(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced a huge leap in trading surplus of ₦141.96billion recorded in June 2021 compared to a deficit of ₦37.46Billion in May 2021. This is contained in the June 2021 figures of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR). A trading surplus or trading […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bisi Akande, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, rejected Bola Tinubu, APC National Leader as his presidential running mate in 2007. Akande, who was a former National Chairman of Action Congress, AC, stated that despite the nomination of Tinubu, Atiku opted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Sunday slammed the leadership of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for kicking against the proposed visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Ebonyi State. Governor Umahi disclosed this while speaking with politicians at the end of the year thanksgiving service of the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated that his senior brother has been abducted by bandits, saying they demanded ransom to regain his freedom. Gumi disclosed this in an interview with some journalists in Gusau, saying his senior brother was abducted because he made a case for bandits and for visiting them […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Federal Government, unconsciously, promotes corruption whenever it allows paltry sums of money, in its yearly budget for a project, instead of the entire money required to complete such projects within the agreed time. The governor made the observation while speaking at the inauguration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of youths in Ogun State under the aegis of Ogun Youth Network has called on Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to contest for the Presidency in 2023. The group argued that Osinbajo, having worked closely with President Muhammadu Buhari in the last six years, remains the best candidate to succeed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives foiled bandits attack in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) says the newly-inaugurated leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown early signs that it is not different from its immediate past and sacked leadership. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee said this in a statement he issued on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of using hunger and starvation to eliminate their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB stated that DSS was using maltreatment and humiliation against Kanu in their custody. The group stated that the secret police has confined its leader to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has frowned that Nigerians are presently in pain because of the state of the nation which is ranging from deteriorating security situation to economic issues. The governor stated this at the swearing-in of the new National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Medical Association has said the recent travel ban on Nigeria by the United Kingdom and Canada in the wake of the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 shows that many Nigerians are not taking vaccination against the disease seriously. The NMA said the situation would not only affect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Yobe State have refuted a report that 20 officers were rescued by the military following their abduction by terrorists during an attack on November 30 in Gujba Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Abdulkarim Dungus, an assistant superintendent of police, said in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – MultiChoice’ South African TV network, Mzansi Magic, has announced the return of classic reality television show, ‘Big Brother Africa’, after a seven-year hiatus. The show is expected to be launched in 2022. According to news report, casting has begun in earnest for the show, tagged ‘Big Brother Mzansi’, and produced by Randburg-based […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Concerned residents of Enugu comprises of youth groups and Coalition of Civil Society Organizations CSOs, have raised concern over the alarming rate of human rights abuses and unprofessional misconducts by Operatives of the State Traffic enforcement officers in the Ministry of Transport (MOT). They said: “on the 9th of December, 2021, it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President -General of Igbo umbrella organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Professor George Obiozor, on behalf of the body, felicitates with governor Hope Uzodinma, of Imo State, on the occasion of his 63rd Birthday . According to Obiozor, “Ohanaeze has followed with immense satisfaction your track records of audacity, empathy, kindness, consistency, character […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Knights of St. John International (KSJI), an international sodality Order of the Roman Catholic Church, with headquarters in the United States of America (USA), has elected a new leadership, headed by a renowned Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Sir Remy Uche as president. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Renowned virologists on Friday told Saturday PUNCH that the change in weather was largely responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases reported in the country. The virologists, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, also urged Nigerians to engage the monitoring of trends as the country might gradually slip into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Emirates has announced the suspension of flights operations to Nigeria indefinitely. The Dubai-based airline said it took the action in response to a restriction by the Nigerian government limiting its flights to the country to just a once a week. The government on Thursday limited the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated that the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for accreditation during elections has come to stay. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said this at the one-day Implementation meeting for the FCT Area Council Election on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun has arrested one Ibrahim Abdulazeez, 30, who allegedly purchased a Toyota Camry 2010 model for N2,650 from a car dealer in Osogbo, Osun State. The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, while parading some suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Friday, said the Abdulazeez allegedly committed […]
