(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu’s government took over a fragile economy with the country on the verge of collapse. “He took over, he took over an economy that was gone. Was totally gone,” Wike said on the show. The minister claimed, “Nigeria was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has successfully negotiated the cost of the Iddo Bridge rehabilitation from an initial N27 billion to N17 billion. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known to journalists during an inspection of the bridge on Friday in Lagos. He said: “Julius Berger quoted, I think, N27 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly,Sir Jude Idimogu,says he does not see the coalition being floated by a former PDP Presidential Candidate,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and others stopping the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Idimogu, Deputy Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos APC, spoke with the News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Peter Obi to leave the party after he joined the coalition. This was stated in a statement issued by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Ifoh, those who joined the coalition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed shock at the death of Nigeria’s goalkeeping legend, Peter Rufai at the age of 61. Reports say the late goal-tender had been ill for a while before succumbed at a Lagos hospital at about 6 a.m. on Thursday. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and is now a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Malami announced his defection in a statement titled “To the Good People of Kebbi and Fellow Nigerians” shared on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc has reaffirmed its leadership in sustainable finance by participating in the launch of the Climate Governance Initiative Nigeria (CGIN) Chapter at Lagos Business School. This is contained in a statement issued by the bank on Tuesday. The CGIN launch, hosted by Lagos Business School, is part of the World […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza war and it is now up to Hamas to accept the deal, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. During the two-month period, the United States will work with all parties to end the conflict, Trump wrote on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has committed to distributing a total of five million gas cylinders to households across the country by 2030. The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, disclosed this at the flagging off of the North West Zone phase of the grassroots LPG Penetration Programme in Sokoto. He noted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Tuesday, staged a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat against the renaming of the institution after a former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo. The displeased student carried placards with different inscriptions, asking Governor Seyi Makinde to rescind his decision and restore the polytechnic to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has proposed visa waivers for holders of diplomatic and official passports from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as Nigeria and Saint Lucia formally established diplomatic relations. He made the announcement on Monday while addressing a special joint sitting of the Senate and House of Assembly of Saint […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has dismissed allegations against him, saying that he will not honour a summons from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). He also said his appearance fee, as an entertainer, is ₦2.5 million. In a video posted on his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Rivers has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Sole Administration of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Eke Ibas (retd.), to submit a breakdown of major items in the 2025 N1.48 trillion Appropriation Bill. The Chairman of the committee, Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), issued the ultimatum on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced the pilot take-off of its new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered registration portal. The Registrar-General of the CAC, Malam Hussaini Magaji, in a statement, made the announcement during the 2025 Stakeholders Forum held in Port Harcourt. Magaji described the initiative as a major milestone in Nigeria’s business facilitation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINNER) – The Federal University Dutse (FUD) has decried the constant trespassing, theft and vandalisation of the university’s infrastructure by individuals from its host community. Prof. Abdulkadim Sabo, Vice Chancellor of the University, made this known at a pre-convocation conference held at the Senate Chamber of the University on Tuesday. He said that in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the UN human rights chief warned Monday, as a heatwave roasted southern Europe. Volker Turk hit out at fossil fuel companies, saying they were peddling falsehoods to distract from the damage caused by climate change while they rack up profits. “The climate crisis […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, moved the venue of its Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting from the Wadata Plaza, the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja; to the YarAdua Centre in the Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “The Meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uncertainty remains over the status of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting due to ongoing internal crisis within the National Working Committee (NWC). The acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum’s faction of the NWC claimed the NEC meeting had been postponed. However, Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has warned students to be cautious of a fake portal with fraudulent messages currently circulating online. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Monday by the fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi. Oluwatuyi said the information contained in the online messages were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Republic of Rwanda have signed a peace agreement on Friday in Washington, D.C, to end the more than 30-year protracted violent conflict in DRC. The Office of the Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State disclosed the Ministerial signing of the Peace Agreement between […]
