(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he can’t guarantee if the three projects that were officially inaugurated on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari will be completed during his tenure. President Buhari, in a virtual ground-breaking ceremony of three projects namely the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri Eastern […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serious crisis has engulfed the Federal Government College, (FGC) Enugu, as parents and the leadership of it’s Parents Teachers Association, PTA, executive are now at each other’s throat over alleged financial irregularities in the school. The parents are complaining of some excessive fee by the PTA leadership as well as having some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to Enugu state governor, Ufeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Special Duties, Hon. Chibuzo Anikwe, has advised unemployed youths in the state to take advantage of several empowerment programmes put in place by the present administration in the state, rather than roaming the streets in search of white collar jobs. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has sacked Mike Idoko, the Vice-Chairman of Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi Anthony Ijohor, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who disclosed this in a statement said the decision was as a result of the club’s “continuous poor results”. “The termination of Idoko’s appointment is with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, is dead Authorities disclosed that Bakayoko passed on in an hospital in Germany, while receiving treatment for cancer on Wednesday, just days after his 56th birthday. He was appointed prime minister in July, following the sudden death of his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Aside […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Ministry of Education has directed the closure of all public secondary schools for two weeks to tackle the security challenges facing the state All schools are to close from Friday, March 12th to Friday, March 26th, 2021. According to Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the closure was to give […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated it won’t negotiate with terrorists and bandits. National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), who disclosed this during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja, said government would rather arrange all necessary forces to eliminate criminals. According to him, negotiating with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some gunmen on Wednesday night attacked the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and abducted yet-to-be-ascertained number of teachers and students. It learnt that the kidnappers invaded the institute on Wednesday night, amid sporadic gunshots. The development, it was gathered heightened tension in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned all those advising government to arrest him because of the meetings he holds with bandits. Relating such people as clowns, Gumi revealed that government officials also attend the meetings with the bandits. Speaking further on the matter, the cleric revealed that he’s not the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Leo Irhabor, has led other military chiefs to hold a meeting with the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde. The military chiefs were said to have first visited the 2 Division first and they are said to be on their way to the Governor’s Office at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government has announced an indefinite suspension of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise It reports that the last Saturday of the month environmental sanitation exercise between 7am and 10am was introduced over 20 years ago by the then military government to inculcate in the populace the culture of cleanliness. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An online platform known as jobberman, that provides job and training for job seekers, said that it has targeted five million Nigerian youths for skills and dignified jobs by 2025. Miss Makkiya Sulaiman, the youths engagement assistant of the organisation, said this in an interview on Wednesday in Kano. She said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has enjoined the federal government to stop the disbursement of the £4.2m loot of former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori. It was earlier reported that the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria to return £4.2 million assets stolen by James […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Government has received 81,080 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for distribution in the state. The Permanent Secretary, State’s Ministry of Health, Dr Osamwonyi Irowa, confirmed this Wednesday. Dr Irowa said that the vaccines were delivered alongside 81,080 syringes “We also received the adhesive code stickers of the same number. And […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, says that 5,000 Nigerians refugees have been repatriated to the state from Cameroon. Governor Zulum disclosed this on Wednesday in his Facebook page saying that the handing over took place on Monday and was led by Cameroon’s Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government alongside Ebonyi and Anambra states, Thursday, took delivery of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Our Correspondent reports that vaccines for Enugu State, which arrived the Enugu airport at about 2:50pm, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the state government may possibly commence the administering of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, March 11. Sanwo-Olu said this on Wednesday, when the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo paid a courtesy visit to the governor at Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A witness, Mrs Obiajulu Obiageli, confirmed that the letters of appointment presented by 56 sacked officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) were fake. It reports that the sacked 56 staffers of the NSCDC took the corps and Interior Minister before the National Industrial Court (NIC) demanding for their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, says 2023 is the right time for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s President. Okorocha, who is the senator representing Imo West made the remark on Tuesday in Abuja when he hosted a pressure group, Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative (NGGI) saying that the mood of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has stated that former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is not under investigation. Malami said this during an interview with Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Tuesday. The AGF, however, disclosed that he could not say if […]
