(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death. The report of the autopsy was, however, yet to be out as of the time of filing this report. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to be proactive by developing effective mechanisms and explore different mitigation options to cushion the effect of persistent rise in the price of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG on the common citizens. It also asked the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR to raid all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has replied his predecessor, Bisi Akande, over comments made in the latter’s recently released autobiography. At the launch, President Muhammadu Buhari said the author had retained his ‘‘inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The book has continued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, berated former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) disturbed APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now stays. The 93-year-old Afenifere leader, who disclosed how he gathered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the National Assembly have criticised the Department of State Services for going public with its warning to lawmakers without a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats. Several lawmakers who were contacted by our correspondent on Wednesday denied getting any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement on Thursday. The summit, themed, ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity,’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Structural Engineer, Mr Muritala Olawale, has narrated how Fourscore Heights altered a four storey building plan to 21-storey building which collapsed on Nov. 1 at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. African Examiner reports that Olawale, Managing Director of Prowess Engineering, made the revelation while responding to questions from Mr Akin George, counsel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction and gruesome killing of one Mrs Nneka Kalu, earlier reported missing. She was found dead in a cassava farm on August 29, 2021, in Ngugworo community in Nguzu Edda in Afikpo South, Ebonyi State. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, reacted to a statement by former president Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing more to offer in solving banditry, kidnapping, and general insecurity in the country. Mohammed stated that the statement that Buhari can’t tackle insecurity in Nigeria is fallacious […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has berated Chief Bisi Akande, over allegations leveled against him in his book, ‘My Participation’. It could be recalled that Akande, a former Governor of Osun State and first chairman of the All Progressives Congress, had last week presented his book to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nation’s Total Public Debt rose to N38.005 trillion as at September 30, 2021. This was contained in the debt data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO), this evening. The figure showed that Nigeria’s Public Debt increased from N35.465 trillion at the end of Q2 2021 by N2.540 trillion to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom has said Nigeria and 10 other countries will be removed from its travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. The move follows anger from Nigeria and other African countries, with the United Nations describing the ban on non-UK residents entering England as “travel apartheid.” The British government had on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that President Buhari has done the best he could do and expecting him to do anything more is like beating a dead horse.According to Daily Trust, Obasanjo disclosed this at a retreat on inclusive security organized by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dragged former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, over his alleged procurement of a “fabricated” medical report The controversial minister and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress was about 9am marched before Justice O.O Abike-Fadipe by EFCC operatives for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has debunked the public perception of the 9th National Assembly as a rubber stamp of the executive. Lawan said this at the Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture in Abuja on Monday. He spoke at a lecture he tagged, “The Legislature, Legislative Mandate and The People- The Reality and The Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A professor of political economy and management expert, Pat Utomi, has stated that Nigeria is now poorer and more corrupt than it was before the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari came on board in 2015. The don stated that Nigerians are hardly in the conversations around how they should be governed. “Political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency said on Sunday that there is no provision in the Finance Bill (2022) that states that banks will be required to request for Tax Identification Number before opening bank accounts for individuals and existing account holders must provide their TIN to continue operating their accounts. A top Presidency said this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The British High Commission on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH on Sunday over a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has reaffirmed his position on the rumour making round the media that he is was begging to return to the PDP, noting that “nothing can take him back to Egypt, called PDP.” Umahi made the remark during 2021 Special Thanksgiving Service of Government House Chapel in Abakaliki […]
