(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga says security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Onanuga was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic programme aired on Channels Television. In April, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga says that his principal, President Bola Tinubu, is not unfeeling as painted by some persons on social media. Onanuga said the President feels the pain of Nigerians and has assured them that better days are nearer than before. Onanuga said Tinubu has not come to inflict pain on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) led by elder stateman Pa Edwin Clark has faulted the Federal Government over the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on October 24, 2024, the Forum’s General Assembly noted with “serious […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Saturday, the internet was set abuzz after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded three points, and three goals to Nigeria for the missed Libya return game. The African Examiner had earlier reported that the Nigerian Super Eagles accused the Libyan authorities of deliberately diverting their flight and this made the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, along with top officials of the State Government, Saturday visited the family of the deceased Ogene musician, Chikezie Okezie Nwamba (a.k.a. Igbo-Jah), to console them over the unfortunate shooting and murder of the musician by a police officer. Kanayo, reassured the family, relatives, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A male Police Inspector serving in the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad of the Enugu State Police Command has been arrested and detained for the alleged murder of a male traditional Ogene musician, Okezie Chikezie Mba, popularly known as Igbo-Jah. Our correspondent reports that the incident occurred around 8:10 p.m. on October 25, 2024, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for supporting the country in calling for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States. The United States and its Western allies imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe more than two decades ago. Mnangagwa, also the chairperson of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football has ruled in favor of Nigeria in the recent football crisis between Nigeria and Libya. The committee thus awarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria 3 points and 3 goals in the botched African Cup of Nations qualifier match between Libya and Nigeria. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has disclosed plans to begin development of the FCT Administration’s permanent secretariat in Garki, Abuja. Wike made the disclosure during the inauguration of the development of Arterial Road N5 from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III, in Abuja on Friday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the family, friends and associates of former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, who died in a US hospital on Thursday. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government on Friday withdrew all six-count charges against an Abuja-based online newspaper, Order Paper, and nine officers of the media organization. Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Mr. Tosin Adeola Ajayi advised the federal government to withdraw the charges. It emerged Thursday that the Federal Government had sued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) have declared a seven-day warning strike, commencing from midnight on Friday (today). The latest strike comes after a fifteen-day notice of industrial action issued to the Federal Government. While addressing journalists in Abuja, the national chairman of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has approved bid by the Kogi State Government to build an International Airport in Zariagi. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the approval was conveyed in a letter by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, dated 9th October, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that the size of debt being owned by the country, years after he left office in 2007 is intimidating. Obasanjo, while speaking on Thursday in an exclusive interview with Kayode Akintemi of News Central Television, stated that he left as president about $70 billion, including […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has nominated a 10-man shortlist for the 2024 Player of the Year. The list was posted on CAF’s social media pages on Thursday. The nominees are Nigeria’s striker, Ademola Lookman and skipper, William Troost-Ekong. Others on the list include: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, PSG), Simon Adingra (Cote […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima’s trip to Samoa to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit has been canceled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York. According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. No additional vehicles would be assigned to them for movement. The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President. A statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, has called for the payment of 13 percent derivation from the federation account considering the status of the state as an oil-producing state. Ododo stated this when he visited the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, at his office on Thursday in Abuja saying that Kogi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo has confirmed the helicopter accident that happened near Port Harcourt on Thursday, October 24 which involved a Sikorsky SK76, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at around 11:22 am. It could be recalled that the helicopter, operated by East Wind Aviation, was on its way from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday reassured that past mistakes, such as neglecting livestock farming and relying on dairy imports, would be avoided. Speaking while declaring open a two-day Consultative Workshop on Livestock Reforms at the State House Conference Centre, Tinubu pledged a robust framework to stimulate prosperity in the sector, instilling confidence […]
