(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is still to play for in the Premier League with the title race, battle for the top four and relegation fight set to go to the wire. Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Newcastle kept the pressure on Manchester City at the top. Newcastle’s defeat and Manchester United’s 1-0 loss at West Ham […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says Peter Obi’s visit was not for “reconciliation” as reported in some quarters. Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, visited the literary icon on Sunday following the former’s supporters – known as Obidients – recent fallout with Soyinka after he faulted the former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has condemned what he described as the dollarisation of the Nigerian economy, adding that the country has no business selling crude oil in dollars. He said he has led a campaign against the dollarisation of the economy to the leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, on Monday, the zoning arrangement reported to the NWC is as follows: Senate President – South-South Senator Godswill Akpabio […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The message of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, can bring prosperity to Nigeria with the help of God has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Adeboye at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta, was represented by Pastor Dele Balogun, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, the nation’s capital has adjourned its sitting to Tuesday. It also adjourned for the continuation of pre-hearing proceedings till Wednesday for the petition of the Labour Party and Peter Obi and that of the Action Peoples Party (APP). Tuesday’s proceedings will have the petitions of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rodrygo Goes’s two goals earned Real Madrid the Copa del Rey and highlighted his taste for the big occasion, but Champions League semi-final opponents Manchester City need no reminder of that. The Brazilian’s dramatic strikes in the 90th and 91st minutes against City last season snatched City’s ticket to the final out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Bayo Onanuga has stated that the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should desist from blackmailing the judiciary over President-elect, Bola Tinubu as it is God’s will for Tinubu to rule Nigeria. In a statement Monday morning, Onanuga stated that God has plans for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) seeking an order allowing live broadcast of proceedings of his petition. Atiku and the PDP in an application dated May 5, is specifically praying the court for an order directing the court’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has fixed May 9 for judgment in the appeal filed by former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Ademola Adeleke. In his appeal, Mister Oyetola is seeking the reversal of the March 25 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Alliance has withdrawn its petition against the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At the commencement of the pre-hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday in Abuja, no reason was given for the withdrawal. The head of AA’s legal team, Oba Maduabuchi (SAN), a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ademola Adeleke of Osun says infrastructure development is not just a panacea to security challenges facing the nation, but also a potent key to address poverty and other questions of under-development. This is contained in a statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the governor on Sunday in Osogbo. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Abuja will today begin pre-hearing in the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission declared that Atiku came second with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – David De Gea made a huge goalkeeping howler as Manchester United suffered a 1-0 defeat at West Ham on Sunday that threatens to send their season into a tailspin. ust a few days ago United were heavy favourites to finish in the Premier League’s top four and qualify for next season’s Champions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Flight belonging to Max Air carrying 143 passengers from Yola, Adamawa State has crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. An infant was also on board the aircraft. Confirming the incident in a statement, the management of Max Air says the accident occurred after the aircraft experienced two tyre bursts […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger has said that there are to no conditions attached to the Benin Bronzes that were returned to Nigeria from Germany. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, the German […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, the widow of the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has talked about her husband’s view concerning Nigerian politics and how destiny decided to make him Nigerian president. Turai Yar’Adua stated this in a special interview with the BBC Hausa Service on the occasion of the 13th death anniversary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, are reacting to the news that Obi visited Nobel Laureate winner, Prof. Wole Soyinka. The African Examiner recalls that Wole Soyinka and some Obidients have had an online clash after the playwright described the Obidient movement as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fourth batch of 410 stranded Nigerians, evacuated from the conflict-ridden Sudan, has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the evacuees arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the airport at exactly 10:45 a.m, on board a Max Airline from Egypt. NAN also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has heaped praises on the late President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, for displaying patriotism and excellence in public service. The former Lagos State governor stated this during his tribute to the late president on the occasion of his death anniversary. Tinubu said: “We’ll Never Forget You! Today, as […]
