(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Governing Board and Management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a renewable term of four years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007 According to a statement issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has postponed the flag-off of its Bayelsa Governorship Campaign earlier scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14, in Yenagoa. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that a new date would be communicated to the public in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has removed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration from the Treasury Single Account (TSA), effectively giving the FCTA more control over its finances. The President also approved the establishment of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in the FCT Administration. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, who made this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles succumbed to a late goal to share the spoils 2-2 with Saudi Arabia in a friendly match on Friday. Kelechi Iheanacho had come off the bench to give Nigeria the lead after the West Africans went behind. But a late free-kick from the Saudis saw the game end in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Coroner inquiring into the death of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has summoned music artistes, Abdulazeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, Owodunni Eletu known as Sam Larry and Owodunni Ibrahim, known as Primeboy over the death of the 27-year-old artiste. The Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Works Minister Dave Umahi says the continuous pilling of asphalt on the Third Mainland Bridge could cause vehicles to overturn. Umahi said this on Friday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “You see, each carriageway of the Third Mainland Bridge is 14 metres which means that each carriageway is two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bayo Onanuga as his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. Also appointed is Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu, who will serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. This was announced in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukayode as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Olukayode’s appointment was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, in line with his resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large scale industry facilitation in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder have destroyed an illegal refining site in the creeks of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Conducting journalists around the site on Wednesday, the Commander of the NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Desmond Igbo, estimated the capacity of the refinery at over a million litres. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the forex ban on 43 items and also promised to intervene in the FX market from “time to time”. The apex bank had in 2015 restricted the items from accessing FX from the I&E window, saying they were “not valid for foreign exchange and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn against hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for January next year in Cote d’Ivoire. The African examiner reports that the draw was held at the Parc Des Expositions in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NATO countries on Thursday told Israel’s defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by Hamas, but urged his forces to respond with “proportionality”, the alliance said. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant briefed his counterparts from the US-led military alliance via videolink as his country’s military carries out a bombing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UEFA on Thursday announced the Euro 2024 qualifier between Kosovo and Israel, scheduled for Sunday, had been postponed because of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. “Israeli authorities currently do not allow their national team to travel abroad,” UEFA, European football’s governing body, said in a statement. “A new date for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Olukoyede’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Economic […]
By Stephen Ojate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The public have been greeted with serious debates over the authenticity of Tinubu’s Chicago Degree Certificate which he, the Candidate of All Progressive Congress submitted to Independent National Election Commission (INEC) in prelude to the last year general election. Recall that Tinubu’s Certificates have been a subject of questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 bandits have been reportedly killed by the airstrikes of the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits got information about the troops’ presence along the route which forced them to withdraw back to the Dansadau axis of Maru Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to coordinated attacks by the Islamist group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Telegram on Thursday that a large-scale attack was currently underway against Hamas-affiliated targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel was stunned by a large-scale attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid global slowdown and political instability, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to fall to 3.3 per cent this year from 4.0 per cent recorded in 2022. This is according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF), Regional Economic Outlook for SSA: “Light in the Horizon’’ released at the World Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a news conference he addressed. […]
