(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ousmane Dembele is in talks over a permanent transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona want £20m for the transfer after telling Dembele, who is out of contract at the end of the season, to find another club. Dembele reached a verbal agreement with PSG on Sunday, despite interest from the Premier League, Skyspors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Abagana, Njikoka Council area of Anambra state, South East Nigeria have apprehended twin brothers identified as Chukwuebuka and Chukwuemeka Okpe, for defiling a 10 year old girl . The suspects, were reportedly arrested together with their mother, Mrs Chinwe Okpe, caretaker of the house where the victim are living. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In November last year, President Mohammadu Buhari made history when he gave assent to the Climate Change Bill, making Nigeria the second country in Africa after Kenya to have a climate change Act. Within the global context, President Buhari’s historic assent to the bill, sponsored by a member of the House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 127,491 candidates who applied to join the police will from Tuesday arrive at the various state police command headquarters nationwide to begin their physical screening. The applicants comprise 104,403 from the North and 23,088 from the Southern part of the country. A breakdown of this number revealed that Abia State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), has stated that people in the south-east obey the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) because of fear of being killed. African Examiner recalls that IPOB had ordered a sit-at-home order every Monday across the entire southeast but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger state, has stated that some northerners made it impossible for former President Goodluck Jonathan to defeat Boko Haram. Aliyu disclosed this in an interview saying that it is unfortunate that insecurity has been allowed to increase. “When Boko Haram started and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohanaeze Ndigbo has berated those who it describes as desperate politicians from the North concerning their moves to retain power beyond 2023 adding that such plans will sink the country. The group in a statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General stated that those working against the gentleman pact of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has stated that he would talk about his intentions on the 2023 presidency to Nigerians during the Easter period. Ngige disclosed that he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country if he should run for Presidency in 2023. The former Anambra State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday issued another revelation about the 2023 Presidential race in Nigeria.Primate Ayodele disclosed that the Presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spoil the chances of the Southwest.In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Saturday, said it arrested over 60,000 traffic offenders on Lagos roads, between January and December, 2021. Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander, FRSC, Lagos state, made the disclosure at an End-of-the-Year party organised by the Badagry Unit Command of the Corps in Badagry. According to the commander, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Fulham supporter died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest which led to the Championship game against Blackpool at Craven Cottage being halted for over 40 minutes. “It is with immense sadness that we inform fans of the passing of supporter, Paul Parish,” Fulham said in a statement. “Paul suffered a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. China will hold the Games in a strict “closed-loop” bubble as part of its zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns, border restrictions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has declared restriction of movement from 11pm to 5am daily, following a sudden rise in incidents of armed robbery within his domain. Confirming the development in a chat , Lowa Adimula of Ife, High Chief Abraham Adekola, who is the third in line to Ooni, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday detained the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion. He was said to have arrived at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari canceled his trip to Zamfara because of the fear of being attacked by terrorists. It could be recalled that Buhari, who was in Sokoto on Thursday to inaugurate some projects, was supposed to proceed to Zamfara to discuss insecurity in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Hon Michael Inelagwu, has stated that all Nigerians regret voting President Muhammadu Buhari as the nation’s president. Inelagwu made this known on Friday, during a world press conference as he talked concerning the reaction of a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Olujonwo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged his support to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) if the latter joins the 2023 presidential race. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Saturday. Ojudu stated that Olujonwo visited him on Friday to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northern youths, under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly, have enjoined popular businessmen, to join the 2023 presidential race. According to them, Nigeria needs the entrepreneurial acumen and leadership skills of citizens, such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and many others, who have made names for themselves in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Customers queuing to buy petrol on Wednesday at a filling station in Abuja were left distraught after learning that the fluid the pumps at the station were dispensing into their vehicles was not fuel. The drama occurred at the Azman Oil and Gas Ltd at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, where motorists rushed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the pursuit of the common good requires a collective condemnation and exposure of corruption and corrupt practises, which he termed cancer to the country. This is as he said only leaders inspired by a higher purpose other than their profit could bring about national transformation. […]
