(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A meeting between the Federal Government and organised Labour to shelve the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress ended in deadlocked on Monday night. The Minister of State Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, hosted the meeting in Abuja but it couldn’t sway the unions to shelve the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has tasked state governors and council chairmen to take charge of their responsibilities as a solution to the food crisis and hardship in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated that Nigeria would be better if governors and local government chairmen increased food production […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has blamed the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the economic hardships Nigerians are facing. ”It is a fact that many of the PDP Governors have not paid N30,000 minimum wage to their workers since it took effect more than 4 years ago. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government will soon make a pronouncement on the issue of employing underage house helps that are less than 18 years, to end cases of child abuse and violation. According to the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, there will be an enforcement programme to that end to be driven by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has confirmed the appointment of a former President of the Senate, Adolphus Wabara, as the substantive chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees. Also, a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, was appointed as the BoT Secretary, replacing former Minister of Special Duties Kabir Turaki. This announcement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) on every member of the Super Eagles that participated at the just concluded African Cup of Nations. President Bola Tinubu is presently hosting Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, at the Council Chambers of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Faruk Abubakar has said that over 15,000 nurses and midwives left the country in 2023 to seek greener pastures. Abubakar said this while speaking on the controversy surrounding the nurses’ certificate verification on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Morning Brief. The nurses […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Corporate & Marketing Communications Professionals in Nigeria Banks (ACAMB) has extended its deepest condolences to Access Holdings Group on the tragic passing of its CEO, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR. Recall that Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife, Doreen, and their son, Chizi, lost their lives in a tragic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Holdings Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe died in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the ongoing trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, Ogau Onyeka Michael, on Monday told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, that former President Mohamadu Buhari, ex-secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustafa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday stated that Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government is fast becoming like Venezuela. The African Examiner writes that Venezuela is presently experiencing challenges like political corruption, persistent scarcities of food and medicine, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to reverse the rule. Some nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), FCT Chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are meeting at the Oyo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja. Although the agenda for the meeting is unknown at this time, the governors are likely going to discuss issues relating to security, and the forthcoming off-season elections in Edo and Ondo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said his administration was revolutionizing agriculture to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of agricultural products. A statement issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Chief Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu spoke when he received a delegation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Tinubu has commended the Super Eagles for their tenacious performance in the final of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Sunday said Tinubu commended the team, the coach, the crew, and the entire management team for their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Holdings has confirmed the death of its Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe died in a helicopter crash on Friday with his wife, son, and a former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Abimbola Ogunbanjo. The bank in a statement on Sunday signed by the Company’s Group […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC has declared Mrs Margaret Emefiele, wife of the former governor of the CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele wanted for alleged money laundering. EFCC’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, stated in Abuja that three other persons had been declared wanted alongside Margaret on the same office. He went on to publish the photographs of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has been reported dead. Wigwe was said to have died following a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border, United States of America. However, it’s not confirmed whether his wife or children were involved. New York Times reports that no survivors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Itse Sagay, says President Bola Tinubu should have waited six months after his inauguration before removing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. He made this known during a conversation around the future of Nigeria. The senior lawyer was a guest on Inside […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has warned drivers against plying the roads without proper number plates or using covered ones, saying they that they stand the risk of having their vehicles impounded. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, issued the warning in a statement on Friday in Lagos. According to the statement […]
