(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly,Sir Jude Idimogu,says he does not see the coalition being floated by a former PDP Presidential Candidate,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and others stopping the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Idimogu, Deputy Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos APC, spoke with the News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, (SNEPCo) has said that it would continue to explore opportunities to invest in Nigeria as the country aims to achieve energy abundance. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Thursday and signed by Shell Communications Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu Speaking during a panel session […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Peter Obi to leave the party after he joined the coalition. This was stated in a statement issued by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Ifoh, those who joined the coalition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed shock at the death of Nigeria’s goalkeeping legend, Peter Rufai at the age of 61. Reports say the late goal-tender had been ill for a while before succumbed at a Lagos hospital at about 6 a.m. on Thursday. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –A concerned electorate from Enugu East Senatorial district of Enugu state, Prince Maxwell Ozoemena Nnamani has tongue lashed Sen. Kelvin Chukwu, representing the Zone at the Senate for decamping from the opposition Labour Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He equally accused the lawmakers of poor representation since he went to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a ghastly car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Andre, according to reports. The regional fire department of Castille-Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and is now a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Malami announced his defection in a statement titled “To the Good People of Kebbi and Fellow Nigerians” shared on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Nigerian singer, 2baba, has apologised for saying that men aren’t built to be sexually committed to one woman. It is worth recalling that 2Face in an interview with Nedu Wazobia, made the statement. The statement generated reactions on social media as netizens lampooned the “African Queen crooner”. Reacting, the 49-year-old singer, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alex Otti, the governor of Abia state, has stated that he has no plans to join the opposition coalition. On Wednesday, the opposition coalition trying to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections chose the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The coalition chose David Mark, the former Senate president, and Rauf Aregbesola, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has stated that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, has presented his one-term proposal to the coalition for consideration. According to Tanko, any candidate from the south elected president in the next election must be prepared to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has committed to distributing a total of five million gas cylinders to households across the country by 2030. The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, disclosed this at the flagging off of the North West Zone phase of the grassroots LPG Penetration Programme in Sokoto. He noted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Rivers has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Sole Administration of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Eke Ibas (retd.), to submit a breakdown of major items in the 2025 N1.48 trillion Appropriation Bill. The Chairman of the committee, Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), issued the ultimatum on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced the pilot take-off of its new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered registration portal. The Registrar-General of the CAC, Malam Hussaini Magaji, in a statement, made the announcement during the 2025 Stakeholders Forum held in Port Harcourt. Magaji described the initiative as a major milestone in Nigeria’s business facilitation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINNER) – The Federal University Dutse (FUD) has decried the constant trespassing, theft and vandalisation of the university’s infrastructure by individuals from its host community. Prof. Abdulkadim Sabo, Vice Chancellor of the University, made this known at a pre-convocation conference held at the Senate Chamber of the University on Tuesday. He said that in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, moved the venue of its Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting from the Wadata Plaza, the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja; to the YarAdua Centre in the Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “The Meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former deputy national chairman (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has kicked against the blockade of the members of the party’s board of trustees (BoT) from getting access to the national secretariat. On Monday morning, security operatives occupied the PDP headquarters and blocked BoT members from gaining entrance to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uncertainty remains over the status of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting due to ongoing internal crisis within the National Working Committee (NWC). The acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum’s faction of the NWC claimed the NEC meeting had been postponed. However, Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has warned students to be cautious of a fake portal with fraudulent messages currently circulating online. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Monday by the fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi. Oluwatuyi said the information contained in the online messages were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Republic of Rwanda have signed a peace agreement on Friday in Washington, D.C, to end the more than 30-year protracted violent conflict in DRC. The Office of the Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State disclosed the Ministerial signing of the Peace Agreement between […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has kicked against the recent statements made by the former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, that the Nigerian-Biafran civil war was not targeted at the Igbo people. Gowon had earlier stated that the civil war was targeted at the secessionists who revolted against […]
