(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Value Added Tax (VAT). The Special Assistant to the Chairman of the FIRS on Media and Communications, Johannes Wojuola, gave the advice in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, enforcing the unlawful sit at- home order in Southeast region of Nigeria, on Monday took laws into their hands as they set on fire a lorry loaded with motorcycle spare parts. The incident occurred at Eluagu Obukpa, in Nsukka council area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday threatened to re-imposed the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and death […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aiyede-Ekiti, a community in Oye Local Government Area, Ekiti State, has protested the omission of its name as the headquarter of newly-created Local Council Development Area (LCDA) by the state government. The community addressed a news conference on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, and distributed a document titled: “Aiyede-Ekiti Rejects It Omission from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Internal Revenue Service (NGSIRS) on Monday shut down eight commercial banks and the state head office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over alleged N456 million tax debts. Mr Mohammed Etsu, the Executive Chairman of the internal revenue Service, told journalists following the exercise that it was carried […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Maxwell Opara, one of the lawyers for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Department of State Services before the Federal High Court Abuja for allegedly violating his fundamental human right. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021, Opara is demanding compensation of N50 million for the infringement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop Francis Wale Oke, the National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), says those behind the woes hampering Nigeria will incur God’s punishment, if they refused to desist from their nefarious activities. Oke, also the Presiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan in Oyo State, said “such people will face the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen strikes again by killing three farmers in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. African Examiner gathered that the three victims were on their way to the farm when they were shot dead by the gunmen on Monday morning . The incident, it was gathered, occurred at the Renwienku community in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Taskforce, on Monday, impounded over 200 okada at 2nd Rainbow – inward Mile-2, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, over violation of traffic laws. According to the source, men of the task force arrived in the area at about 10.30 am and went after the okada riders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government says it will recover millions of Naira mistakenly paid to 588 medical doctors. Labour Minister, Chris Ngige, disclosed this during a chat with State House reporters in Abuja . According to the minister, the affected doctors mistakenly benefitted from the Medical Residency Training Fund meant for a particular category […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wife and two children of Dr. Ibrahim Kurami, the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency in Katsina State House of Assembly have been abducted by suspected bandits late hours of Saturday. According to available information, the bandits invaded the Kurami residence of the lawmaker in Bakori Local Government Area and abducted the wife […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and former presidential aspirant, Chief Olu Falae, says that the country is already drifting towards precipice because of the rise in insecurity and the state of the economy. The elder statesman disclosed this while speaking in Akure saying that if the activities of bandits […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership of the Apex Igbo Socio Cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo has lambasted Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, over what they considered inflammatory and unguided statement recently made against the South East region by the lawmaker. The body in a statement issued by its National publicity Secretary, Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, made available to newsmen on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos would be increased to a maximum of 55 years under British Government plans to give people greater choice over when to start a family. Under the proposals announced by Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday, prospective parents would be given the option to keep or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and other church leaders on Sunday prayed for the nation’s progress. The leaders made the prayers at the inauguration of Prophetess Esther Ajayi’s Love of Christ (LOC) ultra modern worship centre on Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo on Sunday was suspended due to a breach of Brazilian coronavirus restriction rules. In extraordinary scenes, health officials entered the pitch early in the game to object the participation of three Argentinian players who have allegedly broken the coronavirus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, says he is praying to God and awaiting His direction on his 2023 re-election bid. Makinde, who disclosed this during the 2021 Hijrah luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, declared that 2023 belonged to God and that His will prevail in his political adventure. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Viewers of the famous television reality show, Big Brother Naija, Season 6, Shine Ya Eye edition, were pleasantly surprised to witness massive eviction of housemates on Sunday. Just 24 hours before the eviction night, Big Brother, the host of the show hinted through the official Facebook page of the show that there […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to Journalists […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Housing in Lagos State, Mrs Margaret Adejobi, has cried out against activities of land grabbers who deliberately encroach and sell off gazetted Federal Government land acquisitions in the state. In an interview on Sunday in Lagos, Adejobi urged prospective buyers to verify all lands with state and federal […]
