(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Ogun State has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s one-day official visit to the state has been postponed. African Examiner writes that President Buhari was scheduled to visit the state on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, to commission some projects executed by the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Some of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Mission in Nigeria has harped on the need to ensure the full implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in the West African nation. The Mission said the right to information is fundamental to upholding transparency and accountability principles which are the cornerstone for strengthening democracy, adding that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Customs Service officials attached to Tin Can Island Command have reportedly intercepted a container carrying cartons of guns. According to available information, the owner of the container was said to have declared the content of the container as plasma televisions. Confirming this, the Public Relations Officer of the Tin Can Customs, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has chosen silence as the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo; and former Interim APC National Chairman, Bisi Akande trade words over the sponsorship of Abebanjo’s Lekki house. Akande in his 559-page autobiography titled ‘My Participations’, launched in Lagos on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises has announced US$11.1 million grant aimed at financing a new multi-year educational programme in Libya. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so no one is left […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from Nigeria and nine other African countries. The country also re-imposed testing, warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals. Apart from Nigeria, the travel restriction on flights is also lifted on South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a national protest on Feb. 1, 2022 against plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communique issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The EFCC has arrested a popular Ibadan socialite for alleged fraud. Its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren stated on Friday that the suspect was reported to have obtained N25 million from her victims by false pretence. Uwujaren stated that the 42-year-old socialite was arrested following series of petitions written against her. He added that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji Hussaini Zanwa Akwanga has been reportedly dead. Akwanga, died Friday, at the age of 77 after a protracted illness in his country home Akwanga, the headquarters of Akwanga local government of Nasarawa State. The former Minister, a professional teacher, became a minister in 2003 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death. The report of the autopsy was, however, yet to be out as of the time of filing this report. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue Police Command has confirmed the death of three members of a family as a result of fire disaster in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene, made the confirmation on Friday in Makurdi. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the calendar of events for its yearly DecemberIssaVybe campaign which, it says, will impact much on the entertainment industry. The Group Head of Marketing/Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Ms Folake Ani-Mumuney, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ani-Mumuney said that the campaign which started […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called for rescheduling of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention slated for February, 2022. In a letter he wrote on Thursday, Kalu allayed fears of a collapse and an unmitigated injury the party could sustain […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has celebrated with President Muhammadu Buhari on his 79th birthday. Taking to his Twitter account, Atiku prayed for good health and vitality for the president. He wrote: “A very hearty birthday felicitation to President @MBuhari. I pray that Almighty Allah continues […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to be proactive by developing effective mechanisms and explore different mitigation options to cushion the effect of persistent rise in the price of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG on the common citizens. It also asked the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR to raid all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many traders at the popular Balogun market in Lagos State, wept, yesterday morning as fire burnt their goods. The fire was said to have occurred at 5a.m., before it was put out by combined efforts of the federal and state fire services. Many of the traders lamented that they had stocked millions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano State paraded 245 suspected criminals at their headquarters in Bompai. Thirty-eight of the suspects were arrested for robbery, nine for kidnap, 12 for fraud, seven cattle for rustling, 44 for vehicle theft, and 118 for thuggish acts while 17 were held for drug deals. Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, has confirmed the death of a kidnap kingpin who was shot dead by men of the Anti- kidnapping squad during an exchanged of gun battle in Abakaliki. The security men engage the kidnappers after they abducted one Chukwu Felicia Nkechi of No. 3 Eze-Ukwaje street […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has replied his predecessor, Bisi Akande, over comments made in the latter’s recently released autobiography. At the launch, President Muhammadu Buhari said the author had retained his ‘‘inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The book has continued […]
