—Says There’s Light At The End Of The Tunnel (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Muslims in Nigeria and beyond on this year’s Eid-el-Maulud celebration, charging them to live by the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. The President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayo Onanuga, a former media aide to President Bola Tinubu, has berated supporters of the 2023 presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, concerning their position on the president’s certificate. Onanuga took to his Twitter account on Tuesday saying that Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s foremost Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has bagged the Brand of the Year award, in recognition and celebration of the top brand’s outstanding odyssey and consistently rising profile. Marketing Edge, Nigeria’s leading Brands and Marketing publication which honoured Dangote with the award at a grand ceremony held in Lagos, described it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will on Tuesday screen former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso for the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who will join forces with Cardoso to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the alarming insecurity continues to ravage the entire nation, a former Enugu State Commissioner for Finance and Criminologist, Mrs. Adaonah Uyanwunne, has urged the three tiers of governments to domesticate peace and conflict resolution in various institutions to attain sustainable development. She made the call weekend at an event to mark the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As African nations continue to fall to Military coups in recent times, the Director, Institute For Peace, Conflict, Development Studies IPCDS, Enugu state university of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu state, professor Felix Asogwa, has posited that such actions may continue, unless political leaders in the continent embraces accountable and purposeful leadership. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A flyover bridge across the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway in Enugu New Artisan market, in the State capital on Monday collapsed with no casualty. African Examiner garered that the bridge caved-in affecting two lorries conveying goods which were on the bridge when the incident happened . An eyewitness said , drivers and conductors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has reacted to the call by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) calling on President Bola Tinubu to probe the $15bn and N200bn missing oil revenues, insisting that the President must suspend the top management team of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) for effective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct a mock accreditation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. “The test run will take place simultaneously in the three States on Saturday 14th October 2023 from 8.30am to 2.30pm,” said a statement by INEC National Commissioner and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Korea will allow foreign nationals to enter the country from Monday, Chinese state media reported, after over three years of Covid-induced isolation. North Korea has been largely closed off from the outside world since early 2020, when it shut its borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with even its own […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, strengthened two pips to 7.1727 against the dollar on Monday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal on Monday declared as dead on arrival, a petition of the state Governorship Candidate of PDP, Dr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), against Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s election. The tribunal held that evidence before it showed that the petition lacked merit. Adediran had contended that Sanwo-Olu was wrongfully nominated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri, has alleged that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero has turned the body into a tribal union. Omokri, taking to his X account formerly known as Twitter, alleged that Ajaero turned the NLC into a union that supported the presidential ambition of the 2023 Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least four occupants of a vehicle in the convoy of the Speaker of Osun State House, Wale Egbedun, were injured and have been hospitalized after a road crash that occurred in Dagbolu, Osun State. The accident happened on Sunday along Osogbo/Ikirun road. However, Egbedun was not in the car when the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has come under fire concerning his statement on the late singer, Ilerioluwa Alobad better known as Mohbad. The African Examiner recalls that Mohbad died and was buried a few weeks ago and the cause of his death has been stirred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Akande Festus, has denied claims that there is any connection between the fire incident that happened at the Supreme Court on Monday, September 25, 2023, and the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Speaking to reporters, Akande stated that the fire, which razed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angel, Soma and Venita, housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, have been evicted from the show. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, announced the eviction of the trio during the eviction night on Sunday. According to the vote percentage revealed after the eviction process, Venita had the least […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea, have made a strong plea for action to rescue a world teetering on the precipice of climate catastrophe and struggling under the weight of an outdated and unfair global financial system. The leaders made the call in their statements at the ongoing UN General Assembly’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has reached 81,095, according to the UN migration agency. As of Sept. 16, a total of 81,095 crossings had been made by returnees, refugees and asylum seekers from conflict-affected Sudan to its neighbour, Ethiopia, the International Organisation for Migration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved a three-month grace period for owners of 189 undeveloped plots of land in the territory to begin to develop them or get their allocation papers revoked. Director of Information and Communication at the FCT Administration, Mr Muhammad Sule, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the […]
