(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdul Imoyo, Head of Media Relations, Access Holdings, dies Mr Abdul Kolawole Imoyo, a quintessential corporate media manager and journalist, is dead. Imoyo, until his death, was the Head of Media Relations at Access Holdings. A statement sad he died in the early hours of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at the First […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) has dropped its petition against the election of Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 poll. LP had challenged Fubara’s victory in the exercise with the Appeal Court in Lagos dismissing its petition and upholding the PDP candidate’s win. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Professor Ali Pate has dismissed the rumoured resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, stating that there is no scientific research record to back the claims. Professor Pate disclosed this at the maiden public lecture series of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the 2022 floods impacted 16,000 families, while 6,000 farmers lost various seedlings and farm produce in Lagos State. The Lagos Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has commended the level of global recognition of the Nigerian entertainment industry, stating that the industry is conquering the world. Musawa, represented by Mariam Ajaga, her Special Adviser on Visual Arts and Culture, gave the assessment in her speech at the 4th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Wahab Shittu has said that the decision of the apex court on Nnamdi Kanu is in line with the law. The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), should face trial despite a previous dismissal of charges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio has given more details about events in the aftermath of his 61st birthday colloquium, saying he was exhausted. The former Akwa Ibom governor held the event in Abuja with several reports saying he slumped on the occasion. But giving details about what transpired on that day, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sent his condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Dr. Thomas John, former Group Managing Director of the erstwhile Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Ezeife family, the people, and the government of Anambra state on the passing of Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, former governor of the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The political tsunami sweeping Rivers State appears unabating as three more commissioners on Thursday resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo – who served in the same capacity under Nyesom Wike’s government – and the Social Welfare and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has cautioned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. According to Primate Ayodele, God has departed from Wike and President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC, will fight the former Rivers State governor. In a statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that he will support whoever emerges as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the State Governorship Elections slated for September 21, 2024. Obaseki made this known in Abuja on Thursday during the PDP National Working Committee meeting with the party’s Edo State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aviation minister Festus Keyamo has ordered sacked directors of agencies in his ministry to hand over to the most senior officers. He said this in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Odutayo Oluseyi, on Thursday. Mr Keyamo said the action was to effect reorganisation in the agencies under the ministry. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Isiogbo Nara Community, in Nkanu East Local government area of Enugu state, have appealed to the Enugu state Commissioner of police to use his good office to expedite action in unraveling the mystery surrounding the gruesome murder of their 32 year old kinsman late Mr. Joseph Chinedu who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Rivers State, Chief Rufus Ada George has called on politicians to embrace peace and cease using provocative comments in the interest of the state. The elder statesman, who presided over the state in the 3rd Republic between 1992 and 1993, made the appeals via a statement he signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court will tomorrow (December 15th) deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, assured the people of the “Sunshine State” that he is prepared to serve upon assumption of office as acting governor. In his maiden speech in the state after the transmission of power to him by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who had been battling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s 2024 budget presentation to four out of the 31 members of the state House of Assembly. Fubara had on Wednesday presented the N800 billion 2024 budget to the four lawmakers believed to be loyal to him at the Government House in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sacked the six Managing Directors and Directors-General of parastatals in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale. The affected directors include the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has generated N4.5 trillion as revenue for the federation for 2023 as at October, its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mele Kyari has said. Kyari, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Finance. He assured of better […]
