(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the present administration of President Mohammadu Buhari for its failure to make any meaningful impact in nation-building and moving the country forward as one indivisible entity. Atiku, who chaired the public presentation of a new book entitled, “Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices”, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the International Coffee Agreement to give legal backing to Nigeria’s membership of the International Coffee Organization (ICO). The ratification by the President is sequel to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval of Nigeria’s membership of the ICO. The ICO was set up in 1963 in London, under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has raised an in-house panel of investigation on the recently suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), over his indictment by a Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. The panel which has been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) just accented to by President Muhammadu Buhari will transform the nation’s petroleum industry into a hub of business opportunities, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said. Kyari, who is the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also said the Act will also attract huge capital globally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has constituted a presidential delegation ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano for the marriage of his son, Yusuf Buhari, to Zahra Bayero, on Friday. Zahra is the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has accused some revenue generating agencies of the federal government of concealing their revenue while the Buhari regime continues to borrow humongous loans abroad. The parliament says such malpractices are making proper budgeting hard for the government. Criticising the way the country resorts to borrowing N5.62 trillion to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many demonstrators flooded Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread across the Middle East nation facing forceful takeover of power by the extremist group. A witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the east. “Our flag, our identity,” a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The ex- governor, who has been on the commission’s watch list, was intercepted at about 10 am this morning and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets could hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves. The beta test of Facebook’s Horizon Workroom app comes as many companies continue to work from home after the Coronavirus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The fate of Afghanistan after a 20-year war led by U.S. means the West’s resolve is now perceived as weak by major adversaries. According to the British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the adversaries include Russia. Afghanistan’s war has cost thousands of lives and trillions of dollars but the militant Islamist Taliban are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of the late Mohammed Fawehinmi on Thursday, said he died of complications from COVID-19 infection. The younger brother of the deceased, Mr Saheed Fawehinmi, who spoke on behalf of the family, disclosed this at a news briefing at his residence, Fani Kayode Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos State. Fawehinmi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, held a meeting behind closed doors in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting is ongoing as of the time of filing this report. Secondus arrived at Obasanjo’s Penthouse residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan yesterday rejected a request by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) to stop hearing a suit instituted against the Federal Government by Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemi(aka Sunday Igboho). Adeyemi had filed the suit challenging the invasion of his Ibadan residence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where terrorist group has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government said it has rescued a total of 728 street beggars, hawkers and destitute persons in the last seven months, the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Olusegun Dawodu, said. He stated in a news conference in Ikeja that the 728 beggars, destitute persons and hawkers, comprising 347 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jos North Local Government Area, following the killing of commuters along Rukuba road in the area on Aug.14. In a statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham in Jos Lalong said the curfew had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former bank staff has said his decision to quit the white collar job has proven to be a wise move in hindsight as he now earns much better. Ali Dahiru, who resigned his job in Zenith Bank and took to selling bread, says his decision has turned out to be a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in Anambra has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to engage agitators in the country in a peaceful dialogue, noting that using force against them will worsen secession threats. Moses Ezedebego, the PFN chairman, made the call while addressing reporters on Tuesday in Amawbia, Awka South local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has stated that the 136 abducted Tanko Salihu Islamiyya school children Tegina, Rafi local government will soon be released. This development is coming barely two days after the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, gave the government one week […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says that his administration would not back down on the ongoing privatisation of some moribund government enterprises, in spite of criticisms in some quarters. Ortom told newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi that negative narratives being churned out on the exercise were the handiwork of those he called […]
