(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says plans are on to register religious houses, to ensure sanity in the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, during a Stakeholders Meeting with the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC). Akinbile-Yussuf said that the registration, […]
Photo: NNPC Boss, Mele Kolo Kyari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday invited the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Brass LNG to brief the ommittee on Gas on the extent of implementation of the LNG project in Brass Island, Bayelsa State. The decision was reached sequel to the consideration of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …As Nigeria Beats Cameroon 2-1 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s National blind football team, Star Eagles on Tuesday defeated their Cameroonian counterpart, 2-1 in the first match of the ongoing African Blind Football Championship taking place in Enugu, South- East Nigeria. African Examiner Sports reports that the Championship, which was officially kicked off by Enugu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The prominent civil Rights Advocacy group – Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked president Muhammadu Buhari to immediately arrest and prosecute for high treason, one Mr. Charles Enya, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state for instituting a suit seeking 3 terms of office for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has pleaded with all APC state governors to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustments. Oshiomhole made the plea on Monday in Jos at the Federal Government- Progressives Governors Forum parley in Jos. His words: “As progressives, let us be the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has cautioned judges of superior courts in Nigeria to desist from using technicalities to hinder justice delivery. Muhammad gave the advice on Monday in Abuja in an address at the opening of the 2019 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference of Superior Courts holding at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transport for London (TfL) on Monday refused to give the ride-hailing company Uber, a new licence to operate in London over safety and security concerns. The licensing body said in a statement that “TfL has identified a pattern of failures by the company including several breaches that placed passengers and their safety […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the abysmal performance of Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu in the ongoing 2019\2020 Nigeria professional football league NPFL season, Management of the club on Sunday evening announced the sacking of its Chief Coach, Benedict Ugwu, and other Technical crew members. The announcement was made immediately at end of the week 5 match of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of state for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has called on women in Africa to come together and tackle marginalization facing them in all spheres of life on the continent. The minister made call while attending African Women Conference held recently in Marakesh, Morocco. She however expressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has arrested a suspected human trafficker with five female victims enroute Niger Republic to Europe. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, on Saturday in Abuja. He added that the arrest […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (African examiner) – Nigeria’s Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, has hinted the readiness of the federal government to revive the coal mines in Enugu State, so as to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the country as well as the state. Addressing newsmen after a meeting with Governor […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southeast chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has warned the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, against going ahead with its planned conference on witchcraft. The planned controversial conference being organizd by the B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN, has been generating mixed reactions in many […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US District Court of the Northern District of Georgia has issued a warrant of arrest against Mr Allen Onyema, the chairman of Nigerian Air Peace Airline over alleged money laundering and bank fraud According to Premium Times, the warrant was signed by Justin Anand, an American magistrate of the United States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC) for a second term. Mr Abdulhamid Umar, General Manager, Operations and Corporate Communications of the organisation, said this in a statement he signed and made available Journalists in Abuja on Friday. Umar said that the re-appointment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zimbabwean government on Friday said it has so far fired 435 junior doctors at public hospitals for engaging in an illegal strike. The doctors have been on strike since early September to demand better pay and improved working conditions. The Labor Court in October declared the strike illegal, but the doctors […]
…Meets Buhari in Aso Rock (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has declared that he is ready to meet opposition to his electoral victory in court. Bello won the gubernatorial elections. Kogi state on November 16, which gave him a second term of four years in office. Speaking to State House Correspondents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed the Finance Bills seeking to amend taxes payable in Nigeria, including the Value Added Tax (VAT). From the outset, five per cent is legalized and paid as VAT on certain products, including pharmaceutical products, among others. The bill which was passed Thursday specifically seeks an increment of the value-added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Senator Dino Melaye Wednesday stormed the Abuja headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and demanded for the cancellation of the Kogi West Senatorial rerun which held last Saturday. The former Lawmaker was received by both INEC Secretary, Rose Orianran-Anthony and National Commissioner/Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former State Security Minister, Bongani Bongo, now a parliamentarian from the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has been arrested on corruption charges, the Office of the ANC Chief Whip in Parliament confirmed on Thursday. “We are aware that the MP (Member of Parliament) was arrested by the Hawks (a special anti-crime […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt practices and other Related offences Commission, ICPC, as well as other relevant stakeholders in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, have stressed the need for concerted efforts by all and sundry in eliminating corruption in the country. They made the call Tuesday in Enugu during the official inauguration of […]
