(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola, who succeeds Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, to always uphold the noble standards of diplomacy, like his predecessors, by respecting the traditional institutions in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has arrested and detained the policemen involved in the brutal assault of an Okada rider in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that a video which has now gone viral on social media had shown the three officers decked in police uniform in a struggle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for criticising the United States, US, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, concerning the conversation with the Nigerian President-elect, Bola Tinubu.The African Examiner recalls that Blinken, during a call with Tinubu on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it has disowned Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party. In a statement, the Secretary of the NLC Political Commission, Comrade Chris Uyot, described Apapa as a meddlesome interloper. “It is clear that Mr Lamidi Apapa is a meddlesome interloper who is being used by […]
…….Names Falae, Kwankwaso, Okowa, Others National Patrons. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-national movement, under the plartform of North-South Progressive Movement, NOSOP, has named a former presdential Candidate, Chief Olu Falae; 2023 Presidential flagbearer of New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; Vice Presdential candidate of PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; among other personalities as national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja will Thursday hear a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the Nigerian Government to properly investigate the unresolved killings of 11 journalists killed over a period of two decades. The journalists were killed between 1998 and 2019 under circumstances relating […]
…. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure and the party’s factional chairman, Lamidi Apapa were also in court on Wednesday. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja for the presumed pre-hearing of his petition against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pep Guardiola says his legacy as Manchester City boss is already “exceptional” as the English champions aim to finally turn their domestic dominance into European glory. City host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday with the tie delicately poised at 1-1. Victory over the Spanish […]
(AFRICAN DXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed two agreements to further strengthen their cooperation in low- and middle-income countries worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa. EIB is the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU), owned by its Member […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting of Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) who has reportedly agreed to work with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sparked social media reaction.According to Daily Trust, Kwankwaso met Tinubu in Paris, the capital of France, where they had a meeting that lasted for four […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdulaziz Yari, the senator-elect representing Zamfara West, has stated that it would be unfair to the northern part of the country if leaders of the three arms of government are from the south. Yari made this known during an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The African Examiner writes that the former […]
…..Ohanaeze Tells APC South East Are Not Ingrates (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo socio-cultural umbrella organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again waded into the controversy over the zoning of principal positions of the National Assembly, asking the upper Chamber of the Nigeria’s legislature to ignore it’s Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu. The group […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says over N13trn was spent on subsidy payment in 16 years between 2005 and 2021. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this on Monday in Abuja during the launch of the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian airline, Dana Air, has stated it will also be supporting Hilda Bacci, the celebrity chef. The African Examiner recalls that Hilda, a 27-year-old Nigerian, broke the current world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual as she surpassed India’s Lata Tondon who set the record in 2019. Dana […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has opened on why it handcuffed popular Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. The African Examiner writes that Kuti is presently in police custody, was handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, in Panti for further investigation and possible prosecution. The Inspector-General of Police, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the proposed commissioning of the Dangote Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 22, the Lagos State Government has urged residents to plan their movement in and out of the Lekki-Epe corridor between 8 am and 2 pm. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, issued the alert […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira depreciated against the dollar on Monday, exchanging for N464 at the investors’ and exporters’ window. The rate represented a decrease of 0.36 per cent when compared to the N462.33 it exchanged at the close of business on May 12. The open indicative rate closed at N463 .50 to the dollar […]
