(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joseph Boakai was sworn in Monday as Liberia’s president after his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and corruption. The 79-year-old was sworn in for a six-year term after he narrowly beat former Ballon d’Or winner Weah in November’s run-off poll with 50.64 percent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,828.18 recorded in November 2023 to N4,962.87 in December 2023. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for December 2023 released on Monday in Abuja. The report said the December price represented […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has taken trade facilitation a notch higher with the berthing at the Lekki Deep Seaport of the largest container carrier to sail on Nigerian territorial waters on Sunday 21st January, 2024. The vessel measuring 367M in length over all christened “Maersk Edirne” has a Breadth of 48.2 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement by former minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, discouraged Nigerians from leaving the country because they stand the chance of getting political jobs in Nigeria than in the country they are departing to. Amaechi, who was a former governor of Rivers State, on Sunday when he appeared on Arise Tv had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babafemi said that the two agents were contacted to send a consignment of 1kg of Indian hemp concealed in tins of chocolate drink to Turkey. The suspected owner of a consignment of tramadol concealed in a bottle of dietary supplements, which caused a furore at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has stated that the Federal Government is awaiting the outcome of the forensic investigation into the Ibadan explosion, which occurred on Jan.16, to determine its next action. No fewer than five persons were reported killed, 77 injured and 58 buildings damaged by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Under 20 football team, the Falconets, on Saturday defeated Burundi 1-0 to qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the match played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja saw both teams playing defensive game in the first half. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has bemoaned the sorry state that social media has fallen into in Nigeria, saying it has been dragged down to the least denominator and taken over by people he reckoned as “barbarians”. Soyinka maintained that in other climes, social media is still valid – as a means […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes near the Syrian capital on Tuesday, state media said citing a military source, at a time of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel had targeted a military position that also housed members of Lebanon’s Iran-backed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal breathed new life into their Premier League title challenge as a 5-0 win over Crystal Palace got the Gunners back to winning ways. Centre-back Gabriel did most of the damage before half-time as he headed in the opener then forced Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson into an own goal. Leandro Trossard made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gas pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) has exploded and incinerated the surrounding fauna in the Obagi community of the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Though the explosion which occurred on Wednesday evening claimed no casualties, it is coming less than a month after another explosion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano State Governor and presidential flag-bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has stated that the balkanisation of the Kano emirate will be revisited. The African Examiner recalls that in 2020, the immediate past Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, divided the Kano […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has departed his country and arrived in Nigeria on Friday, January 19, 2024, for medical treatment. This development is coming weeks after Koroma was released from house arrest in his country after his alleged involvement in what authorities called a coup attempt. Koroma […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, is still basking in the euphoria of his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday which affirmed his election, expressing his joy that the election litigation is over. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate David Umbugadu against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says its Monetary Policy Committee will hold its first meeting under the tenure of Mr. Olayemi Cardoso as Governor on Monday, February 26 and Tuesday, February 27, 2024. The announcement follows a two-day strategic session for members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in preparation for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo insisted Friday that the often derided Saudi Pro League was “more competitive” than French Ligue 1. “To be honest, I think the Saudi championship isn’t worse than the French championship. I think it’s more competitive,” five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo told the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai. Ronaldo was the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said arrests have been made of some persons in connection with feeding bandits with information in the area. The minister disclosed this during a town hall meeting with the Gwagwalada area council chairman, traditional rulers, security operatives, and residents of Gwagwalada […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has presented cheques worth N2.08bn to the families of police officers who died in active serving in the last five years. He doled out the cheques to 785 beneficiaries at the Force Headquarters in Abuja under the Group Life Assurance and IGP Family Welfare Scheme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South-South leader, Edwin Clark, has berated the eight-year administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria. Clark described the Buhari-led government as “biased, unjust, nepotistic, uncivil, and characterized by religious bigotry as he responded to Buhari’s self-praise during the public presentation of Femi Adesina’s book, “Working with Buhari: Reflections of A Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, said he used a strategy that worked for the team in their hard-fought 1-0 win over host Cote d’Ivoire at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria landed a major blow in the race for AFCON […]
