(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc, Pascal Dozie, is dead. He died on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at the age of 85. The financial guru died a day before his 86th birthday. Born on April 9, 1939 in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Dozie founded Diamond Bank before its merger with Access […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has refuted claims that Saudi Arabia has imposed a visa ban on Nigerian travellers, describing the reports as “false and misleading”. In a statement issued on Monday, April 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed that the Saudi authorities confirmed that the report was false. Tuggar’s aide […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Convener of the Take it Back Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised police authorities across the country for their treatment of protesters, some of whom were tear gassed during a demonstration on Monday. Hours before the protest, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) asked the organisers to shelve it, citing the celebration of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2023, has stated that Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi will soon join the party. Adebayo made this revelation on Sunday on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme, saying that the collaboration would defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has commended the Federal Government over its directive, instructing all Federal tertiary institutions to publish their budgetary allocations, other financial information and institutional data online. It said the move represents a critical step toward greater transparency and accountability in the education sector and demonstrates a laudable commitment to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gas explosion on Sunday injured at least 15 people at Ijora Badia, a suburb of Lagos. The blast, which occurred around 5:00 p.m., was reportedly caused by a leaking 25-kilogramme gas cylinder inside a mini shop. The shop was part of a bungalow complex that also housed 15 self-contained rooms and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserate with the government and people of Oyo state following the passing of former governor of the old Oyo state, Omololu Olunloyo. A press release issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said Tinubu, on behalf of the federal government, extended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has warned organisers of a planned protest scheduled for Monday, April 7, 2025, to cancel it as it is “ill-timed and mischievous”. The protest, which is championed by the “Take It Back Movement,” will hold in lots of states, including the Federal Capital Territory. However, the date coincides […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has promised that the gunmen who killed many people in communities in Plateau State would be apprehended and made to face severe punishment under the law. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a press release issued on Saturday. The President extended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just hours after a road accident claimed seven lives on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Ogun State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 18 people died in a multiple-vehicle crash along the Ikorodu/Sagamu road, while four others sustained injuries. According to the chief Route Commander and Public Education […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Benue Links Nigeria Limited has said that gunmen attacked the company’s bus, killed the driver, one passenger and abducted 12 others. The company’s Information Officer, Mr Johnson Ehi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Makurdi on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The implementation of the Community Development Agreement with host communities by the management of Dangote Cement, Ibese Plant, came under applause at the weekend as host communities as well as the Federal Ministry of Solid Mineral Development praised the management for diligent execution of the agreement for the benefit of the rural […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Human rights organization, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (InterSociety), has lashed out on four South East governor’s over what it described as “their silence of the graveyard, and alleged conspiracy in the secret and unchecked attacks in their various communities by suspected Fulani Herdsmen. It said, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Bayo Ojulari, has officially taken over the reins of the company from his predecessor, Mr. Mele Kyari. In a brief handover ceremony held at the NNPC Towers on Friday, the GCEO commended Kyari for his contributions to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is increasing efforts to block the entry of substandard and counterfeit products into Nigeria, particularly from China and India, the country’s two largest pharmaceutical trade partners. At a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday, the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, emphasised that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) has declared the 36th Enugu International Trade Fair ‘toll-free’. This is to enable visitors, exhibitors and prospective buyers to have free access to the Fair. The Director General of ECCIMA, Mr Uchechukwu Mbah, told newsmen on Friday, in Enugu that there was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retired) on Thursday said that an appropriation bill for 2025 is being articulated to provide for critical development concerns in healthcare delivery, education, agriculture and infrastructure. Ibas also said that the anticipated budget will cater to creating more employment opportunities for Rivers people […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of the Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that the Senate will look into all issues of public concern relating to the Tax Reform Bills, 2024. He also assured Nigerians that the upper chamber will consider the bills immediately after Eid-El-Fitir and Easter holidays. Bamidele made this known on Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who has not met the requirements. In a short statement on Thursday, the electoral commission said the petition to recall Senator Natasha did not meet constitutional requirements. “The petition for the recall of the […]
