(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN’s top court Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing. Trump — almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee this November — was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Eti-osa Local Council Development Area, (LCDA) John Campos Ogundare is currently enmeshed in misappropriation of the 2023 budgets of the council to the tune of N1.9 billion. An oversight function conducted by the legislative council of the LCDA revealed that the chairman disregarded the 2023 appropriation act and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The picture of former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, alongside 36 other state governors who attended the Federal Executive Council Meeting with President Tinubu has caused uproar on social media.The African Examiner writes that Yahaya Bello was the immediate former governor of Kogi State before he was replaced by his political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) to re-open investigation and prosecution of those who killed the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, in 1986. The African Examiner recalls that Dele Giwa was killed on October 19, 1986 in his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mikel Arteta says title-chasing Arsenal have “learned a lot of things from last season” as they chase a fifth straight Premier League win against Burnley on Saturday. The Gunners are third in the table, two points behind leaders Liverpool and level on points with second-placed Manchester City following last week’s impressive 6-0 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women from Awgu Council area of Enugu state, where an eleven year Old househelp, Miss Happiness Nwafor, who was recently violently brutalized with hot knife and electric ion by her madam, hails from, have placed a 1 million naira bounty on the perpetrator, Adachukwu Cukelu Okafor, who has been declared wanted by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he has no plan to set up a price control board or approve the importation of food items into Nigeria. The President made the declaration at a meeting with 36 state governors, attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Inspector-General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Romelu Lukaku shouldered in the equaliser to earn Roma a 1-1 draw away to Feyenoord in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday. Elsewhere, Argentine Mauro Icardi smashed home a shot from wide on the left in added time to earn Galatasaray a 3-2 home win over Sparta Prague […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment and reappointment of the following Board Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the Presidenti on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointments are: (1) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up, Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by 14 spots to placed 28th in the world in the February FIFA ranking. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, the team garnered 1,522 points as against the 1,474 points […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Industry veterans, investors and other relevant stakeholders are to be honoured at the 2024 edition of Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (INIFFAA), its organisers have said. Muoma Obinna, ace filmmaker and founder of Inside Nollywood told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the annual fiesta is dedicated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN refugee agency UNHCR says civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are once again bearing the brunt of localised violence. UNHCR, in a statement on Wednesday, said this has come amid a sharp uptick in fighting between Government forces and the M23 armed group. Fresh fighting since last week […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Mr Badamasi Haiba, Director Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the agencies affected were the Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has stated that the Federal Government is working hard to solve the present economic problems and totally solved the increase of the cost of living in the country. According to Onyejeocha, both the federal and state governments never envisaged the present realities; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Assistant on Public Communications to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has stated that the policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is hurting Nigerians. The African Examiner writes that prices of food continue to soar and many Nigerians are grappling with meeting their basic needs. Reacting to this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, that the northerners will soon revolt due to the hunger and hardship Nigerians are facing have sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that the Sultan, in a meeting with other Northern Traditional Council rulers had stated that the increase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government alongside the governments of the 36 states are considering the creation of state police. This followed an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. Thursday’s meeting follows the recent hike in food prices, economic hardship, and pockets of insecurity recorded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu is in a meeting with governors of the federation at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which commenced at about 11:30am, was also attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Chief Nyesom Wike; and the Inspector General of […]
