(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Saturday, stated that Nigeria is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves irrespective of the efforts by the federal government to stop the menace. Ribadu stated this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – According to him, fairness, equity and justice in the distribution exercise will thwart security threats and build confidence in the system. Some residents of Bauchi, Gombe and Dutse have urged the state governors not to politicise the Federal Government’s palliative to facilitate successful implementation of the programme. They also called for engagement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditations of those affected.” SERAP urged him “to publicly instruct the officials in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said, as anger and questions over what caused his plane to crash earlier in the week continued to mount. Speculation that the Kremlin may have been involved in the crash has been rife, with the incident coming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State, Victor Bala Kona, is dead. He died in the early hours of Sunday in Abuja after a brief illness. A press statement from the media aide to Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, Emmanuel Bello confirming the Bala Kona’s death, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has extended an invitation for discussion to President Bola Tinubu. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the US Presidential Envoy & Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is monitoring the new subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named EG.5 and BA.2.86. In a statement on Saturday, the health agency said its COVID-19 Technical Working Group has been monitoring emerging variants from local to global level. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, has stated that verification of the national social register is ongoing to help categorise and identify Nigerians in dire need of assistance. Edu made this known on Friday when she appeared on Channels Television. The African Examiner writes that the previous social register, compiled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mood at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja was sombre as the rank and file of the Nigerian Armed Forces were joined by family members and friends for the burial of some of the military personnel who died in combat in Niger State. The funeral began with the arrival of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the return of the Labour Party (LP) ’s candidate, Seyi Sowunmi as the House of Representatives member for Ojo Federal Constituency in Lagos State. Instead, the three-man panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has applauded the brilliant performance of Master Ernest Ifeanyichukwu Ofoama, who emerged top scorer in the state in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was even as the Enugu First Lady, Mrs. Nkechiyere Mbah, offered him a scholarship of ₦1 million and other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pioneer Secretary of All Progressives Congress(APC) Enugu state and Chairman of the Party’s Reconciliation Committee in the state, Hon. Eva Asadu has applauded president Ahmed Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Uche Nnaji, a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, just as he felicitated with him. Nnaji, the Minister of innovation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Immediate-past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has stepped aside from Templars, a leading law firm where he served as Senior Partner. A statement by the firm dated August 24, 2023 stated the former NBA President formally notified the other partners and management of the firm of his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of a delegation of Islamic leaders (Ulama) to Niger Republic for another round of dialogue with the coup leaders. Tinubu made the decision on Thursday after a meeting with the top clerics led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi who were recently in Niamey, the Niger Republic […]
