(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, has officially opened applications to take housemates for season 7 edition. African Examiner writes that the show has produced winners like Mercy Eke (season 4), Laycon (season 5) and Whitemoney (season 6). This was announced on the BBNaija official Instagram page on Sunday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer, Davido, has reacted to a viral video where the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, promised to go beyond the financial strength of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Adeleke, while speaking with some members of the PDP in Osogbo, Osun State Capital during the weekend, Adeleke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Anambra state have neutralised armed men enforcing the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The leadership of the Biafran agitators, had said it has cancelled the Monday Sit- at home, with the exception of days his founder, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently in DSS custody […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, on Sunday, pledged to give their votes to a presidential aspirant and outgoing Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. The delegates made the decision two days after they had promised same to another visiting presidential aspirant, stating that the earlier pledge by some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The negotiations between the Federal Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers is not conclusive following the insistence of the gunmen on the release of their commanders in exchange for the abductees. African Examiner gathered that the gang insisted on a swap of their men in custody […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) as well as the Japan-Africa Baseball & Softball (J-ABS) Foundation have agreed to sign an MoU to develop baseball and softball in Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Public Relations Officer of NBSA, Robert Onwukwe, the initiative is aimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali on Sunday said it was leaving a five-country military alliance in the Sahel region of Africa. The alliance known as the Group of five (G5) Sahel also includes Chad, Mauritania, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The G5 Joint Force was created in 2017 to shore up efforts to establish order on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was on Sunday re-elected as head of state of the East African country. The 66-year-old politician prevailed against 35 candidates in the election for the country’s highest office, including the incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who had replaced Mohamud in power in February 2017. Parliamentary and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multiple people were shot Sunday at a church in Laguna Woods in California’s Orange County, prompting a major response from Orange County Sheriff’s officials and other first responders. The number of casualties was not clear. The shooting occurred at the Church on the 24000 block of El Toro Road. The sheriff’s department […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects over the killing of a young man by commercial motorcyclists in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the father of two was killed over N100 balance by the motorcyclists. It was learnt that the victim, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The alarming Insecurity and barbaric killings in parts of South East Nigeria, particularly Anambra and Imo States continued on Sunday as some hoodlums killed a police man in Anambra. Despite efforts by the State Governor professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to find a solution to the ugly development, it has continued unabated. Only […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Not less than 400 defenseless Nigeria Citizens of South East zone extraction were Killed and 400 houses razed by security forces and Fulani Jihadists between January to April, 2022, in parts of the region, famous human rights organization, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of law InterSociety, has revealed. It noted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has been screened for a ticket to take part in the senatorial election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It seems the former APC National Chairman did a u-turn from his presidential ambition, as he made himself available for the senatorial screening on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State. African Examiner recalls that the Shehu Shagari College of Education student was stoned and burnt alive for alleged blasphemy. Gumi stated that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) never murdered anyone despite the insults he received from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has interacted with stakeholders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa, with the presidential aspirant insisting that the country deserves the best. African Examiner reports that Osinbajo’s visit to Jigawa was in continuation of his nationwide consultations with APC stakeholders and delegates ahead of the […]
…..Collaborate With NYSC Members (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of effort, the Enugu Zonal Office of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, strengthens proactive disaster risk reduction measures on flood and waste management issues, in its area of jurisdictions, the organization held a public enlightenment program at Oye Achalla Market, in Awka North Council area […]
…..Warns Against Delegates Exclusion (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) commences its series of primary elections this week to elect flag bearers in the 2023 general election, former Deputy President of the Senate and the foremost governorship Aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called on all party leaders, stakeholders, party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, who was elected President by a Federal Supreme Council to succeed his half-brother, the late Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed. This was contained in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state with immediate effect. According to a short statement released by the governor and shared on the government’s official Facebook page by his special adviser on media and publicity, Mohammed Bello, the curfew “is in pursuance of peace and order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a letter addressed to all bloc leaders, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church […]
