(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a New Year message to Nigerians as the people await 2023. The President’s message captured some pressing national issues. Prominent among them is the 2023 general elections. Buhari, who will leave the Presidential Villa in May, 2023, also noted the fact that this would be his last […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. “With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has suspended the Executive Secretary of Osun Health Insurance Agency, Dr Niyi Oginni, and the Head of the Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Adebukola Olujide. The governor also directed investigation of the Public Procurement Agency otherwise known as the Due Process Office to determine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Al Nassr with agreement valid for two years and half; total salary will be close to €200m per year, but this includes a commercial deal. It’s the biggest salary ever in football. “History in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to […]
President Buhari has reappointed Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Resident Media Consultant of NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, told The Nation that her reappointment was with effect from December 1, 2022. Prof. Adeyeye was first appointed as Director-General in November 2017. On November […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Friday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will sign the 2023 appropriation bill on Tuesday, January 3 2023. Lawan revealed this after a closed-door meeting with the President at the State House, Abuja. The Senate President who arrived at the Villa minutes before 3:00 pm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo umbrella organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has advised Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to end their romance with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. A statement on Friday by the National President of the group, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, made available to African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazil football legend and three-time World Cup winner Pele, has died at age 82. Pele had been treated for colon cancer, following surgery to remove a tumour in September 2021, and had required regular medical treatment. After being admitted back into the hospital at the end of November to re-evaluate his cancer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Vice Chairman, South – East , Labour party, Chief Innocent Okeke, has hit hard on former Vice president, and presidential Candidate of the people’s Democratic party PDP, Ahaji Atiku Abubarkar, over his recent comment in Anambra state where he called on Igbos to vote for him. He said: “there is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor is dead. The governor of Imo State, Sen Hope Uzodimma announced the death in a statement issued on Wednesday night. The statement reads, “On behalf of the government and people of Imo state, I, Sen Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian troops have arrested a deputy commander of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who allegedly killed Ahmed Gulak, a political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, according to PRNigeria. The suspect, Nwagwu Chiwendu, was arrested on Tuesday during the burial of his father at Mbaise in Imo State, Nigeria’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the incident that claimed seven lives during the Bikers Carnival at the ongoing Calabar carnival on Tuesday. The governor made this known in a statement through his Special Adviser on media, Mr Christian Ita. The incident occurred when a Toyota Camry car […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement of Anambra businessman and billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze distancing himself from Peter Obi’s presidential dream as he does not support it has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that Eze, who spoke at the occasion of the 2022 Ofala festival of HRH Igwe (Dr.) Robert Eze, the traditional ruler […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement credited to a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, about northerners not voting for politicians who won’t grant amnesty to bandits wreaking havoc across the region as bandits are warriors who shouldn’t be killed but negotiated with has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that the cleric, in one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A policeman has allegedly shot dead a lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, at the Ajiwe area of Ajah, Lagos State, on Christmas Day. Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem is a member of the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She was shot at close range by the yet to be identified Assistant Superintendent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, has stated that irrespective of the many lofty promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, he is leaving Nigerians “far more vulnerable” than when he came into office on May 29, 2015. Bishop Kukah disclosed this in his 2022 Christmas Message titled, ‘Nigeria: Let […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed how he came from a very poor background. Adeboye, who spoke during a sermon on Sunday themed ‘Perfect Gift’, aired live on his Facebook page, said while growing up, his parents were so poor that he had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, on Saturday said his client needed heart surgery for a valve replacement. He urged the Federal Government to release the detained agitator so he can get medical attention. Ejimakor tweeted a medical advice from Pink Rose Hospital Limited dated August […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Osun State Commissioner for Works, Mr Remi Omowaiye, and his team were on Friday reportedly attacked by some suspected hoodlums at Isida Area of Ilesa, Osun State. Omowaiye who spoke to The PUNCH said those behind the attack were known thugs working for the Peoples Democratic Party, adding that six people were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A boat mishap at a jetty in a Badagry community in Lagos State has led to the death of a 32-year-old man. The mishap, according to sources, occurred at the jetty on Thursday night when two boats, one coming from Badagry and another coming from Lagos, collided. Mr Victor Idowu, a resident […]
