(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor on Tuesday. The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan using the 157 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos has nullified the return of Mr Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party as the duly elected representative for Eti Osa Federal Constituency. In the lead judgment, which was delivered late Monday night, the tribunal declared the elections inconclusive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Annual inflation in Egypt hit 39.7 percent in August, official figures showed Sunday, an all-time high as the Arab world’s most populous country grapples with a punishing economic crisis. It comes after a previous record of 38.2 percent in July and amid an unrelenting downturn that has seen the currency shed half […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Laolu Akande, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s aide believes the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) inability to electronically transmit results of the presidential and National Assembly polls has broken Nigerians’ trust in the agency. While INEC had in the lead up to the February 2023 exercise repeatedly said it would transmit polling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is optimistic of finishing his tenure after a medical vacation kept him away from duties for three months. Akeredolu spoke on Friday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, less than a day after his return from Germany. “I came back yesterday, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended the Presidential Election Petitions Court for affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, presidential poll. “Nigerians have spoken, (and) the court has affirmed it,” Wike said. The former governor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A social cultural group under the aegis of the Northern Action Groups has rejected the call by some individuals demanding the sack of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari. The group attributed the increases in daily crude oil production to the effort of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court on the February 25, 2023 poll, describing it as against justice. Obi, who spoke on Thursday in Onitsha, acknowledged the Tribunal’s adherence to statutory time frame and expressed respect for the court’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, announced an end to its two-day warning strike, asking its members all over the country to resume work. In a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, commended Nigerian workers for participating in the strike, saying a significant stride was achieved. Labour had embarked on a two-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. “He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Court said the Electoral Act 2022 made no provision for electronic transmission of election results. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Wednesday, said the only technological device that was mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use for the election is the Bimodal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) is set to deliver judgement today. Security is already beefed up ahead of the verdict. Nigerians from all walks of life are waiting eagerly to witness the televised live proceedings from the Tribunal venue at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Atiku Abubakar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is a heavy security presence around the premises of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) ahead of the court’s verdict on Wednesday. As early as 07:00 a.m., there were security operatives in and around the Appeal Court’s premises with their vehicles positioned at strategic points. The area is calm with journalists […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has sealed an agreement with the Trade Union Congress, for a two-week window to address the impasse. This comes amid a two day warning strike embarked by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) which commenced on Tuesday, This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, described as “politically”, the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protest against petrol subsidy removal mulled by the then administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayemi spoke when he delivered a keynote address during the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 11, 2023 off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the resumption of collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for four weeks. The electoral umpire said within the said period, registered voters who could not collect their PVCs before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, said he would have expelled the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had the power. Speaking on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme on Tuesday, Momodu accused Wike of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State has barred entrance into the state high court premises in compliance with a two-day warning strike. The election petitions tribunals for the National Assembly and state House of Assembly had scheduled judgements in two petitions for today but they have been adjourned till Thursday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has joined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the “punishing” economic situation in the country. The union stated this in a circular dated September 2, 2023 signed by its General Secretary, Mohammed Sheikh, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria generated N1.49 trillion as the aggregate revenue from Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the first half of 2023. The NBS on Monday stated that on the aggregate, VAT for the second quarter of 2023 was reported at N781.35 billion, […]
