(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is reviewing the outcome of the Ondo governorship election. This is according to the PDP Governors’ Forum which met in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Saturday. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had won the election by a landslide to earn a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Palace of Oba of Benin has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). This is contained in a statement on Saturday, by Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohammed Badaru, minister of defence, has stated that the federal government is serious about enhancing security in the south-east. Badaru stated this while he spoke with military officers in an operational visit to Enugu, according to a statement issued on Saturday by Henshaw Ogbuike, the defence ministry’s spokesperson. “There is a renewed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump’s first term, wants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ace Nigerian Artist, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has set a new Spotify record for the biggest streams by any song. The superstar’s recently released album titled “Morayo” has claimed the number 1 spot on the Apple Music Nigeria Chart, with all his tracks dominating the charts to positions. One of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV line, which is currently under repair due to previous vandalism, was again targeted by vandals on Tuesday. In a statement released by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, on Friday, the TCN said the attack, which affected towers 29 to 31, resulted in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. In a unanimous judgment of a seven-member apex court, read by Justice Mohammed Idris, held that the National Assembly lacked the powers to legislate on issues relating to lottery and games of chance. The court held that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, said he had not given a serious thought about becoming the next governor of the state as was already being speculated. Obasa said his major concern has been to strengthen the party in the state adding that this is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says the lawmakers will not delay the passage of the 2025 budget estimate of N3.005 trillion. Obasa gave the assurance shortly after Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented the 2025 budget estimate to the assembly in Ikeja on Thursday. It comprises total revenue of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) Thursday in Abuja arrested one Kennedy Tabukoi, for allegedly leading an unregistered Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI) to blackmail certain high profile officials of government. According to security sources, when such government officials fail to meet Tabukoi’s demands, he would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Nigerian County Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Abdul Kamara, has emphasised the need to boost agriculture production and value addition to transform the Nigerian economy. Kamara, in a statement said this at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Eruwa Agribusiness Industrial Hub in Oyo State on Thursday, He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – A former House of Representatives member Dachung Bagos has questioned Nigeria’s borrowings, wondering how the country is going to pay back. President Bola Tinubu recently sent a ₦1.77 trillion ($2.2b) loan request to the National Assembly. Days after the move, the Senate approved the request, prompting questions from many Nigerians including Bagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of the counsel representing convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans has stalled his re-arraignment before Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. When the matter came up before the court on Thursday, Justice Coker asked the defendant, Evans, about his lawyer. Evans simply responded, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has applauded the arrest of separatist leader, Simon Ekpa by Finnish Police. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, and the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau in their separate statement, described the arrest as a key victory in the anti-terror fight. The spokespersons […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured that his administration would continue prioritising the welfare of the poor and most vulnerable even as the economic reforms bear fruit. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, paid him a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State House of Assembly has held a one day Public Hearing on a bill for a law to regulate the establishment and activities of water user associations in the state and for other connected purposes, just as the state government had paid a 2 Billion World Bank-assisted project Counterpart Fund. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command, through its Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, has arrested two suspects namely, Ikechukwu Okoye (male, aged 33) and Juliet Ogbodo (female, aged 39), both of Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Council Area over alledged kidnapping, murder, and burying of Mrs. Mary Nwatu, a 70-year-old woman, in a shallow […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu State High Court has ordered the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), to pay a total of N55 million to one Onyebuchi Chinedu for an unwarranted demolition of his shops located at Lagos Street, Onu Asata, Enugu North Council Area of the state. Delivering judgment on the case which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution to create a single term of six years for the office of president and state governors has failed in the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by Honourable Ikenga Ugochinyere sought to recognize the division of Nigeria into the six […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finnish authorities have arrested pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, on charges of alleged terrorist activities. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation said it has requested that Ekpa be remanded on suspicion of public exhortation for an offence, committed with terrorist intent. Ekpa is charged alongside four other persons on suspicion of financing a […]
