(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chadian President, Mahamat Idriss Itno has directed the suspension of visas to all US citizens as a reprisal move for a travel ban. Recall that the Central African country was among the 12 nations that were affected by the recent Visa ban order of Donald Trump. According to Trump, the ban was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra Chapter, has appealed to Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, to come back to the party. The PDP stated this at the end of the enlarged meeting of the State Executive Committee (SEC) to look at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s unlikely bromance imploded in spectacular fashion Thursday as the US president and his billionaire former aide tore into each other in a very public, real-time divorce. Trump said in a televised Oval Office diatribe that he was “very disappointed” with criticisms from his top donor of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Jennifer Adighije, has said that the recent electricity tariff adjustment—especially the cost-reflective tariff introduced for Band A customers—helped save Generation Companies (GENCOs) from financial collapse. “So, I really want to commend the Honourable Minister of Power, Adebayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spain have secured a final date by defeating France in a 9-goal thriller at the ongoing european nations league games. The game which was played on Thursday ended in 5-4 in favour of Spain as Lamal Yamine shined by scoring a brace and won the man of the match. Spain started very […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has transmitted an Executive Bill to the Enugu State House of Assembly to checkmate criminal activities among native doctors, herbalists and related persons in the state. The proposed legislation entitled “Maintenance of Internal Security, Vigilance and Order”, also outlaws money rituals otherwise known as ‘okite’, criminal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF said it has so far within the past one year mobilized and supported no fewer than 3,068 youths to take climate actions such as climate education and awareness in Enugu and Cross River states. Within the period under review, youths of the areas were equally supported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the appointment of 11 new Permanent Secretaries. The appointment is announced in a statement by the Acting Head of Service, Mrs. Inyingi Brown. The statement said the date for the official swearing-in ceremony will be communicated in due course. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday published the final list of candidates for the 2025 governorship election in Anambra State. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Sam Olumekun, INEC said that a total of 16 political parties uploaded the particulars of their candidates (Form EC9) for the election scheduled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party will be back to give a formidable opposition to the country’s democratic rule by 2027. Saraki, the Chairman of the PDP reconciliation Committee, told reporters in Ilorin on Wednesday that despite the fact that people are defecting from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has opened up on his reason for visiting President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday at his residence in Lagos State. Bakare, while speaking to journalists, stated that his discussion with the president was about national development and the future of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi State Command, has arrested a male suspect over the alleged murder of his 60-year-old neighbour, Rose Awoke, on Monday. Spokesman for the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, said in Abakaliki on Tuesday that the suspect allegedly killed the woman by hitting her severally. Mr Ukandu said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet-to-be-identified man reportedly fell from one of the top floors of the 26-storey Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which threw the whole business community into panic, happened in the early hours of Monday. One of the eyewitnesses said, “When the incident happened, I initially thought it was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has again raised concern over the criminal activities of suspected armed Fulani herdsmen in South East Nigeria, and the alleged “conspiratorial role of the five governors of the zone in ceding communal land and issuance of Certificates-Of-Occupancy to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi authorities have asked pilgrims performing the hajj to remain in their tents for several hours during the high point of this week’s pilgrimage, citing high temperatures. According to a report in Saudi media, Hajj Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah has requested that pilgrims refrain from leaving their tents between 10:00 am and 4:00 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah. Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. Dauda said that the pilgrim died on Monday at the King Abdul’aziz hospital, Makkah due to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid concerns over Nigeria’s rising debt profile, Senator Orji Kalu has defended the government’s borrowings, warning that without external financing, the country’s economy could face collapse. “Let me tell you, if this economy does not borrow, it will collapse. That is the truth. That is where we are,” the former Abia State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to get things right through the exercise of its regulatory powers, the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission, EERC, has ordered MainPower Electricity Distribution Company to refund over 20,000 estimated customers over “wrongful billing” by the company. This was contained in a public notice issued by EERC on Monday where the commission […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, censured former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi over his hunger comment. At a media parley in the nation’s capital Abuja, Wike said Amaechi can’t stay out of power and his hunger comment was an insult to the sensibilities of Nigerians. Wike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6, and Monday, June 9, 2025, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated all […]
