(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has endorsed the appointments of Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim and Ayodele Olawande as ministers in the Ministry of Youth, pending confirmation by the National Assembly. Tinubu also designated Ibrahim as the Minister of Youth and Olawande will serve as the Minister of State for Youth. The announcement was made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tricycle rider in Kano State Auwalu Salisu, has returned ₦15m forgotten in his tricycle by a Chadian passenger who intended to make use of the money to buy goods. Salisu returned the missing money after he heard in the radio that the owner had misplaced it. Speaking to a Kano broadcaster, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted claims that he has agreed to work with the government of President Bola Tinubu. The African Examiner recalls that during the week, a video went viral on social media showing Obasanjo in a conversation with Tinubu as the former president telling the present “If you are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a successful outing at the G-20 Summit in New Delhi, India, President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to depart Abuja on Sunday for New York, where he will participate in the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be his first as the Nigerian leader. The theme of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected leadership of Nkanu youth organization (NYO), in Enugu state, South East Nigeria, says empowering it’s members through mentorship and scholarship programes, both at home and diaspora to make them self reliance will be her top most priority. It stated that engaging them in such meaningful ventures would no doubt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at a one day Town hall meeting held in Enugu have decried the alarming rate of alleged corruption and lack of accountability in the administration of pension fund in Nigeria, using Enugu state as a case study, calling on all Stakeholders, including anti-Corruption agencies and labour leaders to join hands in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on X formerly Twitter are reacting to the news report that a Deeper Life pastor, Ogueze Venitius Chinyerugo, who is the district pastor of Deeper Life Bible Church, 84, Nnobi Road, Nnewi, Anambra State, resigned on account of the apparent support of the general superintendent and head of the church, William […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director of Finance and Account (DFA) in the Ministry of Works, Yusuf Dahiru Girel has defiled government’s directive to proceed on posting to another ministry. Mr. Girel, until August 22, 2023, was the director of finance and account (DFA) at the Ministry of Works. Following a recent reorganization of Treasury Officers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has paid tribute to individuals who lost their lives in the bombing of the United Nations Building in Abuja which occurred on August 26, 2011. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media, Busola Kukoyi said Tinubu spoke at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditations of those affected.” SERAP urged him “to publicly instruct the officials in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has applauded the brilliant performance of Master Ernest Ifeanyichukwu Ofoama, who emerged top scorer in the state in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was even as the Enugu First Lady, Mrs. Nkechiyere Mbah, offered him a scholarship of ₦1 million and other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pioneer Secretary of All Progressives Congress(APC) Enugu state and Chairman of the Party’s Reconciliation Committee in the state, Hon. Eva Asadu has applauded president Ahmed Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Uche Nnaji, a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, just as he felicitated with him. Nnaji, the Minister of innovation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After months of waiting for the portfolios of ministers, the Presidency on Wednesday announced the ministers and their portfolios Mr Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja, He said that the swearing in is expected by next week […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun has approved the reappointment of Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police as the Force Public Relations Officer. An Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, SP Anjuguri Manza made this known in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received a delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders, led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, and accepted their mediation in Niger conflict. The leaders were at the State House to consult with the President on the situation in the Republic of Niger. The president had on Tuesday declared that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resist the temptation to name himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources as he prepares to assign portfolios to Ministers-designate. The umbrella association of all registered political parties and political associations in the country, gave the advice on Tuesday, while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with the mandate of his administration to promote a digital economy, eliminate multiple taxation and grow the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR), the Enugu State Government has announced the introduction of the what it called, ‘Enugu State Unified e-Ticket Scheme. The unified e-ticket is an electronic ticket for collection of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor of Kano State, has emerged as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sen. Abubakar Kyari, the APC acting National Chairman said this at the end of the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party on Wednesday in Abuja. Kyari said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of the governor of Enugu State, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, has made a case for exclusive breastfeeding of babies, saying it would help the children grow healthy. She made the case during a visit to the maternity ward of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Park Lane, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular human rights Organization, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has carried out fresh field studies with a revelation that estimated N2.8 trillion or $3.5billion belonging to self reliant and lawful citizens of Eastern Nigeria was lost at gunpoints in three years of July 2020 to July 2023, […]
