(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of this year’s Africa’s Land Forum, stakeholders in the agriculture, development and other related sectors have reiterated the need to promote the ideals of land governance in the continent. The 2020 Africa Land Forum which is scheduled to hold from 15th to 17th of September, provides another opportunity for stakeholders to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State former commissioner for Lands and Physical planning, Muyiwa Ige, has disclosed the reason why his father was killed. According to Muyiwa, the former Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice was killed because of envy. African Examiner recalls that that Bola Ige was murdered by unknown assailants in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other workers’ unions of the Lagos State University (LASU), Monday locked out the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagboun, while protesting against the non-payment of the new salaries. Other workers unions which participated in the protest were the Senior Staff Association […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has approached scientists in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States after its local laboratories failed to establish the actual cause of death of elephants in the country’s biggest national park. More than 20 jumbos have died in Pandamasue Forest near Victoria Falls since last month and the cause remains a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged nonpayment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other anti-labour practices. The unions included the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some lawyers are signing a petition against the Attorney General of the federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to strip him of his rank a senior advocate of Nigeria. According to the lawyers, this is because the AGF made some amendments to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver and his passengers Monday in Lagos State escaped death by whiskers as the bus they were traveling with, rammed into a moving train around the PWD, Ikeja – inward Oshodi. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident, disclosed that the bus suddenly veered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, in its report released Sunday midnight via its official Twitter handle, also stated that 79 new cases were recorded across the country. The 79 new infections […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will soon begin clamp down on unqualified teachers in public and private schools nationwide. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said with plans to fully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), on Sunday warned political actors in Edo against violence during the Sept. 19, governorship polls in the state. Its chairman, Sen Kabiru Gaya, handed down the warning when the committee visited the commission’s office in Benin. Gaya said that the committee was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore the attempts by some elder statesmen to cause divisions among well-meaning citizens as President Muhammadu Buhari continued to promote nation’s building and unity of the country. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the call in a statement in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan Niger Delta Forum has enjoined President Buhari to look into the 2014 national conference report and implement it to move the country forward. Speaking in a telephone conversation with the Punch, the forum’s spokesman, Ken Robinson, urged President Buhari to take serious the message of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo seriously. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has enjoined the military to release the 40 repentant militias arrested and imprisoned after killing Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana. Ortom also enjoined the military to also release some official vehicles that were confiscated. African Examiner had initially reported the death of Gana who was shot dead by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has enjoined Igbo leaders staying in Edo to make sure they vote for APC candidate Ize-Iyamu in the upcoming election. Uzodinma stated this when he met with Igbo leaders IN Edo and he stated that the tax policies of Governor Obaseki are anti-Igbo. Uzodimma said: “Obaseki […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that Nigeria under President Buhari is becoming a failed state. African Examiner reports that the former president has been critical of President Buhari’s administration as he had expressed his worries through series of letters. Speaking in an interactive session with some socio-cultural groups in Abuja, Obasanjo […]
Representatives of coal mining host communities in Kogi and Benue have, once again decried the increasing environmental, economic and health hazards posed by mining activities in their communities. The group also accused the mining firm in the affected communities of flagrantly perpetuating environmental injustice against their people. The representatives of the communities noted that it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the National Consultative Front which is headed by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Umar Na’Abba and former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi, on Friday has kicked against the third invitation by the Department of State Services to Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in Africa have demanded for a fairer and more transparent global trading system that will support developing countries. No fewer than 200 African CEOs made the demand in a new survey commissioned by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFRAC), and conducted by African Business magazine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has called for help over another DSS invitation. According to news reports, Mailafia was invited again by the DSS for the third time. African Examiner recalls that the former CBN deputy governor had made a statement on radio alleging that […]
