(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has stated that prices of bread and biscuits will increase by 30 percent to curtail the impact of rising cost of production. The association announced this at the end of its national executive council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. Mansur Umar, national president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the swapping of positions by two heads of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said Mrs Imaan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, disclosed that the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) created a vacuum in Nigeria’s Police effort at fighting insecurity. The acting IGP spoke at the weekly Ministerial briefing, organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, has stated that amending the 1999 constitution, as proposed, is a waste of time. Babalola disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday as he expressed doubts that amending the constitution will not be enough to fully address the nation’s problems. The senior advocate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than twenty Enugu based Civil Society Organizations, led by Parent- Child Intervention Centre PCIC, have called on the nation’s National Assembly (NASS), to adopt and pass a bill for an Act to further alter the provisions of the 1999 Constitution to provide for gender diversity in legislative leadership and Executive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) says the use of social media has heightened the spread of fake news and hate speech in Nigeria. Prof. Nmandi Ekeanyanwu, National President of Nigerian chapter of the council, said this at the 22nd International Conference and Annual General Meeting of ACCE in Kano. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Real Madrid have confirmed that Zinedine Zidane has decided to step down as the club’s manager despite still having 12 months left to run on his contract. The Frenchman’s desire to walk away from the most demanding of coaching posts in mid-May, with it now revealed that ties will be severed in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots on Wednesday grilled the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) over recovered loots. Others grilled by the House Committee include; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Sovereign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spanish side Villarreal beat Manchester United 11-10 in a penalty shootout to win the Europa League on Wednesday in Gdansk. Edinsob Cavani had canceled out Gerard Moreno’s opening goal before 9,500 fans, sitting in the stands of the stadium in the Polish city. Manchester United made a strong start to press high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in running for a third-term in 2023. Shehu also stated that the burning of police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission won’t stop the 2023 general elections. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ijaw leader Edwin Clark says he is against the major regions in the country going their separate ways, insisting that Nigerians should succeed or fail together. He stated this at a mass held to mark his 94th birthday in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr Clark, who said he was against secession, decried the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to explain to Nigerians what he did with recovered loot, urging anti-corruption agencies to be transparent. “Nigerians need (an) explanation on how much was recovered. Where is the money, and what are they doing with them? “This explanation is necessary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the ongoing rightsizing exercise of Kaduna State Government, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disentanglement of 19 political appointees. The Governor said the 19 disengaged staff are the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, in continuation of rightsizing the workforce. A statement from Sir […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane tendered resignation. Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources. Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has described as worrisome the rate at which offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Southeast were being destroyed. The group raised the concern in a statement by its Executive Director, Ms Faith Nwadishi, on Wednesday in Abuja. “CTA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has confiscated 8,400 bottles of beer in Dawakin Kudu and Kura Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Commander-General of the board, Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano. According to the statement “the vehicle was coming from Zaria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Police Command has clarified that the explosion that rocked Afikpo Area of the state on Tuesday was not a case of suicide bomber, but was as a result of hand grenade mistakenly detonated by a mobile Police Officer,Mr. Aminu Idi, who is on a special deployment to Afikpo area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), including the Presidents of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum; Central African Republic’s President Faustin Touadera; and Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby. Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, though absent, is represented at the meeting. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is palpable fear in Imo State on Tuesday as gunmen engaged police in a gun duel as they attempted to burn Orji Divisional Police Headquarters situated on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Owerri under reconstruction. Security operatives made up of soldiers, policemen and Air Force engaged the hoodlums in shootout which resulted to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has kicked against the detention of interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of Mali. The African examiner writes that both officials who are in the transitional government of Mali were reportedly arrested by soldiers to the Kati Military Camp, near the capital, Bamako on […]
