(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday formally announced the reintroduction of History as a stand-alone subject in the basic education curriculum in Nigeria thirteen years after its abolition. A total of 3,700 History teachers have also been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to the fresh controversy over the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Results Viewing Portal, IReV, for the 2023 general elections. It said Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be the president of Nigeria for eight years after President Muhammadu Buhari ends his tenure. Sule made this disclosure while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday as he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has been disqualified by a federal high court on Thursday over dual citizenship. African Examiner writes that Tonye Cole is also said to be a citizen of the United Kingdom. Also, the court ruled that the APC did not adhere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has stated that no Oyo-bound plane was grounded in Lagos. African Examiner recalls that on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, a customised plane of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, was said to have been grounded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, heading to Ibadan, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the Federal Government to appropriate adequate resources to all its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. MRA said Federal Government should do in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Wednesday when policemen allegedly shot a prince, Lukman Olatunji, to death during a scuffle at the entrance to the Akinrun of Ikirun palace, in the Ikirun area of Osun State. African Examiner gathered that the palace had been locked since the new Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri, became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, under the platform of South- East progressive Women Forum (SEPWF), has applauded president Muhammadu Buhari, for appointing one of them and it’s patron, Dr. Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie, as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC Board, describing the decision as a wise one. The organization in a statement signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have reacted with humour to the newly unveiled naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Some Nigerians took to social media to express […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that former Cross Rivers State governor, Donald Duke has claimed ownership of the childhood picture used in the documentary of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that in the aftermath of the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic Bishop of Kotangora Diocese, Niger State, Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has tasked Nigerians who are yet to be captured in the voters register to take advantage of the recent court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue the suspended Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Bulus, who is the new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that $1 billion in looted funds have been recovered so far since the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), disclosed this on Wednesday. He stated this while speaking with state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the appointment of Alhaji Yakubu Muhammad Kwairanga as the new Emir of Funakaye. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Commissioner, Ministry for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo. According to the Commissioner, the appointment is in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, on money laundering charges. Mr Yero was re-arraigned along with his co-defendants at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, on eight counts, according to a statement by EFCC. The statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday, a Federal High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Chairman of the Police Service Commission, (PSC), Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, Justice of the Supreme Court (rtd), has decried the rampant cases of the garnishee of the accounts of the organization by Courts on matters directly related to the operational duties of the Police which has nothing to do with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Youth Foundation (IYF) partners Google.org to provide young individuals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria with digital and entrepreneurial skills to enable them secure alternative sources of livelihood. IYF stands by, for, and with young people. Founded in 1990 through a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, IYF is a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Ishiagu Village, Ugwuaji Awkunanaw in Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, has petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the State Traditional Rulers Council, and the Police Service Commission (PSC) over alleged criminal encroachment, malicious damage and conduct likely to cause breach of peace in the locality by the traditional ruler […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has risen in defense of Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo over his recent epistle against Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, insisting that the Ex- Central bank of Nigeria boss has not committed any crime. Soludo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO) located in the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states. African Examiner writes that KIPRO is an oil prospecting licence (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site situated in the Gongola Basin of the Upper Benue Trough. The ceremony […]
