(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed two suits challenging the attempt by the All Progressives Congress APC to extend the tenure of its National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun and other executives of the party at the national, state, local government and ward levels. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba in two separate judgments Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah broke the record for the most goals in a 38-game Premier League season and claimed the league’s Golden Boot award in Liverpool’s 4-0 victory over Brighton at Anfield on Sunday. Salah scored his 32nd goal of the league campaign in the 26th minute as he turned sharply inside the box […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA AFRICAN EXAMINER – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Sunday announced that it has paid about N1 billion to owners of the accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers nationwide for their services during the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Head, Media and Information Unit, Dr. Fabian Benjamin who made the disclosure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday won the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election for the July 14 election in Ekiti. In the declared result of the exercise, Fayemi polled 941 votes to defeat 31 other aspirants, including a former governor of the state, Chief Segun […]
Photo: CSO Promoter, Chamberlain Usoh (right); the first runner’s up, Youssef Soliman and the overall winner, Zahed Mohammed (left) after the final games Saturday By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Egyptian, Zahed Mohammed Saturday won cash prize of $25, 000 as he emerged the star winner of the just concluded 2nd edition of Chamberlain Squash Open CSO […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rescheduled primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ekiti Governorship election is underway amid very tight security in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Reports say the mobile policemen are deployed to monitor the exercise and maintain peace at the venue of the exercise. The tight security arrangement followed uncovered plot […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London after a medical check-up in London. NAN reports that the president who arrived Nigeria on Friday had initially planned to return on Saturday but decided to reduce his stay in the UK by a day. The presidential aircraft conveying him and some of […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming Ekiti Governorship election Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka has announced the immediate past Chairman of Ado Local Government Area of the State, Mr. Deji Ogunsakin as his running mate. The announcement was made Friday in a Facebook post by the Special Assistant on Public Communications and New […]
Photo: Muntazer al-Zaidi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference a decade ago is standing for parliament, campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country. TV correspondent Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous across Iraq and the Middle East after throwing his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As one of the practical steps towards resolving the recurrent unemployment crisis in the country, the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni (MAPAMA) has expressed its willingness to partner with its alma mater on developing human capital potential – of the institution’s graduates so as to make them employable. MAPAMA National President Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government on Thursday lauded the efforts of the nation’s retired military officers who sacrificed so much to ensure that the unity of Nigeria is sustained. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this in Yenagoa at a press briefing organized by the Retired Army Navy And Air Force […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has been ranked among 75 most powerful persons on the planet, ahead of the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence. According to the Forbe’s latest 2018 ranking of the World Powerful people, Dangote ranked among world leaders like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, […]
Photo: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is forging ahead in pursuing his newly conceived political ambition, as his Coalition For Nigeria Movement CNM seems to have been fused into one of the Nigerian political parties – African Democratic Congress ADC. Obasanjo, a former Leader of the opposition People’s Democratic Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian diplomat has been reportedly assassinated in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. The envoy dead body according to reports was found Thursday at his home in Khartoum. A Dubai-based al-Arabiya television identified the late diplomat as the Consul General and described his death as an “assassination.” There is no detail yet with respect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former acting National Publicity Secretary of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, has resigned from the party. Adeyeye announced his resignation Thursday after a meeting with his loyalists and supporters at his campaign office in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The former PDP leader was among the aspirants […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The May 30th, Sit-at-home call by the Ralph Uwazurike led Movement for Actualization of Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, and proscribed indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has suffered a setback, as another foremost group in the struggle, Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, has asked Igbos to ignore the call and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia is to deepen ties with Iran, in spite of the U.S. decision to boycott international nuclear deal and impose new sanctions on Tehran, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. was withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He said […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Osun, Mr Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has resigned his appointment as the Chairman of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Oyinlola, in a resignation letter dated May 9, and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he resigned his appointment to pursue other political engagement. African Examiner reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has declared that his disagreement with leader of the party in the state and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is political. Abe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by […]
IBADAN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has dismissed a suit challenging the conduct of Local Government Election this Saturday – May 12, 2018 in Oyo State, South West Nigeria Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek Abdulmaleek Thursday after arguments by the plaintiffs and defendants Counsels ruled that the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission […]
