(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Students Union Government (SUG), Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Mr. Adegboye Olatunji, has been arrested for alleged cultism. The arrested SUG Leader is a Higher National Diploma (HND) II student of Banking and Finance. He was elected to the office in December 2019. Following the development, students’ parliament impeached […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government OF Nigeria is building mechanisms and institutionalized processes in the informal sector that would give the Nigerian youth assurances that their energy and dynamism can be invested in making the country a productive nation. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha stated this […]
By Jide Ayobolu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has said the monthly allowance of corp members has been increased to N33,000. Ibrahim revealed this while addressing corps members during a working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi State. He said the increase is in […]
…AfDB Joins TEF Programme Catalysing Entrepreneurship Across Africa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tony O. Elumelu has congratulated the African Development Bank (AfDB), and AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, on their commitment to African entrepreneurship, with the disbursement of $2.5million seed capital to the AfDB-sponsored beneficiaries of the 2019 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. $2.5m was released today, with the remainder […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, to study and make a full report on Nigeria’s land border closure with her neighbours. The decision to set up the committee was agreed Sunday night in Addis Ababa, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian senator Ignatius Longjan from Plateau state is dead. He is 75 years old. The senator who, until his death, represented Plateau South Senatorial district died on Monday in a Turkish hospital. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Prior to his election as senator, the late senator […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Warns ENSIEC Against Manipulation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in enugu state, South-East Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, has said it would participate in the exercise scheduled for February 29, 2020 despite alleged moves by the electoral body charged with the conduct […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria, Sunday said plans have reached advanced stage for the official lunch of its joint Security outfit, declaring that the zone was the first to form such security arrangement in the country. The zone according to them formed the South East Joint Security on July 28, 2019 and inaugurated the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson says his administration was committed to the development of tourism in the state, using sports as a vehicle. This he explained, led to the building of the world class sports facilities like the 18 hole golf course and the polo field located at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence of a former Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Jolly Nyame, to 12 years imprisonment over N1.6bn corruption charges. However, the court five-man panel led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, in its unanimous judgment, set aside the N100m fine imposed on him by the Court of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is set for the coronation ceremony of Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi as the new Alapomu of Apomuland in Osun State. At a press conference on Thursday in Apomu, the Asiwaju of Apomu, Chief Olaitan Alabi, said the town is one of the oldest in Yorubaland and had been in existence for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Activist and a lawyer, Mr. Tope Akinyode, has sued Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for banning commercial motorcycles also called Okada, and commercial tricycles in six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas of the State. Akinyode joined the Lagos State Government, the state Attorney-General, the State’s Speaker and its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sacked Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has asked the Supreme Court to set aside its Tuesday, January 14 judgment which ousted him and declared Hope Uzodinma as the duly elected Governor of the South Eastern State. The Lawyer confirmed that the former Governor and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s forward, Odion Ighalo says he has been desperate to join Manchester United, not minding the pay cut to make the deal happen. Ighalo confessed Wednesday that he did not sleep the night the deal was sealed. Similarly, the ex-Watford player disclosed that his mum cried at the news of his crossing to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the massive restriction on the operations Okada riders and tricycle operators by the Lagos State Government, the Ogun State government has declared that its doors are not open to the displaced fleet workers. Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Remmy Hazzan, made the declaration in a statement issued Wednesday in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to checkmate the incessant use of Tricycle popularly known as “Keke” in Nigerian parlance, in perpetrating robbery and other forms of crimes in Enugu metropolis and environ, the state branch of Association of Tricycle riders, has lunched what it described as “Operation identify yourself” programme. Under the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the devastating effect of the neglect of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in parts of Nigeria, which often create room for outbreak of epidemic and other forms of diseases, the Enugu state government has declared state of emergency in the sector, even as about 2.5 million people […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kenyan former president, Daniel Arap Moi has died. He was 95 years old. His death was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a statement on Tuesday. Mr. Kenyatta ordered national flags to fly half-staff from Tuesday until the day of the burial. Recall that allies of the ailing Jomo Kenyatta had […]
(AFRICN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Nigerian professional footballer, former Super Eagles player and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. Amokachi, a member of the 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the African Nations Cup in Tunisia, was also in the Nigerian Olympic Football Team to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new visa policy explaining that the new policy will attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad. Launching the Nigeria Visa Policy Tuesday in Abuja, the President said that the implementation of the Nigeria Visa Policy 2020 will also support the attainment of a globally competitive economy […]
