(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erik ten Hag took responsibility for Manchester United’s miserable showing in a 4-0 thrashing by Crystal Palace on Monday but said he is still the right man to turn the club’s fortunes around. Palace completed a first-ever league double over United in style as Michael Olise scored twice, while Jean-Philippe Mateta and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin was Tuesday sworn into office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony for a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before. The 71-year-old has ruled Russia since the turn of the century, securing a fresh six-year mandate in March after winning presidential elections devoid of all opposition.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), has issued a seven-day deadline for Point of Sales operators, to complete registration with the Corporate Affairs Corporation (CAC). This was revealed during a meeting between Fintechs and the Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Hussaini Magaji (SAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, the CAC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN General Assembly on Monday debated Russia’s veto in the Security Council, which blocked a draft resolution aimed at preventing a new extraterrestrial arms race. Due to the negative Russian vote, the Security Council failed to adopt last month’s text, which received 13 votes in favour, with China abstaining. The draft […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), says the quickest way toward economic recovery for Nigeria is through oil and gas investment. Lokpobiri disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing 2024 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, on Monday. The minister said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has reduced electricity tariff for their customers in the Band A feeders throughout the South-East. The reduction is sequel to the directive of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), that all the 11 Discos should now charge N206.80/kWh and no longer N225/Kwh for customers in Band […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a move to transform Kano into a mega city, and alleviate traffic congestion, Governor Abba Yusuf, has laid the foundation for a ₦15bn three-layer interchange bridge at Kofar Dan’agundi. During his visit to the project site on Sunday, Governor Yusuf, accompanied by key cabinet members, reiterated his administration’s commitment to revolutionising […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chadians began voting for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby as a fix following violent repression. Voters will choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule in one of the world’s poorest countries, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has reduced the electricity tariff payable by its Band A customers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour from the N225/kWh approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). According to the notice, the downward tariff review of the Band A customers would take effect from Monday, May 6, 2024. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered a department within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, the System Operator (SO), to cap power supply to cross-border customers in the Benin Republic, Niger, and Togo to six per cent. NERC’s order, published on Friday, May 3rd was dated April 29, 2024, and effective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar claims Seyi Tinubu, President Bola Tinubu’s son, is a director on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, faulting the award of contract for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The Federal Government recently started the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed any notion of political crisis in the oil-rich state, saying his administration has provided focused leadership and governance to the people. Fubara, who received members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions at Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said his goal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha says the Vice President will join other political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Babagana Kingibe, Nigeria’s Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), has called on candidates, political parties and the general public to uphold peace during the Chad presidential election. The presidential election is scheduled for May 6. Kingibe, in a statement made available to the News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have agreed to visit Nigeria on the invitation of the country’s Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. British High Commissioner in Nigeria Dr Richard Montgomerry disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from worship centres in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye- Ekiti towns. Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people, from Christ Apostolic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, the boats sailed across the narrow strip of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party candidate for the Edo State governorship elections, Olumide Akpata, has condemned the decision of Governor Godwin Obaseki to swear in only five out of the eight new judges recommended for the Edo State High Court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). In a statement he personally signed, Akpata said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League as Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard inspired a 3-0 win against Bournemouth on Saturday. The Gunners’ fourth successive victory ensured second placed Manchester City will not be able to knock them out of pole position this weekend even if they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than eight persons have so far been confirmed dead after a fire incident involving an oil tanker in Ometan community, in Okpe local government area of Delta State exploded on Friday. According to available information, the tanker was coming from Effurun and it reportedly lost control as it tried to […]
