(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 24-year-old Nigerian, Oside Oluwole, has broken a world record by continuously playing a soccer video game for three days, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR). The GWR said Oluwole, with the nickname, “Khoded”, performed the longest videogame marathon playing a soccer game, registering a time of 75 hours. It said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with effect from August 14, 2024. Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twelve governors of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, controlled states in Nigeria, Wednesday condemned the Federal Government for foot-dragging on the issue of the Minimum Wage being demanded by the organised labour, just as6 they expressed support for Rivers state governor, Simi Fubara. The main opposition party governor’s who met under the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Borno North, Sen. Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno) has replaced Sen. Ali Ndume representing Borno South (APC-Borno) as the Majority Whip of the Senate. This was contained in a letter to the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and signed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to adjourn, indefinitely, the ongoing case instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He also asked the court to vacate its arrest order on him, pending the determination of an appeal he filed at the Court of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf has signed the Kano State Emirate Council Establishment Bill 2024 into law. The legislation, passed by the State House of Assembly, aims to bridge the gap between the grassroots and the government while sustaining the rich cultural values and norms of the people. The new law establishes second-class Emirate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed at least 103 lives, while over 3,000 suspected cases have been recorded. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, confirmed the figures at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He added that the outbreak has now […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, on Monday refuted the claim that he has relocated to the United Kingdom. Kumuyi, in a message posted on the Facebook page of Cross River State Deeper Life, described the relocation rumour as misleading. “You must have read that I relocated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts towards transferring knowledge on Impact of climate change and Net-Zero Emissions, a Non Governmental Organization, the International Climate Change Development Initiative has put together a a one day workshop to sensitize Stakeholders in some local government areas of Enugu state, South East Nigeria The workshop with the objective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, rewarding a one-time harsh critic who became one of his most loyal supporters in Congress. Trump, 78, announced his pick on the first day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, an extravaganza […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu is set to meet with the leadership of the Organised Labour in continuation of discussions on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the issue of the new minimum wage was also discussed during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has lamented the paucity of funds in her minister, saying she will approach the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to seek support in paying some contractors who executed projects for her ministry. “There is no money in the Federal Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reinstatement of Professor Nenibarini Zabbey as the Project Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). President’s Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Monday said the President reached the decision to reinstate Zabbey following a performance review of the HYPREP Project Coordinator and concluded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the main opposition party in Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is committed towards reclaiming the state from the ruling All progressive Congress APC, insisting that the state remains for the PDP. To achieve that, it said the party is working seriously […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the election conducted on Saturday, July 13th 2024. The Chairman of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Jerry Agbaike, on Sunday, said one of PDP candidates was returned unopposed. PDP candidates contested against other parties and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau State government has declared three days of mourning for lives lost in the Saint Academy School building collapse on Friday. No fewer than 22 lives were lost and injuries were sustained by several teachers and students of the school located in Busa Buji, Jos North Local Government Area of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Senate President Pius Anyim has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and wants Nigerians to support the leadership of President Bola Tinubu. Anyim who is also a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) formally left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside other politicians at the Pa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s world population day, the Enugu state Director of National population Commission NPC, Mrs. OkorieOdinakachukwu, has stressed the importance of the exercise, urging citizens to always embrace it for their own good. She spoke when a non-governmental organization, Parent-Child Intervention Centre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Saleh Abubakar as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW). This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. The statement said […]
