(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has accepted public request by reversing itself on electronic transmission of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja . Both chambers of the National Assembly passed different version of the sections 43, 52, 63 and 87 of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Cosmas Ibeziako Ugwueze, has dismissed a trending video of attack on military personnel by indigenes of his area. The LGA boss spoke on the development in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen. Ugwueze said: “The attention of the Government […]
…As NNPC Plans to Rebuild Roads Under Tax Credit Scheme (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a follow-up to its efforts in sustaining the current smooth supply and distribution of petroleum products nationwide within the festive period and beyond, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has engaged critical stakeholders so as to find lasting solutions to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has urged agitators in the South-East to stop their actions as war is not child’s play. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain made this known during a chat with newsmen on Tuesday as he stated that the destruction and killings in the region should not be seen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Political Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that there is no rift between Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Ojudu stated that both Tinubu and Osinbajo are in the same political family. He made this known in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ken Nnamani, former senate president, has stated that the defeat of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s third term bid in 2006 stopped the creation of a sixth state in the south-east. African Examiner writes that out of the six geopolitical zones that comprise Nigeria, the south-east is the only zone that has five […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services has flown veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, to Abuja as part of investigations for promoting Biafra cause and allegedly inciting members of the public. Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for wearing a Biafra outfit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Jos on Tuesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Atagan Danladi, who allegedly beheaded his brother after accusing him of killing their father through witchcraft, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Danladi, who resides in Bomo village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau with culpable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday, began debate on the 2022 Appropriation Bill. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the Senate Leader, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi during plenary. The bill is titled “A Bill for an Act to authorise the issuance from the Consolidated Revenue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound 29 jets from private owners, if they fail to pay statutory import duties before the 14 days ultimatum given . The Nigeria Customs Service released its report on verification of privately-owned airplanes in the country on Tuesday in Abuja. Customs’ spokesman, Mr Joseph […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped some students of St Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. The seminary, which is located at Fayit community in Kagoma chiefdom, Jama’a LGA of Kaduna, was reportedly attacked on Monday night. According to a source at the institute, five students were kidnapped by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour in Cross River has shut down public offices including schools and hospitals to press home its numerous demands. The organised labour involved comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC). The group said the action followed failure of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested 432 drivers without driver’s licenses within the past two weeks in Lagos State. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Lagos, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, disclosed in Lagos. He fielded questions after the completion of the Phase 11 of the Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Low-income countries’ debt rose by 12 per cent to 860 billion dollars in 2020, the International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2022 report of the World Bank says. The report was released on Monday at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Washington. The report said that governments around the world responded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia’s president unveiled a new government on Monday, but gave no hint when he would relinquish his near total control after seizing most powers in July, or start reforms needed for a financial rescue package to avert economic disaster. Under rules President Kais Saied announced last month when he swept aside much […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Belgium must wait to confirm their place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after Wales maintained their chance of automatic qualification with a 1-0 win at Estonia on Monday. Kieffer Moore struck the only goal for Wales, who are third in Group E, five points behind Belgium. Belgium did not play […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senior citizens under the aegis of Retired Civil Servants Welfare of Nigeria, ARCSWON, in Edo State have protested against unpaid gratuities, non-harmonization of pensions among other welfare issues as pensioners in their numbers throng out blocking all adjoining roads thereby causing human and vehicular traffic . The peaceful protest led to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says that Nigeria cannot get new dollars into the system when the exchange rate is “artificially low.” Osinbajo stated in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat He said that the artificially low exchange rate was discouragement to investors from bringing foreign exchange into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections in 2023, Mr Jawarlah Tonpo, Liberia’s Deputy Minister, Press and Public Affairs, has urged security agencies in the country to redouble their efforts at containing the circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Tonpo made the call in Monrovia, while delivering an address at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has sacked the Chairman NNPC/AKK Gas pipeline project and Gas industrialisation committee, Engr. Muazu Magaji, over poor performance and insubordination. A statement, signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammed Garba, disclosed this on Minday evening, The statement revealed that the action was taken in view […]
