(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy to the president, Dele Alake, has stated that reports and speculations concerning a list of ministerial nominees are “mere fabrications”. The African Examiner writes that there have been claims that the list will be sent to the senate this week. Speaking with state […]
….Urges Police, Others To Take Challenge (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again thrown its weight behind Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on his vow to end the unlawful regular sit-at-home being ordered by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Our Correspondent reports that There was tension in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kwara State Government has reversed the directive which reduced workdays for civil servants from five days to three days. The state government had on June 5, 2023, took the temporary measure to ease the burden of public workers in the state in the face of hardship brought about by fuel subsidy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday disclosed that she received an automated text message from JAMB showing that her score was 249. Mmesoma disclosed this in an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Biafra agitator and Separatist, Simon Ekpa, has stated that only the quick release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra will stop the sit-at-home order in the southeast. Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government who is based in Finland, made this known on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said the Federal Government would support Nigerian firm, UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, and it’s foreign partners for the timely actualisation of their gas project. Speaking on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa during an audience with the management of the company and its foreign partners, Tinubu pledged […]
…..Seek Perm Sec Urgent Intervention (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the lingering crisis rocking the Neuropsychiatric hospital Enugu continues, over alleged abuse office, corruption and nepotism levelled against the Medical Director, Dr. Monday Igwe, Civil Society Groups in the state have, called for the immediate intervention of the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health, over looming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has stated that the result belonging to Mmesoma Ejikeme is fake. According to Oloyede, if JAMB was to reveal the details of the alleged forgery, the discovery will shock many Nigerians. The African Examiner writes that Ejikeme is a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Miss Ejikeme, erstwhile student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi in Anambra, had celebrated her emergence as candidate with the highest score in the year 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence that his administration is on the pathway to success in spite of the challenges facing the country, saying Nigeria has no reason to fail the rest of the African continent. Tinubu spoke while receiving visiting Bank of America officials in his office at the Presidential Villa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced the principal officers of the 10th Senate, whom he says emerged by consensus. The new officers are Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti State as Senate Leader, Senator Dave Umahi from Ebonyi State as Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume from Borno State as Chief Whip, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A delegation of the Bank of America led by its President of International, Mr Bernard Mensah, says it is excited by the early decisions taken by President Bola Tinubu. Briefing journalists on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Mensah lauded Tinubu for the initial steps taken by his administration to improve […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has threatend to shut down Schools, Markets Observing the Illegal One Week Sit-at-Home orderd by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB in South East Nigeria. It sad: “the attention of the Enugu State Government has been drawn to reports on social media this Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has certified that Golden Penny Semovita and other Semolina products do not contain plastic or any similar contaminants. The agency said this is in response to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using […]
* We’ll Not Fail To Secure Nigerians, says Ribadu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday met behind closed doors with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu and the new Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa. Those in attendance include Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has tasked the newly appointed security chiefs to work as a team in order to solve the country’s insecurity challenges. President Tinubu made this known on Monday in his first meeting with the security chiefs since their appointment on June 19.The African Examiner writes that Nuhu Ribadu, the national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani says the immediate past president; Muhammadu Buhari is the worst ruler in the history of Nigeria. Sani made this assertion on Sunday during the launch of the book, ‘The Nigerian Dream’ written by activist Moses Paul as he described President Buhari’s 8-year tenure as a “waste”. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Petition Election Court has adjourned to Tuesday, July 4, the hearing of the defence filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The court on June 23 fixed Monday, July 3 for respondents to open their case in defence of the petition filed by aggrieved parties challenging the outcome of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has rejected the final report of the European Union (EU) election observation mission in Nigeria on the 2023 polls. The African Examiner recalls that the EU mission presented its report on the general election in Abuja on Tuesday. Barry Andrews, the chief observer, stated that the report was based […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has stated that the demolition of some structures across the state should not be seen as revenge. The African Examiner recalls that Yusuf, since assuming office on May 29, has ordered the demolition of structures he said were “illegally” built and approved by the previous administration of […]
