(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. John Hayab, a clergyman, has called on well-meaning elders to intervene in the feud between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central. Hayab, who is the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker, ending 49 days of the speakership crisis. Obasa returns as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary. The former Majority Leader, Noheem Adams, moved a motion to nominate Obasa while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded over 350 vehicles with unauthorised number plates within one month nationwide. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. NAN reports that on Feb. 3, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the people of the oil-rich state that his administration will implement the Supreme court verdict after carefully reviewing its Certified True Copy (CTC). This followed the Friday judgment of the apex court, which declared the LG election conducted in the state on October 5, 2024, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Federal Government to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B and C. In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead mass nationwide protests across Nigeria should […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony Elumelu, has once again reaffirmed his commitment to the development of Gabon’s economy development following a high-level meeting with the President of Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema earlier this week. Elumelu who was on official […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria continues to grapple with the issue of Separatists agitation in parts of the country, the Director, Institute For Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, Enugu State University of Science and Technology(ESUT) Professor Felix Asogwa, has advocated convocation of Regional level peace dialogue at the different geo-political zones of the country, especially […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suit filed by the former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, challenging his removal as speaker, on Friday resumed before an Ikeja High Court. The respondents in the suit are members of the state assembly and the current speaker, Mojisola Meranda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law at the State House, Abuja. The bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on Feb. 13, after increasing it from the initial N49.7 trillion submitted by President Tinubu, was signed in a brief ceremony in the President’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ireti Kingibe, the senator representing the federal capital territory (FCT), has stated that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi central lawmaker, has received more privileges than her other female colleagues in the national assembly. Kingibe stated this on Friday during an interview on Arise News Nwa Diokpa. It is worth recalling that a few […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have insisted that Mrs Mojisola Meranda remains Speaker of the parliament and has not resigned. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Stephen Ogundipe, made this declaration in Lagos on Friday. Recall that ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa declared on Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday, nullified the Local Government election in Rivers, which was conducted on Oct. 5, 2024. A five-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the election was conducted in violation of relevant laws. Justice Jamilu Tukur, in the lead judgment, agreed with the appellant, the All Progressives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mudashiru Obasa has claimed that Mojisola Meranda agreed to resign as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly during a peace meeting. Meranda replaced Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly in January. While the former had rejected his removal, he said during a peace meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, Moshood Jimoh, has stated that the withdrawal of police officers attached to eminent personalities is in the public interest. He made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday at the command headquarters in Ikeja. According to him, the ongoing audit of police personnel in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump said he trusted Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv — with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a month after scores of travellers lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion at the Fly-over Bridge and Ugwu-Onyeama axis of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, another accident occurred in the same area on Thursday killing 6 persons. The state Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Enugu Mr Franklin Agbakoba, […]
(AFRICAN ExAMINER) – Amid the protracted speakership tussle which has unsettled the hitherto calm legislative arm of Lagos State, ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, showed up at the Assembly Complex on Thursday. Obasa was chaperoned by a retinue of armed, stern-looking uniformed security operatives as he walked into the hallowed chambers which he has not been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Branch of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), on Thursday, sealed five petroleum stations in the North-West state for safety violations and under-dispensing fuel. The routine operation led by the State Controller, Umar Muhammad, was aimed at ensuring compliance with industry standards and protecting consumers’ rights. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 10th Prosecuting Witness (PW10), Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m lodged in his company’s account by the Anambra State Government. Okparache, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, urging her to direct the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to reassign his case to another judge with proper jurisdiction. In a letter […]
