(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians to pray for him for the success of his administration. Tinubu made this known on Thursday at the palace of Adedotun Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland, in Ogun state.The former Lagos State governor talked about his commitment to bringing positive change to the country […]
-Says Cashless Policy Was Ineffective (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, said he invoked the spirits of freedom and determination, symbolised by “Baba Emilokan,” to overcome the obstacles in the election. According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public of a batch of “unwholesome” Sprite 50cl drink circulating in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the agency said the contaminated drinks have the batch number AZ6 22:32, manufacturing date of April 18, 2023 and an expiry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sustained advocacy of the Mohammed Bello Koko- led Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the decongestion of the Ports to pave way for efficient operations received a boost on 23rd June, 2023, when Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Transportation Dr. Magdelene Ajani led an inter-agency team consisting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi aka Iyabo Oko, is dead at the age of 61. One of the actress’s daughters, Bisi Aisha announced her death on Thursday on her Facebook page saying that her mother died on Wednesday. Aisha writes: “May ur soul Rest In Peace mummy.” Also, uploading the dead actress’s pictures […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retired staff of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have expressed deep concern over the manner a former Acting Director-General of the Agency, Ambassador Mohammed Dauda, has gone to the public without due regard to in-service rules and regulations. A statement issued under the aegis of Dolphin Retired Staff Association and signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The naira has appreciated by 0.68 per cent against the United States dollar on the Investor & Exporter forex window. The local currency closed at N763/$ on Tuesday, compared to N768.17/$ at the close of trading on Monday. There was no trading on Wednesday owing to the two-day public holiday to mark […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru; and the spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, traded blame over a commotion on seat arrangement at a prayer ground located at Oke-Baale area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Basiru and Rasheed were guests on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday hours after the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has tasked President Bola Tinubu to sack the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. Galadima disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Television on Tuesday saying that Yakubu allegedly conspired with some politicians to subvert the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to have faith in God that the country would experience peace, stability and prosperity. A statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake said Tinubu spoke to reporters after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s problems are not insurmountable, stressing that he was working day and night to ensure that the problems are solved. In his message on the occasion of the Eid-el- Kabir celebration personally signed by him, Tinubu admitted that there are challenges in the area of economy […]
….Calls For Govt. Action Drivers plying the Opi-Nsukka, Enugu road numbering over one hundred on Tuesday blocked the road to protest constant kidnapping of drivers and passengers along the road. The action which caused heavy traffic jams on the road for several hours, left motorists, tricycles, Operatives and passengers stranded , as the protesters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor Alex Otti has directed the Accountant General of the state, Mrs Njum Onyemenam, to ensure that all verified workers in the state civil service receive their salary for June before Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, in a statement on Tuesday, cited […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has clarified that the 800 million dollar loan from the bank was approved as of December 2021, a time when the government of Muhammadu Buhari contemplated the removal of fuel subsidy. Its Nigerian articlesCountry Director, Dr Shubham Chaudhuri, made this known on Tuesday at an event organised by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that any attempt to blackmail Russia or foment unrest would fail, after an armed rebellion shook his more than two decades of rule. “Civilian solidarity showed that any blackmail, any attempts to organise internal turmoil, is doomed to fail,” Putin said in a televised address. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Senior Special Assistant on Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has opened up on why the former administration could not do away with fuel subsidy. Shehu took to His Twitter account on Monday saying that only a new administration with goodwill could attempt to remove fuel subsidy. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze has alleged that the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, is scared to decide if to sack the national team’s head coach, Jose Peseiro. The African Examiner recalls that last week, Gusau disclosed that the NFF would carry out an opinion poll where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday said that his administration would work towards a drug-free society. Tinubu spoke at the celebration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. Tinubu who spoke through Secretary to the Government of the Federation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has refuted claims that it intends to subvert the death sentence on Dr Rahman Adedoyin. The African Examiner recalls that Adedoyin and two others, Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Adegoke. Adegoke was a postgraduate student of the Obafemi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Ndubuisi Mbah’s led administration in Enugu state is to hold a Diaspora Investment Forum that would see the state reap about $2 billion in investment interests in the first year of the administration. The event which christened: “The Enugu State Diaspora and Investment Forum” and proposed for April 2024, will […]
