(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has reduced electricity tariff for their customers in the Band A feeders throughout the South-East. The reduction is sequel to the directive of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), that all the 11 Discos should now charge N206.80/kWh and no longer N225/Kwh for customers in Band […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has refuted claims that there were any plans with foreign countries concerning the establishment of foreign military bases in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Speaking more concerning the matter, Idris disclosed that the FG was not engaged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a move to transform Kano into a mega city, and alleviate traffic congestion, Governor Abba Yusuf, has laid the foundation for a ₦15bn three-layer interchange bridge at Kofar Dan’agundi. During his visit to the project site on Sunday, Governor Yusuf, accompanied by key cabinet members, reiterated his administration’s commitment to revolutionising […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has reduced the electricity tariff payable by its Band A customers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour from the N225/kWh approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). According to the notice, the downward tariff review of the Band A customers would take effect from Monday, May 6, 2024. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar claims Seyi Tinubu, President Bola Tinubu’s son, is a director on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, faulting the award of contract for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The Federal Government recently started the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed any notion of political crisis in the oil-rich state, saying his administration has provided focused leadership and governance to the people. Fubara, who received members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions at Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said his goal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha says the Vice President will join other political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the six hundred and fifteen thousand naira (615,000) minimum wage demand by leaders of Labour unions in Nigeria continues to generate mixed reactions, the The Immediate past Director General of Voice of Nigeria VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has advised them to go for mortgage housing, one of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), also known as Graduate Nurses Association of Nigeria (GNAN) has given reason why the body went to court to challenge the recent contentious Circular from the Nigeria Midwifery Council of Nigeria NMCN, on the revised guidelines for verification of certificate(s) with the Council, saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous Enugu based human rights organization, Civil rights, Realization and Advancement Network, CRRAN, has petitioned the inspector General of police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, over the unlawful arrest and continuous illegal detention of a Motor Mechanic, Mr. Sunday Geoffrey and Mr. Eze Akoh, a car painter at police cell, Airport Command of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s anti graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dissociated itself from a list which has been circulating in sections of the media containing names of 58 former governors in Nigeria who allegedly embezzled a whopping 2.187 trillion while in office, describing the document as fake. While urging members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from worship centres in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye- Ekiti towns. Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people, from Christ Apostolic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party candidate for the Edo State governorship elections, Olumide Akpata, has condemned the decision of Governor Godwin Obaseki to swear in only five out of the eight new judges recommended for the Edo State High Court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). In a statement he personally signed, Akpata said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than eight persons have so far been confirmed dead after a fire incident involving an oil tanker in Ometan community, in Okpe local government area of Delta State exploded on Friday. According to available information, the tanker was coming from Effurun and it reportedly lost control as it tried to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has nabbed One Hundred and Ninety Five (195) criminal suspects for various crimes in the parts of the state in the month of April. Commissioner of police in the state CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen Friday at the state Command. He said 29 suspects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, was stalled on Friday after his lawyers sought an adjournment following the service of additional proof of evidence served on them in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, granted the adjournment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of protesters from Zamfara State have occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling on the commission to reopen investigations on the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The protesters under the auspices of APC Loyalists Forum is asking the EFCC to investigate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has stated that the large purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives is contributing to the increase in food inflation in the country. Cardoso stated this during his contributions in the March Monetary Policy Committee, which was published on the website […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Government has announced the addition of 625MW of power to the national grid, increasing the grid’s wheeling capacity to 4800MW. Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communications to the Minister of Power said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Bolaji quoted the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 33,636 persons in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States have benefited from assorted food items donated by the Saudi Arabia King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This is contained in a statement by Mrs Zubaida Umar, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, issued to newsmen on Friday […]
