(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from the France national team a day after his country lost the World Cup final against Argentina. “I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I’m proud of it! I wrote my story and ours […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has assured that prosperity and security will come to the South East if he wins the 2023 presidential election. The former Vice President disclosed this while speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Atiku said: “If I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has disassociated his administration from the state debt profile crisis. Aregbesola reacted to the statement credited to Bola Oyebamiji, the former Commissioner for Finance under the administration of the immediate past governor Gboyega Oyetola. According to the statement issued by Sola Fasure, his media spokesperson, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An inspired Lionel Messi capped a remarkable World Cup campaign with a final victory over reigning champions France in their World Cup final matchup on Sunday evening. Going head-to-head against an equally-impressive France in the final, the Argentines came out victors on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 game which included a Messi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis ridden- All progressive Congress APC in Enugu state has suffered a major setback as huge number of its card carrying members from Ezeagu Council Area of the state, led by a former Commissioner, Chief Joe Mmamel, declared support for the gubernatorial flagbearer of the ruining Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo Socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has dismissed as false alarm and lie from the pit of hell the front page report of an Abuja based national Daily that 100 Northerners were killed in the South East last week. Coordinator of the Northern Consensus Forum, Dr. Auwal Abdullahi Aliyu” and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet-to-be-ascertained number of people have been reportedly killed in the troubled Ebor, Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday by armed herdsmen and their collaborators. Security sources told our correspondent that the invaders who outnumbered the soldiers and local vigilantes, launched the attack on early Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has come hard on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over its role in the ongoing trial of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The group, in statement signed by its National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, made available to African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina has won the World Cup in an overtime shootout, beating France 4-2 in penalty shootout goals after tying them 3-3 during regular play and securing soccer’s highest trophy for the country’s third time. The intense France-Argentina match was watched by tens of thousands of spectators inside the stadiums in Qatar, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous Non- governmental organization NGO, WomenAid Collective WACOL, has applauded the sentencing of Couple to 13 years imprisonment by an Enugu State High Court for maltreating and torturing their ten years old house help. It said “as an organization committed to ending violence against women and children, WACOL, is appalled that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular radio host, Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode better known as Do2dtun, has called out his wife’s brother, D’banj, for assisting to spread false news about him in the wake of their divorce saga. African Examiner recalls that Omotayo, the wife of the on-air personality, has filed for separation from the radio host over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command has said emphatically that she is not aware and is yet to receive any order committing the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Echeng Echeng to a Correctional Center. “Therefore, the Command is constrained to make further comments please. The Command Spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Around 14,000 police officers will be on duty across France on Sunday to guarantee security as Les Bleus take on Argentina in the World Cup final. The security operation, presented to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin publicly on Friday, will see a concentration of forces in Paris, where huge crowds are expected in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared December 26th and 27th as well as January 2nd, 2023 as public holidays to make the Christmas and New Year celebrations respectively. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola confirmed this in a statement signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary Belgore Shuaib on Friday. The public holidays, the statement added, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Algeria has submitted a bid to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, its football federation said Friday after Guinea was stripped of the tournament as its infrastructure is not ready. “I am currently in Cairo and I have just officially submitted Algeria’s application” to host the tournament, Algerian Football Federation spokesman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved grants worth $20.56 million to finance the fourth expansion of Banjul Port in The Gambia. The funding comprises an ADF grant of $13.71 million and another $6.85 million grant from the Transition Support Facility window. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu has opened up on the effect of attacking its offices ahead of the 2023 general election. Yakubu stated that the series of attacks on INEC’s facilities may compromise the 2023 general elections if not checked. He gave the warning as he addressed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 266 stranded Nigerians from neighbouring Niger Republic. The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, made the disclosure while receiving the returnees. Ahmed-Habib, represented by NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, said the returnees arrived at the international wing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Army Council has approved the promotion of 122 senior officers to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General in recognition of their meritorious service to the nation. The promotion, comprising 52 brigadier generals to the rank of major general and 70 colonels to the rank of brigadier general respectively, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 191 stranded Nigerians in India evacuated back home by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, have arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja today, Friday 16th December 2022. An Ethiopian Airline charted flight that conveyed the returnees touched down at the Abuja airport as they were received by a reception […]
