(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the House of Representatives and the organised labour are now in a meeting over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking an amendment to the 1999 Constitution by removing matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List. If passed and signed into […]
…. … as Ayo Adebanjo takes over (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Ayo Adebanjo has emerged as the new leader for the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere as Pa Reuben Fasoranti bows out Pa Fasoranti who is 95 years old said he is now aged and retiring He is a former deputy leader, Chief Ayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara police command has redeployed its divisional police officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda after allegations of conniving with bandits in the area emerged. The command’s public relations officer, Mohammed Shehu in a statement stated that no formal complaints have been lodged against the unnamed DPO. Shehu enjoined the public to assist the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has temporarily closed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport E-Finger departure screening point to carry out some routine maintenance on the screening machine. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the authority, disclosed in a statement in Lagos. Henrietta said that the process was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria on Monday has appealed to commercial drivers in Nigeria to join hands in fighting against insecurity by exposing ,robbers kidnappers and bandits boarding vehicles at various points in the country and alerting security agencies for immediate action The Chairman of the RTEAN in Ogun State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine, though no direct link to the jab has been established, health authorities said Monday. This is the second such fatality within a few days in the Nordic country, which had suspended the use of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen killed a family of 6 in a mosque at the weekend at wasinmi village ikire , osun state, while one person sustained bullet wound The Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Co-Existence between Fulani/Bororo and Crop Farmers in Osun State, Mr. Oguntola Toogun, confirmed the incident He said: “The deceased are Alhaji […]
…… Kano, Enugu, Port Harcourt airports to reopen for international flights (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced a ban on Emirate Airlines from inbound and outbound flights, subsequent to the continuous denial of the airline to fly out passengers from Nigeria The ban takes effect from midnight on Wednesday. Emirate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that over 23 million Nigerians are jobless as the unemployment rate hits 33.3%. The NBS in a statement released on Monday stated that the unemployment rate in the country rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights and Non-governmental organization, African Law Foundation (AFRILAW), has raised concern over the alarming rate of irregular migration and human trafficking in Nigeria, especially among the youths, calling on relevant authorities to rise up in combatting the menace. Founder and Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the organization, Barrister Chiwinke Okereke, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Dhariqa Tijaniyya, an Islamic sect, has denied appointing former Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, as its leader in Nigeria. Sheikh Mahi Nyass, the Grand World Leader (Caliphatul Arrm) of Dhariqa Tijaniyya disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Sokoto. Nyasa, also the son and Vicegerent (Calipha) of Shehu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is presently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It reports that the Nigeria’s former finance minister, who is on a four-day official visit, was accompanied to the villa by the Ministers of Industry, Trade and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti government, on Monday, commenced the payment of N507.4 million as compensations to victims of defunct SARS brutality and other segments of the society. It reports that Gov. Kayode Fayemi, at different ceremonies in Ado Ekiti, presented cheques, covering the sum, to victims of human rights violations and those whose lands were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda main opposition figure, Robert Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine has been arrested by security forces. Last week, Bobi Wine had enjoined Ugandans to “rise up peacefully and unarmed” in protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who have been in power as president for the East African country for nearly four decades. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, says that Nigeria is falling apart and the political leaders are becoming mere spectators in the scheme of things. Ezekwesili disclosed this on Monday as she reacted to the recent abduction of thirty nine students in Kaduna. According to the ex-minister, Nigeria celebrates citizens who […]
…. Or Face Mass Action (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As sharp Criticism continues to trail plans by the Enugu state House of Assembly to enact a law that would provide life pension for former governors of the state and their deputies, a socio political group, the Save Enugu Group (SEG) has issued a 21-day ultimatum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deputy speaker of the house of representatives, Idris Wase has come under heavy attack for questioning the eligibility of Nigerians living abroad to submit petitions to the National Assembly. Wase, who presided over house plenary session on Thursday, rejected a petition from “Mutual Union of the Tiv in America,” saying Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, have eliminated scores of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said the encounters, which took place around the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo, declared himself the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG) The Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, Uche Mefor announced this in a statement on Sunday According to the statement, George Onyibe will be the Secretary, while Emeka Esiri will take care of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kelechi Iheanacho hit a hat-trick as Leicester thrashed doomed Sheffield United 5-0 to move into second place in the Premier League, while Brighton improved their hopes of avoiding relegation with a vital win against Southampton on Sunday Leicester showed no mercy to bottom-of-the-table United in the visitors’ first match since Chris Wilder’s […]
