dementia is real, as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian pop stars Tems and Burna Boy were among the nominees for the 65th annual Grammy Awards announced on Tuesday. Tems was nominated alongside Future and Drake in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for the song, ‘Wait for U’. The song was also nominated in the Best Rap Song category. Tems, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party. Trump officially launched a campaign for president in 2024, filing papers with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the recent gaffe by presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is “divine proclamation” for the PDP. African Examiner had reported how Tinubu, who is the presidential candidate of the APC, suffered a gaffe while speaking at the flag-off of his campaign in Plateau state. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The self-acclimated leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, refused to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal judgment that ordered his release from detention. The refusal to honour the High Court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the explosive interview with his friend Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Ronaldo criticised the club’s progress since he first left in 2009. Cristiano Ronaldo launched an astonishing attack on Manchester United and manager Erik Ten Hag that looks certain to end his Old Trafford career. Ronaldo accused Ten Hag and United executives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Moscow’s “strategic failure” in the city of Kherson will sow doubt among the Russian public about the point of the war in Ukraine, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Saturday. Kherson was the first major urban hub to fall after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine on February 24. “Russia’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League (PL) table with a comfortable 2-0 win away at Wolverhampton Wanderers in their final game before the FIFA World Cup. Meanwhile, Manchester City’s 11-game home winning streak in the Premier League (PL) was snapped thanks to a gutsy performance from […]
