Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has lamented the poor nutritional status of children in Enugu state, saying the last National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) revealed that “14.8% of children under-five are stunted, 6.1% are underweight, while 2.5% are wasted. The organization which called for improved funding of nutrition activities and promotion of the […]
On Sunday, NOBEL Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, stated that he would keep all his observations about President Bola Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure, in May 2024. Soyinka stated that this is his policy as a one-year delay gives the President lots of time to “make up” for lost grounds. […]
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has rejected the allegations of stolen funds against him in the recently published report of the Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities. Emefiele, in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘Re: Emefiele, others stole billions, illegally kept Nigeria’s funds in foreign banks’ disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the 2022 floods impacted 16,000 families, while 6,000 farmers lost various seedlings and farm produce in Lagos State. The Lagos Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Isiogbo Nara Community, in Nkanu East Local government area of Enugu state, have appealed to the Enugu state Commissioner of police to use his good office to expedite action in unraveling the mystery surrounding the gruesome murder of their 32 year old kinsman late Mr. Joseph Chinedu who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s 2024 budget presentation to four out of the 31 members of the state House of Assembly. Fubara had on Wednesday presented the N800 billion 2024 budget to the four lawmakers believed to be loyal to him at the Government House in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved new appointments in the Aviation and Aerospace Development sector of the economy. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, President’s spokeman stated that the appointments were part of the President’s determination to bring Nigeria’s civil aviation to world class standards for the wellbeing of fliers and of stakeholders. While some heads […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated the trio of Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, Asisat Oshoala and Chiamaka Nnadozie for winning 2023 CAF Awards, describing them as great Nigerians Ambassadors. In a congratulatory statement issued by NIDCOM Director of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has visited victims of the accidental military air strike at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna. The African Examiner recalls that on Sunday, December 3, 2023, the Nigerian Army accidentally bombed some villagers in Tudun Biri in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State in the just concluded November 2023 election, Senator Dino Melaye, has stated that he would not go to the tribunal concerning the alleged election fraud that characterised the poll. Melaye made this known on his Facebook page saying that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party says the N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year as proposed by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly is “deceitful, strangulating, and hopeless”. The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday stated that if the budget is allowed to pass, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coordinator of Southeast Progressives Front, Dr. Donald Chidi Otuonye, has lashed out at the Minister of Innovation, Science and technology, Chief Uche Nnaji over his opposition to the appointment of Dr. Ben Nwoye as Chief of Staff to the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Burkar Dalori. Nnaji had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again assured Nigerians of sufficient naira notes in the country, and warned against panic withdrawals. The apex bank, in a statement on Wednesday, reiterated that old and new naira notes remained legal tender. “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After nineteen years, the Enugu state government, in partnership with Wateraid Nigeria and UNICEF has formally launched its water sector Law aimed at regulating issues on water generation and supply, as well as providing citizens rights to access basic portable water and sanitation services. The six chapter document with over one hundred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three new Executive Commissioners to serve in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and the redeployment of one current Executive Commissioner, pending their confirmation by the Senate. According to a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has approved the payment of ₦25,000 and ₦15,000 to workers and pensioners in the state respectively as wage award to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Makinde announced the wage award while addressing workers who stormed the Governor’s Office on Monday in Ibadan to protest the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has called for a single five-year term for Nigeria’s President. Obi disclosed that the proposal was part of his campaign in the electioneering period as he could have moved for the amendment of the Constitution to allow the President to stay only five years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights Organization Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network CRRAN, has identified Imo State as the most dangerous place to live in South East Nigeria, following the alarming rate of rights violations in the area. It posited that the increase in rights violation in the state calls for serious concern by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Canadian government, diplomatic community, and all persons affected by a fire incident which occurred on Monday at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president’s office, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked back to Pretoria for consultations, without […]