(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has opened up concerning the recent registration of two new trade unions by the government for academic staff in the university system, saying that the development does not pose any threat to its existence. The National President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, was reported to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hopes of finding a lasting solution to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party were dashed as the peace meeting of the Board of Trustees and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike ended in deadlock on Tuesday. The almost four-hour closed door meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt ended at about 4:35 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday announced salary increment for workers in the state’s Public Service. Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday, while meeting with civil servants of the Lagos State Public Service, during his working visit to the State Secretariat, Alausa. He said that the planned increment was informed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has tasked fellow Yorubas not to be selfish in aiming for the 2023 presidential seat. According to Adebutu, the Yorubas have had a fair share of the presidency as former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the late Interim government leader, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has uploaded a video where he showed AK-47 rifles against ‘Obidients’. African Examiner writes that Obidients is the name for the followers of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi. Asari Dokubo has since made public his disdain for the Obidients and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular charismatic Enugu Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has been transferred out from the Adoration Ministry and sent to the monastery. The transfer takes immediate effect. According to information gathered, the Church’s latest decision has provoked protest from the followers of the priest. It could be recalled that the Adoration Ministry was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Falana, human rights advocate, has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) did not engage in contempt of court over the recent verdict of the national industrial court. African Examiner recalls that on September 21, the industrial court directed ASUU to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. Polycarp Hamman, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Umaru Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa South), says none of the presidential candidates can match the competence and achievements of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu. Al-Makura made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja. The former governor of Nasarawa state said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four members of the same family have reportedly died after eating amala, a popular Nigerian dish, in Mopa Muro LGA of Kogi state. According to available information, a man identified as Pa Motilewa, his wife, two daughters and a girl said to be a relative, reportedly prepared the amala from left-over cassava […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has called for a national prayer over the trouble state of the country. Adeboye stated this at the RCCG October thanksgiving service and special prayer session organised for all state governors and their deputies at the church’s headquarters in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Ezekwesili gave her endorsement while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics saying that the former Anambra state governor ranks higher than other leading presidential candidates for the 2023 election. She […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kwara State Police Command said its operatives arrested a medical doctor, Adio Adeyemi, of Kaiama General Hospital, over alleged kidnap and murder of two ladies. Adeyemi was alleged to have kidnapped and killed his girlfriend identified only as Ifeoluwa, and another housewife, Nofisat Halidu, in 2021. Ifeoluwa was declared missing in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), with the support of 350 Africa and the Global Green grants Fund, is currently mobilising support and building the climate resilience of coal mining impacted communities in Kogi and Benue states in Nigeria. GIFSEP is a non-profit organization founded on the ideals of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has cautioned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the advice in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Daniel Bwala, has stated that the large rallies conducted simultaneously in many major cities across the country, especially in Kaduna, by the supporters of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, indicate a decline of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bwala […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu presided over by Hon. Justice Ibrahim Nyaure Buba has reserved judgment for 13th, October 2022, on a suit filed by two members of the Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, seeking the nullification of the party’s primary election that produced Chief Uche […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, a critic of Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi and staunch supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, says that anyone who intends to belittle the supporters of Peter Obi, known as Obidients, is not politically astute. Omokri stated this as he saluted the Obidients […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A retired senior military officer, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, has endorsed the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Enenche, who is the pioneer Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, DMO, made this endorsement of the Obi-Datti ticket in a 3-minute video. According to the retired military officer, Nigerians have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi does not observe `sit-at-home’ directives on Mondays and this has made our job easier, Mr Felix Gbolade, State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Saturday in Abakaliki. Gbolade made the observation while parading an electricity cable theft suspect arrested around Amike-Aba part of the Ebonyi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is personally pained by the frequent closure of the nation’s public universities. Mr Buhari, who said this on Saturday during a media chat to mark Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary, appealed to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to classrooms while negotiations on […]
