(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has given all states until September 9, 2024, to make their positions known on the establishment of State Police. NEC gave the deadline on Wednesday at its meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting held at the Council Chamber […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has denied organising a protest against the increase in petrol price. NANS rebuttal comes amid a statement purportedly from the association announcing a shutdown of all major cities across the country over the increase in petrol prices. According to the statement, the group will embark […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party on Wednesday announced the composition of a 29-man caretaker committee to be chaired by former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. The Immediate-past Senate Minority Deputy Leader, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, was also appointed to serve as Secretary to the committee which will midwife an election of a new leadership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal Government to reverse the latest hike in the petrol pump price, describing it as a brutal assault on the sensibility of Nigerians. PDP in a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the increase in petrol price “without due […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor and a former spokesman of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has tasked President Bola Tinubu, ex-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi to desist the idea of contesting the 2027 elections. Okonkwo stated this when he appeared on Arise Television […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s power generation rose to a three-year high of 5,313mw on Monday, the Ministry of Power has saud. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power , Mr Adebayo Adelabu. Adelabu, therefore urged Electricity Distribution Companies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday directed troops of the Nigerian Army to flush bandits out of the North-West region. Matawalle gave the charge in Sokoto State where he led security chiefs, including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa. Briefing troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has alleged that journalist David Hundeyin and another individual identified as Michael Temidayo Alade are accomplices of Bristol Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM. PIDOM, whom the police allege operates under the X handle @pidomnigeria, is a suspect in a case involving criminal conspiracy, sedition, and the unauthorised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the passing of Hajiya Dada. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale Hajiya Dada, mother of the late former President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, passed away on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All progressives Congress (APC) has warned its recently suspended former Chairman, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa, against dragging name of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdulahi Umar Ganduje into the current political mess he is currently facing. Recall that Agballa, who defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, will win not less than 65 per cent of the expected votes in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference in Abuja on the party’s preparations for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said there is no ban placed on any Nigerian airline by the US government. The acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, disclosed this in a statement. He said in 2010, Nigeria like other countries attained the permit of category one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Toronto on Sunday arrested Amaka Sunnberger, a 46-year-old Toronto resident, over allegations that she made death threats against some Nigerians staying in Canada. It could be recalled that the incident was reported to the police on August 28. According to the police, Sonnberger is accused of uploading online content […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with charges bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. 10 of the 124 persons arraigned included […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited finally admitted the company’s “significant debt to petrol suppliers”, saying it poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply. There have been reports that a $6 billion debt the NNPCL owes petrol suppliers has worsened petrol scarcity in Nigeria, a perennial feature since the beginning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to arraign some leaders and organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024 today. The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in all 21 local government chairmanship and 225 councilorship positions in Kebbi State, as announced by the State Independent Electoral Commission. The Commission Chairman Aliyu Mera declared the results at the commission headquarters in Birnin Kebbi over the weekend. He stated that 17 political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –Dr Hassan Gimba, a veteran journalist, public commentator and online publisher, on Sunday, donated a school and a health facility to the people of Potiskum, Yobe. Gimba, who is the publisher of NEPTUNE PRIME, an online newspaper, said the projects were named after his late mother and wife, respectively. He added that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the low level of exclusive breastfeeding practice among nursing mothers continues unabated in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has stressed the importance of such natural food to newborn babies, saying it’s their fundamental right to be exclusively breastfed for six months and upward of two years. While urging nursing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with his administration’s promise to reverse the flow of medical tourism, the governor Peter Mbah led administration in Enugu State has announced that it is embarking on the construction of a 250-bed, ultramodern quaternary health facility to be known as the Enugu International Hospital. This was disclosed by the Commissioner […]
