(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the military coup in Gabon, President Bola Tinubu has said that he was working very closely with other Heads of States in the African Union towards a comprehensive consensus on the next steps forward. According to Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President is working with respect to how the power in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has held a substantive and extended discussion with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, where issues related to the crisis in Niger Republic and the unfolding situation in Gabon were discussed. According to Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the two leaders mutually agreed that promotion and protection of constitutional democratic governance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has paid tribute to individuals who lost their lives in the bombing of the United Nations Building in Abuja which occurred on August 26, 2011. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media, Busola Kukoyi said Tinubu spoke at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend or discipline him. Wike, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, said he has not seen the party chieftain who will suspend or expel him […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns over bribery allegations of judges at the governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Sokoto by a supporter of APC in the state. The concern was raised by the acting Chairman of the party, Mouktar Lugga, while briefing journalists in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The coup plotters in Gabon have arrested one of the president’s sons after overthrowing the government of President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon The African Examiner recalls that Bongo was ejected from office in the early hours of Wednesday, August 30, 2023, and has been placed under house arrest alongside some of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) made a U-turn on Tuesday and disowned campaign council lists it earlier released ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. “The lists are not official documents of the party,” said APC spokesman, Felix Morka, in a statement late Tuesday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has charged agency heads to speed up the process of application and collection of Nigerian passports. “Nigerians should not have to queue endlessly to get passports. No, this must stop,” Tunji-Ojo was quoted as saying in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo/Delta Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has declared N30 billion as its revenue for the period January to August. The command Comptroller, Babatunde Olomu, made the disclosure on Tuesday during a media briefing in Warri, Delta State, while giving an account of how the command has fared, especially in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With the November 2023 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo State drawing near, both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have named Nyesom Wike as a member of their campaign councils for the South-South state. Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, fell out with the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, says Nigerians will soon begin to feel the positive impact of the removal of petrol subsidy. The minister stated this on Tuesday when he received Governor Umar Bago of Niger State in his office in Abuja. Malagi said the decision by President Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of HEIRS Holdings and Transcorp PLC, Tony Elumelu, has applauded the economic decisions of President Tinubu and he tasked Nigerians to be patient with the president as they will soon reap the benefits. Elumelu made this known to journalists on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a meeting with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following Board and Management team members. According to a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ad hoc Committee of the House of Representatives probing alleged non-remittance and utilisation of National Housing Fund from 2011 till date has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein. The Chairman of the Committee, Dachung Bagos, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. Bagos said the decision to summon the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There seems to be no end in sight with the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as a group within the party on Tuesday suspended the NNPP flag bearer for the February 25, 2023 presidential poll, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor, who came fourth in this year’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About a week after the Lagos State House of Assembly rejected 17 of the 39 commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening, the Speaker of the House,, says the lawmakers are not “fighting” the governor. The Speaker, who presided over the Monday plenary of the House, said no matter the threat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing political face off between governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, and his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has gotten messier, as the governor has announced the immediate disbandment of the press crew of the number two Citizen in the state. Our Correspondent writes that the political giants, have been on each […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election Peter Obi, has denied the claim made by Reno Omokri that he sponsored the burial ceremony of the father of Arise Television journalist, Rufai Oseni. The African Examiner recalls that Omokri, the spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan recently claimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Government has frowned at the response of the Federal Government to Governor Godwin Obaseki’s statement concerning the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu. The African Examiner recalls that on Thursday, Obaseki while addressing journalists in Benin stated that the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms of Tinubu’s […]
