(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, revealed that his mother carried his pregnancy for 12 months before his birth by Mrs Benice Obasanjo The former president attributed the delay in his birth to the influence of some witches and wizards who gave his mother a tough time before God’s intervention. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, better known as Portable has stated that there is no need for Nigerians to protest as the economy of the country is okay. It could be recalled that various bodies have planned to organise a protest between August 1 and 10, 2024 because of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), said that it has no plans to join the nationwide protest scheduled for August 1 against economic hardship in the country. Festus Osifo, TUC President said this at a news conference on State of the Nation on Thursday in Abuja. Osifo said that the TUC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms, saying his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution. The President, who received a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Sheikh Bala Lau, at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery and assured citizens that his administration would do more to meet their needs. In a meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Ooni of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu who passed away on Thursday. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Iwuanyanwu was the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The secretary to the Lagos State government, Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, has stated that residents can protest peacefully but they can stopped any demonstration that could lead to a repeat of the 2020 #EndSARS protest where public properties were damaged. Salu-Hundeyin gave this advice when she spoke to journalists on Thursday as she spoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, describing it as the fall of a great iroko and an incalculable loss to Ndigbo and Nigeria in general. Mbah said Iwuanyanwu was unapologetically Igbo, yet a consummate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President General of apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has passed on at the age of 82. He died this afternoon, in a medical facility in Abuja. The Octogenarian Imo state born businessman took over the Mantle of leadership of the Igbo umbrella body in April, 2023, after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned protest against economic hardship by youths in August, the 36 state governors of the Federation have reinstated their commitment to the security of lives and properties in the country. This was contained in a communiqué issued after the governors’ meeting which commenced Wednesday night and ended early Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued on Wednesday said the President assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023. The North-West Development Commission […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said it is not the organiser of the planned nationwide hunger protest slated for August 1. The union was responding to reports doing the rounds that it had pulled out of a planned national protest organised by the youths. A statement on Wednesday, signed by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday reduced the allowances of Nigerians studying in Moscow, Russia, because of the present economic challenges in the country. This was made known in a letter dated July 23, 2024, and issued to the scholars’ association by the Federal Scholarship Board under the Federal Ministry of Education. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Neysom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu administration is politically motivated. Wike stated this on Tuesday, while interacting with journalists after inspection of the Karshi to Apo Road construction project awarded 13 years ago. “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. If we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday speedily passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill). The bill, which scaled second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, was instantly passed by the upper chamber. In a unanimous vote after a clause consideration in the Committee of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, has stated that he hopes that the planned nationwide protest does not “get out of hand”. The African Examiner recalls that there are reports that some youths are planning a nationwide protest in August due to the rising cost of living. In a statement on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged the federal government to give the necessary support for the operation of the Dangote refinery. It is worth recalling that Aliko Dangote, has been enmeshed in controversy with the regulators of Nigeria’s oil industry regulators concerning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Security Council comprising heads of security agencies in the state rose from their meeting at the Government House, Enugu, Monday with a stern warning to those planning to enforce any form of sit-at-home in the state to desist or meet their waterloo. The Security Council meeting, which was presided over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the recent remark against the Labour party presidential Flagberter in the Nigeria’s 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi by the Special Adviser to president Ahmed Bola Tinubu on information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga over the proposed hardship mass protest in Nigeria continue to generate mixed reactions, the Apex Igbo Socio cultural body, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Coalition of Civil Society groups in South East Nigeria, have declared their total support for the Minister of Women Affairs. Uju Kennedy -Ohanenye, warning those it described as faceless persons trying to pull her down for their own selfish interest to desist from such acts, and support good governance in the […]
