(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col Charles Okello Engola (retd) was allegedly killed by his bodyguard. According to available information, Engola, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender and Labour, was shot dead on Tuesday, May 2 in his home in a Kampala suburb. Fred Enaga, Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned visit of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3 a public holiday in his honour. In a state broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Wike said Tinubu is scheduled for a two-day visit to commission some projects in the state on Wednesday […]
….To Establish an Investment Company. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new President General of the Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has harped on the need for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying the existing political structure is highly defective and totally against the South East zone of Nigeria. Speaking to Newsmen Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said the repositioning of the military, through training, networking and equipping, would turn it into a force of global reckoning, while urging officers to keep giving their best to the nation. Speaking at the commissioning of a Nationwide Secure Defence Headquarters Communications Network, GIWA 2 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has acknowledged the private conversation between him and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, took place. The former Anambra governor, however, debunked describing the presidential election as a ‘religious war.’ Obi made the admission when he was featured on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports of banning Indomie instant noodles and has assured consumers that the product is safe for consumption. It should be recalled that health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had claimed to detect ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic substance responsible for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid calls for a needed increase in the N30,000 national minimum wage, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has disclosed that his and other ministers’ monthly salary is N942,000 after taxation. Ngige, who was speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, also said they don’t have allowances as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has stated that Egypt has finally opened its border for Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan. Dabiri-Erewa stated that the border was opened after President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The NIDCOM chairperson’s statement is coming a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that some stranded Igbo traders in war-torn Sudan are lamenting that only northerners are been evacuated has set social media space on fire as many netizens have called out the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godwin Onyeama, who is also from the eastern part of the country. The African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerian workers of a minimum wage, social and economic justice. He gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja in his solidarity massage to Nigerian workers on the 2023 International Workers’ Day. He added that workers in the country would have a living wage to have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has reiterated that the four new emirates created by his administration are here to stay. The governor made this known on Monday during the Workers’ Day celebrations held at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano. His statement comes days after the leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour on Monday demanded the review of retirement age for all public servants from 60 to 65 years and from 35 years to 40 years of service. The Organised Labour made the demand during this year’s Workers’ Day Celebration with the theme, ‘Workers’ Rights and Socio Economic Justice’. Past and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has released a 90-page fact sheet highlighting the outstanding and notable achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in eight years as he prepares to hand over government to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. The fact sheet was made available in a statement titled “Buhari’s footprint on the sands of time” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Favour Daniel’s goal in the second half handed Nigeria a positive start at the TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Algeria 2023, after seeing off Zambia 1-0 at the Mohamed Hamloui Stadium in Constantine on Sunday. Despite a late penalty miss by Light Eke, the Golden Eaglets managed to see off […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Sunday gave a breakdown of the $1.2m spent on the bus fare to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan to Egypt borders for onward airlifting to Nigeria. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry and Chair of the Situation Room on evacuation of Nigerians from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has acquired electric buses for public transportation Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Sunday, said the acquisition of the buses is in partnership with Oando PLC, adding that Lagosians can expect cleaner public transportation system. He said, “With the ability to travel 280km at full charge, taking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties has warned that “attempts being made by interested parties loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the inauguration of another National Assembly with rubber stamp principal officers will be very dangerous for the survival of Nigerian democracy. It insisted that “Nigerians may not be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has stated that she authored a book to address claims that she looted the agency. The book, titled ‘Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority’, talked about her experience and the opposition she encountered at the NPA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has opened up to controversy after it’s claimed to have spent 1.2 million dollars to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The African Examiner recalls that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, had accused the Nigerian government of a ‘fake’ evacuation plan saying that some students paid some money […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has opened up on why he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election. According to him, it was due to security pressure. Ari made this known in a letter to the Inspector General of Police as he […]
