(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn against hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for January next year in Cote d’Ivoire. The African examiner reports that the draw was held at the Parc Des Expositions in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NATO countries on Thursday told Israel’s defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by Hamas, but urged his forces to respond with “proportionality”, the alliance said. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant briefed his counterparts from the US-led military alliance via videolink as his country’s military carries out a bombing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UEFA on Thursday announced the Euro 2024 qualifier between Kosovo and Israel, scheduled for Sunday, had been postponed because of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. “Israeli authorities currently do not allow their national team to travel abroad,” UEFA, European football’s governing body, said in a statement. “A new date for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Olukoyede’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Economic […]
By Stephen Ojate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The public have been greeted with serious debates over the authenticity of Tinubu’s Chicago Degree Certificate which he, the Candidate of All Progressive Congress submitted to Independent National Election Commission (INEC) in prelude to the last year general election. Recall that Tinubu’s Certificates have been a subject of questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 bandits have been reportedly killed by the airstrikes of the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits got information about the troops’ presence along the route which forced them to withdraw back to the Dansadau axis of Maru Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to coordinated attacks by the Islamist group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Telegram on Thursday that a large-scale attack was currently underway against Hamas-affiliated targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel was stunned by a large-scale attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid global slowdown and political instability, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to fall to 3.3 per cent this year from 4.0 per cent recorded in 2022. This is according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF), Regional Economic Outlook for SSA: “Light in the Horizon’’ released at the World Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a news conference he addressed. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy: According to a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Coalition of Civil Society Organizations CSOs in Enugu state have urged the Assistant Inspector General of police AIG, incharge of Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State to as a matter of urgency arrest and investigate the alledged corrupt Activities of the suspended Medical Director of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu Dr. Monday Igwe who has refused to honor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible which failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said. All five people on board the recreational sub, named Titan and operated by US-based company OceanGate, were killed when the vessel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary in honour of its member, Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, who died on Wednesday. Danbuga, who was representing Isa/Sabon Birni federal constituency of Sokoto State, died at the age of 63, following a brief illness. He has been buried in Sokoto according to Islamic rites. Presiding over […]
……As Organization Hails Action. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Civil Society and human rights Organization, Civil Rights. Realization and Advancement Network CRRAN, has applauded the Governor. Peter Mbah of Enugu state, for demolishing an illegal structure erected in area marked: ‘Green Area’ by one Mr. Chukwuemeka Oliver Omeke, who claimed to be a developer. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission says over 5.4 million Nigerians have registered for the November 11 Governorship Elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Olumekun said: “The Commission held its regular […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eden Hazard, the former Chelsea winger, has officially announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 32. The former Belgium national team captain announced this on Instagram on Tuesday. “You must listen to yourself and say stop at the right time,” the post reads. “After 16 years and more than […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians are reacting to the news of a young TikToker simply identified as ‘Pretty Yoruba Girl’ after she posted a video of the aftermath of demanding an iPhone 8 as a birthday gift from her parents. In the 3-minute video that has since gone viral, the lady shared with the caption, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo, the minister for aviation and aerospace development, has stated that domestic carriers will soon start to pay compensation to customers for cancelled or delayed flights. Keyamo made this known in Abuja when he talked about flight disruption challenges in a meeting with the airline operators of Nigeria (AON). According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said he needs more time to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Dangote Cement Plc says it has not embarked on any sales promotion and adjusted its prices. Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, made the denial in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday. Chiejina said that the company was already making moves to track and prosecute […]
