(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked claims that it intends to field former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2023. There has been a rumour that some Northern APC Governors visited Jonathan and urged him to contest for the party’s ticket in 2023. Reacting, , the interim committee Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The general overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, says President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians. He disclosed this while speaking with celebrity journalist, Dele Momodu in a virtual interview on Instagram on Tuesday. According to Bakare, the drum of disintegration under the administration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged the Federal Government to further decentralise National Identity Number (NIN) registration centres nationwide to accommodate millions of unregistered Nigerians. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the plea in Enugu . Ezekwueme, however, applauded the Federal Government for extending the deadline for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has again warned against plans by some persons and groups to exploit some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence in some parts of the country. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. The Service had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti Gov. Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, revealed that about 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available in the country, to immunize 40 percent of the population this year. This, he said, was part of measures being put in place to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hosts Cameroon will face a tough hurdle against defending champions Morocco when they lock horns in the African Nations Championship (CHAN), semifinal on Wednesday at Limbe Omnisport Stadium. Cameroon brushed aside two-time champions DR Congo 2-1 in the quarter-final, while Morocco humbled Zambia 3-1. However, this semifinal presents yet another anticipated thriller […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Tuesday said it was working with the Federal Government to make Coronavirus vaccines available in the country. The Forum’s Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said this while delivering a lecture titled “The role of Nigeria’s state governments in recovery: responses to COVID-19 linked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has called on members of the public to ignore a report by a coalition that it conducted secret trails and executed six soldiers of Igbo extraction. A group which identified itself as a coalition of rights activists and scholars, on Tuesday made the allegation in a press statement. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There were strong indications Tuesday night that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to hand over. Adamu completed his 35 years service on Monday. He was expected to have handed over to the most senior officer at the close of work on Monday, but he did not, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nationwide ongoing, All Progressive Congress (APC) membership registration/revalidation exercise has turned out to be a political blessing to the Enugu state chapter of the party, as it has reunited all warring groups who have resolved to work together for the interest of the party. Chieftains of the party who have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenechukwu Agu is an Electrical/ Electronics Engineer. He is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), EvanPower Engineering limited. In this interview with Our Correspondent, Ignatius Okpara, he spoke on how his Blueprint, which he referred to as his intellectual property was alledgdly “stolen” by Heineken via the Nigerian Breweries. The Blueprint which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has tested positive for Coronavirus The club disclose this on Tuesday. The 73-year-old, who is tested regularly, is self-isolating and without symptoms. The news came on the day Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane returned to training after he tested positive on Jan. 19. Elsewhere in La Liga […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State government has started the distribution of appointment letters to the 5000 newly-recruited teachers by the state’s Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Pastor Akinade Alamu, the chairman of Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said that the distribution […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The calls for the International Criminal Court to probe the immediate past Service Chiefs is unpatriotic, the Federal Government has stated. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this during a Radio programme. President Muhammadu Buhari announced new leadership for the nation’s military last Wednesday after the former occupants stayed for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order that he and his co-defendants in fraud charge be retried, having quashed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has extended the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise by eight weeks, with a new deadline of April 6. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde on Tuesday. He said the extension was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has decried the latest COVID-19 protocol from Dubai Airport Authority requesting Nigerian passengers to undergo a rapid response COVID-19 antigen test before departure to Dubai. NANTA also expressed shock at UAE’s insistence that Nigerians bound to Dubai must fly only Emirates airlines, foreclosing and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020. The house passed the bill during the plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa said the house had included punishment for parents of cultists found guilty of cultism […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that all tankers and articulated vehicles should stop parking along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway especially at the popular Ogere along the same corridor. Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Corps Marshal, Oyeyemi disclosed this on Monday while addressing stakeholders at Ogere Tanker and Articulated Vehicles Park in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An uproar arises in Abakaliki capital of Ebonyi state between the police and Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) at the party secretariat .This resulted in an attempt by the Fred Udogu led faction to take over the secretariat which has been under lock and key for a while following the fractionization of […]
