(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Falcons of Nigeria have been eliminated from the Paris 2024 Olympics after losing 3:1 to Japan on Wednesday. Japan scored two goals by Maika Hamano and Mina Tanaka in the opening minutes before they ended the match with another goal by Hikaru Kitagawa after Jennifer Echegini tried to give the Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has asked for an apology from the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, concerning the statement of Wike concerning her. It is worth recalling that Wike, who is the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, and Kingibe have been at loggerheads concerning the running […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday, appealed to aggrieved youths planning the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protests slated for August to give the Federal Government more time to fix the wobbling economy. The first-class monarch described the economic hardship being felt in Nigeria as a “global phenomenon” hence the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The head of the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday said global commerce was going through troubling times, with protectionism on the rise. WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the future of trade lay in services, digitalisation and the green economy, in the global trade body’s annual report. “These are troubling times for global […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted a territorial arms embargo on the Central African Republic that was put in place in 2013 after civil war broke out, but which the country’s foreign minister said was now “unjust.” The unanimously adopted resolution scrubbed the sanctions that were already watered-down last year when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of the Joint Task Force South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” has neutralised two members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafara (IPOB) and its affiliate Eastern Security Network ESN trying to enforce illegal sit-at-home order. The troops, on joint patrol in collaboration with other security agencies such as the Nigerian Navy, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the nationwide bad governance protest scheduled to take place in Nigeria between 1-10 August 2034, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has cautioned security agencies against the use of brute force during the exercise. “In similar circumstances, we appeal to the protesters to be peaceful and conduct themselves and activities in […]
Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Ms Onyeka Onwenu is dead. According to reports the iconic singer Tuesday night after performing at an event at Banana Island, Lagos. She was 72. Onwenu was said to have slumped after performing at the birthday ceremony of Stella Okoli, owner of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She was later confirmed dead […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved a monthly stipend of N50,000 for 10,000 Niger Delta youths to mitigate current hardship in the country. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced this during the Niger Delta Sensitisation Conference for ethnic nationalities and youths and women in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said the payment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen human skulls buried in metal boxes have been unearthed at a suspected shrine in the centre of Uganda, police told AFP on Tuesday. Children foraging for firewood outside Kabanga village near Mpigi town, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) west of the capital Kampala, made the grisly discovery on Monday, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Politician and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to take away soldiers deployed across the Federal Capital Territory and other cities ahead of the planned hunger protest. It could be recalled that there have been increased presence of security agents, including military personnel, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Valedictory Court Session for the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola (GCON), will be held on Thursday, 22nd August 2024, a spokesman for the apex court said. Festus Akande also said the Supreme Court’s 2023/2024 legal year ended on Friday, 19th July 2024, He said the court proceeded on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed police top brass to protect intending participants of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest slated for August 1 to 10, 2024. This was contained in a letter by the IGP to the request of human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Monday, thousands of MTN users were in the MTN’s company in Idi-Ape office in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, to protest the sudden blockage of their Subscriber Identification Modules. The situation escalated after the telecom company blocked users’ phone numbers because of the NIN-SIM linkage issues without giving prior warning. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu, has opened up on why African countries can’t create prosperity. Moghalu, in a statement on his X handle on Monday stated that Nigeria and other African countries do have a bad governance capacity, which includes their foundational philosophical worldview, their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the suspension of Chairman of the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressives Congress APC, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, by the State Executive Committee continues to generate reactions, the Pioneer Deputy State Chairman, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has applauded the decision, saying founding members and Stakeholders of the party in the state have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 housemates on Sunday entered the Big Brother Naija house for the ninth season of the reality show. The season, with theme, “No Loose Guard”, promises exciting twists designed to keep viewers on the edge of their seats for the next 10 weeks. The grand prize for this season […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday threatened to relaunch production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirmed its intention to deploy missiles to Germany or elsewhere in Europe. “If the United States carries out such plans, we will consider ourselves liberated from the unilateral moratorium previously adopted on the deployment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the arrowheads of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest against economic hardship slated for August says the Eagle Square in Abuja is a public property and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has no choice than to allow “hungry Nigerian youths” demonstrate their displeasure on the facility. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted crisis bedevling the Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) weekend took a new twist, as members of the state Executive Committee announced the suspension of its state chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah and other executive members over alleged acts of abuse of offices. The State Publicity Secretary, Chief […]
