(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A combative Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with the judge on Monday as he took the stand in the New York civil fraud case threatening to cripple his real estate empire. One year out from an election he hopes will return him to the White House, Trump became the first former US president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has slashed regulated bus and train fares in the state by 25%, effective Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Spokesperson for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to him, the governor’s directive followed calls for the reinstatement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has approved the payment of ₦25,000 and ₦15,000 to workers and pensioners in the state respectively as wage award to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Makinde announced the wage award while addressing workers who stormed the Governor’s Office on Monday in Ibadan to protest the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has called for a single five-year term for Nigeria’s President. Obi disclosed that the proposal was part of his campaign in the electioneering period as he could have moved for the amendment of the Constitution to allow the President to stay only five years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights Organization Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network CRRAN, has identified Imo State as the most dangerous place to live in South East Nigeria, following the alarming rate of rights violations in the area. It posited that the increase in rights violation in the state calls for serious concern by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Canadian government, diplomatic community, and all persons affected by a fire incident which occurred on Monday at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) will continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and all relevant stakeholders in the Reconciliation Committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to investigate, review and reconcile the financial records on alleged indebtedness to the Federation by both NNPC Limited and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele didn’t make it to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Monday. This is despite an order of a trial judge Justice Olukayode Adeniyi for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce him in court for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says that it has pardoned Mercy Isoyip, also known as Descushiel, an actress, rapper, and singer, who made a blunder while reciting the national anthem. Last week, during a conference and retreat for senior police officers in Owerri, the capital of Imo state, Descushiel, dressed in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Monday, said his dream for a new Nigeria has not ended with the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja about two weeks after the apex court affirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has revealed the plans of the Nigeria Police Force for the exercise. Egbetokun, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s People’s Town Hall on Election Security in Abuja on Sunday, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that polling unit results will be uploaded real-time on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV). INEC’s Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mary Nkem, stated this on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Barde. “I am aware that there have been allegations on social media against the Commissioner of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said the President will be attending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure early arrival of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials during the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states. PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, stated this on Channels Television’s People’s Townhall on Election Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of part its Educational Support programme under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Dangote Cement Plc, at the weekend commissioned and handed over several multi-million naira rehabilitated educational infrastructure in Lagos Island, Lagos State. The projects, expected to benefit over 2,500 pupils, included installed 5kva Solar Power source to power the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved the disbursement of N497 million for the payment of the 2023 WAEC examination fees for students enrolled in the state’s public schools in the state. This is according to a statement from Governor Bello’s Chief Press Secretary Onogwu Muhammed. “As part of efforts aimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commuters in Lagos State will now have to pay the full amount of their fares as the state government has cancelled the 50% transport fare discount on all public transport systems in the state. This was announced in a statement issued on Saturday, November 4, 2023, by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pleaded to the people of the state concerning the recent political crisis in the state. Governor Fubara, in a statement on Saturday, described the crisis as “regrettable anxieties of the last few days,” adding that it is necessary to make sacrifices for peace to reign. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Saturday, allayed fears about his safety following Friday’s incident near the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, Oyo State. A source close to the Minister told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that Adelabu was in good spirits and not perturbed by the incident. NAN […]
