(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation. The score of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will deploy personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the nationwide protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities taking place on Tuesday (today). As security agencies moved to deploy their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that he looks forward to witnessing the miracle of him emerging winner in the 2023 election. Obi made this known during an interview with Channels Television. African Examiner writes that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Last week, bakers, under the aegis of the Premium Bread makers Association of Nigeria (PBAN), embarked on a four-day warning strike to demand government intervention regarding the prices of materials used in bread production. On Monday, Bakers in Cross Rivers said they would increase prices and reduce production quantities amid the high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a social enterprise that builds Information Communication and Technology (ICT) driven support systems, has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill in order to guarantee the rights of Nigerian citizens in the digital age and to promote trust. PIN essentially advocates for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after terrorists threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el’Rufai in a viral video, troops of the Guards Brigade have been ambushed by armed bandits in Abuja. Three soldiers were wounded during the attack, which has thrown residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) into a […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation. A statement issued on Monday by his Chief Personal Physician, Dr. Nicholas Audifferen said the Vice President would continue recuperating in the next few days. In the statement, Audifferen said, “the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend the 175th independence anniversary celebrations of the country. Presidential Spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, in statement issued on Monday said Buhari, who would be the Special Guest of Honour at the event, joins other world leaders and organisations to rejoice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt congratulations to Tobi Amusan for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship 2022, setting a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event and becoming the first Nigerian to win a World Championship. A statement issued on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Collation of civil society organisations in Enugu State has called on the Minister of State for Health to order the Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, Dr. Monday Igwe, to step aside from office, as the police begins full scale investigation into numerous allegations leveled against him by the group. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that some delegates were induced with money to vote at the APC presidential primary in June. Mr Amaechi made the allegation at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, the general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kwali in Kwali Area Council, FCT, Abuja. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu gave the directive on Monday in Abuja in a statement made available to newsmen by the Director of Press and Public Relations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted some travellers in Lokpanta, a community in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. African Examiner learnt that the victims — who were travelling in a Toyota Corolla car –– were attacked by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A front civil society organization, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Nigeria Police of being used by powerful interests in the country to harass the media. MRA made the indictment while condemning the raid on the head office of the Peoples Gazette newspaper by agents of the Nigeria Police and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam, a political pressure group, operating under the banner of Like minds Initiative (LMI), has urged Nigerian Electorate to de- emphasize issue of ethnicity and religion and embrace the ruling All progressive Congress APC presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, saying he has the capacity to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, says the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, should be in jail. Dokubo stated this in his video on his Twitter account on Sunday saying that Obi should be in jail for investing the funds of the Anambra State government while he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has done all and even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Honourable Nasiru Baballe Ila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu Nasiru, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed his deep gratitude to Nigerians and everyone following his recent successful surgery. This was contained in a statement on Sunday personally signed by the Vice President Osinbajo underwent a surgical operation on Saturday, July 16, at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. “My deep gratitude to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is returning tolling to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the rehabilitation of the highway is completed. In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Fashola stated that three toll plazas were expected on the highway. While projecting the completion of the […]
