(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Security Council comprising the heads of security agencies in the state rose from their meeting at the Government House, Enugu, on 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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Committee on Finance has held an interactive session with the Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman Zacch Adedeji on the 2024 Finance (Amendment) bill which has recently scaled second reading. This bill seeks to amend the Finance Act of 2023 to provide for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume wants President Tinubu to address the planned nationwide protest over economic hardship using dialogue. Ndume gave the advice on Monday ahead of the planned protest billed for August 1 across the country. According to the lawmaker, talking with the organisers who are mostly youths would help in dousing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to investigate allegations that products being produced at the Dangote Refinery are inferior to imported ones, and will also test the refinery’s products as part of its investigation. This was revealed by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, during a visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to bar Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending government funds pending the hearing and determining the suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Ruling on the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice Emeka Nwite declined to grant the prayers, though he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged the Federal Government to focus on addressing the genuine concerns of suffering Nigerians due to the increasing cost of living and loss of jobs and businesses, rather than planning to silence individuals and groups who are speaking out. The group in a press […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has refused to shut down all expenditures of Gov. Siminalay Fubara of Rivers pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit field by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24 and moved by Sebastien Hon, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayo Onanuga, a senior to President Bola Tinubu, has stated that supporters of Mr Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, are planning mayhem in Nigeria. Onanuga disclosed this on X formerly known as Twitter on Saturday as he alleged that the proposed nationwide protests were being orchestrated by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Police Command’s Operatives serving in the New Haven Division, in separate operations, have arrested two male suspects for vandalizing a transformer and solar-powered street lights. The vandalized transformer components and streetlights were recovered from suspects, just as they have been separately arraigned in court, with one of them being convicted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, on Friday, approved the reappointment of some principal officers in his office. Those reappointed are Kingsley Ehigiamusor, as Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Governor and Musa Ebomhiana, as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointments contained, in a statement by Ebomhiana, also announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government on Friday said it had closed down over 30 illegal health facilities run by quacks, to safeguard the health of residents in the state. Dr Afam Obidike, state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at the 2024 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as “unverified claims”, reports that he had proposed to pay a minimum wage of ₦80,000 to workers in the state and local government areas. The denial came following reports circulating online that the governor had promised to pay the said sum. A statement by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. “There’s no […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour has opened up on the reason for accepting President Bola Tinubu’s N70,000 new national minimum wage increase. According to the president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo, who spoke to newsmen after a meeting with President Tinubu on Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXA<OMER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers while promising to review the national minimum wage law every three years. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement said Tinubu also […]
