(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, has stated that Nigeria’s next president should be someone that can unify the country. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain disclosed this at the party stakeholders’ meeting in Adamawa. According to Dokpesi, Nigeria “has never been this disunited”, and the country needs someone like Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out in Omuanwa Community , Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as a member of a local vigilante group in the area killed a Nigeria Air Force personnel. Some of the residents of the community, it was gathered, fled the area over fear of reprisal from Nigeria Air Force. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits stormed the Zungeru Multi-billion Naira Hydro Electricity Power Dam in Wushishi Local Government Area, LGA of Niger State, killed two guards, kidnapped two Chinese workers and shot another at the site. African Examiner gathered that the fully armed bandits stormed the site on Motorcycles on Tuesday evening and started shooting sporadically […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has introduced an excise duty of N10 per litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on the production, licensing and sale of goods. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this during the public presentation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said he would not disclose his preferred successor for personal reasons. Besides, he said it would be too early to anoint a successor, adding that if he disclosed his preferred candidate, the person may be eliminated before the 2023 general election. President Buhari spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko is dead. She died Wednesday evening. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako confirmed her death. She wrote on her Instagram page: “and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best” Also Sidikat’s daughter Bisi Aisha, a female soldier, confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Wednesday, reacted to the rumored presidential ambition of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Primate Ayodele in a prophetic message stated that Osinbajo should not mismanage his money because he will encounter crisis, scandals and several documents will be used to bring […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the implementation of its nutrition flagship program, tagged: Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated Nutrition (ADFIN) program in Kano State. According to the ADF’s Director of Health and Nutrition, Dr. Francis Aminu, the program is in line with the plan to use the newly refurbished Primary Healthcare […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he won’t agree to state police in the country. This development is coming amid calls for state policing to solve the issue of insecurity in the country as the present policing system is under the federal government. Speaking in an interview with Channels TV, the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, stated that, Nigeria would collapse if the upcoming 2023 general elections is conducted with the present 1999 Constitution. Babalola disclosed that to prevent the collapse of the country because of the inherent challenges created by the constitution, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has charged the Super Eagles to do Nigeria proud at the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations by lifting the coveted trophy in Cameroon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, conveyed the president’s message at a ‘send forth’ ceremony for the team on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have invaded the office of Thunder Blowers Online, an online newspaper and TV station in Gusau, the state capital of Zamfara. African Examiner learnt that the attackers stormed the offices Monday night, injured a Multimedia editor, Mansur Rabiu, and destroyed some working tools. In a statement signed by Zaharadeen Zarumi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kano has ordered a 20-year-old man, Tasi’u Adamu be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old. The defendant, who lives in Indabawa Quarters, Kano, was standing trial on a count charge of the unnatural offence. The Prosecutor, Mrs Maryam Jibril, told the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus begin a crucial month for the season with the visit of old rivals Napoli as Serie A returns to action on Thursday, with a Covid-19 resurgence looming large over fixtures. Dozens of players among the top division’s 20 clubs are out of action with the virus, with Juve captain Giorgio Chiellini […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential campaign billboard bearing the name and picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Osinbajo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is serving his second and final term of four years as the Vice President alongside the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday has openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor categorically that he and his armed colleagues were at the estate on the orders of the Inspector-General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the state government is yet to implement the new minimum wage after three years in which the federal government passed the bill into law. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu, made this known on Tuesday in Awka during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will consider the interest of over 200 million Nigerians before he accept the request for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Malami disclosed this on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has stated that Nigeria needs to invest in security in the year 2022. Obi, who described 2021 as a difficult year for Nigerians in every aspect talked about the state of the nation on Monday while he answered questions from newsmen at the Sam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Government has stated that former Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu are the sponsors of bandits and kidnapping in the state. This was announced in a statement issued to the press on Tuesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, saying that the duo were funding violence in […]
