(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday in Ivory Coast with the host nation and Mohamed Salah’s Egypt among the leading contenders to succeed the Senegal of Sadio Mane as continental champions. The 24-team tournament, which concludes with the final on February 11, is the first in the West African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday has affirmed Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as the duly elected Governor of Kano State. The African Examiner writes that Yusuf’s victory in the 2023 Governorship Election was challenged after the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in Kano […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Export-Import Bank has unveiled an online portal tagged ‘cocoaconnectafrica.com,’ to create market linkage among farmers, aggregators, and buyers in the cocoa value chain in Africa. Mr Abubakar Bello, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NEXIM Bank, made this announcement on the sideline of one-day International Cocoa and Chocolate Forum 2024, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has commended President Bola Tinubu for reducing his travel entourage to 60 per cent but suggested he can still drop it further to 40 per cent. “It (cutting of entourage) is realistic and if possible the government can go further to reduce the number from 60 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says all gates removed from the Lekki area are intact and will be returned to the various zones of the residents association immediately after an amicable agreement is reached on modalities for re-installing the gates. Lagos Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Tuesday, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa on Thursday accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, arguing that even the deadly October 7 Hamas attack could not justify such alleged actions, as it launched a landmark case at the top UN court. Pretoria has lodged an urgent appeal at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday, charged the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and directors of the aviation agencies to optimally carry out their duties in the best possible way as outlined in the ministry’s key performance indicators. He also told the CEOs and directors to […]
By George Elijah Otumu Facts have now emerged on the ignoble and shameful roles played by some highly placed traditional rulers in last year’s 2023 gubernatorial elections in Sokoto State. A well documented report compiled from a series of thorough investigations conducted by the Sokoto State government has revealed several high-handedness, manipulative, abusive and usurpation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked the boards of Union Bank, Polaris Bank and Keystone Bank. The apex bank in a statement signed by its Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Sidi Hakama, said “this action became necessary due to the non-compliance of these banks and their respective boards with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daniel Bwala, was at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday where he met with President Bola Tinubu and pledged his total support for him. After the meeting with Tinubu, Bwala, who was a spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, told the States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Minister of Power and Steel, Mr Olu Agunloye, before Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High court, over allegations of fraud. Mr Agunloye was brought before the court on Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu should fish out the accomplices of suspended minister Betta Edu, Phrank Shaibu has said. Shaibu, aide to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, said the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation caught in a disbursement scandal was commendable but not enough. In a statement on Tuesday, Shaibu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking Rivers State took a new twist on Tuesday as the lawmakers accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of not presenting the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers. The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, stated this during the first plenary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In order to cut down on the cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday approved the slashing, by 60% of the official entourage on local and international travels. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed his while briefing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) branch, has decried the move by the National Assembly to create additional 47 federal universities. UI ASUU Chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday on the sidelines of its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Globacom Ltd, a Nigerian Telecommunications Company on Tuesday denied reports making the rounds that it was owing MTN interconnect charges. A reliable source in Globacom told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the amount due for payment was ₦1.6 billion and it had been paid without controversy. NAN reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has refuted claims of the BBC documentary concerning the late televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua describing the report as dirty lies. The African Examiner reports that in the BBC Eye’s three-part expose released on Monday, January 8, 2024, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Globacom customers will be barred from calling MTN lines owing to non-settlement of interconnect charges. This is according to a Monday statement by NCC Director of Public Affairs Department Reuben Muoka. “Globacom was notified of the application made by MTN and was given the opportunity to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has distanced himself from claims of owning a company awarded a contract by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Some reports claimed that a firm allegedly owned by the minister had gotten N438 million as “consultancy fees” from the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sacked the chief executives of the Federal Competition and the Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a late Monday statement, saying the dismissal of Babatunde Irukera as the FCCPC EVC/CEO and Alexander Ayoola Okoh of BPE […]
