(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political economist Prof Pat Utomi has debunked rumours that he, alongside other prominent Nigerians, are planning to announce the formation of a new political party on October 1. Utomi has recently been linked in the media with a “third force,” called Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) to give the electorate an alternative platform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A residential building has just collapsed in Woji, outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State leaving One person dead, two injured , Apparently the dead and injured persons were said to be working on the building when the incident occurred. Eyewitnesses said that the incident might have been triggered by the recent flooding’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced diversion of traffic from Yaba for the first phase of the construction of the Red line railway project. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that the diversion would last for three months from midnight of Friday, Oct. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, confirmed in New York while speaking on the disagreement over the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Lee Maeba, former chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources, has dissociated himself from a purported plan to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Maeba made the clarification in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, while reacting to a report on the inaugural caucus meeting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday said it regretted backing then candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election, instead of the then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. It claimed that Buhari had, since succeeding Jonathan, let down a majority of Nigerians who trusted in his leadership before the 2015 polls. NEF’s Director of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The director of Information Technology, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Rukiya Mohammed, said the apex bank has concluded plans to launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on October 1. African Examiner reports that Mohammed disclosed this in a webinar, themed “Digital currency and the prospects of CBDC in Nigeria”, organised by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government may file a fresh action against Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Adeyemo ( Sunday Igboho), following the judgment of Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages in his favour. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed in New York that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has succeeded in blocking terrorism financing in Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami stated. Malami disclosed in New York that the federal government had also succeeded in identifying and detaining “high profile individuals” responsible for funding terrorists’ activities in the country. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), a pro-democracy, human and environmental rights civil society group has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to ensure that any person found guilty in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Audit Report should be brought to justice. The group stated this in a letter addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global Citizen, a frontline international advocacy organisation has announced its partnership with the Lagos State Government and Access Bank Plc, to host its annual global campaign which is focused on the Recovery Plan for the World amidst COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed, “Global Citizen Live”, the event which has been slated for September 25, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has rescheduled its nationwide state congresses to Saturday, 16th October, 2021. An updated timetable/schedule of activities and guidelines for the conduct of the state congresses will be released to the public in due course, the party said. This is contained in a terse statement released by the National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Ben Nwosu, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu, on Wednesday decried the 90, 000 out-of-school children in Anambra State, describing the situation as worrisome. Nwosu said this at a project close-out and unveiling of Data Management System, organised by the Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to notion in some quarters in South East Nigeria, that president Muhammadu Buhari hates Igbo people, Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said the composition of the recently announced board members of the Nigeria petroleum Corporation NNPC has showed that the notion was wrong. He however, commended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has exonerated Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from the continued depreciation of the value of the naira in the forex market. The body of economists in a press release signed by its Chairman, Malam Ahmed Abdulkadir and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has tasked the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to facilitate a quick rehabilitation of the dilapidated portions of the Onitsha-Owerri highway. The lawmakers made this known during Wednesday plenary as they vowed to investigate why sections of the Enugu-Port Harcourt and Enugu-Onitsha roads are failing irrespective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As President Mohammadu Buhari of Nigeria prepares to address the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, there are barrage of protests planned to embarrass him at the global event. African Examiner gathered that various organizations, dissidents, activists, self-determination groups have mobilised Nigerians in the US to troop out to demonstrate against the president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State on Wednesday warned motorists to desist from driving without valid driver’s license or face the full wrath of the law. Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, State Sector Commander of FRSC, made the disclosure while speaking on the command’s preparedness towards Ember Months flag off . […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated Nigeria’s music legend, King Sunny Ade as he clocks 75 today. The president via a statement posted on a Facebook page of his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, noted the many achievements of the veteran musician as he celebrates his birthday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was an early fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications made this known in a statement in Lagos. He said that the fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an […]
