(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has alleged that journalist David Hundeyin and another individual identified as Michael Temidayo Alade are accomplices of Bristol Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM. PIDOM, whom the police allege operates under the X handle @pidomnigeria, is a suspect in a case involving criminal conspiracy, sedition, and the unauthorised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the first time, Nigerians will gain a clear understanding of the country’s actual fuel consumption, according to Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group. This announcement comes as Dangote officially confirmed the rollout of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from the world’s largest single-train refinery with a capacity of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the passing of Hajiya Dada. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale Hajiya Dada, mother of the late former President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, passed away on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All progressives Congress (APC) has warned its recently suspended former Chairman, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa, against dragging name of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdulahi Umar Ganduje into the current political mess he is currently facing. Recall that Agballa, who defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, has opened up on the reason she was rejected by South Africans who prevented her ambition of becoming Miss South Africa. Adetshina, in an interview with Silverbird TV stated that she was rejected by South Africans because of my Igbo name”. According to her, their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, will win not less than 65 per cent of the expected votes in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference in Abuja on the party’s preparations for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said there is no ban placed on any Nigerian airline by the US government. The acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, disclosed this in a statement. He said in 2010, Nigeria like other countries attained the permit of category one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of chairman and members of the board of the Bank of Industry Limited. According to a statement issued on Monday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, those appointed are: (1) Dr. Mansur Muhtar, OFR, — Chairman (2) Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have kicked against the statement of Adams Oshiomhole, the former Edo State governor and now the senator representing Edo north, who stated that Betsy, wife of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, “has no child”. The African Examiner recalls that on Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Toronto on Sunday arrested Amaka Sunnberger, a 46-year-old Toronto resident, over allegations that she made death threats against some Nigerians staying in Canada. It could be recalled that the incident was reported to the police on August 28. According to the police, Sonnberger is accused of uploading online content […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with charges bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. 10 of the 124 persons arraigned included […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria has won her first medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The medal was won as Mariam Bolaji defeated Kozyna Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 in the bronze medal match of the Para badminton Women’s singles SL3 event. With this feat, Bolaji became the first African to win […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited finally admitted the company’s “significant debt to petrol suppliers”, saying it poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply. There have been reports that a $6 billion debt the NNPCL owes petrol suppliers has worsened petrol scarcity in Nigeria, a perennial feature since the beginning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Statistics released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have revealed that Nigeria’s Letter of Credit payments dropped by 57 per cent in the first seven months of 2024. According to the CBN’s weekly International Payments Data published on its website, the country’s Letter of Credit payments dropped to $391.91m from $912.35m […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rising inflation rate will force Nigerian households to spend the largest amounts of their earnings on food in the next six months, a recent survey by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. This is as the most recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) puts the inflation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to arraign some leaders and organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024 today. The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in all 21 local government chairmanship and 225 councilorship positions in Kebbi State, as announced by the State Independent Electoral Commission. The Commission Chairman Aliyu Mera declared the results at the commission headquarters in Birnin Kebbi over the weekend. He stated that 17 political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Warning to the Serpents of Igboland “Record me very well. It is time to start poisoning the Yorubas and the Benins. Put poison in all your foods at work. Put poison in all your water so that you all will start dying one-by-one. “You people will not die one day. You […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Beijing, China, for a five-day official state visit. A statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said he arrived in China at about 9.00 a.m. local time on Sunday and was received by key officials of the Chinese government. Tinubu was also welcomed by governors Babajide Sanwoolu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –Dr Hassan Gimba, a veteran journalist, public commentator and online publisher, on Sunday, donated a school and a health facility to the people of Potiskum, Yobe. Gimba, who is the publisher of NEPTUNE PRIME, an online newspaper, said the projects were named after his late mother and wife, respectively. He added that the […]
