(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first-ever documentary on the television reality show, Big Brother Naija, is set to premiere Saturday, August 13, 2022. Femi Falodun, Chief Executive Officer of ID Africa, media consultants for the reality TV show, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Falodun said that the mini-documentary titled ‘BBNaija: the Fame, the Fans, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has stated that he would do anything legally possible to emerge victorious in the 2023 presidential election so that he would return power back to the citizens. The former Anambra governor made this known at the Labour Party and Coalition for Peter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with representatives of victims of Kaduna Train abduction, assuring them that the Federal Government was doing everything within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said deployment of digital technology in the 2023 National Population and Housing Census would ensure effectiveness and more accuracy in the figures, while noting that Nigeria could rank third largest in the world by 2050, after China and India. A statement issued and signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong has been Charged with alleged rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion on Wednesday The four charges were read to Mr Armstrong in a State High Court in Uyo for the first time since he was first arrested on June 13, defense […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A summit organized by the Labour Party and a coalition for Peter Obi Leadership has started in Abuja. The summit has brought together several support groups routing for the Labour Party and the emergence of Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti-Ahmed Presidency. Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday urged Nigerians to make the right choice during the 2023 general elections. He warned that making the wrong choice in the election may consume the nation. Obasanjo spoke as the special guest of honour at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday in Calabar. She said that the contract signed on Wednesday, would see her play the women version of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that a total of 4,765 trucks carrying relief supplies have entered Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region since April. The UNHCR, in its latest Ethiopia emergency situation update posted Wednesday, said that since the resumption of humanitarian convoys into the Tigray region in April, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six police officers were killed in anti-government protests in northern and western Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the head of police said on Thursday. Two officers were killed in the capital, Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general William Fayia Sellu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says the authority is proposing a 50 per cent increase in waste bill across board for Lagos residents. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director of LAWMA, made this known during a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Odumboni said that the price increase was due to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nollywood actor, Ebun Oloyede, popularly known as Olaiya Igwe, has gotten a surprise Mercedes-Benz GLK SUV gift from Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. A trending video, shared by King Westt, shows the moment the former Chairman of Lagos State chapter of NURTW handed over the keys to the Mercedes-Benz GLK to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned female executive coach and leadership expert, Christy Rutherford who helped African American women get $10 million in salary raises during the COVID-19 pandemic, has said that her goal is to get 10,000 women $1 billion in salary raises by 2025. The effects of the pandemic will be felt for years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 260 locations in the rural areas have been successfully connected to national electricity grid in Côte d’Ivoire through a project supported by African Development Bank (AfDB). Launched in Côte d’Ivoire in 2019, the €48.51 million Project to Improve Access to Electricity in Rural Areas, is 87 percent funded by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 Nigeria’s general election gathers steam, Dr. Ben Nwoye, a member of the think- thank/Resource Persons Group of the national Campaign organization of the All progressive Congress APC presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has urged the electorate not to cast their votes based on ethnicity or personal relationship with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that filtered in on Wednesday that popular singer, Innocent Idibia better known as 2baba has allegedly impregnated another lady has sparked reactions on social media. The African Examine recalls that the singer has a total of seven children from three different women and he is presently married to Nollywood actress, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Presidency of Nigeria must come to the South in 2023 so that the power rotation of the country is not changed. Akeredolu stated that power rotation had been an unwritten agreement in the country since the emergence of civil rule in 1999 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed saddened over the death of John Chiahemen, a former Reuters Bureau Chief for Nigeria, extending deep condolences to his family, friends and colleagues, including everyone in the various media organizations where he worked. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis is currently rocking the office of the Auditor General for the Federation over allegations of fraud, misconducts and abuse of powers. The incumbent Auditor General, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu is accused of malicious redeployment of staff, particularly union officers, who dare challenge his alleged highhanded leadership style out of the Abuja headquarters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bright ‘Cyph’ Nwekete, the recently evicted BBNaija season seven housemate, has opened up on his plans outside the reality show. African Examiner recalls that the software developer and Christy O were the first set of housemates to be evicted this season. In a post-show interview with host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the 27-year-old spoke […]
