(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday, nullified the Local Government election in Rivers, which was conducted on Oct. 5, 2024. A five-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the election was conducted in violation of relevant laws. Justice Jamilu Tukur, in the lead judgment, agreed with the appellant, the All Progressives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mudashiru Obasa has claimed that Mojisola Meranda agreed to resign as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly during a peace meeting. Meranda replaced Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly in January. While the former had rejected his removal, he said during a peace meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, Moshood Jimoh, has stated that the withdrawal of police officers attached to eminent personalities is in the public interest. He made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday at the command headquarters in Ikeja. According to him, the ongoing audit of police personnel in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a month after scores of travellers lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion at the Fly-over Bridge and Ugwu-Onyeama axis of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, another accident occurred in the same area on Thursday killing 6 persons. The state Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Enugu Mr Franklin Agbakoba, […]
(AFRICAN ExAMINER) – Amid the protracted speakership tussle which has unsettled the hitherto calm legislative arm of Lagos State, ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, showed up at the Assembly Complex on Thursday. Obasa was chaperoned by a retinue of armed, stern-looking uniformed security operatives as he walked into the hallowed chambers which he has not been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Branch of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), on Thursday, sealed five petroleum stations in the North-West state for safety violations and under-dispensing fuel. The routine operation led by the State Controller, Umar Muhammad, was aimed at ensuring compliance with industry standards and protecting consumers’ rights. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 10th Prosecuting Witness (PW10), Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m lodged in his company’s account by the Anambra State Government. Okparache, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, urging her to direct the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to reassign his case to another judge with proper jurisdiction. In a letter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian stock market rebounded on Wednesday, recovering from previous losses with a 0.02 percent gain. Specifically, the Nigeria Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation rose by N11 billion, or 0.02 per cent, to N67.179 trillion from N67.168 trillion. The All-Share Index increased by 0.02 per cent, or 17 points, to close at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the continued closure of the Onitsha drug market and it’s militarization, Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law InterSociety, has petitioned the Anambra state Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, Minister Of Health, Director General D- G, NAFDAC, Inspector General of police IGP, and the National Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria over its move to hike subscription rates for DStv and GoTVCustomers under the pay-TV company recently woke up to a notification of a hike in the subscription fees. The firm in a notice sent to them increased the DStv premium […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has stated that the issue with voter turnout in the country’s election is that there are too many ghost voters on the electoral register. Jonathan made this revelation on Tuesday in Abuja during the YIAGA Africa reflection conference on democratic elections in West Africa. The former president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Kogi Central in the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has taken the President of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio before the high court for alleged defamation. Sen. Natasha had voiced her concern following the reassignment of her seat because of a reshuffle caused by opposition members moving to the majority wing. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In response to the growing complaints by Enugu State residents over the rising exploitation of tenants and prospective tenants by landlords, the Enugu State House of Assembly has introduced a bill to checkmate the alleged excesses. Entitled “the Bill for a Law to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has asked former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, to call out names of those responsible for the annulment of June 12, 1993, election. In a memoir he launched last week, Babangida admitted that late MKO Abiola won the election 32 years ago. But Kalu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio for allegedly defaming her The suit was filed before the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday with Akpabio and his senior legislative aide Mfon Patrick listed as second to third defendants. In the suit, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan through her lawyer, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has recommended the retention of the 7.5% rate of Value added Tax (VAT) in the Tax Reforms Bills. ACF’s submission was contained in a comprehensive set of observations and recommendations to the National Assembly on the Executive Tax Reforms Bills, meant to achieve a sweeping overhaul of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five federal lawmakers from Rivers State who support Governor Siminalayi Fubara have called on the lawmakers loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike, led by Martin Amaewhule, to stop parading themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The lawmakers made this statement during a solidarity visit to the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eniola Ojajuni, the kidnapped national president of the Afenifere Youth Council, has begged Nigerians for financial assistance to pay the ransom his abductors requested. In a video that has gone viral, Ojajuni is seen sitting on the ground as an unidentified gunman points an AK-47 rifle at him. Looking distressed, Ojajuni begged […]
…Seek N5 Billion Damages (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two employees of Rev. Father (Prof) Emmannuel Edeh, the spiritual Director of Catholic Prayer Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Elele, River state, has dragged his siblings to court over allegations of share theft. Rev. Sister Annette Ezekwem of the Ministry and Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC), of Madonna University, […]
