(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution to provide seat reservations for women in the National Assembly. The bill also covered the State Houses of Assembly. The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, who represents Bende Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned airlines against indulging in deceitful departure time scheduling. Briefing journalists on Tuesday at the Authority’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, the agency’s acting Director General, Chris Najomo, said the NCAA now runs a zero-tolerance approach to regulatory infractions. Speaking through the NCAA Director of Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has backed the re-election bid of Amaji Pinnick into the Council of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Pinnick, two-term President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was elected into the Council in March 2021 – the third Nigerian after the late Oyo Orok Oyo and Dr. Amos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has opened up on how Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, moved funds to his wife, Margaret Emefiele. Ogbonnaya informed an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday how Emefiele used the bank to send millions of naira to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s House of Representatives has called on the President to suspend the Samoa agreement recently signed by his government over the controversial Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (LGBT) clause in the aggrement. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by deputy minority leader Aliyu Madaki and 88 others, during plenary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo, a former officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to life imprisonment over an offence of rape. The 39- year- old convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Olatawura on May 13, 2022 on one count […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is to establish mobile courts to attend to issues relating to sexual harassment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye made this known at a one-day National Stakeholder’s Engagement on Sexual Harassment Prevention on Tuesday in Abuja. The event was organized by the ICPC in collaboration with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2024, retaining the award for a fourth consecutive year. The bank was also named as Best Corporate Governance, Nigeria for the third year running in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2024. The awards, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Martin Amaewhule led-Rivers State House of Assembly has given a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the lawmakers. The ultimatum is coming after the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday. Also, the other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo had a parallel sitting. It is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of the Senate Yemi Adaramodu has downplayed criticisms over wages earned by federal lawmakers, saying the National Assembly’s budget is just one per cent of the country’s budget. Senator Adaramodu said contrary to widely-held belief, the lawmakers are not earning humongous sums as salaries. “Like I said, in the 2023 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has listed state-owned schools eligible for the student loan scheme. In a Sunday statement, NELFUND said students from the 36 schools can now submit their applications for the student loan fund on its portal. “The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is pleased to announce that students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Government has declared Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday to mark the Islamic New Year. In a Sunday statement, the Secretary to the Government of the State Abdullahi Yar’adua said the Katsina State governor Dikko Radda declared the public holiday. “His Excellency, the Governor of Katsina State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. The President’s mandate was extended at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, on Sunday in Abuja. This followed the decision of the leaders to ensure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the national grid was restored at about 9.57 p.m. on Saturday after a partial collapse. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said there was a partial disturbance of the grid at about 3.09 p.m. on Saturday. She […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday confirmed the kidnapping of two Journalists and their families in Kaduna at about 10:30pm on Saturday. The command Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said its operatives were trying their best to secure their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Netherlands scored two second-half goals in the space of six minutes to overturn a 1-0 half-time deficit and win 2-1 to set up a semifinal against England. Speaking after the game, Netherlands coach, Ron Koeman said his players defied doubters to set up the England semifinal “We are a small nation and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says Nigeria is committed to the implementation of a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The minister said the single-currency ECO would foster economic growth and development in the West African region. According to a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, challenged internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, to prove corruption allegations against its operatives. In a statement, a spokesman for the anti-graft agency Dele Oyewale described Mompha’s allegations as “malicious and unsubstantiated”. “The claim, coming from an accused in a criminal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Saturday implored young people not to attempt the perilous Atlantic route to Europe, days after scores of would-be migrants perished when their boat capsized off Mauritania. Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died after their boat overturned earlier this week, with dozens reported missing in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his commitment to building a well-equipped and truly professional Army that will remain the pride of the nation. The President’s message was delivered at the grand finale of the 2024 Nigerian Army Day celebration at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Saturday. […]
