(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Falcons of Nigeria have defeated hosts Morocco to clinch their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title at Rabat’s Olympic Stadium, The Super Falcons came from 2 goals down to win the tournament following a dramatic 3-2 victory. Echegini scored the all-important winning goal in the 88th minute to complete […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has issued a statement encouraging Nigeria’s Super Falcons as he urged them to clinch a record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title as they slug it out with host nation, Morocco, in the final tonight at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat. The President’s message was delivered in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Dr. Leon Usigbe, a Journalist with The Tribune Newspapers and a cherished member of the State House Press Corps. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press release issued on Saturday said Tinubu described Usigbe as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has condoled the management and staff of Tribune Newspapers over the death of its Abuja Bureau Chief, Dr Leon Usigbe. Idris also commiserated with the government of Edo as well as friends and family of the deceased for the loss. Idris, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra recording 168,187 new registrants. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), INEC, Mr Sam Olumekun said this in a statement on Friday in Awka. Olumekun said the figure was the highest recorded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has refuted claims by the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, that the North has been neglected under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The presidency also disclosed that there are many critical projects and programmes which are presently underway in the region. Kwankwaso […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Joseph Kabila, on Friday began his treason trial in a military court in the capital, Kinshasa. 53-year-old Kabila, who ruled DR Congo for 18 years after he took over from his assassinated father in 2001, is facing multiple charges, including treason, murder, participation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of Dr Ibrahim Bello, the Sarkin Katsinan and Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State. According to a press release issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the monarch died in Abuja at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unidentified gunmen attack on Ndi-Ejezie, Umualaoma, and Ndiakuwata Uno villages in Arondizuogu community, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo, has allegedly left many people dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred between Thursday night and early Friday morning. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins other African nations to mark the 2025 International day of women and girls of African descent, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights crusader, Professor Joy Ezeilo, has stressed the need for society to use the occasion to reflect on the past injustices against women and eliminate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos based Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) have filed an appeal against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which dismissed their suit requesting itto compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to investigate their April 24, 2021, complaint against the then Ebonyi State Governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Iliyasu Maijega, Special Adviser to Zamfara governor on political matters has urged political parties in the state to abide by electoral laws during the forthcoming Kaura Namoda state assembly bye-election. Maijega, who made the appeal while speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday, and urged political parties in the state to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has said that the party’s doors remain open for members who have left it for other parties to return. He said, with time, the performance of President Bola Tinubu will attract those who previously left the APC back to the party. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has affirmed the decision of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, which upheld the Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) authority to charge, collect, and remit Value Added Tax (VAT) on transportation and food services provided by independent drivers and vendors operating via platforms like Bolt. Justice Akintayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Gombe High Court, on Thursday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging over the death of one Ibrahim Yahaya on April 22, 2022. The court found the trio, namely Dauda Mohammed Abubakar (alias Agenda), Kabiru Abubakar (alias Gwarei) and Ibrahim Suleiman, guilty of two of the three-count charges brought against them […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Google on Thursday announced a $37 million cumulative funding including previously committed but unannounced funding for Artificial Intelligence (AI) support, research, talent development and infrastructure across Africa. Mr James Manyika, Senior Vice-President for Research, Labs, and Technology and Society, Google, said in a statement that Africa was home to some of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has launched a probe into the issues affecting the nation’s downstream oil sector. Among other things, the committee is expected to probe the controversial turnaround maintenance of the country’s refineries, the acquisition of OVH Energy, and the mounting concerns over market dominance by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, has emerged as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his nomination and election by the members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma, nominated him […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has expressed concern over the president’s silence on rumours suggesting he plans to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 election. Although the 2027 election is still two years away, rumours have circulated about an alleged plot to drop Vice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced a change in the venue of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 24, 2025. Originally planned to hold at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the meeting will now take place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa at 2:00 […]
