(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to admit him to bail on self recognizance pending the hearing and determination of the charge filed against him by the Federal Government. The bail application which was filed by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Natives of Oma-Eke Community in Udi local Council Area of Enugu State, have filed a Motion on Notice in a pending suit at the Federal High Court Enugu, seeking an order to join a former Permanent Secretary, Ecological funds office Abuja, Dr. Mrs. Habiba M. Lawal personally as a party in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has ordered a review of his administration’s plan for a monthly N8,000 transfer to 12 million of the poorest households in the country for six months, in a bid to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. The plan was contained in a letter read last Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, was raised from N537/litre to N617/litre at some filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja on Tuesday. Independent oil marketers confirmed the increase in the cost of the commodity, as they stated that any shift in price […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state police command says its Operatives on Sunday arrested one (1) male suspect and a member of the criminal gang, alleged to have attacked and murdered one Duhu Nelson Sylvester Nnacheta (a.k.a “Ofunwa”) identified as the Councilor representing Eha-Ulo Ehalumona political Ward in Nsukka local government area of the state. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, has appointed a Professor of human physiology Daniel Nwachukwu, as the new Deputy vice chancellor of its Enugu Campus, UNEC. A statement from the institution said Prof. Nwachukwu emerged victorious in a keenly organized election supervised by a team of University officials, following the expiration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nigeria from Kenya after participating in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union. Tibunu on Monday departed from Nairobi, where he met with other leaders on the continent last weekend. At the AU meeting, the President on Sunday said Africa could not attain integration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two members of the House of Representatives have defended the National Assembly in the wake of the controversy trailing its N70 billion allocation in the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act. The funds will cover renovations in the new chambers, according to the member for Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwara Federal Constituency in Cross River State, Peter Akpanke, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday criticised what it described as the threat contained in the written address by lawyers to President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The comments by the counsel for the President and Vice-President Kashim Shettima led by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says oil marketers have commenced the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). This comes seven full weeks after President Bola Tinubu’s May 29 inaugural address, during which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”. With this latest development, the monopoly of the Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, will be celebrating his 62nd birthday on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 but he had decided not to celebrate his birthday because of his deep concerns about the present state of the country. In a series of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma, has enjoined President Bola Tinubu to jettison the idea of sharing N8,000 to 12 million Nigerians as he described it as “a puerile, penny wise pound foolish economics”. Oluoma tasked Tinubu to instead use the money to provide “palliative transportation” for Nigerians masses and special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian comedian and actor, Okey Bakassi, has tasked the federal government to abolish the state of origin in the country as it is responsible for the many crises bedevilling the country presently. Bakassi made this revelation over the weekend in Lagos as he stressed that the issue of the state of origin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as the party’s National Chairman. Kyari succeeded Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s chairman after a National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Monday. Briefing reporters after the NWC meeting, Kyari formally announced the resignation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of traditional rulers under the plartform of the Association Of Traditional Leaders For Security, Peace And National Integration, has reacted to the move by the House of Representatives to create constitutional roles for monarchs in the country. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, had at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its Enugu State governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jr) Sunday, withdrew the petition he filed against the State governor, Peter Mbah challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the state. The petitioners’ counsel, Prof. Race Achara while addressing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength, while strongly rejecting the notion of a new scramble for Africa. The President warned that past plundering and exploitation of the continent should remain in the past and never be repeated. Speaking at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures put in place to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, the Imo State Government has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. Addressing a strategic stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, Governor Hope […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, says he did not grant a media interview suggesting that he will run for the office of the President in 2027. In a Twitter post on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor lamented “an emerging pattern where fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo Socio Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, has constituted the members of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 2023 Igbo Day Celebration to be hosted by the government of Enugu State. It said the event will hold on Friday, September 29, 2023, adding that “choice of Enugu is obvious because, apart […]
