(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived Abuja after his eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said the Presidential aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has enjoined the Police to investigate the controversial situation surrounding the Adamawa Governorship rerun. Tinubu in a statement he personally issued on Wednesday, tasked aggrieved candidates to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances. Tinubu said: “The supplementary elections have now brought the 2023 general elections to a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has enjoined churches to be careful of politicians who only approach them during election. Wike made this known during the inauguration of Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls School (ACMGS) road in Elelenwo Town of Obio/Akpor LGA on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. He stated that churches should be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays for Muslims in the country to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting. In a statement on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, said the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement on behalf of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities Monday as his envoy to Khartoum said at least 185 people had been killed by the fighting. The UN chief said any further escalation of the conflict between the army and paramilitary forces, led by rival generals, “could […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari has taken due notice of judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, restoring Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). A statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the victory of Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Adamawa State Governorship election as a momentous triumph for democracy and the expression of the Will of the people. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Tuesday also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old man, Taiwo Odeyemi, who allegedly stood as surety for his brother who was involved in illegal connection of electric light, on Tuesday appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Odeyemi, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a count charge of perverting the course of justice. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, however said that the term ‘condemned criminal’ had been […]
Adamawa’s Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has expressed appreciation of voters for their overwhelming support at Saturday’s supplementary governorship election which ended in his re-election. The governor, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also commended INEC for conducting free, fair and credible elections. Fintiri scored 430,788 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sen. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian actress, Nuella Njubigbo has reacted to the news of her ex-husband, Tchidi Chikere, getting remarried. The African Examiner recalls that on Monday, Chikere announced his new marriage saying that he has been married for months now. He thereafter uploaded a photo of his wife’s engagement ring. “Married! We did it here […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Chioma Akpotha, says that the producer of the movie, ‘Gangs of Lagos’ settled some residents of Isale Eko to let them shoot the movie in the area. Chioma who acted as Mama Ifeanyi, a market woman and mother of musician-cum-gang member; Ify aka Panamo in the crime thriller made this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incarceration of self-acclaimed relationship expert, Blessing Okoro aka Blessing CEO, has sparked social media reactions as many netizens ponder her bail conditions on Tuesday. The African Examiner recalls that Blessing CEO was remanded in prison on the 1st of April over alleged cyber-bullying of Folashade Samuels, the sister of late Bimbo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The security is tight at the state collation centre in Yola, the Adamawa State capital as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reconvened and resumed collation of results for Saturday’s supplementary governorship election. NEC Administrative Secretary in the state, Adamu Gujungu, who has been mandated to take the place of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and State Executive Members of the PDP in Rivers State over alleged anti-party activities. In his judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the fears of Wike and other members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday had a closed-door meeting at the commission’s national headquarters in Abuja over Adamawa supplementary governorship election. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye said the Commission will release a statement on the meeting shortly. The […]
. …..Arrest 2 Female Suspects. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives serving in Enugu State Command, acting on credible information, have busted a child stealing and trafficking syndicate and arrested two (2) female suspects. Arrested are, one Miracle Orji 24 aged and Blessing Ani aged 34, and their arrest led to the rescue of two children: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has petitioned the United Kingdom (UK) Government to thoroughly investigate the Heathrow Airport immigration officers’ alleged ‘assault, humiliation, embarrassment and hours of detention of Chief Peter Obi, the Labour party presidential Candidate in the Nigeria’s 2023 general […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a swipe at the Enugu opposition for what the party described as endless fake news about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate of the governor-elect of the state, Dr. Peter Mbah. It equally dismissed as fake and infantile […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More revelations have emerged on the reason why the crisis- ridden All Progressives Congress (APC) performed poorly in Enugu state in the just concluded 2023 general elections. The party failed to secure any seat in either of the 24 seats of Enugu state House of Assembly, just as it could not win […]
