(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL has stated that it uncovered no fewer than 83 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta in the last seven days. The NNPCL announced this on its X handle on Tuesday. According to the company, it found 15 illegal pipeline connections in the same period. “In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, Femi Gbajabimila, the Chief of Staff of President Bola Tinubu, was accused of fraudulent act as a letter emerged on social media which showed that Gbajabimila collaborated with the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to make use of 300 billion naira from the COVID […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles skipper, William Troost-Ekong, has stated that the Super Eagles can’t make use of the harsh weather condition in Abidjan as an excuse to churn out disappointing results at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The African Examiner recalls that Nigeria head coach, Jose Peseiro, complained about the weather after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, says his ex-principal, former President Muhammadu Buhari, is not a bigot, adding that those who labelled the retired military general as religiously prejudicial do not know him. The launch of the book, ‘Working with Buhari: Reflections of A Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity (2015-2023)’ was graced by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma, on Tuesday, dissolved his cabinet, a day after he was sworn in for a second term as the governor of Imo State. The governor disclosed this during a meeting at the Sam Mbawke Executive Chambers at the Government House, Owerri. The governor thanked all the cabinet members and all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jose Mourinho’s time at Roma came to an end on Tuesday after the Serie A club sacked the “Special One” midway through what has been a deeply disappointing third season in the Italian capital. Mourinho departs Roma after an emotional two-and-a-half years in which he won Europa Conference League in 2022, ending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump is expected to be back in court Tuesday in New York for a civil case in which he has already been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in May of last year concluded that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the escalating kidnappings and insecurity in the country on what he described as worsening poverty and hunger in the land. On January 5, gunmen abducted six young girls in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, a situation that has generated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell said it has reached an agreement to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), to Renaissance. Renaissance is a consortium of five firms made up of four exploration and production companies based in Nigeria and also an international energy group. “Completion of the transaction […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multi Choice Nigeria and Africa Magic have called on all African film makers to submit their movies and films publicly exhibited or broadcast for the 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA). Head of Content and Channels West Africa, MultiChoice, Mrs Busola Tejumola, said this in a statement in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Due to the rising insecurity, kidnapping, and incessant attacks on residents in Abuja by bandits, The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner for Public Complaint Dalhatu Ezekiel has asked the Federal Government to prioritize the the area’s security situation and immediately declare a state of emergency. Dalhatu was speaking on Monday at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi won FIFA’s “The Best” award for the third time on Monday as the Argentine pipped Manchester City’s Erling Haaland to the prize for best men’s player in 2023. Haaland was favourite to win after scoring 52 times in his debut season with Manchester City, but Messi edged the vote after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday struck out a suit filed by internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, seeking to vacate an order made for his arrest. Justice Ayokunle Faji, who presided over the court, struck out Mompha’s suit for lack of diligent prosecution. Mompha, who currently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liberia’s outgoing president George Weah has said he has no plans to run for the top job again after his defeat in recent elections, local media reported Monday. Weah, 57, a former international football star, won the presidency in 2017 but lost in November polls to Joseph Boakai, who is due to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian workers have expressed concern over the delay in the payment of the ₦35,000 wage award by the Federal Government to cushion the removal of fuel subsidy. Speaking on the delay in the payment, the workers who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hope Uzodimma has been sworn in for a second term as the governor of Imo State months after he was re-elected as the state’s leader. The governor took the oath of office at around 3:24 pm at the Dan Ayiam Stadium in Owerri, the Imo State capital. His inauguration came just minutes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad, has refuted claims that the singer left behind a will. The management disclosed that the artist died without writing a will on how his assets should be shared. The African Examiner recalls that Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, in a recent interview […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The second group A game played at the Alhassan Outtara Stadium in Abidjan on Sunday, saw Equatorial Guinea take the lead in the 36 minute of play after Ivan Salvador curled a shot into the far corner of the Eagles net. The three-time African champions replied two minutes later with Victor Osimhen’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Daniel Bwala, then spokesman for Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 presidential poll, says he informed his ex-principal of his meeting with President Bola Tinubu. “I informed Atiku Abubakar I was going to see the President,” Bwala said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, says the country could have been on fire had the Supreme Court sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State during its epochal judgements last Friday. Galadima also congratulated President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for not interfering with […]