(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bournemouth’s three-goal victory at defending champions Chelsea is their “best result” in the Premier League, says manager Eddie Howe. Second-half goals from Callum Wilson, Junior Stanislas and Nathan Ake secured the Cherries’ first away win in seven league matches as Chelsea suffered their joint-heaviest loss of the season. This is Bournemouth’s third […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal have signed Gabon striker and the 2015 African Footballer of the Year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund for a club record £56m. The English club had two bids for the 28-year-old rejected by Dortmund before agreeing to a fee that eclipses their £46.5m for Alexandre Lacazette in July. Dortmund finally agreed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has declared that the suspension of Justice T. U. Uzokwe, Chief Judge, Abia State is unconstitutional, null and void. The NJC, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, in a statement issued in abuja also queried the swearing in of the acting Chief Judge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army Wednesday announced that its men have uncovered the hideout of the suspected herdsmen who have been terrorizing various communities in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States. Similarly, the army confirmed that soldiers have arrested some suspected militias and their accomplices. The Director of Army Public Relations Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rector of Institute of Management and Technology IMT Enugu, Professor Augustine Njeze, is now in trouble, as the Enugu State House of Assembly, has mandated its House committee on Education to investigate all manners of alleged corrupt practices leveled against him by students and other stakeholders. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Midfielder, Mesut Ozil has signed another three-and-a-half-year contract with the Arsenal. The new deal has extended his tenure till 2021 summer. The German midfielder broke the Arsenal record; as the first highest-paid player- earning about £350,000 a week before tax. The news deal follows months of speculation about the future of the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-Governmental Organization, Coalition of Nigerians (CN) suggested a week ago in an epistle written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari has been formally launched in Abuja. Specifically, the former Head of State in the famous letter blamed the incumbent President over a ‘woeful’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Census Watch, a non-governmental organization has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to pay attention to the ongoing protest by some aggrieved staff members of the National Population Commission (NPC), describing it as suspicious and ill-motivated. The group, which is a population monitoring body said it has carried out its own independent […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kenya’s first opposition leader, Mr. Raila Odinga, has been sworn-in as the “People’s President.” The controversial swearing-in ceremony which held at a park in the capital Nairobi was attended by thousands of Mr. Odinga’s supporters in spite of a government warning that the action amounted to treason. While holding […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Child’s health experts have kicked against the plan by the Facebook FB to include an app targeted at teenagers, demanding that it should be withdrawn. Over 100 of the experts in an open letter to the FB boss Mark Zuckerberg, described the Messenger Kids as an “irresponsible” attempt to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the wife of the immediate past President, Mrs Patience Jonathan, in which she is praying for enforcement of her fundamental human rights. Justice John Tsoho Tuesday in his ruling held that all the grounds of Mrs Jonathan against the […]
…Politicians Should Desist from Violence, Says Commissioner (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa Govt reiterates commitment to zero tolerance to crime, criminality, as state security outfit discloses arrest of 8,500 suspects in six years Over 8,500 suspects have been arrested in the last six years for various criminal offence by Bayelsa State Security outfit code-named, Operation Doo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has debunked claims in certain quarters that he is planning to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he left with some other chieftains of the party prior the 2015 general elections. In a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has joined West Brom on loan for the rest of the season. Sturridge was linked with Inter Milan and Newcastle in recent weeks but a source has told Sky Sports News he chose West Brom for family reasons. The 28-year-old England striker will be able to play in […]
By Muhammad Ajah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I am, assuredly, one of the admirers of the political neoclassicism of the former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He is great, indeed, in understanding the niceties of Nigeria and Nigerians to the best of his humanly ability. Some patriots respect him for his result-oriented calculations and proving, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme was a man of destiny who exemplified the best of Nigeria. A child of humble beginnings in Oko, Anambra State, through the dint of hard work, love of country and his innate sense of dignity and decorum, Alex Ekwueme became a consummate statesman and visionary. Dr. Ekwueme was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson on Monday directed the immediate payment of January salary to civil servants and political appointees. The directive was contained in a statement issued to journalists by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson. The statement noted that the move is in line with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says honouring President Muhammadu Buhari as African Union (AU) anti-corruption champion is laughable and eminently qualified as Africa’s joke of the year. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Monday, said it was embarrassing that the Presidency would resort to exporting its deceptive proclivities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For musicians from the West African nation of Burkina Faso, a nomination for a Grammy Award should have been the crowning achievement of a musical career. Instead, musicians based in Bobo-Dioulasso, whose work is featured on the three-disk compilation “Bobo Yeye,” didn’t even know they had been nominated or that the album […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roger Federer has won his 6th Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title. Federer won the just concluded Championship with a five-set victory over Marin Cilic. The Swiss lost five games in a row as he dropped the fourth set but recovered to win 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 3-6 6-1. With the […]
