(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Friday’s 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs with Black Stars of Ghana, players and officials of the Super Eagles have left Abuja for Kumasi aboard Air Peace on Thursday morning. In a video obtained from NFF TV, the players and officials were seen getting set to board their Air Peace flight […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghanaian government has stated that it will embark on a 30 percent salary cut for its appointees. This is part of plans introduced by the government to reduce the economic hardship in the country. The presidency announced this on Twitter on Wednesday, saying that all measures have been approved by Ghanaian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has lamented over the rising cost of living and general economic difficulties in the country. The party tasked Nigerians to give the party another chance, by assisting PDP to return to power and make things right. The governors met on Wednesday at Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has tasked politicians in the southeast to stop their ambition to run for political offices in the 2023 general elections. Ejimakor made this known in a tweet on his Twitter handle, saying that citizens of the geopolitical zone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular singer, Timi Dakolo, has come under severe criticism after he performed his hit song, ‘Great Nation’, during the official declaration for the 2023 presidential race by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. African Examiner recalls that Atiku Abubakar had officially announced to run for the presidency on Wednesday and Timi Dakolo performed. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled governor David Umahi led government in Ebony State has vowed that it would soon expose alleged fraudulent activities of Ex- Secretary to the Nigerian federal government, Senator Ayim Pius Anyim. A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Hon. Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, Wednesday alleged that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – To ensure a rancor-free national convention on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari, and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have resolved to work towards the emergence of consensus candidates. However, aspirants against the consensus option and who choose to test their popularity at the convention ground would be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavy fighting has erupted at the airport in Mogadishu after Islamist attackers forced their way onto the premises, according to Somali officials. Police said al-Shabaab militants dressed in military uniforms had gained entry to the airport. The airport is situated in the heavily fortified “Green Zone ” called Halane Camp, the area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Madeleine Albright, the first woman U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, the CNN is reporting. She was 84 years old. Mrs Albright’s family announced her death in a statement Wednesday. Mrs Albright was an influential member of former President Bill Clinton’s administration. She was well known for helping steer Western […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed the commander of Ebubeagu security outfit in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr. Magnus Iganda. Mr. Iganda was killed yesterday morning. A resident in the area, who is also the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ezza North local government area, Mr. Emeka […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Tunmise Abraham to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. Abraham was found guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti sometime in 2019. According to the witness account read by Justice Monisola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has directed married prospective youth corps members to report for registration at the orientation camps in their husbands’ state of residence, irrespective of states indicated on their call-up letters. Information on the directive is in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Emeka Mgbemena, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government (LASG)has shut down Eko Bridge while diverting traffic to other routes for the safety of motorists following the inferno which engulfed the Apongbon axis of the bridge in the early hours of Wednesday. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde announced the development in a statement on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra born US based medical Doctor and president General of the Igbo World Assembly, IWA, Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze has indicated his interest to contest for the presidency of Nigeria come 2023 on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The presidential hopeful, who said he has concluded arrangement to pick […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood veteran actor, Kanayo O Kanayo has placed a curse on the person behind the rumor of his death. The film star took to his Instagram page on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, to refute claims of his death and lamenting about the rumors. “I don’t know what people gain by carrying rumors, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has frowned at the turn of events at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. African Examiner writes that the appointment of Prof. Adebayo Bamire as the institution’s 12th substantive Vice-Chancellor has come with a lot of commotions. The protest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is unconcerned about the “suffering and agony” of Nigerians. The PDP disclosed this while reacting to a recent statement by Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman. In a statement on Tuesday, Adesina stated that the PDP is trying to destabilize […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, SAN, has revealed how suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, was shielded from facing numerous cases that were filed against him since 2008. Ojukwu, who spoke at a capacity building retreat of the House of Representatives Committee […]
…… Seeks Media Partnership (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the high rate of child marriage in Enugu State, South East Nigeria, Women Information Network (WINET), a non- governmental organization (NGO) has called on the media to join hands with critical Stakeholders in advocating for more budgetary provisions by governments so as to end the ugly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent increase of GOtv and DStv packages by Multichoice has sparked reactions from Nigerians. African Examiner recalls that with effect from April 1st, the company will adjust the prices for both DStv and GOtv. The new DStv Package prices Premium, N21,000, Compact + N14,250, Compact, N9,000, Confam, N5,300, Yanga N2,950 Padi […]
