(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prices of food items have continued to rise in Bwari, FCT, amidst the fuel and naira scarcity, leaving residents groaning under intense hardships. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who spoke with the residents on Friday, gathered that prices of foodstuff have continued to rise unabated as against the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, representatives of the Beninese government and stakeholders are poised to collectively tackle the challenges facing the country’s textile industry. This resolve was demonstrated at a workshop facilitated by the AfDB Group’s country office in the Republic of Benin, which was aimed at building the capacity of stakeholders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has called for the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses that refuse to accept the old naira notes. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made this known in a statement saying that the Yahaya Bello administration joined other states to pursue the case in court in order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the recently elected National Assembly members in the state not to pledge loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee, when inaugurated. Wike said the party’s leadership did not contribute to the success of their elections, therefore, the lawmakers must only be concerned about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed Mister Rufai Hanga as Senator Elect for Kano Central Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party. The Apex Court also removed former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim shekarau as the candidate of the NNPP in the February 25 National Assembly Election. Delivering Judgment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has Condemned in its entirety, the incessant attacks on Igbos in Lagos state, describing it as unacceptable. The Igbo group was reacting to the arson on Akere market, dominated by Igbo traders, where a security guard was killed during the incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has informed it’s esteemed customers in Imo State that the loss of supply currently being experienced in the area is as a result of the industrial action by the organized labour union in the State. According to the Company, “this led to the shutting down […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has urged State Governments to prioritise water safety plans at all times, so as to reduce contamination from point of production to consumption. Mrs Abosede Orimoloye, Assistant Director, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Collaborations, made the call at a Workshop for the Development of Cholera Emergency Preparedness and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Command on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 arraigned one Chidi Ogbodo before Justice V.N Ajogwu of the State High Court, Enugu on one count charge bordering on personation. The defendant sometime in January 2022 allegedly fraudulently presented himself as the owner of a plot of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has warned members of his constituency to vote only for the candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, or risk not getting any dividends of democracy from him. In a video that has since gone viral, Soludo was seen telling members of the Igbo-Uwku/Aguata 2 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people have been declared dead from the accident involving a train and a Lagos state staff bus. The African Examiner reports that the accident happened on Thursday morning around the Shogunle and Ikeja axis after the staff bus veered into the rail track and was crushed by an oncoming train. Many […]
(AFRKCAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday decried the rejection of old naira notes by traders and business owners in the state. Akeredolu in a statewide broadcast in Akure, said the rejection of the old naira notes was a flagrant disobedience of the law. The governor explained that rejecting the old […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unspecified number of people have been injured after a passenger train crushed a Lagos State Government staff bus in the PWD area of the state. The incident happened around past 7am on Thursday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, said rescue operation was ongoing. “The accident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural Group, Afenifere and the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State on Wednesday declared support for the Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. The groups officially declared support for Rhodes-Vivour at a news conference in Ikeja. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Chief Supo Shonibare, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. He said following the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians living in the country to support President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he takes over the reins of government on May 29. A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said Buhari spoke at a Town Hall […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Fuji artist, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka KWAM 1 De Ultimate, has opened up on why he declined to kiss his wife at his 66th birthday party. The African Examiner recalls that a video in which the singer publicly refused to kiss his wife sparked social media reactions. Reacting to this development, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo-Olu, has tasked the youths to drop the question about “who ordered the shooting” and put themselves in his shoes. It could be recalled that over two years ago, soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos and Babajide Sanwo-Olu has opened up on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Appeal Court on Wednesday rejected the request made by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used in the presidential election should not be reconfigured ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections this weekend. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that he did not express opposition towards the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded presidential campaign period. Wike made this known during the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local […]
