(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while rockets and strikes marked the year’s earliest hours in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine. Much of the world’s population — now more than eight billion — is hoping to shake off high living costs and global tumult in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has said he will rid communities that have been stifled by insurgents and bandits. General Musa made this declaration Brief on Monday , where he called for support from the public to meet this goal. “We are working with the state government to identify […]
–Promises Prosperous 2024 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said that over the past seven months of his administration, he took some difficult but necessary decisions to save the nation from fiscal catastrophe In his new year message to the nation, Tinubu called on all Nigerians to join hands with him to put the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dear Compatriots, It gives me immense joy to welcome each and everyone of you – young and old- to this brand new year 2024. We must lift up our hands to Almighty God, in gratitude, for his grace and benevolence to our country and our lives in the year 2023 that has […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a New Year’s Day broadcast to the nation on Monday, January 1, 2024, at 7 am. This was disclosed by Special Adviser to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday in a statement made available to the Press According to the statement, television, radio stations, and other electronic media […]
Alamu said that farmers in Oyo, Niger and Kano states had been exposed to diversity of seeds of cowpea, sorghum accessions and other seeds conserved in the genebank. The National Centre For Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), says Nigeria will soon witness sufficiency and price reduction in food commodities. The NACGRAB Acting Director, Dr Anthony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has stated that the subsidy was not completely removed but only reduced. Rewane made this known when he featured on Channels Television on Sunday evening. In the programme, he also spoke about the effects of the reduction in fuel subsidy and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has enjoined the Federal Government to promote effective policies that will provide succour to the economic hardship Nigerians are going through in 2024. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag-bearer in the 2023 presidential election, stated this in his New Year’s message to Nigerians. In a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has enjoined the Federal Government to desist from interfering in the internal affairs of states especially in circumstances where national security is not threatened. Obi stated this in a statement in his 2024 New Year message on Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly has taken a different dimension on Sunday as the factional speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Ehie Ogerenye resigned as speaker and quitted as a member of the Assembly. Ehie in a letter addressed to the National Chairman, Independent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Sunday his country’s economy had weathered a storm and grown “more resilient and dynamic” this year, in a speech to the nation marking the new year. Xi also promised in an address broadcast on state-run channel CCTV that China would “surely be reunified” — a reference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle and the service chiefs on Sunday visited Plateau State shortly after a fresh attack by gunmen. The visit comes hours after assailants killed no fewer than two persons, including a father and his son, in a fresh attack which occurred in Bokkos Local Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – DR Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi was expected to be announced on Sunday as the winner of elections that opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”. Partial results released so far leave little doubt that Tshisekedi won the single-round presidential ballot, with the National Independent Electoral Commission (Ceni) saying it planned to announce […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo bisy, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed sadness over the demise of former governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu who passed on few days ago. It said the group “received with grief the sad news of the passing of an Angel of history; a robust visionary, purveyor of morals, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has expressed deep concern over the poor level of funding in the Federal Government’s 2024 budget for the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and FOI-related activities by public institutions, saying the situation signals the Government’s lack of commitment to make the Law effective. The organization […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement made by veteran Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, concerning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke better known as Davido has sparked social media reactions on the internet. The African Examiner writes that Henshaw, in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, stated that she is not a fan of Davido as the singer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a December […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Alex Otti of Abia has called on indigenes of the state to invest at home, assuring that his government is creating a conducive environment for their enterprise to flourish. Governor Otti was speaking at the grand civic reception organized by the Abia State Government in honour of the Deputy Speaker of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has released his 25-man list for the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with captain Ahmed Musa making the cut while Enyimba’s Olorunleke Ojo is the only home-based player. The list, which was released on the team’s social media platforms Friday evening, is headlined by Victor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Super Eagles captain, Austine Jay Jay Okocha has slammed the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations. The African Examiner writes that the competition is usually played in the middle of the European season and its has sparked heated debate between clubs and participating countries. Okocha, who won the 1994 AFCON […]
