(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Korea has called a South Korean proposal to declare a formal end to the Korean War “an interesting and an admirable idea” and signalled a willingness to resume talks with some preconditions. “The declaration of the termination of the war is an interesting and an admirable idea in that itself is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is set to address 76th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. The Nigerian leader would deliver his address around 9am (around 2pm Nigerian time) to other world leaders during the morning session. Buhari will speak […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has described as Mistaken, the call by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP on the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to resign from office. The statement issued Friday in Abuja by the National Secretary of its Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army (NA) says an assault on a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by a female officer in Calabar, Cross River, captured on video, is highly unprofessional and unacceptable. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Nwachukwu said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) has called on the Federal Government, media agencies, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and others to include Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in their planning processes. Mr Haruna Mohammed, Vice President of NNAD, made the call at a news conference to celebrate the 2021 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N696.965 billion as federation allocation for August. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. The statement noted that the meeting of the committee was held virtually on Wednesday. The committee […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New Era for Sustainable Leadership and Accountability Initiative (NESLAI) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the non-performing heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies to rescue the country from the current economy woes. Mr Edwin Femi, the Executive Director of NESLAI, made the call at a news conference in Abuja. Femi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, (CP) Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated that obtaining a driver’s licence is a civic responsibility of all drivers, including police officers plying Lagos roads. This was contained in a statement, signed by the Route Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and the Public Education Officer, Mrs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Superintendent of Police (SP) has been shot dead and two other cops allegedly injured after commercial motorcyclists went wild in Lagos. The incident occurred between 5pm and 6pm Thursday at Ajao Estate in Isolo while the policemen were trying to impound motorcyclists. It was gathered that the cops had succeeded in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dakuku Peterside, former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, has censured Governor Nyesom Wike for blaming Rivers people over flooding in the state, accusing him of ineptitude. He urged him to reactivate the drainage master plan put in place by ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Peterside mentioned that “this is the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal lawmaker, Shina Peller (APC-Oyo), has berated the Northern Elders Forum concerning comments that the region has what it takes to always produce the president of the country. African Examiner writes that Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, NEF’s spokesman during an interview with Arise TV stated that the North has what it takes to dominate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Corps members from Nigeria will be among the youths from across the globe that will travel to New Delhi, for the celebration of the 75th Independence Anniversary of India in January 2022. This was disclosed by the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Mr Abhay Thakur, when he paid a courtesy visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has called for full investigation into alleged leakage of classified security documents to the public This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Samuel Adejare (APC-Lagos) on the floor of the House on Thursday in Abuja. The House subsequently mandated the Committee on National Security and Intelligence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalised a rule that will slash the use of a potent climate-warming gas commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners by 85 per cent over the next 15 years. This move will help halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade. The rule aims to phase out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political economist Prof Pat Utomi has debunked rumours that he, alongside other prominent Nigerians, are planning to announce the formation of a new political party on October 1. Utomi has recently been linked in the media with a “third force,” called Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) to give the electorate an alternative platform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A residential building has just collapsed in Woji, outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State leaving One person dead, two injured , Apparently the dead and injured persons were said to be working on the building when the incident occurred. Eyewitnesses said that the incident might have been triggered by the recent flooding’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced diversion of traffic from Yaba for the first phase of the construction of the Red line railway project. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that the diversion would last for three months from midnight of Friday, Oct. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, confirmed in New York while speaking on the disagreement over the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Lee Maeba, former chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources, has dissociated himself from a purported plan to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Maeba made the clarification in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, while reacting to a report on the inaugural caucus meeting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday said it regretted backing then candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election, instead of the then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. It claimed that Buhari had, since succeeding Jonathan, let down a majority of Nigerians who trusted in his leadership before the 2015 polls. NEF’s Director of […]
