(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of demonstrators defied the downpour on Tuesday to protest the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket being proposed by the All Progressives Congress at the party secretariat in Abuja. Barring a last-minute change, the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, would announce a Muslim as his running mate after picking Ibrahim Masari as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun Police Command, on Monday, ordered popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola , popularly known as Portable, to report himself immediately at the nearest police post or be arrested. African Examiner reports that the order was sequel to a case of an alleged assault on a young man by the musician and some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdulahi Adamu, has dismissed the allegation of vote-buying leveled against the party during the Saturday’s Gubernatorial election in Ekiti. African Examiner reports that the APC candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, polled 187, 057 votes to win the election. Adamu, who addressed State House correspondents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, could not go on at the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday due to the absence of his lead counsel, Ahmed Raji. At the resumed hearing, the Prosecution Counsel, Farouk Abdullah, told the court that the business of the day was for the continuation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen, who attacked Maranatha Baptist Church and St Moses Catholic Church in the Rubu community of Kajuru council of Kaduna State on Sunday, have demanded for N100 million to free about 36 worshippers in their custody. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan said three persons were killed in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fuel queues have resurfaced in major cities of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun on Monday, forcing motorists to spend hours at filling stations. In Lagos and Ogun states, long queues were observed at several filling stations such as Mobil, Capital, Fatgbems, Enyo, TotalEnergies and NNPC. Though there were products at these filling stations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra State, has rubbished reports credited to him that a purported investment of former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in the state has brought returns. African Examiner writes that Obi’s presidential ambition has gained popularity among many Nigerian youths on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has rubbished reports that its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, will be the running mate to Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. A statement by National Publicity Secretary of the party, Agbo Major, disclosed that there was never a time such a discussion or negotiation was held. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has come under severe attack after the lady he reportedly assaulted in Cubana club in Lagos shared her own side of the story. African Examiner recalls that Burna Boy’s security details were reported to have shot at some men after the singer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria has expressed concern over the attack on journalists in the convoy of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday June 19, 2022 in Lagos. “According to widely publicised reports, the ugly and bloody incident occurred in the aftermath of a visit to the palace of Oba Rilwan Akiolu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji at the Presidential Villa. The newly elected Governor was led to the event by Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Atiku Bagudu, and Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Ekiti, Kebbi, and Jigawa States, respectively. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons from the same family were killed when gunmen invaded Umuebele-Okporo, a community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The council area has witnessed several gunmen attacks in recent times. In the latest attack, the gunmen, suspected to be members of Ebubeagu security operative, attacked five family […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire brand Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has distanced himself from Sunday’s protests by his followers at the Adoration ground. The protest, which was targeted at the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga rocked the capital city, as the demonstrators insisted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet. The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The year’s edition of Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) which is part of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), kicks off today in Kigali, Rwanda. The 2022 CBF will be the first and largest in-person gathering for Governments and Business across the Commonwealth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 flag bearer of the People’s Democratic party PDP in Enugu State, Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has announced Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai as his running mate. He made this known Sunday at the Base Event Centre Enugu, during a chit chat with Newsmen. It was the first formal announcement of the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected terrorists on motorcycles in the early hours of Sunday, attacked two churches, the Maranatha Baptist Church and the St. Moses Catholic Church, both in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack came barely a week after some suspected terrorists in a helicopter invaded communities in the same Kajuru LGA, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of APC supporters and leaders on Sunday, stormed the Presidential Wing of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to welcome Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. African Examiner reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, is returning to his home state for the first time, after he […]
….Says It’s Grave Attack On Freedom Of Worship (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has faulted the closure of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s led Adoration Ministry by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev (Dr) Callistus Onaga. It’s said the action is a grave attack on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has berated the Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and other members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for killing the principles of democracy with vote-buying. African Examiner recalls that they were reports of massive vote-buying in the Ekiti governorship election on Saturday. Sowore, who is […]
