(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has emerged as the deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming general election in Rivers State coming up next year. ADC governorship candidate in the state, Tonte Ibraye, disclosed this on Friday morning, in a statement posted on his verified Facebook page. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate says only the PDP will wrestle from the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. Okowa stated this while addressing the people of Delta and party faithful who turned out en masse to receive him at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) was still being detained because of the likelihood that he may jump bail again. Buhari spoke at a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Thursday expressed happiness concerning the arrest and detention of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in London over alleged organ harvesting. African Examiner recalls that two Nigerians, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu were arrested in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London has detained a former Senate Deputy President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. According to Sky News, the two suspects were arrested for alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child. But the child has been taken into protective custody. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police have formally charged two Nigerians with conspiracy to facilitate travel of another person for organ harvesting. The suspects were arrested and charged over their plan to bring a child into the country to allegedly harvest the said child’s organs. The two arrested suspects were identified as Beatrice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps said it has arrested some persons involved in the attack of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Owo local government area. It said it also recovered some weapons and vehicle used to perpetrate the terror act. About 40 persons were killed in the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has directed that a portal be opened to document unemployed citizens. This resolution was reached on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before the president went to Rwanda to attend the 2022 CHOGM. The job portal would […]
-Says Recent Spate Of Church Attacks unacceptable (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his government would hunt perpetrators of church attacks in the country and bring them to justice Buhari, through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said those responsible for the attacks would be punished for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has come under severe attack on social media after a video clip of him emerged online saying that the South East will vote for the People’s Democratic Party despite Obi being an easterner. In the video clip, Ekweremadu was heard saying: “I come from the SE, […]
(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 […]
