(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice President of Gambia, Badara Joof is dead. President Adama Barrow, announced this in a tweet saying that the Gambia number two man died in India. “Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of my #VicePresident, His Excellency, Badara Alieu Joof. The sad event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will remove the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, from its watchlist following his arrest by the Department of State Security Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. An impeccable source at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Al Nassr with agreement valid for two years and half; total salary will be close to €200m per year, but this includes a commercial deal. It’s the biggest salary ever in football. “History in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to […]
President Buhari has reappointed Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Resident Media Consultant of NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, told The Nation that her reappointment was with effect from December 1, 2022. Prof. Adeyeye was first appointed as Director-General in November 2017. On November […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Executive officer of Max Air, Bashir Mangal, is dead. A statement made available today by the media consultant to the airline said Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. The statement read in part, “Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this is to announce the death […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected political thugs early on Thursday morning invaded the residence of Senator Lee Maeba in the GRA, Phase 3 axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Maeba is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State. A source told our correspondent that the hoodlums came from a nearby […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The self-acclimated leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, refused to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal judgment that ordered his release from detention. The refusal to honour the High Court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to create one million jobs in the first 24 months if elected. Former Lagos Deputy Governor Otunba Femi Pedro gave this assurance in Abuja when he explained the manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a one-way symposium. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively gathered. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half salaries. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented an estimated N1,692 trillion as budget estimates for the 2023 to the House of Assembly. The ‘Budget of Continuity’ comprises revenue of N1.342 billion and deficit financing of N350,000 billion. This further comprises total Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N1.108 billion and federal transfers of N234 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension in the early hours of Wednesday as fire gutted the West Africa Examinations Council building in Yaba area of Lagos State. Many people are feared trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. However, emergency responders are at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After almost two hours of outage on Tuesday, Meta has restored WhatsApp services. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The commemoration of #EndSARS second anniversary has taken a different turn as police operatives fired teargas canisters at protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. What began as a peaceful procession turned into a rowdy demonstration as the security operatives shot teargas. This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. The youths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Nigeria’s Startups Bills into law, activating the Nigeria Startups Act 2022. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the quiet signing ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also disclosed that the new Act will be establishing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday, confirmed that the construction of the 2nd Niger bridge is now completed and will soon be released to the public for use. He stated this at an ongoing press briefing to present the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) scorecard in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday called off its eight-month-old strike. However, the union in a press statement made available to The PUNCH noted that the issues in its disputes with the Federal Government were not well addressed. The press release, which was signed by the National President of the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight month old strike. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared as unlawful the abduction of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya. A three-member panel of the appellate court also quashed the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government. The Court of Appeal was of the view […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has presented the official letter of approval for the proposed Lekki International Airport to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sirika presented the letter at the ongoing ninth Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island. Sirika noted that Lagos has the […]
