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Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Funke Akindele’s campaign team was chased out of Ikosi Fruit Market in Lagos by suspected thugs. The actress-politician is contesting in the 2023 Lagos governorship election as deputy to Abdul-Azeez Adediran. Adediran and Akindele have campaigned across Alimosho, Ojo, Ibeju-Lekki, Mushin, and Kosofe councils in Lagos. NAN reports that Akindele and her […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 27 persons have been reported killed after an explosion in Kwateri, a community between Benue and Nasarawa states. Rahman Nansel, police spokesperson in Nasarawa, announced this while speaking to newsmen on Thursday. “I can confirm that there was an airstrike at Kwateri village, Nasarawa/Benue border; 27 corpses have so far […]
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Featured, Imo, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 General Elections approach, the Imo State government has declared Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27, 2023, as public holidays to allow workers to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the coming elections. Speaking to newsmen after the first Executive Council meeting this year on Wednesday, January 25, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
education, Latest Headlines, World News
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of its High-Level Financing Conference which comes up in Geneva, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), has reassured that the event will impact positively on the plight of the vulnerable children across the world. ECW is the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. It works through the multilateral […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), was again attacked by political thugs on Wednesday in Kosofe area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the latest attack was coming after Tuesday’s attack on his campaign team in […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Latest Headlines, Sports News
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United moved one step closer to ending their six-year trophy drought, after a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. On his side’s first visit to the City Ground since a devastating 8-1 victory in February 1999, Erik ten Hag will have been looking […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Ignatius Okpara, Imo, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current alarming insecurity in Imo state has continued unabated as unknown gunmen killed the ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Umuchoke ward in Okwe in the Onuimo Council area of the State This is happening less than one week after unknown armed men kidnapped and later beheaded the Transition […]
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Enugu, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current worrisome insecurity and violence ravaging South East Nigeria on Wednesday reared its ugly head in Enugu state, as one person was reportedly killed and several others sustained various degrees of injuries as unknown gunmen attacked a campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State. African Examiner learnt […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari has support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Parry (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, stressing that his support was unquestioned While reacting to a statement credited to elder statesman, Tanko Yakassi, expressing doubt over the support of Buhari for Tinubu, Senior Special Assistant to […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday said it would enforce the relevant laws banning strikes by Aviation Workers in the country. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, said this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa. According to him, “aviation is an essential […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Entertainment, Entertainment News, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Big Brother Naija Season 6 star, Angel Agnes Smith has berated popular On-Air Personality, OAP, Nedu Wazobia who alleged that most ladies audition for the reality show to find new customers. Angel tagged the radio host as ‘toto plaintiff’ for degrading women on the Big Brother reality show. The African Examiner […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has berated the duo of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, adding that both of them are obsessed with Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Ezekwesili’s statement was disclosed […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday prayed over the state of his health. Akerdolu, who stated that God has the power to heal and make him well, prayed to God to fill him with peace and take his pain away. The governor disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page […]
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African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Abia state Prof Uche Ikonne, is dead. His death was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by his son Dr Chikezie Uche-Ikonne. The statement reads: “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at […]
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Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has harped on the need for African leaders to take concrete steps and intensify efforts geared toward the transformation of cities across the continent. Dr. Adesina gave the charge while speaking at the inaugural forum of the ongoing African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI), […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Entertainment News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known as Bovi, has said skit-making is not a threat to stand-up comedy. In an exclusive chat with Midweek Entertainment, Bovi said before the advent of social media, skit-making was used to promote stand-up comedy shows, adding that it made no sense for […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Entertainment News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Nancy Isime, has spoken about a controversial scene in ‘ShantyTown‘, a newly released movie. ‘Shanty Town’ made its debut on Netflix on Friday. The project is about a group of courtesans (prostitutes) who want to break free from the control of an infamous kingpin. But they soon realize that doing […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has stated that the apex bank will not postpone the deadline to stop the use of the old 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes. Emefiele stated this in the CBN/Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kesiena Adjekpovu, the BBNaija season seven housemate better known as Kess, has “berated” Nedu Wazobia, the radio personality for disrespecting female BBNaija housemates. Kess took to his Twitter account on Tuesday to talk about the incessant name-calling directed at the female BBNija housemates after Nedu had spoken concerning the lifestyle of some […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Trending Stories
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Cameroonian police have arrested an unidentified woman whose child passed away after she allegedly gave the baby tramadol so that she could go clubbing with her friends. The African Examiner writes that an Instagram user, who uploaded the story with pictures of the lady and the dead baby, stated that the […]
