(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai says he is not planning on leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shehu Musa Gabam had recently met with El-Rufai, sparking rumours of a defection to the party. But the APC chieftain’s spokesman Muyiwa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent President Vladimir Putin has won the 2024 Russian presidential election, according to official results announced by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday. The final results announced by the CEC during a press conference showed that Putin secured 87.28 of the votes in the election. According to recent data, 76,277,708 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has reiterated its commitment towards utilizing Nigeria’s abundant gas resources to trigger Nigeria’s industrialisation and economic development. NNPC Ltd’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan disclosed this during a Panel Session at the ongoing 2024 CERAWeek Conference in Houston, the United States on Tuesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that all valid foreign exchange backlogs of s$7 billion have now been settled, fulfilling a key pledge of its Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardosoo. In a statement on Wednesday, the apex bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, in Abuja confirmed that independent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the tragic killing of seventeen military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week, the Senate Committee on Defence has said that securing Nigeria takes precedence over any other consideration. Chairman of the Committee and former Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, stated this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Labour Party chairman Julius Abure, has faulted the picketing of its party secretariats by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), describing it as an abuse of power. The NLC leadership had accused Abure of planning to hold an “illegal convention”. This, they said, was to perpetrate his rule or in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) has taken another turn as members of the NLC, on Wednesday, picketed the headquarters of the party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The union members led by the acting Chairman of the Political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed the Student Loans Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024. The passage followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), presented by the Chairman representing Katsina South, Sen. Mohammed Muntari. This is as the bill, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has reportedly listed Kaduna-based publisher, Tukur Mamu, and 14 others as terrorism financiers. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit reportedly listed the identity of the 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and firms, according to The PUNCH. The newspaper said NFIU documents showed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the 294th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will begin on Monday, March 25, 2024. In a Tuesday post on its X handle, the CBN said the two-day event is scheduled for Monday, March 25, and Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at the bank’s headquarters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex-parte motion filed by the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, seeking an interim order to stop the impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly. In the suit, Shaibu sought an order of the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the nation continues to mourn the gruesome murder of some military personnel in Delta State, a community leader in the state Olorogun Sleek Oshare says a land dispute led to the killing. Seventeen persons were killed in the Okuama community of Delta State last week in what has continued to generate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has described as despicable the Resort to propaganda by Okuama Community in Delta state in the face of recent gruesome murder of 16 members of a troops on peace mission in the area. It said “the unfortunate killing of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army (NA), while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji, OON, as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive with effect from June 1, 2024, subject to approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose five-year term expires on May 31, 2024, after a very […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, denied bail to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court, however, ordered accelerated hearing of the case involved in the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony. Kanu, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four days after the abduction of Mr. Segun Olatunji, the editor of FirstNews, members of his family has written a strongly worded Save Our Soul (SOS) letter to the President Bola Tinubu, requesting him to order the military to immediately release him. In the letter signed by Mr. Tosin Olatunji, elder brother […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is appealing to the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to call off their seven-day warning strike. Both unions began the industrial action on Monday as they pressed for the payment of their salaries. But the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says voice and data services affected by undersea cable cuts along the Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal coasts have been restored. In a Monday statement, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Rueben Muoka, said that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilization capacities. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has released the list of 17 military personnel killed in an attack in Delta State. The military personnel were killed last week in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State after a peace mission. Days after the gruesome murder, the Defence Headquarters said 17 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three days have passed since the distressing abduction of FirstNews Editor, Segun Olatunji, on Friday, March 15. Despite our fervent efforts, there has been no word on Olatunji’s whereabouts. There have been no response from the military or any of the security agencies regarding their awareness or involvement in his arrest. The […]
