(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government said the latest dip in electricity generation in the country is as a result of a partial shutdown of a gas plant. The shutdown has caused power outage across the country for days. The government said the Oben gas plant collapsed and failed to generate supply. Isa Sanusi, spokesperson […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – POPULAR Nigerian singer, Naira Marley has shared his opinion on the reward of hard work through awards. During his album listening party, Naira Marley said though he hopes his new album, God’s Timing The Best (GTTB), gets a Grammy win, he’s not a fan of awards. “Insha Allah, but I don’t believe […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mr Murtala Damagum, announced Mohammed’s victory at the end of the exercise held on Saturday in Bauchi. He said that Mohammed as the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their support for the candidates from Southern part of Nigeria to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of their meeting ahead of the party’s presidential primaries in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has thrown its weight behind the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), following the scathing remarks of a presidential aspirant and the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had while speaking to the party’s delegates in Ogun State on Thursday claimed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Friday as it exchanged at N419.75 to the dollar, a 0.06 per cent depreciation, compared to N419.50 to the dollar on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N419.70 to the dollar. An exchange rate of N444.00 to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has commenced the crushing of about 2,000 impounded motorcycles in line with its ban on motorcycle “Okada” operations in the state. The state government banned their operation in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from June I. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Head Coach Jose Peseiro has called up captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong and 25 other players to the camp of the Super Eagles. This is ahead of this month’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Sierra Leone and São Tomé and Príncipe. African Examiner reports that Nigeria will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Abdul Abiola, the son of late Chief MKO Abiola has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to look for a youthful Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The younger Abiola said this via a tweet with the handle @AbdulMKOAbiola on Saturday. According to him, “I urge the APC to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has assured that the All Progressives Congress will have a hitch-free presidential primary election on Monday. Akeredolu said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Saturday in Akure. Akeredolu is the Chairman, Sub-committee on Security and Compliance for the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The Summit will hold at the Presidential Palace, Accra, also known as the Jubilee House. Mr Femi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday – the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country. The peacekeepers were killed, and another injured, when their Armoured Personnel Carrier hit an improvised explosive device outside the town of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to meet ruling All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants latest Sunday. The president was said to be planning a trip to Ghana today (Saturday), without resolving the consensus crisis rocking the party. A top government official told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bukola Saraki, former president of the senate, has stated that it was for the sake of “national interest” he opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 polls. Saraki disclosed this on Friday while reacting to comments made by Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor and presidential hopeful, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kassim Shettima, has stated that irrespective of the good personality of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, he is not fit to win the 2023 presidential elections. Shettima, who is representing Borno Central Senatorial District, disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Television program on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has stated that he has great respect for President Muhammadu Buhari and he will never denigrate him. Tinubu disclosed this on Friday in a statement he personally signed a day after he openly announced in Abeokuta, Ogun State that without […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has expressed shock over the sudden demise of a founding member and Board of governors of the Civil Liberties organization CLO, Comrade Dr. Amdife Danjuma Gambo, who is also a member of its National Advisory Council. The human Rights Activist who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement accredited to former governor State, Bola Tinubu that he is entitled to be the next president of the country has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that Tinubu, while addressing party delegates at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, Ogun State stated that without him, President Buhari couldn’t have become […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The husband of late popular gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, Peter, on Friday opened up concerning what killed his wife. According to Nwachukwu, Osinachi died of lung cancer. Speaking at a High Court in Abuja, Nwachukwu disclosed that he never hit the deceased singer. “Let me tell the whole world, I have suffered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday secured the conviction of seven internet fraudsters before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on separate charges bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretenses from unsuspecting foreign nationals. The convicts are: Nwafor […]
