(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has accused the administration of Gboyega Oyetola of accruing debts in pensions and salaries to the tune of N76 billion. The spokesperson to the Executive Governor Olawale Rasheed quoted the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Bimpe Ogunlumade to have made the claim while briefing officials of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has claimed that everything surrounding the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is controversial contrary to his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. He claimed that the PDP presidential flag bearer has a verifiable historical background, unlike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has expressed concern over the increased incidences of vandalization of its electrical facilities across the South-East region, even as eight suspects arrested for the crime are now cooling off in police net in Enugu. It raised the alarm over the latest turn of events where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, produced Form CF001, containing WAEC-GCE certificate and Secondary School Testimonial of Gov. Ademola Adeleke before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo. This was in compliance with the order of Justice Tertsea Kume, the Tribunal Chairman, on Nov. 25. Kume had ordered the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari has harped on the need for Africa to take advantage of its large youth population to further enhance socio-economic development in the continent. President Buhari made the observation while speaking at the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, says that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi will lose the 2023 election. Omokri disclosed this on Thursday on his Twitter account saying that Obi knows he would lose the presidential election. According to him, Peter Obi was ill-prepared for the presidency as less than […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has accused state governors of stealing the allocations of LGAs in their states. Buhari made this known on Thursday saying that the governors treat the local government level unfairly. The president disclosed this after he delivered his speech at an event hosted for members of the senior executive course […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has advised Nigerians to make sure that their details in the National Identify Number, NIN, are in consonance with the data on their application for National Passport. The minister gave the advice on Thursday, in a post on his verified Twitter handle. Aregbesola also stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has lambasted a rights group, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law Intersociety, over false allegations against the General officer GOC Commanding the Division. It said “the attention of the 82 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a libelous and diminishing narrative […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has dispelled reports claiming Nigerians registered by the agency can cast ballots in the 2023 elections without presenting Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) at polling units. Yakubu made the clarification at an ongoing induction retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the detention of Aminu Adamu over an alleged defamatory post made against the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari. NANS President, Usman Barambu, in a statement on Thursday, demanded the unconditional release of the student of the Federal University Dutse. He also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, is billed to testify against Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, for allegedly defaming her. Mr Adamu was alleged to have published a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against Mrs Buhari. The tweet was posted on 8 June but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, yesterday, blamed the high level of poverty in the country on state governors, who it said operate only in state capitals, pay more attention to building flyovers and airports, rather than improvement of life in the rural areas. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A student of Federal University Dutse (FUD), Aminu Muhammad, has been remanded in prison because of his tweet on Aisha Buhari. African Examiner writes that Muhammad, who is from Azare in Bauchi state, is a final-year student at the department of environmental management and he was arrested by the police because of […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made this assertion at a press briefing in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has denied disregard for court order by the current administration of the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G). The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the current Office of the I-G was not aware of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State on Tuesday announced the killing of its women leader, Victoria Chintex, by suspected gunmen in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. The publicity secretary of the party in the southern Kaduna zone, Edward Buju, in a statement said she was shot dead at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd), has called for the cooperation and support of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region for the reform of the intervention programme. Gen. Ndiomu, disclosed that the monarchs who are custodians of the culture and tradition of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked African countries to collaborate to forestall the circulation of illegal weapons in their countries. Buhari made this known on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at the 16th summit of the heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), in Abuja. He was speaking on […]
