(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Osun State. A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Mohammed Shuaibu unanimously overturned the earlier decision of the election petition tribunal which nullified the governor’s victory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian insurance industry generated N726.2billion as gross premium income at the end of fourth quarter 2022. A bulletin of the industry’s regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), titled “Insurance Industry Performance for Fourth Quarter 2022″, made available on Thursday in Lagos stated this. NAICOM said that the result represented a growth proportion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Friday in Udobo village in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State when 25 people lost their lives in a lone auto crash. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Friday that 10 other persons […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Beijing on Friday, rejected allegations that private companies were being compelled to release personal data to Chinese government authorities. This was in response to a drawn-out and tense hearing of TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew before the US Congress. Neither companies nor individuals had ever been forced to pass on data […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a €362,000 grant agreement with Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund to support water resources development in northern Nigeria. Created in 2006, the Hadejia-Jama’are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund is an innovative platform for joint intervention by the riparian states, with the support of the Federal Government for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says that the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, will begin operations before May 29, 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari will be leaving office. Sirika made this known during the 10th Aviation Stakeholders Forum in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, the operation of the new airline […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The official spokesperson for the Campaign Council of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute the Labour Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively, for “incitement and treasonable felony”. This was contained in a petition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party LP, has rejected in its entirety the result of the Governorship elections that took place on the 18th of March, 2023 which produced the people’s Democratic party PDP flag bearer, Dr. Peter Mbah, as winner. The independent National Electoral Commission INEC had on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Governor Elect, Dr. Peter Mbah has assured the people of the state that he won’t disappoint them, saying they have made a huge investment by electing him. He promised that his administration will embark on policies and programs that will give comfort and joy to the people of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; his wife Beatrice; and their doctor, Obinna Obeta have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, 60; his wife, Beatrice, 56; and Obeta, 51; were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced its plan to invest $6.4 billion in the water sector, over the next five years. This was disclosed in a statement to herald this year’s World Water Day, which was made available to the media. This is coming as the AfDB joined leading global stakeholders in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has stated that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. Keyamo disclosed this saying that Tinubu travelled abroad to rest. The APC chieftain was reacting to reports that Tinubu was sick and went abroad for medical treatment. The African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olympic Eagles on Wednesday in Abuja drew goalless with the Guinean under-23 male football team in the 2023 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. In the final qualifying round first leg match at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, the Nigerian team were unimpressive and looked not up to expected standard. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 21 ships at the Lagos Port Complex. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position`, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. It said two out of the 21 ships […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Activities on the domestic equities market closed Wednesday on a positive note, extending the gaining streak by N18 billion. The positive outcome was buoyed by investors’ buy-interests in banking stocks, with market indices increasing further by 0.06 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index grew by 31.43points or 0.06 percent to close at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called on all nations to invest in better access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for all. The UN agencies made the call in a joint statement coinciding with the 2023 UN Water Conference in New York. Some two billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has urged the gubernatorial candidates of political parties in the state not to distract the governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti with court cases. Ikpeazu said this on Wednesday in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka and made àvailable to newsmen in Umuahia. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has been declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state. Mbah scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday directed all workers to protest at all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide starting next week over the current cash crunch in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who gave the directive at an ongoing press briefing at Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says collation of results for the governorship election conducted in Enugu State on Saturday will continue at 5pm on Wednesday (today). Recall that the electoral body announced the suspension of the results coalition on Monday, saying it took the decision after a meeting to review the […]
