(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks. The back-to-back hurricanes have whipped up a US election storm, with Vice President Kamala Harris slamming her White House rival Donald Trump […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the city of Chilpancingo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, was assassinated just six days after taking office, local authorities said. “His loss has left all of Guerrero society in mourning and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado wrote on social media X. Arcos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained a commercial sex worker, Joy Kelvin, for allegedly stabbing a client, simply identified as Okafor, 48, to death. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, unless urgent measures are taken. WHO, in a report published on Monday, said hearing loss, which currently stood at 40 million, costs the continent $27 million annually, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, over the passing of the family patriarch, Alhaji Abdullahi Sabi. This was contained in a Press Release issued on Monday by Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The President said he shared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Funds has visited parts of Enugu State affected by flooding. Communities affected by the disaster are Amechi Idodo, Amauzam Amagunze, Ihuokpara and Nkerefi communities in Nkanu East Council area of the state. Others include, Mpu, Okpanku, Oduma and Nenwe in Aninri Local Government Area. Assessing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), Osagie Okunbor, has received an “Award of Excellence to an Astute and Visionary Technocrat” from the newly instituted executive leadership of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). Okunbor received the award in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara said he does not regret conducting local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance by Wike’s men in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City and the Premier League both claimed victory on Monday after the champions challenged the English top flight’s rules on commercial deals. City launched legal action against the associated party transaction (APT) rules earlier this year on the grounds they were anti-competitive. The APT rules are designed to ensure commercial deals […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a Press Release issued on Monday s>aid that in response to recent tensions following […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hannatu Musa Musawa, minister of art, culture and creative economy, has stated that there is nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while passing through the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Musawa stated this on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme.In the chat, the minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new audio leak of controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that on Monday, social media influencer, Martins Otse better known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, uploaded a audio which has since gone viral which Bobrisky claimed he paid 5 Million upfront […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, says she is not worried about the planned reshuffling of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Bola Tinubu. Asked whether she was worried that the President would drop her from his cabinet because of the “controversies” around her person, the minister said, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has unsealed all 23 Local Government Area Secretariats in the state following the election and swearing in of new chairmen. This was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko earlier on Monday morning. She said the newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Bala […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Austin Okpara, says the success of the conduct of the October 5, 2024, local government election in the oil-rich state shows the indigenes of the state are tired of oppression. “What it portends is that Rivers people are tired of oppression, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles caretaker coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has released his 23-man squad for the Super Eagle’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying doubleheader against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen and Orlando Pirates defender, Olisa Ndah did not make the list due to injury. Captain William Troost-Ekong, Wilfred Ndidi, Stanley […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former minister of power, who later served as governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Thursday, in Lokoja, stated that alleged “expenditure” of a phantom $16 billion on the power sector by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration never happened. Imoke, who was also Chairman of the Power Sector Technical Board […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers has swept 22 of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s Local Government Elections. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results, Enebeli said that the winners secured two-third majority […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers state Police Command says it is investigating 2 explosions that rocked the city of Port Harcourt in the early hours of Saturday amid local government election in the state. In a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, the police acknowledged the explosion at the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The poor handling of logistics for the Benue state local government election, may have direct impact on voter turnout with many returning to their business premises to pursue their daily bread while these youths enjoy the English premiere league game. The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) ward supervisor said the delay […]
