(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has ordered a review of his administration’s plan for a monthly N8,000 transfer to 12 million of the poorest households in the country for six months, in a bid to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. The plan was contained in a letter read last Thursday […]
….Bello Koko Projects over 500bn (Half a trillion) Revenue by Year End 2023, Going by the Current Momentum and the Recurrent Trend of Shipping Volumes Peaking from July to December. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has generated a total revenue of N191, 430,093,501.00 (One hundred and ninety-one billion, four hundred and thirty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, was raised from N537/litre to N617/litre at some filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja on Tuesday. Independent oil marketers confirmed the increase in the cost of the commodity, as they stated that any shift in price […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nigeria from Kenya after participating in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union. Tibunu on Monday departed from Nairobi, where he met with other leaders on the continent last weekend. At the AU meeting, the President on Sunday said Africa could not attain integration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two members of the House of Representatives have defended the National Assembly in the wake of the controversy trailing its N70 billion allocation in the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act. The funds will cover renovations in the new chambers, according to the member for Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwara Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Peter Akpanke, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as the party’s National Chairman. Kyari succeeded Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s chairman after a National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Monday. Briefing reporters after the NWC meeting, Kyari formally announced the resignation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its Enugu State governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jr) Sunday, withdrew the petition he filed against the State governor, Peter Mbah challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the state. The petitioners’ counsel, Prof. Race Achara while addressing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures put in place to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, the Imo State Government has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. Addressing a strategic stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, Governor Hope […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, says he did not grant a media interview suggesting that he will run for the office of the President in 2027. In a Twitter post on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor lamented “an emerging pattern where fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The women’s 4×100 metres relay gold medal won by the Nigerian team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has been withdrawn by the games federation because of doping violation. Nigeria’s quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha won the gold in the 4×100 meters race at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Nairobi Kenya where he will participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, the Regional Economic Communities, the Regional Mechanisms and the African Union Member States. President Tinubu is accompanied by some senior government officials. According to the Presidency, the Nigerian leader […]
… Bid For Extension Of time Also Fails (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was a rowdy session at the Enugu State Governorship Tribunal, Friday, as the Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, lost the bid to commit the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Enugu State, Chukwuemeka Chukwu, to prison […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will leave on Saturday for Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. This was contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of demonstrations that have left at least 15 people dead. Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s party called earlier in the day for three more days of protests from next Wednesday against tax hikes that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed the case against former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court described the EFCC’s charges of fraud and abuse of office as an abuse of judicial process. The presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, premised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven successor electricity companies have applied for a review of their respective electricity tariffs, the Federal Government has disclosed. Disclosing this through a notice published by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday, the Federal Government said the request for rate review is premised on the need to incorporate changes in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Thursday said South East Governors are seeking the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in a state of insecurity. The governor, while briefing State House Correspondents on the purpose of his visit to the Presidential Villa, explained that it has to do with the security situation in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has declared a State of Emergency on Food Security in the country. Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy while briefing State House correspondents on Thursday said the Presidential Intervention On Food Security, Food Pricing and Sustainability was to ensure that the most vulnerable are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured women in the country that his administration is committed to ensuring that Nigeria is retrieved from the vested interests that have stifled her development. He also assured the women that issues of security, healthcare system and industrialisation would be top on priorities of his administration. Tinubu spoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that for Nigeria and the rest of Africa to make genuine progress and development, democracy must be nurtured and sustained. The President stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he received leaders of the Senate, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who were at the Presidential […]
