(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Air Force says airstrikes by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have killed a key Boko Haram figure Abu Asad and other top terrorists. These airstrikes were carried out on Friday on the Mandara Mountains in Borno State, NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said. Describing it as “one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Enugu city and environ have heaved a sigh of relief on the perennial water problem that has been confronting the state over the years, as the Governor Peter Mbah, led administration weekend, inaugurated a multi million naira water project scheme at the 9th Mile Corner, Ngwo, in Udi Council area […]
…Stage Sensitization Road Show (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Law Foundation (AFRILAW), has urged men and Women passing through any form of gender – related violence not to die in silence but come forward and report their predicaments to appropriate channels in order to find lasting solutions to their problems. Executive Director, of (AFRILAW), Barr Chinwike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the entire globe Commemorate this year’s international world toilet Day, foremost Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promoter, WaterAid Nigeria, has formally hand over a modern toilet Compartment and group hand washing stations facilities it built for Community primary School CPS, Ukwuinyin, in IgboEze North Council Area of Enugu State to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has called on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, to shed light on the situation behind the “embarrassing situation” from the court recent judgment on the outcome of the Kano State governorship election. Addressing the controversy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he will not be contesting against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Wike, the former Rivers State Governor disclosed this during an interaction with journalists in Abuja on Friday, November 24, 2023. Appreciating President Tinubu for appointing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In his bid to restore political stability in Ondo state, President Bola Tinubu, late on Friday, waded into the crisis between factions loyal to the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and his Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. This followed marathon negotiations between the President and the Deputy Governor, representatives of Akeredolu, federal and state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service following the recently concluded selection process by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a Friday statement. “President Tinubu anticipates that the new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coordinator of Southeast Progressives Front, Dr. Donald Chidi Otuonye, has lashed out at the Minister of Innovation, Science and technology, Chief Uche Nnaji over his opposition to the appointment of Dr. Ben Nwoye as Chief of Staff to the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Burkar Dalori. Nnaji had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast sunshine and dust haze from Saturday to Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja anticipated moderate dust haze on Friday with horizontal visibility of 2Km to 5Km over the North and the North central States. ” Yobe, Borno, Jigawa, Kano […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has stated that the President Bola Tinubu administration inherited a dead economy from its predecessors. Soludo made this assertion on Thursday while commenting on policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. “This economy inherited a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a few days after berating his aides over what he described as poor misrepresentation of his administration, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect. In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris, said no imprest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes that the Supreme Court will do justice to the sacking of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State and his Zamfara State counterpart, Governor Dauda Lawal by the appellate court. The PDP governors at a meeting in Abuja on Thursday described as “temporary setbacks” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Appeal Court on Thursday reversed the sack of the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule by the State Election Petitions Tribunal in its judgment delivered on October 2. The Appellate Court held that Tribunal headed by Ezekiel Ajayi acted in grave error in using witness statements on oath not front loaded as required […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has enjoined the Federal Government to make use of Nigeria’s diplomatic ties with Finland to get Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, whom has been fingered by the military for fuelling the insecurity in the South-East. The African Examiner recalls that the Chief of Defence Staff, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In view of the political crisis rocking Ondo State concerning the continued quarrel between Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Aiyedatiwa, the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and some elders in Ondo State have called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the situation immediately. Fasoranti, who led other elder statesmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ambassador of China to Nigeria, Cui Jian Chun, on Wednesday, disclosed that his country would like to establish its military industry in Nigeria. According to him, this would aid local production of military equipment in Nigeria, saying that Nigeria has abundant natural and human resources that can support Chinese corporations based […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Coroner Court sitting in Ikorodu on Wednesday heard that the most crucial aspect of autopsy to determine the cause of death of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad is being conducted in the United States (US). State Counsel, Oluwaseun Akinde, told the coroner, Magistrate Adetayo Shotobi, that the autopsy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved the Rivers State Executives of the party at all levels. Briefing journalists after the meeting of the NWC at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, announced the NWC’s decision to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, has cleared air on the controversies surrounding the judgement delivered by the court on the Kano Governorship Election dispute. In a reaction, Bangari said that what happened in the judgement body was a typo error that did not in any way invalidate […]
