(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over virtual weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the Ministries of Power; Works and Housing; Trade, Industry and Investment; Health as well as Finance are expected to make presentations at the meeting. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Wednesday for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26. This was contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. At CHOGM 2022, the President would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The plight of motorists and commuters in many cities across the country worsened yesterday. An end to the lingering petrol scarcity appears not in sight. The product was sold at between N180 and N220 at independent stations in Lagos, Abia and Zamfara states. An end to the lingering petrol scarcity appears not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are not taking things easy with popular lawyer and businessman, Prince Ned Nwoko, after he stated that the Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi will never win the 2023 presidential election. African Examiner writes that Nwoko, who is an aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party and married to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has nominated seven persons for screening and confirmation by the Senate for appointment as Ministers. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate, in Abuja, on Tuesday. In the letter read by Lawan, the president said the nominees […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of demonstrators defied the downpour on Tuesday to protest the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket being proposed by the All Progressives Congress at the party secretariat in Abuja. Barring a last-minute change, the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, would announce a Muslim as his running mate after picking Ibrahim Masari as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fuel queues have resurfaced in major cities of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun on Monday, forcing motorists to spend hours at filling stations. In Lagos and Ogun states, long queues were observed at several filling stations such as Mobil, Capital, Fatgbems, Enyo, TotalEnergies and NNPC. Though there were products at these filling stations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has come under severe attack after the lady he reportedly assaulted in Cubana club in Lagos shared her own side of the story. African Examiner recalls that Burna Boy’s security details were reported to have shot at some men after the singer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons from the same family were killed when gunmen invaded Umuebele-Okporo, a community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The council area has witnessed several gunmen attacks in recent times. In the latest attack, the gunmen, suspected to be members of Ebubeagu security operative, attacked five family […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire brand Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has distanced himself from Sunday’s protests by his followers at the Adoration ground. The protest, which was targeted at the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga rocked the capital city, as the demonstrators insisted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected terrorists on motorcycles in the early hours of Sunday, attacked two churches, the Maranatha Baptist Church and the St. Moses Catholic Church, both in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack came barely a week after some suspected terrorists in a helicopter invaded communities in the same Kajuru LGA, […]
….Says It’s Grave Attack On Freedom Of Worship (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has faulted the closure of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s led Adoration Ministry by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev (Dr) Callistus Onaga. It’s said the action is a grave attack on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has berated the Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and other members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for killing the principles of democracy with vote-buying. African Examiner recalls that they were reports of massive vote-buying in the Ekiti governorship election on Saturday. Sowore, who is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Ekiti Governorship election. Declaring the winner, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, said Oyebanji polled a total of 187, 057 to win the election. He said that Oyebanji […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has stated that despite the fact that he is from the South-South region, he is still an Igbo man. Governor Okowa disclosed this on Friday during a media interview with Arise TV as he reacted to the outbursts of some groups who described him as “a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension gripped Owupa and Orokam communities in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State following the killing of a councilor-elect and his cousin by suspected kidnappers. Consequently, youths from the two communities on Friday barricaded the highway and protested the killing as well as incessant kidnapping in both communities. Sources said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. (Dr). Callistus Onaga has banned all priests and Catholic faithful from attending the Adoration Ministry Emene led by Rev controversial Rev. Ejike Mbaka. This is a fall out of the controversial statement recently made by Mbaka against the presidential flag bearer of Labour Party’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, and his Social Democratic Party (SDP) counterpart, Engr. Segun Oni, were last night locked in a war of words, heightening tension ahead of today’s election. Oni accused the APC, which is the ruling party in the state, of intimidating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the Labour party had nominated former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, as the running mate to the party’s flag bearer, Peter Obi, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that Doyin Okupe while speaking with Channels Television on Friday, stated that he is the running mate of Peter obi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), on Friday, berated the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for the acceptance of nomination as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. This was contained in a statement […]
