(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will soon commence the enforcement of a uniform colour for school buses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Gora Wobin, the FRSC, FCT Sector Commander, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja, during a stakeholders town hall meeting with school proprietors. he town hall meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAXIMER) – The Biden-Harris Administration has expressed strong support for the candidacy of Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, in a statement, said that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is bringing a wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy from her 25 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Amnesty Programme says unspent funds in 2020 totaling N26bn have been returned to the treasury which is according to the extant financial guidelines. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser, Media, to the Interim Administrator of the PAP, Mr Nneotaobase Egbe, on Friday who stated that PAP like other agencies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.63 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as at September 2020. NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Key Financial and Operational Data, obtained from its website in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has accused Amnesty International (AI) of deliberate plot to destabilise the country with baseless allegations against the administration and its military. The Minister of Information and Cuture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the accusation on Friday in Lagos when he appeared on a TV Continental programme, “This Morning’’ The minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has notified the public of immediate lifting of the suspension placed on Emirates Airlines operations in Nigeria. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday. It would be recalled that the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Non Academic Staff of Universities (NASU), University of Lagos chapter, says there was no going back on the indefinite strike embarked upon by its members, until the Federal Government acceded to their demands. Addressing journalists on Friday, in Lagos, after a Congress meeting of the union, convened to officially declare the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFls) to close the accounts used for crypto currency operations. The CBN in a circular BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/14/001 issued on Friday, ordered all financial institutions “to identify persons and/or entities transacting in or operating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday, suspended the flight operations of Emirates from Lagos and Abuja over violation of COVID-19 protocols. The message conveying the suspension was sent to the United Arab Emirates carrier through the industry regulator: Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). A letter signed by NCAA’s Director General, Captain Musa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday swore in 18 Permanent Secretaries, consisting of 10 females and eight males. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu urged them to put their ideas to work, toward achieving a Greater Lagos. He congratulated the 18 new Permanent Secretaries, commending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered full enforcement of COVID-19 health protection regulations as directed by the Federal Government. Oyeyemi gave the order while addressing the FRSC high command on Road Traffic Crashes and facilities on Friday in Abuja. He said there was urgent need […]
(African Examiner) – Zimbabwe expects to receive about 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China, but Health Minister and his Finance counterpart have clashed on the roll-out plan. The seeming confusion on the roll-out plan has seen Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and Health Minister Costantino Chiwenga who is also Vice President issuing conflicting statements […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew from Monday, Feb. 8, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. This is issued in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, on Friday in Awka. Chukwulobelu said the curfew will be observed between 9 p.m. to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Oma- Eke village, in Eke Community, Udi council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, on Thursday staged a protest in the locality over attempt by officials of the Federal government from the Ecological Trust fund (ETF) office to commission a non-executed road project in the area, describing such action […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected hoodlums on Thursday attacked the Police Divisional Headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, and burnt the left wing of the Station. DSP Loveth Odah, Spokesperson of Ebonyi Police Command, in a press statement in Abakaliki, said, four patrol vehicles were also burnt. “On Thursday at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned Islamic scholars to desist from making inciting statements, which are capable of breaching peace, while preaching. Ganduje made the call on Thursday in Kano when he met with Imams of Juma’at Mosque and other Islamic clerics in the state. He reminded the clerics of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff unions of universities will embark on a nationwide strike on Feb. 5, to compel the Federal Government to address their demands, a statement from the unions has said. The JAC non-teaching staff are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has berated President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for not solving the Fulani herdsmen crisis terrorising the country. Ortom disclosed this during a press confrence in Makurdi after he recovered from COVID-19, as he urged President Buhari to quickly say that no Nigerian is a second class […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Commissioner for Transport and younger brother to Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate president, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu is dead. He slumped and died today Thursday at the hollow Chambers of the state House of Assembly while defending his ministry’s budget Prior to his appointment as Commissioner by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past service chiefs, as well as one other retired officer, to the Senate to be confirmed as non-career ambassadors-designate. It would be recalled that the former service chiefs, including Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Vice […]
