(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public of a batch of “unwholesome” Sprite 50cl drink circulating in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the agency said the contaminated drinks have the batch number AZ6 22:32, manufacturing date of April 18, 2023 and an expiry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sustained advocacy of the Mohammed Bello Koko- led Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the decongestion of the Ports to pave way for efficient operations received a boost on 23rd June, 2023, when Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Transportation Dr. Magdelene Ajani led an inter-agency team consisting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi aka Iyabo Oko, is dead at the age of 61. One of the actress’s daughters, Bisi Aisha announced her death on Thursday on her Facebook page saying that her mother died on Wednesday. Aisha writes: “May ur soul Rest In Peace mummy.” Also, uploading the dead actress’s pictures […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retired staff of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have expressed deep concern over the manner a former Acting Director-General of the Agency, Ambassador Mohammed Dauda, has gone to the public without due regard to in-service rules and regulations. A statement issued under the aegis of Dolphin Retired Staff Association and signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The naira has appreciated by 0.68 per cent against the United States dollar on the Investor & Exporter forex window. The local currency closed at N763/$ on Tuesday, compared to N768.17/$ at the close of trading on Monday. There was no trading on Wednesday owing to the two-day public holiday to mark […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru; and the spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, traded blame over a commotion on seat arrangement at a prayer ground located at Oke-Baale area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Basiru and Rasheed were guests on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday hours after the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has tasked President Bola Tinubu to sack the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. Galadima disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Television on Tuesday saying that Yakubu allegedly conspired with some politicians to subvert the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, on Wednesday in Ibadan said he was not interested in wearing any other crown except the Olubadan crown. Ladoja told newsmen at his residence after the Eid prayers that it has always been his target to become an Olubadan and was not going to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to have faith in God that the country would experience peace, stability and prosperity. A statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake said Tinubu spoke to reporters after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria, in partnership with a non governmental organization NGO, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO, have trained 23 rural farmers in each Community in three local government areas of Enugu State on best practices and modern farming techniques. The Agroecology empowerment programme in the State, is being spearheaded by the two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African Government has applauded its bilateral relations with Germany, describing it as a very important strategic partnership. South Africa Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, Naledi Pandor gave the commendation at 11th edition of the German-South African Binational Commission Pretoria on Tuesday. German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock and Pandor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an equity investment of €18 million in the Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF) and another €1.2 million to support youth and women entrepreneurs engaged in agricultural value chains in Kenya. AGF is a private limited liability pan-African non-bank financial institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Its objective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu returned to the country on Tuesday after his trips to Paris and London and expressed his best wishes to Nigerians during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Tinubu, who arrived in Lagos after his seven-day trip abroad expressed gratitude to Nigerians for the overwhelming reception accorded him while also expressing his best […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s problems are not insurmountable, stressing that he was working day and night to ensure that the problems are solved. In his message on the occasion of the Eid-el- Kabir celebration personally signed by him, Tinubu admitted that there are challenges in the area of economy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Umbrella Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has appealed to the British Government for linenecy for the incarcerated Nigeria’s Ex- Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. It said the body accepted the pronouncement of the trial court that approved over ten years jail term for the ex-lawmaker in the matter of organ harvesting against him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has tasked Nigerians to seek God’s blessings to push Nigeria “to a path of peace, harmony, and prosperity”. In a statement felicitating Muslims on the Eid-el-Kabir festival, Abubakar stated that the importance of the celebration is about the “profitability of being patient with God in our affairs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command Tuesday paraded before Newsmen fifteen male criminal suspects with exhibits apprehended for various crimes, raging from armed robbery, Kidnapping, rape, murder, among others offences. They were arrested at various locations in the state by Operatives of the Command attached to different units. The State Commissioner of police, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Ekenedirichukwu Ijemba, aka Humble Smith, has stated that he almost became a beggar in 2015 before God helped him. Humble Smith made this known in an interview with reality star, Kimoprah, saying that he had gone to a church in Lagos to ask for help but he later changed his […]
….Calls For Govt. Action Drivers plying the Opi-Nsukka, Enugu road numbering over one hundred on Tuesday blocked the road to protest constant kidnapping of drivers and passengers along the road. The action which caused heavy traffic jams on the road for several hours, left motorists, tricycles, Operatives and passengers stranded , as the protesters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor Alex Otti has directed the Accountant General of the state, Mrs Njum Onyemenam, to ensure that all verified workers in the state civil service receive their salary for June before Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, in a statement on Tuesday, cited […]
