— Eulogises Abiola Over June 12 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday said that he could feel the pains Nigerians are going through with the removal of fuel subsidy. Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast to commemorate the June 12 Democracy Day, admitted that the decision to remove fuel subsidy would impose extra burden […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fellow Nigerians, It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again urged the members-elect to put national interest above all sectional and personal interests. The group spoke through a statement by its National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike made available to newsmen on Sunday […]
By Femi Fani-Kayode (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – O Godwin, where are your backers, protectors and soldiers today? You enjoyed the ride and thought it would last forever. Yet now its all over. The hunter has become the hunted and the tormentor has become the tormented. The troubler of Nigeria is now the troubled and the source […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City tasted Champions League glory at last on Saturday as a second-half Rodri strike gave the favourites a 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in a tense final, allowing Pep Guardiola’s side to complete a remarkable treble. Rodri fired in from a Bernardo Silva cutback midway through the second half at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Various Stakeholders in Enugu state, on Saturday unanimously endorsed the governor Peter Mbah’s cancellation of the unlawful Monday Sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB in the state, saying the uncivilized act has done serious harm to the economy of the state and South East region in general. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has placed curses on the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The African Examiner recalls that President Bola Tinubu had in a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) custody, the secret police has confirmed. This is according to a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Peter Afunanya, on Saturday. “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has assured Nigerians of the brighter future of the country in spite of several challenges the citizens are going through. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, gave the assurance on Friday Abuja, at a press conference on the programme of activities to mark the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governors of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje and Rabiu Kwankwaso took turns to visit President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock. The duo, who is at loggerheads, visited the Nigerian leader in Abuja on Friday as they continued in what many have described as a supremacy battle. While Ganduje (contesting and winning under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect,” the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Willie Bassey said in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that an Ekiti-based chef, Damilola Adeparusi, has started a 120 hours cook-a-thon to break the Guinness Records has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Damilola started the 120-hour cooking marathon in Oye Local Government Area in Ekiti State. Also, a few weeks back, chef, Hilda Baci, achieved […]
(AFRICAN-EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee of Public Account has reportedly blocked a dubious plot by both the Head of Service of the Federation and Public Service Commission to fraudulently appoint the new Auditor General of the Federation. The two offices were discovered to have connived to circumvent the Civil Service Rules to appoint […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that the G5 otherwise known as the Integrity Group visited the President Bola Tinubu to brief him of the latest happenings and the group’s stance for fairness, equity and justice in the country. Makinde, who was flanked by the four other members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, told the Presidential Election Petitions Court that they could not upload the February 25 presidential election results on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) even though they were able to upload the Senatorial and House of Representatives results on the portal. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Villa passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill on uniformity of retirement age of judicial officers. A statement signed by Director, Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye said in exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Tinubu signed into law the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state governor, Peter Mbah on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu behind closed d{RS during which he requested for the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nazi Nnamdi Kanu Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting Mbah said that the release of the IPOB will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that Nigeria has no subsidy. The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known on Wednesday when he spoke at the Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo in Ebonyi State. Osodeke was perplexed that Nigeria would be exporting crude oil for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has stated that the lawmakers will make laws in the areas of property and economy to protect indigenes of the state. The African Examiner recalls that on Tuesday, Obasa was unanimously re-elected as speaker after the proclamation of the state’s 10th assembly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom governor, Umo Bassey Eno on Thursday said that the state government would put in place palliatives for the people of the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Eno disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa According to him, […]
