(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, August 11, 2023 in the presidential villa, Abuja, received Rebecca Kabu, one of the 277 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. The first lady, in company of the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, promised to ensure that Rebecca is well […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir Idris has approved N675 million for furniture allowance to the 21 elected local council chairpersons. Ahmed Idris, the chief press secretary to the governor, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. The permanent secretary of the ministry for local government and chieftaincy affairs, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in West Africa and the Sahel; and Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun has approved the reappointment of Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police as the Force Public Relations Officer. An Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, SP Anjuguri Manza made this known in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received a delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders, led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, and accepted their mediation in Niger conflict. The leaders were at the State House to consult with the President on the situation in the Republic of Niger. The president had on Tuesday declared that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has not ruled out military intervention, the presidency has said, ahead of a West African coalition’s crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday. Tinubu, who also chairs the bloc ECOWAS, still believes diplomacy is the “best way forward” to resolve the crisis, according to his spokesman. So far efforts by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Inspite of privatisation, port users still expect the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to perform its pre-concession roles. This report explains the current roles of the NPA in port and cargo operations in Nigeria Since the return to democracy in 1999 with the advent of 4th republic, the most remarkable development in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja. Speaking after her meeting with the President, Okonjo-Iweala told journalists at the Presidential Villa that they spoke on ways to create jobs for young people and trying to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, announced new chairmen of some standing committees in the red chamber. The Senate President named the chairmen of the committees after confirming 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees during the day’s plenary session. President of the Ninth Senate Ahmad Lawan (Defence), former governor of Sokoto […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – West African bloc ECOWAS said its leaders would meet on Thursday on the crisis in Niger, whose military rulers have defied its ultimatum to cede power or face possible military action. “ECOWAS heads of state (will) hold another extraordinary summit on the political situation in the Republic of Niger,” the 15-member bloc […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to a serving federal lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola, has been found dead with gunshot wound. Sanni’s remains were found in Lagos State on Saturday, said a spokesman for the Senator, Kayode Odunaro. Hundeyin said no arrest has been made but investigation has commenced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) gears up for a nationwide protest, the union decries the mass exodus of its members “every day” to other African countries over “better” working conditions and infrastructure. This comes barely 24 hours after NARD announced its intention to picket the Federal Ministry of Health, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pressure mounted Saturday on the leaders of a coup in Niger on the eve of a deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention. Former colonial power France, with which the junta broke military ties shortly after taking power on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Governor Alex Otti has pledged to rebuild Aba, the commercial city of the state against all odds. He said this on Friday during the inspection tour of an ongoing road project in Aba, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko. “Whether it is raining or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party in Lagos State has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently address all the problems militating against a stable electricity supply in the country. The Labour party added that improving the supply of electricity in both urban and rural areas would further reduce the hardship encountered due to the removal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has called for the stoppage of payment of salaries of members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) who are presently on strike because of unresolved welfare issues. The government said it has invoked the “no work, no pay” policy to ensure that members of the association are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has chartered a plane to evacuate its non-essential personnel from coup-hit Niger, a State Department official said Thursday. The flight, which is also open to American citizens wishing to leave the West African country, is scheduled to depart Friday afternoon from Niamey “if all things go right,” the official […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, says he will hit the ground running to ensure the victory of the ruling party in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa. Ganduje spoke on Thursday during his acceptance speech as the party’s chair after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor of Kano State, has emerged as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sen. Abubakar Kyari, the APC acting National Chairman said this at the end of the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party on Wednesday in Abuja. Kyari said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, unveiled 19 more ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. In the new list are former Governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi). Others are Abdullahi Gwarzo, Bosun Tijani, Maryam Shetty, Isiak Salako, Tunji Alausa, Yusuf Sununu, Ibrahim Geidam, […]
