(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – MultiChoice Nigeria says its holiday channel, DStv Channel 198 would showcase live concerts and festivals during the Detty December season. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and Channels, West Africa at MultiChoice disclosed this in a statement on Friday, in Lagos. Tejumola said that the 19th edition of “The Experience” slated […]
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Organised sporting activities tend to mimic some real life occurrences and human responses, or is it the reverse? Sports mean different things, occupy different spaces and serve different purposes, in different people’s lives. Sports may be underrated but many among them have assumed somewhat larger than life statuses. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Investigative journalist and the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has opened up about activities concerning oil bunkering in his first interview since he was released by the Nigerian Army. Speaking on Arise TV on Saturday morning, Soyombo alleged that he was carrying out an undercover investigation when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says the bank’s reforms align with efforts to establish a stronger and more resilient African financial architecture. Cardoso said this on Saturday in Abuja during his remarks at the 5th African Union Extraordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yakubu Gowon, a former head of state, has disclosed that he begged with the late Sani Abacha, a former military ruler, not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo. NAN quoted Gowon as saying this at the maiden edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has not yet commenced bulk sales or opened its purchase portal, as essential processes are still being finalized. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He stated that the products the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit filed by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bobrisky had sought N200 million from the EFCC for “psychotic trauma” and demanded N1 billion from the National Assembly for the “violation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-partisan research institute, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, has indicted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the September 21 Edo State governorship election. The organisation which conducted a review on the election which produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as governor of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he is leaving politics to focus on his non-profitable organisation, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, a nonpartisan research institute to join hands with other Nigerians who are interested in reforming the political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured that the reforms in Nigeria would improve Africa’s economic prospects. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued on Friday said Tinubu spoke at a State Dinner organised for him by the French government at Palais des Elysée in Paris […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A joint security force in Anambra state South East Nigeria have arrested a couple over alledged attempt of kidnapping of some persons in the state. The State Police Command which disclosed this to newsmen weekend through its Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said “the Anambra State Police Command is aware and already investigating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on February 15, 2021. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Ministry of Transport has officially handed over the completed Port Harcourt – ABA section of the Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway Project to the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nig. Limited, handed over the project to the Federal Ministry of Transport at an event in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of allegations bordering on terrorism. Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) failed, in its entirety, to establish a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has reiterated his opposition to the tax reform bills, saying that the hurry by the Presidency and some lawmakers to pass the bills looks suspicious. The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since it was sent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 7th Prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, who is testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, who identified himself as an Executive Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its Investigation & Enforcement team has uncovered a trove of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. The Agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Thursday, stating that the operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to prioritising education for Nigerian children. A press release issued on Thursday signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu spoke during a dialogue with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais des Élysée, France. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd’s new Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia, has called on upstream stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry to strengthen corporate governance, transparency and efficiency in their operations. Ntia, spoke during an Upstream Governance, Risk and Compliance Workshop themed “Enhancing Governance, Risk and Compliance in Nigeria’s Upstream […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says the Port Harcourt Refinery Company Limited has not released any new purchase price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, National President, PETROAN made this known in a statement on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
