(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Gaza war was exacting a “very heavy price” as the toll of soldiers killed in fighting with Hamas mounted. “This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting in Gaza,” he said after the army announced 14 soldiers had been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Group in Katsina State wants the Federal Government to uncover the “big masquerades” behind the actions of ex-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. A government investigator Jim Obazee had indicted Emefiele for financial and other crimes. But days later, the Executive Director of the Citizens Participation Against Corruption Initiative […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United for a reported £1.25 billion ($1.6 billion) and will take control of the Premier League club’s football operations. Ratcliffe, the chairman of petrochemicals giant INEOS, will also provide substantial funds for future investment in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has blamed Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State for the political crisis in the state. Wike, who is the immediate past governor of the oil-rich state, has been at loggerheads with Fubara. Although President Bola Tinubu had intervened in the crisis, Wike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua insisted Friday he was completely focused on beating Otto Wallin rather than worrying what the outcome of the bout in Saudi Arabia might mean for his future in heavyweight boxing. The 34-year-old Englishman will be bidding for his third win from as many bouts in 2023 when he faces Swedish […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Wife of President Bola Tinubu, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday at the State House said the year 2024 would be glorious for Nigerians. The first lady said this in her Christmas message after she held an elaborate Christmas party for the children of Nana Berry Orphanage, Abuja. She also advised parents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suzanne Emma, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, has opened up concerning the claims her ex-husband made concerning her claims of domestic violence against him which led to significant losses on his part. Speaking in a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Emma stated that Ike had subjected her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City won the Club World Cup for the first time to end 2023 with five trophies after a 4-0 win over Fluminense in Jeddah on Friday. City’s victory extended European clubs’ domination of the competition since 2012 and was never in doubt once Julian Alvarez opened the scoring inside the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu says he will always be fair to all Nigerians and his administration remains committed to advancing the unity of the country as well as ensuring the welfare and prosperity of all citizens. In the statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu, who joined the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy has stated that operatives across the country have found a total of 803 barrels of crude oil valued at N105bn in 2023. The service also disclosed that a total of 703 illegal refining sites, 690 Cotonou boats laden with stolen crude, and 116 speed boats were damaged by its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated that the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, would have faced a firing squad had it been he is from China. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated that Emefiele and his gangs committed an atrocity that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has again ignored Nigerian referees from the list of officials that will officiate at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations coming up next year in January. The African Examiner writes that Nigerian referees have not been able to gain recognition from CAF and the Federation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has decried the action of police officers caught extorting money from a Dutch tourist, describing them as unpatriotic and bad representative of Nigerians. Its Director-General, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, commended the Nigerian Police for swiftly disowning, arresting and dismissing the personnel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has appointed new directors for civil aviation agencies in the country one week after the Federal Government sacked all directors and chief executive officers of the agencies. In a statement on Thursday, a spokesman for the ministry, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the fresh appointments […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As cash scarcity occasioned by the redesign of three naira notes continues to bite Nigerians about a year after the implementation of the policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned against collusion between Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point-Of- Sale (PoS) operators. In a statement on Thursday by its spokesperson, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has fulfilled its pledge of achieving the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on Area 5 Plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC). Rehabilitation work has been ongoing at the Refinery for over two years and the NNPC Ltd. had pledged to complete Phase One […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Human Rights Council, Václav Bálek (Czech Republic), has announced the appointment of Mohamed Chande Othman of Tanzania, professor Joy Ezeilo of Nigeria and Mona Rishmawi of Jordan/Switzerland to serve as the three independent members of the new Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. Mr. Othman will serve […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of newly promoted 52 officers and men of the Enugu state Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS on Thursday knew no bound, as they were decorated with their new ranks, just as 55 newly recruited personnel of the command passed out same day. Our Correspondent reports that the exercises took […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at his hideout in the state. Disclosing the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Okoye Henry, said the suspect was nabbed last Saturday, December 16 alongside three others. Henry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed the bill for an act to amend the 2023 Appropriation Act to extend the implementation year from 31st December 2023 to 31st March 2024. The upper chamber also passed a bill for an act to amend the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act to extend the implementation year from 31st […]
