(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, not to be disturbed by the political crisis rocking the state. Jonathan spoke at an event in the Nihi Community in the Etche Local Government Area of the State on Sunday. He explained that Fubara would eventually emerge as a “general […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thanked former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retired) for the role he played in his release from prison. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow Abacha. The former President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday said the Federal Government and security forces have succeeded in containing 90 per cent of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Nigeria has been battling insurgency for over a decade with several people killed and many others kidnapped in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. “As […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Sunday, explained why the northern governors advised President Bola Tinubu to hold on before pushing the controversial tax reform bills. The governor who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the Northern Governors Forum only needs time for consultation. “On this tax […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Government has called on pregnant women to undergo HIV test to determine their status. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade. The statement indicated that the Dr Gbola Adetunji, Chairman, Oyo State Agency for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Investigative journalist and the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has opened up about activities concerning oil bunkering in his first interview since he was released by the Nigerian Army. Speaking on Arise TV on Saturday morning, Soyombo alleged that he was carrying out an undercover investigation when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yakubu Gowon, a former head of state, has disclosed that he begged with the late Sani Abacha, a former military ruler, not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo. NAN quoted Gowon as saying this at the maiden edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has not yet commenced bulk sales or opened its purchase portal, as essential processes are still being finalized. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He stated that the products the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-partisan research institute, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, has indicted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the September 21 Edo State governorship election. The organisation which conducted a review on the election which produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as governor of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he is leaving politics to focus on his non-profitable organisation, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, a nonpartisan research institute to join hands with other Nigerians who are interested in reforming the political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Population Commission (NPC) has stated that there is no plan to conduct the next census in 2025. The African Examiner had earlier reported that Nasir Kwarra, NPC chairman, reportedly disclosed that 2025 is the next date for the upcoming census. Kwarra stated this during the 2024 anniversary of the International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured that the reforms in Nigeria would improve Africa’s economic prospects. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued on Friday said Tinubu spoke at a State Dinner organised for him by the French government at Palais des Elysée in Paris […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has harped on the need for robust collaboration among security agencies and other relevant stakeholders in Nigeria on Early Warning/Early Response (EWER) issues, so as to avert all manner of impending disaster. At a one day workshop put together by the organization with support from Open […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A joint security force in Anambra state South East Nigeria have arrested a couple over alledged attempt of kidnapping of some persons in the state. The State Police Command which disclosed this to newsmen weekend through its Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said “the Anambra State Police Command is aware and already investigating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on February 15, 2021. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Ministry of Transport has officially handed over the completed Port Harcourt – ABA section of the Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway Project to the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nig. Limited, handed over the project to the Federal Ministry of Transport at an event in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of allegations bordering on terrorism. Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) failed, in its entirety, to establish a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has reiterated his opposition to the tax reform bills, saying that the hurry by the Presidency and some lawmakers to pass the bills looks suspicious. The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since it was sent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 7th Prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, who is testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, who identified himself as an Executive Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its Investigation & Enforcement team has uncovered a trove of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. The Agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Thursday, stating that the operation […]
