(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says work on the Abuja-Kano Road project will resume this week. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known on Tuesday at a meeting with contractors in Abuja. He said that the work was paused due to disagreements over price variations, delays and funding challenges. He, however, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria celebrates 25 years of uninterrupted return to democracy, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the nation’s economic woes. June 12 is a day set aside annually to celebrate democracy. Currently, many Nigerians live […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured the Organised Labour that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. Tinubu made this known on Wednesday in his second Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024. “In this spirit, we have negotiated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday addressed Nigerians on Democracy Day for the second time since he assumed office on May 29, 2024. In his speech, the President honoured heroes of democracy, rallied Nigerians to support his administration’s efforts to strengthen the economy and informed citizens that a bill for a new minimum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has slammed the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, over its billing and disconnection of some of the state government’s offices, describing the actions as unlawful, malicious, callous, and vexatious. It also faulted EEDC’s claim of government’s indebtedness to the company to the tune of N1.3bn, explaining that besides […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has distanced itself from a planned protest against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and its chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood. The Igbo group has also urged the Labour Party, LP, presidential flag bearer during the 2023 poll, Mr Peter Obi to accept the […]
…Orders ECTDA to Seal Off EDDC Office in Enugu Barely 72 hours after the Enugu Electricity Distribution company EEDC released lists of government offices and agencies, including government Houses in South East Nigeria indebted to it, the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority has sealed off the power company’s Coorporate headquarters in Enugu. Spokesman for EDDC, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to restore enduring peace in the crisis – ridden Ebonyi state chapter of the peoples Democratic party PDP, the national leadership of the party, has put in place a Caretaker Committee to pilot it’s affairs for the next three months. Our Correspondent reports that the PDP, which is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over his alleged refusal to obey court orders. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, on Monday filed Form 49 titled: “Notice to Show Cause […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again reassured the banking public of the safety of their deposits and the banking system’s resilience. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, gave the assurance in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Sidi-Ali’s statement was a response to concern […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour said the one-week grace period given to the Federal Government last Tuesday, June 4, 2024, would expire by the midnight of Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Labour said should the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on the demands of workers by tomorrow (Tuesday), the organs of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State governors have called on the federal government to enforce a “no-meter, no-service” policy for all new electricity connections in the country. The plea was outlined in the Development of the National Integrated Electricity Policy & Strategic Implementation Plan: Policy Recommendations by State Governments to the Federal Ministry of Power document from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the rescheduled rerun election for the Enugu South 1 State Constituency was postponed due to security reasons. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday that the postponed election was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 17 chairmanship seats and 178 councillor positions in the just concluded local government elections. Announcing the winners after the collation of all results, the Chairman of the Commission, Dr Mamman Mohammed, explained that other political parties participated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Ondo State governorship election Agboola Ajayi has named Festus Akingbaso as his running mate for the exercise. Akingbaso popularly known as Fessy West is a member of the House of Representatives representing Idanre/Ifedore Constituency. Before now, he was a member of the Ondo State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Lukman has questioned the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project expected to gulp N15 trillion. Lukman believes the government should have channeled the money into more pressing issues like education among others and maintains that the APC has poorly managed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the proposed N62, 000 minimum wage by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria, disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pursue compensation, and not litigation to resolve land disputes in the nation’s capital. The President stated this when he commissioned the Guzape Lot II Infrastructure Project in Abuja on Saturday. He said the completion of the project was testament […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarships to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, stated that the last general election was characterised by fraud and a lot of irregularities. Obi stated this in his X account saying that the poll was disturbed by glitches irrespective of the huge sum of money spent to execute the exercise. […]
