(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has stated that she authored a book to address claims that she looted the agency. The book, titled ‘Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority’, talked about her experience and the opposition she encountered at the NPA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has opened up to controversy after it’s claimed to have spent 1.2 million dollars to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The African Examiner recalls that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, had accused the Nigerian government of a ‘fake’ evacuation plan saying that some students paid some money […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has opened up on why he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election. According to him, it was due to security pressure. Ari made this known in a letter to the Inspector General of Police as he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Jide Awe, the Chief Exexcutive Officer, Jidaw Systems Ltd., says the new feature in WhatsApp can make users vulnerable to hacking or phishing attacks by cybercriminals. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the new WhatsApp feature enables users to operate their account on four different devices. Awe told NAN in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A building apartment within the courtyard of the palace Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was at about 11:30pm on Friday engulfed in flames. This is contained in a Press release, signed by the Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Mr Moses Olafare, on Saturday, in Ile-Ife. The release […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that the Kano State governor-elect, Abba Yusuf, will review the dethronement of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi has set social media on fire. The African Examiner writes that Kwankwaso made this revelation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has frowned at the issue of insecurity as it affects the education sector in Nigeria. Kukah made his feelings known as he presented his keynote address at the Parents Summit of the 2023 Education Week in Edo State. The cleric described the wreck caused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is about to undertake a strike action if the Federal Government does not adhere to its demands within two weeks. The association issued the ultimatum in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital during the end of its national executive council (NEC) meeting on Saturday, April 29, 2023. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike has raised the alarm over threat to his life days after he congratulated President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Okwu had a few days ago congratulated Tinubu, urging aggrieved parties to allow the court to decide the matter one way or the other, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A one day media training on early warning and response reporting put together for Journalists in Enugu by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has ended with a call for robust synergy between newsmen and relevant Stakeholders. The organization equally stressed the need for building synergy through formation of an Emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ending 31st March 2023, with an exceptional double-digit growth of 41% in Gross Earnings, increasing from ₦191.5 billion in Q1 2022 to ₦270 billion in Q1 2023. The unaudited statement of account submitted to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Friday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has protested the last minute order denying organised labour the use of Eagle Square as venue for the May 1, Workers Day rally. Mr Festus Osifoh, TUC President, made the union’s position known while addressing newsmen at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC), meeting which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 to a date to be determined by the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu. This was contained in a statement signed by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed. According to the statement, he President gave […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday swore in four new Permanent Secretaries, with a charge to apply themselves to the agenda of the government. Speaking at the ceremony held at the Governor’s office in Abeokuta, Abiodun noted that the new permanent secretaries were appointed from a pool of erudite members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zimbabwean Government has started repatriating Zimbabweans that have been caught up in the Sudanese armed conflict which has resulted in the death of over 400 civilians and maimed 3 551 others. Zimbabwe has dozens of its citizens resident in Sudan and many have indicated their desire to return home. There is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of Africa’s modern monarchs, King Mswati III of the Kingdom of ESwatini on Friday officially opened the 63rd edition of Zimbabwe’s annual prime trade exhibition, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair for the second time in his reign after officiating at the expo when he was 27 years old in 1995. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said Nigeria’s size and resources have imposed on her a stabilizing role in the West African subregion and the African continent as a whole. A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said Buhari spoke after receiving a message […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 7000 people including Nigerians are currently stranded at Egyptian borders and are not allowed to enter the country to continue their trips back to their various destinations. Thousands of people who ran away from Sudan, after a three-day ceasefire that ended on the evening of Thursday, April 27, 2023, were stuck […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has sued the EFCC, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) over alleged refusal to release his 9.8 million dollars after a court judgment. Yakubu, through his counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, filed the suit before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court, on Thursday, okayed the request by the Federal Government to file additional nine grounds in its appeal on the case of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The ruling followed an application moved by FG’s counsel, Tijani Gadzali (SAN). Gadzali equally sought an […]
