(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, on Wednesday explained why there was drop in electricity supply in the country. According to him, gas supply has been a major issue affecting the generation and supply of electricity. Aliyu spoke while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could go from bad to worst Wednesday as the organised labour has directed workers in the power sector to drop their tools and begin an indefinite strike over pending labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Tuesday gathered on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disgruntled aspirants who participated at the March 26 National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress have vowed to take the leadership of the party to court over its failure to refund the payment for their Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. The development is coming four months after they were asked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A youth leader has called on the hierarchy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state to urgently caution a former Governor in the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, who is also the Ogun East senatorial candidate of the party to desist from acts capable of causing disaffection within the leadership. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign, Festus Keyamo, has said the party-led federal government has reduced Boko-Haram’s dominance to “almost nothing.” Mr Keyamo, who is also the minister of state for labour and employment, said this on Monday in an interview with Trust TV. He was defending the performance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, stirred controversy on Monday when he criticised a claim by a Twitter user that about two million people would march in Kaduna in support of Peter Obi, an opposition presidential candidate. Mr El-Rufai’s comment on Twitter generated hundreds of mixed reactions with some in support and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has talked about his decision to stay clear from pursuing a third term in office. In a chat with Arise TV on Monday, the NFF president stated that some people hate him “for no reason” and that he is tired of dealing with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian senator and former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu has slammed Nigerian youths at the manner at which the youths insult elders in the country. Trouble began when the Senate Chief Whip took to Facebook talking about how Man United lost 4-0 to Brentford on Saturday, August 14, saying “for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four months after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a refund of nomination fees to aspirants who stepped down during the All Progressives Congress (APC) March 26 consensus National Convention, the party is yet to comply. Investigations also showed that the party is indebted to members engaged to conduct the congresses (ward to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Criticism has trailed the tweet of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State on its students that graduated from College of Health Sciences of the institution. Many social media users accused the institution of mocking students in public varsities affected by ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The post on the verified handle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate, Jigawa central, Alhaji Tijjani Ibrahim Kiyawa is dead. He died in a China hospital after being admitted at a private clinic in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja from where he was flown to China. Ibrahim was one-time House of representatives member representing Dutse/Kiyawa Federal Constituency […]
By Funmi Branco (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – You do not have to be a literary mind to realize that power is a special kind of wine. It intoxicates and must be tempered by trials, tests and the keeping of focus. Raw power unmediated by checks and balances disrobes otherwise sane individuals from the commonality of human […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians on social media at the weekend condemned the call by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, that the leaders who have allowed the union’s strike to linger should be voted out of power during the 2023 general elections. Mr Osodeke said the union was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, has slammed an indefinite suspension on the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Council Area of the State Mbazulike Iloka. The council boss who was just recently appointed, incurred the government’s wrath over circumstances leading to the death of his wife, Mrs Chidiebere IIoka, barely […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, won’t embark on strike if he is elected president. Atiku made this known during the commemoration of the 2022 International Youth Day in Abuja on Friday saying that the government’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled outgoing Nigeria’s Auditor general of the Federation Alphonsus Aghughu may have concluded plans to install a stooge who will allegedly cover up his alleged Maladminstation, the African Examiner has learnt. The outgoing AuGF has about three weeks left to retire from the service, and is expected to handover to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, married to 12 wives and has 60 children, was standing trial on four counts […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary. It comes as a signal that recent efforts by the party to reconcile him with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not yielded positive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong, on Friday, tendered an unreserved apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) over his ‘blasphemous’ remarks about the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The governor of Plateau state, who admitted that it was an error on his part […]
