(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, has cautioned Peter Obi, 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), that it is difficult for a president to serve one term in office because of political pressure. Obi has repeatedly stated that he is willing to be a one-term president if Nigerians elect him in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Tinubu has expressed heartfelt condolences on the death of Chief Audu Ogbeh, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as he described him as a great patriot. 78-year-old Ogbeh died on Saturday, according to a statement from his family. Tinubu, in a condolence message by his spokesperson, Bayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of rising public concerns and social media speculations about taxation in Enugu State, the Executive Chairman of the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Mr. Emmanuel Nnamani, has provided clarifications on the government’s tax policies. He further added that the government is operating within the provisions of the law. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has frowned at the “repeated arrest and prolonged detention” of activist Omoyele Sowore. It is worth recalling that on Wednesday, Sowore was in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) headquarters in Abuja because he was invited by the inspector-general of police (IGP) monitoring unit, following a petition. However, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to place Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, on no-fly list. In his official X handle @fkeyamo on Thursday, Keyamo also ordered the NCAA to immediately notify both domestic and International airlines of the directive. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has stated that it has found “technical issues” in the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results. It is worth recalling that on Monday, Amos Josiah Dangut, head of the WAEC Nigeria office, announced the release of the 2025 results. In a statement on Thursday, Moyosola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly recruited soldier, Dauda Dedan, has allegedly stabbed a police constable, Aaron John, of the Taraba State Command to death in Jalingo, the state capital. Confirming the incident to newsmen in Jalingo on Wednesday, James Lashen, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, said that the unfortunate incident occurred at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 33-year-old man, Ige Bola, to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing cooking pots valued at N100,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Bankole Oluwasanmi, sentenced Bola following his guilty plea and facts of the case. Delivering Judgment, Oluwasanmi found the convict guilty and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, inaugurated a committee to foresee the process of admissions for under-aged candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed at the side line of the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, FCT. Oloyede said that the committee would decide modalities for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief magistrates’s Court Sitting in Enugu North District on Wednesday remanded a popular native Doctor, Levi Obieze popularly known as Edey Play Edey Show at the Correctional Service Center for alleged murder and kidnapping. He was remanded alongside two other suspects in the case identified as Sebastian Emeka Offor and Odinamkpa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Government said it has banned the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) over the illegal collection of revenue in the state. It said this followed the alarming resurgence of illegal revenue collection by certain unions and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)– No fewer than six persons have died after a building collapsed during a heavy downpour in Dankama Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. on Tuesday while the victims were asleep, claiming the lives of a mother and five of her children. The victims’ husband and father, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says the newly formed African Democratic Congress, ADC-led coalition, is a journey heading to nowhere. Keyamo stated this when he appeared on Arise News on Tuesday, saying that the coalition is shallow and is set up to fail from the outset. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that his name has never been connected with thuggery, rigging or any form of electoral malpractice. Obi, in a statement on his X page on Tuesday, challenged Nigerians to look into his record, insisting that none of his political contests […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Chapter of apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned Mr Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, over his alleged inciting comments regarding the insecurity in South East and burial of an Anambra-based entrepreneur, Martins Onyekesi, who was recently murdered by gunmen. The deceased who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says that the South-East will produce Nigeria’s President one day but not in the 2027 elections. Umahi, who stated this in a statement, appealed to people of the zone to rally around President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. He was reacting to an online publication titled, ‘The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many retired soldiers have protested over unpaid entitlements, demanding for the immediate payment of outstanding shortfalls in their gratuity, parking allowance ans Security Debarment Allowance (SDA, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the First and second quarter voluntary discharged soldiers of 2023, who disengaged from the army in February, 2024, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos based Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the closure of Badegi 90.1 FM, a private radio station based in Minna, Niger State, on the orders of the state Governor, Mr. Mohammed Umaru Bago, describing the action as illegal, arbitrary and a dangerous assault on broadcasting freedom. It therefore called on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja, has been nominated as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan land. Ladoja was nominated by the Olubadan-In-Council on Monday, in a meeting at the Olubadan Palace in Oke-Aremo, Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State. The meeting was chaired by the Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All-Progressives Congress, APC, says that former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, is trying to impose former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. The APC alleged that El-Rufai and his allies in the ADC are trying to undermine Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement by […]
