(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can never return to power. Tinubu made this known on Monday while speaking at the inauguration of the APC women’s campaign council in Abuja. According to the former governor of Lagos State, described the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has defended the huge foreign indebtedness of Nigeria, saying that the situation with the country is not “hopeless.” The governor, who is also the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, the umbrella body of all governors of the All Progressives Congress(APC), spoke in Ado- Ekiti on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.” This is just as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed sadness over the boat accident in Anambra state, in which dozens of people were killed. The boat reportedly carrying 85 persons capsized following rising floods in the Ogbaru area of the state, with emergency bodies confirming a death toll of 76. Following the tragedy, the Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal returned to the top in the Premier League after overcoming Liverpool in a pulsating 3-2 win at the Emirates. A brace from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli secured Arsenal’s first Premier League win over Liverpool since July 2020. Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino were the scorers for Liverpool who have now […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tasked the national assembly to support the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) in tackling what it described as “nudity” on the BBNaija reality show. The African Examiner recalls that NCAC had earlier called on the National Assembly to allow the body to sanction BBNaija and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has debunked heaping praises of former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu. According to Obasanjo, from his experience, only military-trained personnel were good managers of people. The rebuttal of Obasanjo was issued on Sunday by spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi. The former Nigerian leader stated that he could not have made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, (CP) Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) of the Command to conduct a full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the sudden and unnatural death of one Mrs. Chinyere Odoh, her two two children, as well as two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proscribed group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says that the group does not have any plans to disrupt the 2023 general elections in the South-East. This was announced in a statement by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. According to Powerful, there is no truth in the claim that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Murtala Ajaka, deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, should resign if he is not supporting Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard bearer. Ajaka made this remark as he reacted to comments by Ngige when he appeared on Politics Today, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane, has alleged threats to his life by persons he described as “boys” hired by Davido. Krane disclosed this on his Twitter page on Saturday as he called the police to people loitering around his home. The singer alleged that one of Davido’s “boys” named AB Kush also attempted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The unveiling of an official website to promote political campaigns and soliciting funds ahead of the 2023 presidential election by the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has generated mixed reactions in some quarters especially on social media platforms. The former Anambra Governor, who encouraged his supporters to visit the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Federal Government said it spent about 100 million US dollars in feeding 10 million Nigerian children under the National School Feeding Programme. This was part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of child labour in the country. Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when he received the US […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its strike. The court gave the order after dismissing the union’s application for a stay of execution of an earlier ruling of the National Industrial Court directing the university lecturers to resume work. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance has said the party will not work for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. After a private meeting between the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and members of APGA, there were widespread rumours that Soludo ordered the party faithful […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Oct. 10 as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has returned to the country after weeks in the United Kingdom. The whereabouts of Tinubu have been the question on the lips of some Nigerians in recent days. In a tweet on Thursday, presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, said Tinubu had returned to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers Assembly has withdrawn its recognition of Celestine Omehia as a former Governor of Rivers State. All 21 members present voted in support of the motion to delist Omehia and resolved to forward their resolution to Governor, Nyesom Wike, for implementation. Details shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, (AMEN), Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has urged members of the church to remain calm and stop protesting but to pray for him. Mbaka made the call while leaving for the Monastery on Wednesday in obedience to the church order. African Examiner reports that the Enugu Diocese […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists on Wednesday released the 23 remaining victims of the Kaduna train attack. The hostages were freed at about 4 pm on Wednesday. African Examiner reports that the terrorists attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, 2022. The terrorists planted explosive devices along the rail track and when the Abuja-Kaduna […]
