(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has reiterated his opposition to the tax reform bills, saying that the hurry by the Presidency and some lawmakers to pass the bills looks suspicious. The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since it was sent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 7th Prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, who is testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, who identified himself as an Executive Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its Investigation & Enforcement team has uncovered a trove of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. The Agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Thursday, stating that the operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to prioritising education for Nigerian children. A press release issued on Thursday signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu spoke during a dialogue with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais des Élysée, France. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd’s new Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia, has called on upstream stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry to strengthen corporate governance, transparency and efficiency in their operations. Ntia, spoke during an Upstream Governance, Risk and Compliance Workshop themed “Enhancing Governance, Risk and Compliance in Nigeria’s Upstream […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, has stated that Nigeria will conduct its population and housing census in 2025, nearly two decades after the last census in 2006. Kwarra stated this in the 2024 anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development held in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Finnish district court has scheduled May 2025 for the prosecution to file charges against separatist leader, Simon Ekpa. The African Examiner recalls that the pro-Biafra agitator was arrested last week Thursday by security operatives in the northern European nation and he was taken to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says the Port Harcourt Refinery Company Limited has not released any new purchase price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, National President, PETROAN made this known in a statement on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has concluded arrangements to refund over N95 million to 1,572 pilgrims, who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise from the state. The Director-General of the board, Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, on Wednesday. Labbo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ministerial meeting of the OPEC+ alliance initially scheduled for Sunday has been pushed back to December 5, the Vienna-based Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Thursday. The 22-member OPEC+ group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia was due to decide on their output policy for 2025 amid flagging crude […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday began a two-day visit to France, with both sides seeking increased economic cooperation and Paris looking to boost ties in English-speaking Africa following a series of setbacks with former allies on the continent. Macron greeted his counterpart at the historic Invalides memorial complex, with the first official […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings, Access Bank, says it has completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank, in Angola, and in Sierra Leone. Mr Roosevelt Ogbonna, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Access Bank Plc disclosed this in a notification sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogbonna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER). – Chief Executive (CEO) and General Manager of Rangers International football club of Enugu, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku has dismissed speculations in some quarters that, himself and the clubs Technical Adviser, Fidelis Ilechukwu are making moves to leave the reigning Champions of the Nigeria professional Football League NPFL. He made the clarification Tuesday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director -General, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, NCCSALW Johnson Babatunde Kokumo has called on critical stakeholders and all and sundry to join hands with the agency in the fight against the menace of small arms proliferations . He noted that the alarming rate of violence crime […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has sacked Edith Uduma, an inspector, for allegedly taking a bribe from Abraham Uzuobo, a sergeant, to hide a rape incident. It is worth recalling that Uzuobo was accused of raping a 17-year-old female suspect in a room inside South-Ibie police station in Edo state. The suspect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Sunday, November 24 2024, scores of people, including two elderly women, died following a stampede that occurred in the annual Christ the King Feast in Abia State. The terrible incident happened during a large Eucharistic procession organized by the Catholic Diocese of Aba. According to eyewitnesses, the large crowd contributed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hafsat Bakari, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), has stated that Nigeria has gathered more upgrades in the fight against money laundering. Bakari stated this in Abuja on Tuesday in a roundtable discussion organised by NFIU and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) with the theme, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a move to enhance oversight mechanisms, President Bola Tinubu has nominated three new members to fill existing vacancies on the board of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). According to a press release issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would bring a US-brokered proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon to his government for approval as soon as Tuesday evening. In a televised address, Netanyahu said he would put “a ceasefire outline” to ministers “this evening”. He did not say how long the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL)has advised Nigerians to concentrate on the enormous progress made in bringing the Port Harcourt refinery online and steer clear of “malicious claims” that it is not producing refined products ”We urge Nigerians to focus on the remarkable achievements being realized under the able and progressive […]
