African Examiner

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Hisbah in Bauchi State has arrested an elderly man for uploading multiple photos of his ex-girlfriends. The man simply identified as Alhaji Bala Mohammed, from the Dass local government area of Bauchi State was in the news recently after his pictures alongside that of over 50 women, many of them in compromising positions, went viral. According to available reports, Bala was arrested after some of his former girlfriends who are now married, reported him to Hisbah....

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Hisbah in Bauchi State has arrested an elderly man for uploading multiple photos of his ex-girlfriends. The man simply identified as Alhaji Bala Mohammed, from the Dass local government area of Bauchi State was in the news recently after his pictures alongside that of over 5...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, has regained his freedom after he met his bail condition. The African Examiner writes that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had arrested the activist for alleged impersonation. Following his arraignment on Friday, VeryDarkMan was granted bail in the sum of N2 million with two sureties and each required to post an equivalent amount....

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, has regained his freedom after he met his bail condition. The African Examiner writes that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had arrested the activist for alleged impersonation. Following his arraignment on Fri...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Ruben Amorim was Friday named as the new manager of Manchester United, replacing the sacked Erik ten Hag. The 39-year-old Portuguese coach, who won two Primeira Liga titles with Sporting Lisbon, has signed a deal until 2027 and will join the club on November 11. “Manchester Un...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, ordered a final forfeiture of 2.04 million dollars, linked to the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Isaac Dipeolu also ordered final forfeiture of landed properties as well as share certificates of Queensdorf Globa...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has heaped praises on the efforts and collaboration of security agencies in aiding the realease of Dr Ganiyat Popoola and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, who were abducted 10 months ago. The African Examiner recalls that Popo...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Coach Augustine Eguavoen says he is excited about the response from all the invited players ahead of the 2025 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying fixture against Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 35 players were invited for the Super Eagles B team 20...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has unveiled the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme with the distribution of 80 vehicles to the youths. Wike, at the event in Abuja on Thursday, explained that the goal was to empower the youths finan...

11/01/2024

Andrew A. Erakhrumen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) - We will be presenting a synopsised dialogue between two nameless acquaintances in this piece. One will be referred to as anonymous while the other, who is a lecturer in a Nigerian public university, will assume the pseudonym Acada. Anonymous touches on issue...

11/01/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Ahead of the Research Institute Games Association of Nigeria RIGAN, schedule to take place in Oyo state, come December 2024, the Project Development Institute, (PRODA), Enugu, has commenced a sports festival aimed at picking Athletes that will represent it in Oyo. African Examin...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Federal Government on Thursday said 25 million Nigerians have so far received the ₦25,000 conditional cash transfer. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the Nati...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has debunked the argument that the proposed bill from the Presidency seeking reforms in Nigeria’s tax collection processes is against the northerners. The African Examiner recalls that the Federal Execu...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take their nail-biting White House race west on Thursday, seeking supremacy on border security and aiming to woo crucial Latino voters days ahead of the US election. Pop singer Jennifer Lopez will bring her star power to the stage for Harris in Las...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Veteran Nollywood actor Abdulsalam Sanyaolu, popularly known as Charles Olumo or “Agbako,” has died at the age of 101 years. President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as Mr Latin confirmed A...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Not less than 10 persons were killed and seven others injured in a building collapse in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday morning. A statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency stated that the incident happened at 2 am at Jegeda Oluloyo area in Ibadan in Ona Ara L...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said the solid minerals sector contributed ₦1.137 trillion in direct payments to various government levels from 2007 to 2023. NEITI disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting the 2023 Solid Minerals ...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A former Secretary to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr John Ogah, continued his testimony on Wednesday before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja where he disclosed that his former boss, Godwin Emefiele, listed his niece as one of the beneficiaries of funds from an account....

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday lamented that workers in Nigeria are now poorer than previous generations. Oshiomhole disclosed this in a lecture for members of the Executive Intelligence Management Course 17 at the National Institute of Securi...

10/31/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said Oluyede would act in the positio...

10/30/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja, commended the Implementation Committee on the naira-based sales of crude oil and refined products and asked the members to resolve any teething problems. Speaking during a review meeting at the Presidential Villa, Tinubu said that using...

10/30/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says its members can’t load petrol from the Dangote Refinery in Lagos despite having paid ₦40bn to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). IPMAN President Abubakar Garima stated this on Chann...

10/30/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Government. Justice Abdulmalik held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since Janu...

10/29/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Police Service Commission PSC on Tuesday, October 29th 2024, promoted four Police Officers currently teaching at the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, who have successfully completed different academic programmes and acquired PhD certificates. It said the Officers, who appeared b...

10/29/2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Ayorinde AdeBello, the pastor suspended by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has refuted the allegations of homosexuality, which was the cause of his suspension along with another pastor. The African Examiner writes that the RCCG looked into the allegations in a memo....

10/29/2024

By Ridwan Adeola Yusuf (AFRICAN EXAMINER) - His Royal Majesty, Dr. Eze Ezo Ukandu JP, the traditional head of Isuikwuato, Abia State, was not just the regular Nigerian traditional leader, he was a superintendent with class. Imenyi Ancient Kingdom plans the celebration of the life of their revered an...