(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo/Delta Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has declared N30 billion as its revenue for the period January to August. The command Comptroller, Babatunde Olomu, made the disclosure on Tuesday during a media briefing in Warri, Delta State, while giving an account of how the command has fared, especially in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With the November 2023 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo State drawing near, both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have named Nyesom Wike as a member of their campaign councils for the South-South state. Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, fell out with the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, says Nigerians will soon begin to feel the positive impact of the removal of petrol subsidy. The minister stated this on Tuesday when he received Governor Umar Bago of Niger State in his office in Abuja. Malagi said the decision by President Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of HEIRS Holdings and Transcorp PLC, Tony Elumelu, has applauded the economic decisions of President Tinubu and he tasked Nigerians to be patient with the president as they will soon reap the benefits. Elumelu made this known to journalists on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a meeting with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following Board and Management team members. According to a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ad hoc Committee of the House of Representatives probing alleged non-remittance and utilisation of National Housing Fund from 2011 till date has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein. The Chairman of the Committee, Dachung Bagos, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. Bagos said the decision to summon the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There seems to be no end in sight with the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as a group within the party on Tuesday suspended the NNPP flag bearer for the February 25, 2023 presidential poll, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor, who came fourth in this year’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About a week after the Lagos State House of Assembly rejected 17 of the 39 commissioner-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening, the Speaker of the House,, says the lawmakers are not “fighting” the governor. The Speaker, who presided over the Monday plenary of the House, said no matter the threat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing political face off between governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, and his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has gotten messier, as the governor has announced the immediate disbandment of the press crew of the number two Citizen in the state. Our Correspondent writes that the political giants, have been on each […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election Peter Obi, has denied the claim made by Reno Omokri that he sponsored the burial ceremony of the father of Arise Television journalist, Rufai Oseni. The African Examiner recalls that Omokri, the spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan recently claimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Government has frowned at the response of the Federal Government to Governor Godwin Obaseki’s statement concerning the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu. The African Examiner recalls that on Thursday, Obaseki while addressing journalists in Benin stated that the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms of Tinubu’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of a broader effort to reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly without proof of direct participation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has charged ministers to look beyond titles and offices and stay focused on the day-to-day task of their individual and collective contributions to the transformation of the economy for the upliftment of Nigerian households. Tinubu spoke on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said it has no intention to borrow from any local or foreign organisation with its removal of subsidy on petrol and exchange rate harmonisation. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says contrary to speculation, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger Republic Mohammed Sani Usman was not expelled from the country. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been drawn to news making the rounds on social media that the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, H. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are conflicting statements on the National Youth Service (NYSC) status of the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. While a statement purportedly released by the Minister on Sunday quoted her as not breaching Nigerian law by being appointed as minister while still undergoing the compulsory NYSC, another statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State government has expressed disappointment at the manner certain petroleum dealers in the state are exploiting consumers through deliberate manipulation of metres while dispensing fuel inaccurately. It warned that filing stations found culpable in such sharp practices will be severely sanctioned to serve as deterrent to others. While frowning at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A community based Organization, (CBO), operating under the plartform of Health Care Support Services HCSS, in Partnership with foremost Civil Society Group, Women’s Aids Collective WACOL and ActionAids Nigeria, have taken the message of fight against elimination of harmful cultural practices to Ikem Etiti Community in Isi Uzo Council area of Enugu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has declared that servicing debt with 90 per cent revenue would be a path to destruction. According to him, Nigeria would not sustain failed economic theory that sees to the wastage of 90 per cent of its scarce revenue in the servicing of external debts in the midst of […]
