(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom Government has opened call for proposals for its funded Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Nigeria programme. CFA Nigeria is a climate finance country platform designed to directly respond to the urgency and scale of the climate crisis in Nigeria by mobilising finance for the country’s just transition to a resilient, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said there can be no development without peace, stressing that the two are complementary A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said Buhari spoke on Thursday at the Presidential Villa while granting audience to the Director General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was noticeably absent when the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar campaigned in the South-West state on Thursday. At the rally, Atiku, however, commended Makinde in absentia, for providing an enabling environment for the campaign. The former Vice President also said his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday threatened to sanction commercial banks in Ogun State dispensing the old naira notes. The apex bank introduced new naira notes – N200, N500, and N1,000 – and gave a January 31st deadline for the phasing out of the old notes. With less than two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Tinubu over the nomination of Muslim-Muslim candidacy for the 2023 presidential election. Delivering judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, struck out the suit which was instituted by an Abuja based lawyer, Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wizkid on Wednesday set the internet agog with the announcement of a joint tour with fellow music superstar Davido later this year. After many years of the “who’s a bigger star” battle, Wizkid took to his Instagram story to announce that the expedition will take place after the tour for his fifth […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice President of Gambia, Badara Joof is dead. President Adama Barrow, announced this in a tweet saying that the Gambia number two man died in India. “Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of my #VicePresident, His Excellency, Badara Alieu Joof. The sad event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen people, including two children and Ukraine’s interior minister, have been declared dead after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv, officials said on Wednesday. “In total, 16 people are currently known to have died,” the head of national police, Igor Klymenko, said. Among those who died are several […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are reacting to the news that Dino Melaye, the former senator representing Kogi west, had a threesome with female skit makers, Amarachi ‘Ashmusy’ Amusi and Chinonso Ukah. The African Examiner writes that the drama began after popular comedian, Nedu Wazobia, during his podcast, stated that he met “two influencers having a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to a recent claim by Dr Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, who worked under the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration that Atiku Abubakar was not in charge of the economy during his time as vice president. The African Examiner writes that Ezekwesili had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the birth rate slows in the face of mounting financial pressures and shifting social attitudes. The world’s most populous country is facing a looming demographic crisis as its workforce ages, which analysts warn […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to a meeting over the redesigned naira notes and the timeline to fade out old notes. The invitation which was sent out by the Director-General of the Forum, Asishana Okauru noted that the agenda of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has refuted claims that he ordered the removal of Peter Obi’s campaign billboard. The African Examiner writes that the Labour Party had alleged that the state government took down the campaign billboard of its standard bearer located at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University temporary site flyover. Reacting, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that available data indicated that Nigeria has over 16 million more voters than the rest of West Africa. The INEC boss made this known on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, as he spoke about the commission’s preparations for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Senatorial Candidate of the Labour party (LP) in Enugu North Senatorial district, Barrister Okey Ezea, has dismissed rumour making the round that he is negotiating with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate. Ezea, a grass root politician, who was reacting to the speculation, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The toll from a devastating strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, as more bodies were pulled from the debris of one of Russia’s deadliest attacks since its invasion. Kyiv has called for more weapons to defend itself and at the weekend received pledges of British […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has enjoined Nigerians not to “hand over their future” to an inexperienced politician or Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He disclosed this at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG’s) presidential dialogue on the economy in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afrobeats frontrunners Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid emerged the biggest winners at the 2022 installment of the Africa Union’s All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on a night Africa’s brightest stars failed to make an appearance. The trio received their prizes in absentia, leaving fans in host city Dakar, Senegal disappointed. While the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The much-anticipated television reality show, Big Brother Titans, began with a lot of excitement on Sunday . Unlike the usual Big Brother Naija format which features only Nigerians, and Big Brother Africa, which has housemates from across the continent, this particular show is open to only Nigerians and South Africans. The first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Sunday, unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits riding on motorcycles invaded New Life for All Church in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting over 25 worshippers. This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, to the press. He […]
