(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular Nollywood actor, Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji, better known as Sisi Quadri is reportedly dead. The death of the actor was announced by some of his colleagues in the Yoruba movie industry. Announcing his death, Nollywood actress, Abiola Bayo took to her Instagram handle, she writes: “You will be greatly missed, Sisi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Thursday, assured Nigerians that the narrative on the current hardships would be different within the next one year. Idris spoke at the 50th anniversary lecture of PUNCH Nigeria Limited held at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos. The minister, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government may ask for over $10bn from Binance as a penalty as part of plans to salvage the value of the naira. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on Friday during an interview with the BBC. According to Onanuga, Binance profited substantially from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the purported probe of former Chairman of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) Dhikrullah Hassan by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as fake news. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director of MURIC, stated this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “An online media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Friday, the inmates at the Jos Correctional Center, Plateau State staged a protest concerning the economic hardship facing the country. According to available information, the protest started immediately and the inmates were informed of the downward review of sizes of food in the correctional center. The inmates also refused to take […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities should the government fail to release the withheld salaries of members. The salaries were seized by the administration of former President Muhammadu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has asked President Bola Tinubu to review the Stephen Oronsaye Report before implementation. President Tinubu had recently ordered the implementation of the report targeted at restructuring Federal Government parastatals, departments, commissions, and agencies. But during plenary on Thursday, the House of Reps called for a review of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jose Peseiro has left his role as the coach of the Super Eagles after taking the team to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The team lost to Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition. His contract with the team expired in February. Although there were reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor has said African countries can unlock the potential of the energy sector and drive energy security, transition and economic prosperity by embracing partnerships, technological innovation and sustainable financing, Shell has said. Speaking at a ministerial panel session on “Navigating the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ohaneze Ndigbo youth Council Worldwide has warned against any attempt by those it reffered to as fift Columnists to doctor the recommendations of the Steven Oronsanye’s Report, saying such negative action if allowed will be counter productive to the nation. It said “The directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has paid $120m out of the $1.3bn owed gas firms for the supply of gas for the running of power plants in Nigeria. Nigeria’s power generation has dropped in recent weeks. According to the Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the development was due to gas suppliers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has lamented the condition the state was in when he took over reins of power last May, saying that it was left in a very bad shape by his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu. When asked if he met the state in bad shape, he replied, “Absolutely, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the commissioning of the Lagos Red Line project isn’t just about improving the city’s mobility, but about reshaping the urban landscape and setting a new pace for development. In a brief statement on X (formerly Twitter), the Lagos State governor also noted that by connecting critical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, is of the opinion that if the Federal Government addresses the issues of insecurity appropriately, then the country will see a great increase in the production of food and oil. In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Mr Obi noted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, Mr Peter Obi, has voiced concern over the recent decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 22.5% and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to 45%. Mr Obi warned that this move is likely […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, who gave the directive through the Director […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of Wednesday was caused by “multiple fibre cuts”. MTN boasts of 87,038,768 subscribers as of December 2023, according to data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), representing 38.79% of the total market share, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani said that some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now which triggered the economic hardship should have been implemented by Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several Malian soldiers died on Wednesday in a large-scale attack by suspected jihadists on a military outpost in the remote west of the landlockled west African nation. “More than 100 jihadists attacked an army position at Kwala,” said an elected representative of the nearby town of Mourdiah, 300 kilometres (180 miles) north […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos State and embark on a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar on Thursday. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the visit which is on invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of […]
