(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spanish side Villarreal beat Manchester United 11-10 in a penalty shootout to win the Europa League on Wednesday in Gdansk. Edinsob Cavani had canceled out Gerard Moreno’s opening goal before 9,500 fans, sitting in the stands of the stadium in the Polish city. Manchester United made a strong start to press high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc on Wednesday commended theManagement of the company for an impressive performance despite the economicchallenges in the year under review. Unanimously, theshareholders approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per sharefor the year ended December 31, 2020. The 16 per cent increase in the company’srevenue led to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu revealed that the National Assembly in the past made frantic efforts to review the constitution, but their efforts were frustrated by bottlenecks. He said “It will be unfair to say we have not achieved anything’ The former Speaker, ECOWAS parliament disclosed this Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in running for a third-term in 2023. Shehu also stated that the burning of police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission won’t stop the 2023 general elections. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe government on Africa Day unveiled a statue of Mbuya Nehanda, a spirit medium who fought the war of liberation against colonialists using spirit, as the country begins the process of immortalizing liberation heroes and heroines. Mbuya Nehanda was a spirit medium until her hanging during the first war of liberation in […]
… Describes Late COAS as Patriotic, Committed to Nigerian Project (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed sadness over the recent unfortunate incident of air crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 officers while on official duty in Kaduna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says restructuring will boost the nation’s economy and end insecurity. The former governor spoke on ”restructuring, security challenges and development” at the fourth Adada public lecture organised by the association of Nsukka professors (ANP) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Accordin to him, it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ijaw leader Edwin Clark says he is against the major regions in the country going their separate ways, insisting that Nigerians should succeed or fail together. He stated this at a mass held to mark his 94th birthday in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr Clark, who said he was against secession, decried the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to explain to Nigerians what he did with recovered loot, urging anti-corruption agencies to be transparent. “Nigerians need (an) explanation on how much was recovered. Where is the money, and what are they doing with them? “This explanation is necessary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based Medical practitioner, (Dr). Orji Uchenna Iloakasi, has emerged National Chairman of Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu, supporters Club. He was unanimously elected on Tuesday during the Association’s election held at its Secretariat at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Sports Stadium Enugu. Announcing the result, at the end of voting exercise, Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the ongoing rightsizing exercise of Kaduna State Government, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disentanglement of 19 political appointees. The Governor said the 19 disengaged staff are the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, in continuation of rightsizing the workforce. A statement from Sir […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane tendered resignation. Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources. Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has described as worrisome the rate at which offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Southeast were being destroyed. The group raised the concern in a statement by its Executive Director, Ms Faith Nwadishi, on Wednesday in Abuja. “CTA […]
…Deal To Yield Over $780million In Immediate Revenues To Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) – have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has confiscated 8,400 bottles of beer in Dawakin Kudu and Kura Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Commander-General of the board, Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano. According to the statement “the vehicle was coming from Zaria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Police Command has clarified that the explosion that rocked Afikpo Area of the state on Tuesday was not a case of suicide bomber, but was as a result of hand grenade mistakenly detonated by a mobile Police Officer,Mr. Aminu Idi, who is on a special deployment to Afikpo area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), including the Presidents of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum; Central African Republic’s President Faustin Touadera; and Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby. Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, though absent, is represented at the meeting. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is palpable fear in Imo State on Tuesday as gunmen engaged police in a gun duel as they attempted to burn Orji Divisional Police Headquarters situated on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Owerri under reconstruction. Security operatives made up of soldiers, policemen and Air Force engaged the hoodlums in shootout which resulted to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has kicked against the detention of interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of Mali. The African examiner writes that both officials who are in the transitional government of Mali were reportedly arrested by soldiers to the Kati Military Camp, near the capital, Bamako on […]
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has berated the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, concerning Shehu’s recent comment on the resolutions of the 17 southern governors made at a meeting in Asaba Delta State.Shehu, in a statement claiming to come from the presidency, was quoted to have […]
