(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike maintains he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite threats of expulsion from some chieftains of the party. Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, fell out with the PDP hierarchy in the run-up to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people. Wike stated this during a chat with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Senate alongside the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, on Wednesday on insecurity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said the directive was in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has officially declared his intention to contest the Ondo State Governorship Election slated for November 16, 2024. The governor, who addressed supporters at the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade, Akure, on Tuesday, expressed interest to contest the poll on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aiyedatiwa, then […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh Ibrahim, has defended the capture of traditional rulers in the 2024 budget, adding that they are relevant to society. The 2024 budget had allocated the sum of N7.61 billion for the ”empowerment of traditional rulers.” ”In the federal system of government and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Civil Service Commission. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Director of Press in the office of the FCT Minister, Anthony Ogunleye. They are: Engr. Emeka Ezeh – Chairman Hon. Ahmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment followed the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a stormy session in the red chamber. A member of the Appropriation Committee in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that some discontent Senators are determined to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio before his first anniversary in office by June. Bamidele also described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar has reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), distancing himself from speculations claiming he left the party. The PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election said this in reaction to speculations that he has departed from the party. “Let me be unequivocal: this is pure mischief, devoid of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety); Nigeria’s leading Research and Investigative Human Rights and Democracy Advocacy Group, has strongly warned against the ceding of lands by south East governors for the establishment of cattle Ranches/settlement, saying lands in the five states of the zone are too tiny […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that he intends to dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Gumi disclosed this so that the release of the abducted schoolchildren will be looked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says many approvals for the release of funds within the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Godwin Emefiele did not have the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari. “President Bola Tinubu has come out several times in fairness to him (Buhari), to say, ‘Look, this is what happened under the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representating Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, has insisted that N3 trillion in the 2024 budget has no project tied to it. In a chat with Senate correspondents on Monday, Ningi said the sum of N3 trillion has been located in the budget but what the money […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, has said that some of the initiatives of President Bola Tinubu under the Renewed Hope Agenda are already yielding fruits and will soon reach all communities in the country. The First Lady stated this at the inauguration of the Women Wing of the Christian Association […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Netizens on social media are having a filled day to the news that former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, during his time as governor gifted the traditional rulers in Anambra State 400 SUVS. The African Examiner writes that former Secretary to the State Government, Obaze, while explaining a point disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the president, Ajuri Ngelale, had stated that President Bola Tinubu will launch the Students Loan Scheme on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Ngelale stated this while speaking on a TVC programme titled, ‘Counting the Cost of President Tinubu’s Reforms,’ on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Elohor Aiboni has won the 2023 Energy Personality Award at the just-concluded 2024 edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued during the weekend and signed by Shell Media Relations Manager, Abimbola Essien -Nelson […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied allegations of padding the 2024 budget by an additional N3 trillion. This followed accusations by Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central (PDP) that the executive is implementing a budget other than the one approved on January 1, 2024. Ningi, under the aegis of the Northern Senators’ Forum, had […]
