(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday night to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government. The President was received at the airport by Eshetu Legesse, the Ethiopian Deputy Chief of Protocol, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ondo State First Lady, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has stated that her late husband, former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would still be alive if he had listened to her. Betty stated this during an interview with Star News publisher, Olumide Akinrinlola, on Thursday as she disclosed that if her deceased husband had placed medical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has strongly condemns what it termed violent intimidation and rustication of more than 25 students by the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), over a planned demonstration. “We demand their immediate reinstatement and an end to this crackdown on student activism in Nigeria. “NSUK suspended these […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has berated the Canadian government for its decision not to give visas to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, and other top military officers. Ribadu, while speaking on Thursday during the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned proceedings to March 3 for parties in the petition to adopt their final written addresses. The adjournment followed the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to close its case without presenting additional witnesses in defense of Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo’s victory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly on Thursday passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives. A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers, N14.317trn for debt servicing, N13.64trn for recurrent expenditure and N23.963trn capital expenditure (development fund), with fiscal deficit put […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national grid has collapsed again, plunging millions of Nigerians into darkness. The collapse which happened on Wednesday is the first in 2025. Confirming this in a post on X, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company reported that the system outage happened at 11:34 am local time. “Please be informed that we experienced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the implementation of a 50% tariff hike by telecommunication companies, demanding immediate reversal of the old tariff. The NLC and the Federal Government had earlier constituted a 10-man committee to deliberate on the tariff hike within two weeks and report back before any final decision […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop Isaac Idahosa, the 2023 Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says the appropriate punishment should be meted out to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and public officials for electoral failures. According to the ally of former Kano governor and the 2023 NNPP presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday began debates on the four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu. The bills are scheduled for a second reading on the floor of the Green Chamber some six months after the President transmitted them to the National Assembly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Dr George Moghalu, on Tuesday brought the Labour Party’s ₦30 million nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the Anambra State off-cycle governorship election. Moghalu brought the forms at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with journalists shortly after he received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Police Service Commission PSC, Retired Deputy Inspector General of police (DIG), Hashimu Argungu, has written to the Inspector General of police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking him to investigate an abuse of office, extortion and gross misconduct levelled against officers of Zone 7 of the Nigeria police. He said such act […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed confidence that nothing will stand in the way of his victory in 2027 should he decide to seek a second term. Governor Fubara made this assertion on Tuesday during a solidarity visit by the three Local Government Areas that make up the Kalabari Ethnic Nationality. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he won’t opt for exile despite the many rumours that he might be arrested and tortured by the Bola Tinubu administration. El-Rufai, who has been embroiled in a battle of words with the Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he won’t […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has been ranked 140th position out of 180 countries in the world on the 2024 corruption perceptions index, according to a report by Transparency International. The TI’s latest ranking released on Tuesday sees the continent’s most populous nation move up 5 spots when compared with 2023 ‘s report and 10 spots […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun government has stated that the Court of Appeal judgment in Akure on Monday did not reinstate the sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) local government chairmen and councillors. Mr Kolapo Alimi, Osun Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, explained in a statement that the dismissed case was the PDP’s summons challenging the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has accused personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police of extorting a whopping N21.8 million naira from motorists at various road blocks and barracks extortions in parts of South- East, Nigeria within two months of December 2024 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God has called for due process to take its course in the ongoing investigation of Olumide Ogunsanwo, better known as SeaKing. It is worth recalling that Seaking was arrested after he criticised RCCG’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for asking the church faithfuls to do a 100-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, says the autonomy of public universities can be better achieved if the National Universities Commission (NUC) is left to manage the budgets of tertiary institutions in addition to its role as the regulator that accredits courses in schools. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji has dismissed the appeal filed by the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while dismissing the appeal awarded a cost of two million […]
