(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday in Calabar. She said that the contract signed on Wednesday, would see her play the women version of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that a total of 4,765 trucks carrying relief supplies have entered Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region since April. The UNHCR, in its latest Ethiopia emergency situation update posted Wednesday, said that since the resumption of humanitarian convoys into the Tigray region in April, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six police officers were killed in anti-government protests in northern and western Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the head of police said on Thursday. Two officers were killed in the capital, Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general William Fayia Sellu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says the authority is proposing a 50 per cent increase in waste bill across board for Lagos residents. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director of LAWMA, made this known during a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Odumboni said that the price increase was due to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nollywood actor, Ebun Oloyede, popularly known as Olaiya Igwe, has gotten a surprise Mercedes-Benz GLK SUV gift from Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. A trending video, shared by King Westt, shows the moment the former Chairman of Lagos State chapter of NURTW handed over the keys to the Mercedes-Benz GLK to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned female executive coach and leadership expert, Christy Rutherford who helped African American women get $10 million in salary raises during the COVID-19 pandemic, has said that her goal is to get 10,000 women $1 billion in salary raises by 2025. The effects of the pandemic will be felt for years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 260 locations in the rural areas have been successfully connected to national electricity grid in Côte d’Ivoire through a project supported by African Development Bank (AfDB). Launched in Côte d’Ivoire in 2019, the €48.51 million Project to Improve Access to Electricity in Rural Areas, is 87 percent funded by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 Nigeria’s general election gathers steam, Dr. Ben Nwoye, a member of the think- thank/Resource Persons Group of the national Campaign organization of the All progressive Congress APC presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has urged the electorate not to cast their votes based on ethnicity or personal relationship with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that filtered in on Wednesday that popular singer, Innocent Idibia better known as 2baba has allegedly impregnated another lady has sparked reactions on social media. The African Examine recalls that the singer has a total of seven children from three different women and he is presently married to Nollywood actress, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Presidency of Nigeria must come to the South in 2023 so that the power rotation of the country is not changed. Akeredolu stated that power rotation had been an unwritten agreement in the country since the emergence of civil rule in 1999 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed saddened over the death of John Chiahemen, a former Reuters Bureau Chief for Nigeria, extending deep condolences to his family, friends and colleagues, including everyone in the various media organizations where he worked. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis is currently rocking the office of the Auditor General for the Federation over allegations of fraud, misconducts and abuse of powers. The incumbent Auditor General, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu is accused of malicious redeployment of staff, particularly union officers, who dare challenge his alleged highhanded leadership style out of the Abuja headquarters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bright ‘Cyph’ Nwekete, the recently evicted BBNaija season seven housemate, has opened up on his plans outside the reality show. African Examiner recalls that the software developer and Christy O were the first set of housemates to be evicted this season. In a post-show interview with host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the 27-year-old spoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chimaroke Nnamani, former governor of Enugu state, has stated that he opposes the “shameless campaigns and parodies” targeted at the health of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated that as a health worker, he frowns on the “extreme and unprofessional” forms of attacks that have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has refuted claims of writing a letter to the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, tasking him to give the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, a chance in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Akufo-Addo also noted that he never informed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO), Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser to the President, Policy and Coordination. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said before retirement, Lawal had successfully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway monitored by The PUNCH. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Non-profit making organizations, WaterAid Nigeria, has expressed deep worry over issue of open defecation in Communities of Enugu State, which pollutes environments, contaminates water bodies and exposes people to life threatening diseases, just as it provides two Council areas of the state with water and toilet facilities. It regretted that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced appointment of Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General in the Cabinet Office of the Bank Group’s President, with effect from 16 August 2022. Dr. Mubiru, a Ugandan national, brings close to 25 years of experience to the position, with a proven track record in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Peter Obi Grassroots Movement (POGM), has called on Nigerian Electorate to embrace the presidential project of the Labour Party Candidate, saying the new democratic revolution is going to sweep away all the bad political leaders that have remained a cog in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress, come 2023. […]
