(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned service chiefs over the spate of insecurity in the country. This was a unanimous call by the lawmakers after an emergency session on the first legislative day of the year. The Senate had gone into the executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele raised a motion on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire has destroyed several shops at Gusau Central Market, killing one person. The fire reportedly broke out at around 9 p.m. last night in the furniture section of the state capital’s largest market. The Commander of the Nigerian Fire Service, New Market office, Hamza Mohammed, informed Channels Television that a shop […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as Governor of Adamawa State. Justice John Okoro who prepared and read the lead judgement on Wednesday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Dahiru. While dismissing her appeal for lacking in merit, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has constituted the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal to hear and determine petitions that may arise from the conduct of Surulere 1 Federal Constituency Bye-Election for 2024. The election is scheduled to be held on Feb 3, 2024. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has condemned the kidnapping of some school children and the killing of traditional rulers in Ekiti. The minister condemned the act in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that about six pupils, three teachers and the school bus driver of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president assured Nigerians that the nation’s security architecture is being robustly fortified for better and expected outcomes. President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. A statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving five places up to rank 145 out of 180 countries assessed. According to the latest corruption index released by Transparency International (TI), the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Executive Council on Monday approved a budget of N75 bn for the construction of nine new road projects within the state capital. The initiative, according to the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, aims to enhance urban infrastructure and foster improved business activities across the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered container vessel to sail to West Africa berthed at the Lekki Freeport Terminal, Lagos Free Zone, Ibeju Lekki, on Monday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who welcomed the ‘CMA CGM Scandola’ vessel, the Lekki Deep Sea Port is the only port in Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed sadness over the pronouncement by the Military authority in the Republic of Niger indicating that the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn membership of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Monday, a spokesperson […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A retired Nigerian Army Commander, General Anthony Atolagbe, on Monday, suggested that a special squad similar to the one recently launched by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) be established in the six geopolitical zones of the country to tackle rising insecurity. The IGP had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has slammed the Federal Government for “running the economy on palliatives” since the removal of petrol subsidy some eight months ago. With 28.92% inflation rate, 33.93% food Inflation, 18.75% interest rate, over 133 million multidimensionally poor Nigerians, 33.3% unemployment rate, Naira exchange […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned a suit by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government to February 8th, 2024. In the suit, Kanu accused the FG of kidnapping him from Kenya and bringing him to Nigeria for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has stated that some cabals are keen on frustrating President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies since they are no longer making money from the fuel subsidy scheme. It could be recalled that President Tinubu while delivering his inauguration speech in May 2023, announced the removal of fuel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday predicted moderate dust haze with horizontal visibility range from 2km to 5km over the North. It envisaged moderate dust haze with a horizontal visibility range of 2km to 5km, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to the approval of President Bola Tinubu. This was according to a statement on Sunday by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State says it is too early to “judge” the performance of President Bola Tinubu in major sectors like security and economy. Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed confidence that his partyman would rescue Nigeria from economic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy has stated that the allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, as untenable and baseless. The African Examiner recalls that an online platform, The Peoples’ Gazette in a report had accused the Naval Chief of aiding an unorganised bunkering of Nigerian crude and a multimillion-naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fear and anxiety have gripped Staffers of the Abia State University, as they received the sad news of the kidnapping of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics of the institution, Prof. Godwin Emezue by unknown gunmen. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums, numbering three, attacked him at a fuel station on Friday, dragged him into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says current drop in electricity supply availability to its network in South-East is due to low power generation caused by gas constraint to the thermal generating companies. EEDC’s Head of Communication, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday that the development had […]
