(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old naira notes still remain legal tender in Kaduna State. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday night, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to make use of the old naira notes alongside the new notes. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America on Thursday in Abuja stated that it would return to Nigeria a sum of $954, 807 seized from the late former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. The decision of the American government to repatriate the money to Nigeria was announced by the USA Ambassador to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed executives of commercial banks to make the old 200 naira notes available. Emefiele stated this to State House correspondents shortly after he attended a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) presidential candidate has appealed to Nigerians not to take the law into their hands through destructive protests because of the current naira scarcity. He made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to violent protests that occurred in some parts of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). According to a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the theme of the […]
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENCY SWAP AND STATE OF THE NATION, ON 16th FEBRUARY, 2023 My Dear Compatriots, I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the validity of the old N200 notes till April 10, 2023. The president announced this in a national broadcast on Thursday morning. “I am addressing you as your democratically elected president to sympathize with you over the hardship being experienced as a result of the naira redesign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Thursday by 7am, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said. The President’s nationwide broadcast is coming amid strong reactions and protests to the lingering cash crunch experienced by millions of Nigerians across the country in the last few weeks. Adesina, however, did not state the subject […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has assured Nigerians of its readiness and competence to tackle vote buying and other acts of electoral fraud to make the 2023 elections transparent, free and fair. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, quoted the commission’s Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, […]
Emefiele Is Frustrating Us, Governor Akeredolu Speaks On Naira Redesign Policy (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has stated that the rating of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is no longer as it used to be due to the effects of the naira redesign policy on Nigerians. Speaking on the policy on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general polls, the National Leadership and Enugu State Executives of the Polling Booth Vanguards, led by Comrade Adolphus Ude; and members of the Enugu State All progressive Congress APC Mainstream, have declared that governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Senatorial flagbearer of the PDP for Enugu North Senatorial district remains […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has joined in the conversation concerning the frontline presidential candidates who would win majority votes in the 19 northern states. Galadima disclosed this during a telephone interview with an online platform, THE WHISTLER that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has bemoaned the sufferings Nigerians have been subjected to because of the Central bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy. According to him, the pain Nigerians are going through is needless. Sule stated this in Obi Local Government in the state during an interactive session with APC […]
……Boast PDP Will Form Next FG. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential Candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic party PDP in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, has again maintained that he remains the stepping stone to Igbo presidency. The former Nigeria’s president, it would be recalled, had about two months ago in Enugu during a town […]
(AFRICAN EXAMIER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said the February 10 deadline of the circulation of old naira notes stands. Emefiele made the disclosure while briefing the diplomatic community at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Tuesday. The situation is substantially calming down since the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The resident pastor of the House On The Rock, Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe has apologized after he wielded an AK-47 gun during his sermon last Sunday. The African Examiner writes that Pastor Uche carried a gun to the altar as he used the weapon to illustrate “faith” before the congregation. This development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has stated that the banking industry in the country is strong, focused and committed to resolving the naira scarcity in the country. A statement issued by Dr Ken Opara, the President of CIBN on Monday, announced that the industry has resolved to restore normalcy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Population Commission (NPC), says more than N400 billion has been earmarked for the 2023 Census. Mr Jick Lawrence, Head, NPC Public Affairs Department in Plateau, said this while presenting a paper at a one-day capacity-building workshop for journalists on effective reporting of census, in Jos on Monday. Lawrence said that about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the transition committee headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to ensure that the achievements of the HIV programme are clearly highlighted in transition notes and a sustainability roadmap articulated for the incoming administration. The President gave the directive during an audience with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday reminded leadership of the Nigeria Police of high expectations from them in relation to the provision of requisite security ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The President spoke at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, when he commissioned Critical Operational Assets procured by the Nigeria Police Force. Buhari, while […]
