(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Andy Murray has withdrawn from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics but will still take part in the doubles, the two-time gold medallist said on Thursday. The British former world number one, who will retire at the end of his fifth Games, has still not fully recovered from back surgery he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned protest against economic hardship by youths in August, the 36 state governors of the Federation have reinstated their commitment to the security of lives and properties in the country. This was contained in a communiqué issued after the governors’ meeting which commenced Wednesday night and ended early Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it will delist companies that have not filed their annual reports in a decade. In a statement on Wednesday, the Commission said the full list of the dormant companies was available on its website. “This is to inform the general public that the commission pursuant to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued on Wednesday said the President assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023. The North-West Development Commission […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said it is not the organiser of the planned nationwide hunger protest slated for August 1. The union was responding to reports doing the rounds that it had pulled out of a planned national protest organised by the youths. A statement on Wednesday, signed by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday reduced the allowances of Nigerians studying in Moscow, Russia, because of the present economic challenges in the country. This was made known in a letter dated July 23, 2024, and issued to the scholars’ association by the Federal Scholarship Board under the Federal Ministry of Education. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Neysom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu administration is politically motivated. Wike stated this on Tuesday, while interacting with journalists after inspection of the Karshi to Apo Road construction project awarded 13 years ago. “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. If we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An exuberant Kamala Harris whipped up a rapturous crowd Tuesday at her first rally since effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, as she launched fresh attacks on Donald Trump for trying to “take the country backward.” In stark contrast to outgoing President Joe Biden’s often stumbling and low-energy speeches, Vice President Harris […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday speedily passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill). The bill, which scaled second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, was instantly passed by the upper chamber. In a unanimous vote after a clause consideration in the Committee of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rates by 50 basis points, from 26.25% to 26.75% amid soaring inflation and skyrocketing food prices. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced this after the apex bank’s 296th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, has stated that he hopes that the planned nationwide protest does not “get out of hand”. The African Examiner recalls that there are reports that some youths are planning a nationwide protest in August due to the rising cost of living. In a statement on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged the federal government to give the necessary support for the operation of the Dangote refinery. It is worth recalling that Aliko Dangote, has been enmeshed in controversy with the regulators of Nigeria’s oil industry regulators concerning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Group at the World Trade organisation (WTO) presented a proposal at its General Council (GC) to re-elect Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general of the organisation. Adebayo Thomas, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, said this in a statement in Abuja. According to him, the proposal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of West Africa Region, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lamin Barrow, says the banks’s cumulative financing approvals in Nigeria stands at 10.9 billion dollars. Barrow said this at the Second Interactive Session and Workshop on Developing Bankable Business Proposals/Business Plans for Youths in Agriculture on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Security Council comprising the heads of security agencies in the state rose from their meeting at the Government House, Enugu, on Monday with a stern warning to those planning to enforce any form of sit-at-home in the state to desist or meet their Waterloo. The Security Council meeting, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Committee on Finance has held an interactive session with the Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman Zacch Adedeji on the 2024 Finance (Amendment) bill which has recently scaled second reading. This bill seeks to amend the Finance Act of 2023 to provide for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume wants President Tinubu to address the planned nationwide protest over economic hardship using dialogue. Ndume gave the advice on Monday ahead of the planned protest billed for August 1 across the country. According to the lawmaker, talking with the organisers who are mostly youths would help in dousing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enyimba International FC supporters have urged the club management to recruit quality players to prosecute the CAF Confederation Cup and Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) by the club. Some of the supporters who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Monday, said quality players would make a remarkable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to investigate allegations that products being produced at the Dangote Refinery are inferior to imported ones, and will also test the refinery’s products as part of its investigation. This was revealed by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, during a visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to bar Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending government funds pending the hearing and determining the suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Ruling on the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice Emeka Nwite declined to grant the prayers, though he […]
