(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has discredited the viral rumour circulating round that Senator Ademola Adeleke had promised him a private jet gift. The statement was issued by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs of the Ooni of Ife’s Palace, Mr Moses Olafare, on Friday in Ile-Ife. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu returned back to Nigeria after a three month medical trip to the United Kingdom. His media spokesman, Tunde Rahman, confirmed the return of the APC stalwart last night. In a statement he said: “His Excellency, Asiwaju […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – From Hello Fresh to the Spotify, subscription services are now so commonplace they’ve almost become the norm. Subscriptions started life in the media world, with newspaper and magazine subscriptions dating back centuries. But in the last ten years, the subscription business model has exploded in popularity across consumer industries including fashion, food […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than three persons were feared dead on Friday as soldier’s raided Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. African Examiner also gathered that many houses, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Aborshi-Izombe community, Pius Muforo, was razed down. Although the exact cause of the raid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – California has made it illegal to remove a condom during sex without verbal consent, a practice popularly known as “stealthing.” Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Thursday that classifies the removal of a condom without consent as “sexual battery.” “By passing this bill, we are underlining the importance of consent,” the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Muhammad Nami, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has said that only 41 million pay taxes in Nigeria out of the over 200 million population in the country. Nami made the disclosure at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the Highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Bill’ in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned Mr Embelakpo Apere and his wife, Beauty, before a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa. The couple was arraign for money laundering allegedly carried out in 2015. Embelakpo is a former aide on Sustainable Development Goals to the then Gov. Seriake Dickson […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, says the proponents of the legalisation of cannabis sativa cannot have what they desire. He disclosed this at the 2021 Ulefunta annual public lecture in Akure. In a statement by the agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsely Moghlau, has crossed over the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The 58-year-old had previously dumped the Young Progressive Party (YPP) after his underwhelming performance as a candidate in the 2019 presidential election. Moghalu announced his new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated facilities that would facilitate cross border trading between Borno and Cameroon. African Examiner recalls that the violence in northeastern Nigeria has affected more than two million people to vacate their homes and disrupted livelihood opportunities. It has also erased access to basic services, like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that Nigeria is setback in the nation’s leadership recruitment process. He stated this during a book presentation titled: “Leadership principles for junior commanders in the military,” in Abuja. The book was written by the acting Commandant, Nigeria Army School of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has called out the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, for allegedly using “foul language against those in leadership”. Adesina, in a Facebook post on Thursday night, stated that Abaribe should be “cooling his feet in prison” after he “stood surety for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday held that the a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kolawole Babalola had a case to answer in the alleged N8 billion currency scam instituted against him. Ruling in the no case submission filed before him, Justice Ayo Emmanuel said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja received the certificate of incorporation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Speaking at the event, the president noted that with the certification of the company the country expected nothing less from the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara Government has warned health officials against issuing COVID-19 vaccination cards to people who refused to be vaccinated, but wish to acquire the cards. Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, gave the warning on Friday at a news conference at University of Ilorin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has been released from Army custody a day after he was arrested for putting on an outfit with semblance to the Biafran flag. This was made known via a video posted by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, on his Instagram page on Friday, where Agu was filmed with two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Motorist , communities have abandoned markurdi- Aliade road due to deplorable condition of the road and armed men who pose as kidnappers , bandits armed robbers who terrorize and kill with reckless abandon . The road has been in bad shape and nothing has been done to salvage it thereby leaving the road […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives Ikemba USA Igwesi, has condemned the threat by the federal government to impose state of emergency in Anambra State, insisting that the state government, her agencies, service providers and all the democratic structures in the state are fully active and functional . “And […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Zamfara have handed over a total of 187 rescued abductees, comprising males, female adults and children, to the state government. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement issued in Gusau. “Following the implementation of the new security measures by the Zamfara state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has assured that there was no plan to reinstate the disbanded Special Anti -Robbery Squad (SARS) into the Nigeria Police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, in Abuja. Mba said the clarification followed reports […]
