(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has raised the alarm over the Alleged incessant attacks and killing of its members in parts of Southeast, Nigeria, calling on governor’s of the region to intervene as a matter of urgency. They said the group is a legitimate pastoralist organization engaged in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has slammed the opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly members over its perceived quietness on the controversial cybersecurity levy. On May 6, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Nigeria’s central bank directed banks and other financial institutions to implement a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on electronic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has ordered immediate temporary relocation of the sitting of the State House of Assembly to the Auditorium, Admin Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt. The order is contained in the State’s official Gazette, Executive Order of the Rivers State Government 001-2023. According to the governor, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has condemned the controversial cybersecurity levy, saying that it is not proper for the government to continue to levy the citizens while nothing is done to increase their income. “You cannot be charging taxes on people when you are not increasing their income. Their source of income, you are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Olatunji Disu, has clarified the presence of police officers at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt. Addressing speculations about the presence of police at the Assembly Quarters, Disu said that the police were solely there to prevent any breach of law […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Identity Management Commission has stated that 107.34 million Nigerians have been enrolled into the national identification number database as of May 2023. The Commission’s Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, stated this on Friday during a press briefing. According to her, Nigeria’s NIN enrolment figure has reached 107 million as of May […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Friday said it lost one of its members, Rep. Isa Dogonyaro (APC-Jigawa) after a brief illness. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A contractor, the managing director of The Source Computers Limited, Mr Victor Onyejiuwa, has told the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay $600,000 for the award of a contract. Onyejiuwa, who was led in evidence by the Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Senior […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has insisted that the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello must come to court and answer to the fraud allegations preferred against him by the EFCC to the tune of 80 billion naira. On April 23, the court ordered the Economic and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans. The couple arrived Friday in the Nigerian capital Abuja where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will deal squarely with land grabbers, no matter how highly- placed. Wike gave the warning when officials of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), FCT Chapter, visited him in Abuja on Thursday. “Land grabbing is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-political group, the Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to be reasonable in its discussion with the Federal Government to arrive at a realistic national minimum wage. Its Director-General, Prof. Kailani Muhammed, gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Graeme Biggar, the Director-General, National Crime Agency (NCA), United Kingdom, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for promoting professionalism in the pursuit of its mandate in Nigeria. Graeme gave the commendation on Thursday, when he led a delegation of the UK’s anti-crime Agency on a working visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Chukwuemeka Woke as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the appointee […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Engineer Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President-General of apex Igbo socio cultural body world wide, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has raised the alarm over threat to his life by some unscrupulous elements whom he described as enemies of Igbo land. He said same individuals had over the years remain a cog in the wheel of progress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the circular directing financial institutions to commence implementation of the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy, describing it as “ambiguous”. Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday stormed the Rivers State House of Assembly quarters amid the political crisis rocking the state. There was tight security around the area as the Rivers State governor visited the quarters where the Martin Amaewhule-led legislators met. The governor said he was at the place as the governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened a massive protest that will shut down the Nigerian economy should the Federal Government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The TUC in a statement signed by its President, Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, slammed the directive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A loyalist of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has asked the Rivers State House of Assembly not to contemplate a fresh impeachment proceeding against the governor because such ambition will not succeed. Ihunwo, who is the Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in Rivers State, said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fulani Waziri family of Rafin Sarki village in Fatika District of Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna State, has accused some soldiers of unlawful seizure of 518 cows, 177 sheep and rams on March 9. In a petition made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, the […]
