(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over transactions running into billions of naira during his time as governor of the state. The former Kwara governor was seen arriving at the Ilorin office of the anti-graft agency on Monday morning. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students Engagement, Hon. Sunday Asefon, has announced the formation of a special committee on campaign against social vices in tertiary institutions. This he said was a decisive step to address the growing concern of social vices plaguing tertiary institutions across the country. Asefon disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned protest in parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital today, over the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians, the Oyo State Police Command has warned that no breach of peace would be allowed. The convergent point for the protest is Mokola while demonstrations will also take place in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said the menace of insecurity plaguing a large portion of the North can be put to an end only by implementing state policing, Governor Sani’s statement comes hours after bandits stormed the Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in the Kajuru Local Government Area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has stated that the viral video of some persons allegedly protesting in front of his palace because of the present economic hardship in Nigeria is an old video and not shot at the palace. The Emir’s spokesman, Abdulazeez Arowona, in a statement on Sunday, stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Thursday held its election amid crisis, leading to the emergence of a parrallel Executive Committe enthroned by one of the factions. Our Correspondent writes that the parallel executives was controversially elected at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Enugu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared the winner of a parallel Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election. The APC State Returning Officer Ogbuaja Stanley Uzoamaka declared Senator Okpebholo as the winner of the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Saturday. His declaration came just after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Kennedy Iyere has emerged as the candidate of the Accord party for the forthcoming Edo State governorship election. He became the bearer of the party’s ticket after five other contestants stepped down for him a day before the primary election. Iyere was then invested as the man to lead the Accord party in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has realised about ₦556.74 million from its ongoing e-auction of 462 impounded vehicles. NCS in a statement on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, dispelled rumours of allotting 300 vehicles to a single individual. He said from the data generated upon completing five successful bidding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has apologised to it’s consumers over the power interruption being experienced in its franchise areas. The management of the company made the apology in a statement in Abuja on Friday. “We understand the inconvenience this may cause and sincerely apologise for this disruption. “We would like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Friday warned political parties and their aspirants to pull down campaign billboards, posters and jingles being aired on television and Radio stations in the state. INEC said the warning was because the ban on election campaigns had not been lifted. The State Resident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday pledged to clear all accrued pension rights owed by the state in April. Sanwo-Olu made the promise at the 103rd Bond Retirement Bond Certificates Presentation, organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in Lagos. He said, having paid N3.20 billion into the RSA of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Eti-osa Local Council Development Area, (LCDA) John Campos Ogundare is currently enmeshed in misappropriation of the 2023 budgets of the council to the tune of N1.9 billion. An oversight function conducted by the legislative council of the LCDA revealed that the chairman disregarded the 2023 appropriation act and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The picture of former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, alongside 36 other state governors who attended the Federal Executive Council Meeting with President Tinubu has caused uproar on social media.The African Examiner writes that Yahaya Bello was the immediate former governor of Kogi State before he was replaced by his political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) to re-open investigation and prosecution of those who killed the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, in 1986. The African Examiner recalls that Dele Giwa was killed on October 19, 1986 in his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women from Awgu Council area of Enugu state, where an eleven year Old househelp, Miss Happiness Nwafor, who was recently violently brutalized with hot knife and electric ion by her madam, hails from, have placed a 1 million naira bounty on the perpetrator, Adachukwu Cukelu Okafor, who has been declared wanted by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he has no plan to set up a price control board or approve the importation of food items into Nigeria. The President made the declaration at a meeting with 36 state governors, attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Inspector-General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment and reappointment of the following Board Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the Presidenti on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointments are: (1) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Mr Badamasi Haiba, Director Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the agencies affected were the Federal […]
