(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, under the umbrella of the Oodua Youth Coalition, have threatened to shut down MultiChoice offices across the country from Monday, May 15, 2023. The group disclosed that all avenues of consultation to engage the Pay TV company on the recent increment of its DSTV and GOTV tariffs have all been […]
…..Says He Is Unsung Hero (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration gradually comes to an end, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has declared that the Citizen will greatly miss the governor, whom it described as an unsung hero. Our Correspondent writes that Ugwuanyi will be handing over to Governor-elect, Peter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, says that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar killed and buried the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to the former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria owes Atiku a debt of gratitude for murdering the party. Fani-Kayode’s statement was contained in a post on his verified […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rights groups say it is the worst atrocity in a 10-year-old conflict between Islamist groups and the army in which thousands have died and millions had been displaced. Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel were likely to have executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in the village of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two members of a syndicate, who specialised in robbing unsuspecting passengers with their cars. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Hundeyin identified the suspects as Folashade Sholagbe 36, a female and Seun Oke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets crashed out of the under 17 AFCON 2023 after falling 2-1 to fellow West Africans Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals in Algiers. The result meant the Golden Eaglets won’t feature in the under 17 World Cup that would take place later this year, with Burkina Faso completing the quartet […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mike Ozekhome, the senior counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has informed the Supreme Court that he is afraid that his client might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking on Thursday at the hearing of Kanu’s case, Ozekhome informed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has dismissed the ratification of his purported suspension and that of some bigwigs of the party in the Southeast including a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Ex- Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Minister of Foreign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel and Gaza militants traded more heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as well as civilians, including several children, said officials in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group operating under the banner of G-37 has condemned the constitutional lapses in day to day running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), where the Board has been sidelined in major procurement issues. The body, composed of former All Progressives Congress Party (APC) States Chairmen and past members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The director-general of the budget office of the federation, Ben Akabueze, has stated that Nigeria’s borrowing space keeps reducing because of the inability to service debt. Akabueze made this known on Wednesday in the induction of newly-elected lawmakers of the 10th national assembly in Abuja. He stated that the ratio of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba Umar as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the Bank Verification Number (BVN) issued in Nigeria remains for life and has no expiry date, as reported by a national newspaper. Its Acting-Director, Corporate Communications, Alhaji Isa Abdulmumin, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Abdulmumin said that the claim was completely false and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A combative Donald Trump made a rare live appearance on longtime adversary CNN on Wednesday, repeating his false claims about the 2020 election, hurling insults and mocking a former magazine columnist he was found liable of sexually abusing and defaming. Trump, during a one-hour “town hall” on the cable television network that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Golden Eaglets will take on Burkina Faso in a quarter-final game at the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Thursday with an eye for a ticket to the World Cup. Coach Nduka Ugbade’s side face their fellow West Africans in a repeat of the WAFU B championship final which the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has expressed concerns over the exclusion of civil society in Nigeria from the proposed Data Protection Commission’s Governing Council. This is coming at a time when the legislature is discussing the country’s Data Protection Bill, which seeks to establish an independent and effective regulatory commission to oversee data protection […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River, Liyel Imoke and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14. Details later……
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau workers have commenced an indefinite strike after the failure of the government to meet their demands. The action was declared in a notice of strike issued by the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), Plateau chapter, on Wednesday night in Jos. The notice jointly signed by Plateau JNC Chairman, Titus Malau and Secretary, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in Wednesday’s pulsating last-four derby. Inter have the upper hand ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to early strikes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Simone […]
