(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Isiogbo Nara Community, in Nkanu East Local government area of Enugu state, have appealed to the Enugu state Commissioner of police to use his good office to expedite action in unraveling the mystery surrounding the gruesome murder of their 32 year old kinsman late Mr. Joseph Chinedu who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Rivers State, Chief Rufus Ada George has called on politicians to embrace peace and cease using provocative comments in the interest of the state. The elder statesman, who presided over the state in the 3rd Republic between 1992 and 1993, made the appeals via a statement he signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court will tomorrow (December 15th) deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, assured the people of the “Sunshine State” that he is prepared to serve upon assumption of office as acting governor. In his maiden speech in the state after the transmission of power to him by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who had been battling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nigerian singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola better known as Naira Marley, has accused Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo of libel and demanding ₦500 million for damages and a public apology. In a letter dated December 12, 2023, the lawyer of Naira Marley highlighted a series of statements made by Ojo in September, stressing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s 2024 budget presentation to four out of the 31 members of the state House of Assembly. Fubara had on Wednesday presented the N800 billion 2024 budget to the four lawmakers believed to be loyal to him at the Government House in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sacked the six Managing Directors and Directors-General of parastatals in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale. The affected directors include the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Wednesday said there is no division in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to warrant the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Monday, 27 lawmakers said to be loyal to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has generated N4.5 trillion as revenue for the federation for 2023 as at October, its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mele Kyari has said. Kyari, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Finance. He assured of better […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved new appointments in the Aviation and Aerospace Development sector of the economy. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, President’s spokeman stated that the appointments were part of the President’s determination to bring Nigeria’s civil aviation to world class standards for the wellbeing of fliers and of stakeholders. While some heads […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated the trio of Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, Asisat Oshoala and Chiamaka Nnadozie for winning 2023 CAF Awards, describing them as great Nigerians Ambassadors. In a congratulatory statement issued by NIDCOM Director of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has arrived in Nigeria after a month of working vacation outside the country. Disclosing this in a statement on Wednesday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed that the governor, who arrived at the Murtala International Airport in an elated mood, said he feels refreshed and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has presented a budget estimate of N2.2 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The governor presented the budget titled, ‘Budget of Renewal’, on Wednesday at the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex in Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital. The proposed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima has thrown his weight behind the burgeoning Nigerian creative and entertainment industry, pledging substantial support through the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) programme. According to a statement by the media aide to the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha on Wednesday, Shettima was speaking at a meeting with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has, again appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Iwuanyanwu said incarceration of Kanu had “created […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a joint effort between the Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a total of 281 stranded and detained Nigerians were successfully repatriated from different camps in Libya on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Kabiru Musa, the Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, revealed this significant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has visited victims of the accidental military air strike at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna. The African Examiner recalls that on Sunday, December 3, 2023, the Nigerian Army accidentally bombed some villagers in Tudun Biri in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to pay all federal civil servants their ₦35,000 wage award immediately as agreed during a meeting that was held following the removal of fuel subsidy Briefing journalists in Abuja after the congress’ emergency National Executive Council meeting, the TUC President, Festus Osifo, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct new elections in the 27 state constituencies of Rivers State. The party said this in a Monday statement in the wake of the defection of 27 Rivers State Assembly members (from the PDP) to the All […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its Gwagwalada-Kukwaba-Apo 132KV Transmission line 1 has been vandalised between Towers 23 and Tower 25. In a statement, a spokesperson for TCN, Ndidi Mbah, said the vadalisation of the line is suspected to have taken place about 1am on Sunday “when bulk power supply on […]
