(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be representing Nigeria at a number of events on Sunday and Monday during the state funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Office of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on Friday ignited social media with their reactions after Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi was interviewed by popular American Cable Network, CNN news. African Examiner recalls that the interview which was higher scheduled to hold on the first week of September was later postponed to yesterday. Before yesterday’s interview was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities, promising to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders, towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to a statement signed by Special Adviser […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – CyberSecurity expert and CEO of Gemsbok Group (Pty) Ltd, a South African conglomerate, has accused the former presidential spokesperson of using funds donated by non-governmental organisation (NGOs), individuals, meant to free abducted Chibok girl, Leah Sharibu, for his personal interest. It could be recalled that on February 19, 2018, Leah Sharibu was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman and Chief Executive officer OF Air Peace, Allen Onyeama, says that many foreign airlines don’t respect the Bilateral Services Air Agreement (BASA) agreement and Nigerians who travel by air have to bear the brunt as they have to pay more than any country in the last couple of years for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Health, Minister Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has urged traditional rulers to redouble efforts on Primary Health Care (PHC) services and penetration of COVID-19 vaccination in South-East zone of Nigeria. He made the appeal in Enugu Friday while inaugurating South-East Traditional Leaders’ Committee (SETLC) on Primary Health Care (Services) Delivery Our Correspondent reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters. According to Spokesman of the anti- graft agency, Wilson Uwajaren, in a statement made available to African Examiner, Friday, they were arrested on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Transekulu and Monarch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that Nigeria needs a leader that has “a dose of hospitality” like the former military head of state, Sani Abacha. Shettima made this known at the 96th anniversary of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Ikoyi, Lagos saying that Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party says the masses of Nigeria are the structure of the party for the 2023 general elections. This is contained in a communique jointly signed by Julius Abure, the National Chairman, and the National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Umar Ibrahim issued at the end of the party’s National Leadership Retreat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lawyers on Thursday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State to stop the Labour Party, its candidates and supporters from conducting a rally tagged ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally’ on October 1, 2022, or any other date in Lagos State. The 10 plaintiffs specifically urged the court to restrain the LP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has said the Federal Government will continue negotiations with the abductors despite the negotiator’s arrest. This followed the appeal made by the victim’s relative, Yusufu Musa, Tukur Mamu who was picked by the DSS, that he should be released to aid negotiation with the bandits. Dingyadi affirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George yesterday warned that the opposition party may lose next year’s presidential election to its crisis. He said the way and manner the protracted leadership crisis is resolved will determine the fate of the platform in the 2023 polls. George warned that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Taskforce has auctioned 134 vehicles confiscated for various traffic offences. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, the Taskforce spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that the enforcement team in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice “auctioned 134 forfeited and abandoned vehicles at the Taskforce compound in Alausa, Ikeja.” Mr Abdulraheem […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the resignation of the former Chairman of the Police Service Commission PSC, Alhaji Musiliu Adeola Kunbi Smith, on health ground, members of the Commission’s management, have nominated one of their colleague, retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, as the Acting Chairman. The nomination is in pursuant to Schedule 2(4) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Command have confirmed the arrest of a man who allegedly uses charms to defraud point of Service POS operators in Awka, the state capital. The suspects, armed with charms, cuts plain white papers to the size of naira notes and hands them to POS operators to deposit in an account. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Akin Isaac, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter. The prosecutor said that the defendant had started having an unlawful sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter while she was six years old, which resulted into at least […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it will shut down Ladipo and Oyingbo markets till further notice over reckless waste dumping, refusal to pay for waste services, and general poor waste management. Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LAWMA, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos that the markets […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja awarded Nigerian citizenship to 286 nationals, urging them to be good citizens of the country to enjoy all the rights and privileges bestowed on them. ”You have pledged your allegiance to Nigeria. When you give your love and loyalty to Nigeria, she returns her love […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja has approved National Honours and cash rewards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari spoke at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended a strike ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet their demands, particularly the payment of the newly-reviewed Medical Residency Training Fund and implementation of the new hazard allowance, among others. NARD President, Dr. Godiya Ishaya, confirmed this to […]
