(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea wasted a host of chances to beat Liverpool as the troubled Blues were held to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday in their first Premier League match since Graham Potter’s sacking. Potter was axed on Sunday after the former Brighton manager’s disastrous reign climaxed with a wretched home defeat against Aston Villa. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. former President, Donald Trump, and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024 has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty when he appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday in New York, according to media reports. The former president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 10 students of Government Secondary School, Awon (a day secondary school) were kidnapped. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed that the students were kidnapped on Monday to a yet-to-be-identified location. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Aruwan did not state where the students were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) delayed the uploading of results to its portal because of suspected cyber attacks in the presidential poll. Mohammed stated that the allegation of fraud as told by the opposition is because of ignorance of how the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted internal wrangling bedeviling the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has gotten messier, as the State publicity Secretary, Charles Solo Ako (Esq), has accused the Embattled State Chairman, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa of working against the party and it’s presidential Candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu during the just concluded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump was set Tuesday to plead not guilty to criminal charges in a New York courtroom in an unprecedented case that threatens to upend the 2024 White House race. Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted — a historic development that has propelled the United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of late Barr. Oyibo, Chukwu, the Labour party (LP, Candidate for the 2023 Enugu East Senatorial District election recently murdered by yet to be identified Gunmen, on yesterday converged at their ancestral square, in Amuri Ancient kingdom, Nkanu West Council area to placed curse on the Perpetrators, and also invoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s top prosecutor on Monday dropped charges against four lawmakers over anti-government protests, a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended the demonstrations, their lawyer said. Odinga said on Sunday he was ready for talks with President William Ruto, as long as authorities halted arrests and prosecutions connected to the protests, among […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spotify, a global online streaming platform, says Davido’s music is most streamed in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada and France. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, in a statement on Tuesday said songs by Davido featured on over 10 million user-generated playlists on Spotify. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to address inequities in care and protect the workers, many of whom are burnt out from the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO made the call in a statement on Monday ahead of its 75th anniversary on Friday. The world has witnessed extraordinary health gains since the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, arrested twenty one suspected internet fraudsters in the Emene and New Kenyata, axis of Enugu. The suspects are Kenneth Arinze Godfrey, Anichukwu Emmanuel Aku, Michael Israel Chukwuemeka, Anichukwu Obinna Christian Eze Chigozie Collins, Ije Samuel Chinenye, Ngwu Peter Damian, Johnson Wisdom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has converted to Islam and also disclosed her reason for doing so.. The African Examiner recalls that her husband, Kazeem Adeoti, gathered friends, relatives, and colleagues for a lecture on Ramadan and following the success of the event, the actress was interviewed by journalists and she confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Human Rights Commission has stated that 88 lives were lost in the just concluded 2023 elections. The Commission also disclosed that 450 human rights-related incidents and complaints from the general polls including 22 hate speeches by political actors. The African Examiner recalls that NHRC had on February 24 launched its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State says it has expelled the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, from the party. Omo-Agege was expelled for alleged anti-party activities and other undisclosed offenses. The expulsion letter dated March 31st was signed by the Chairman, Ulebor Isaac. According to the letter, the party unanimously agreed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeoma Kalu, the wife of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, is dead. She died at the age of 61. The lawmaker announced this in a post on his official Facebook page on Monday, April 03, 2023. In the post, Senator Kalu stated that his late wife was a virtuous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sportswear giants Nike has unveiled the Super Falcons’ kits for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The kit maker shared photos of the Nigerian team’s home and away jerseys for this year’s competition alongside that of other sides. Introducing the 2023 Nike National Team Away Kits. Next-level performance engineered just for her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island in western Indonesia on Monday, shaking homes of panicked residents but causing no casualties or damage. The quake’s epicenter was at sea southwest of Padangsidimpuan city in northern Sumatra at a depth of 84 kilometers (52 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea interim coach Bruno Saltor said the players would be “sad” after the Premier League club sacked manager Graham Potter as he prepared the team to face Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Potter was dismissed on Sunday, after a 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa the previous day. Big-spending Chelsea, who hired the Englishman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The secretariat of the Labour Party in Imo State has been sealed. In a statement issued on Monday by the national secretary of the LP Umar Farouk, stated that the secretariat was sealed by the police in connivance with the state government. The statement read “the national leadership of the Labour Party […]
