(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine persons were burnt to death on Friday in an auto crash which occurred at Omotosho Step Down Bridge, on Ore-Lagos expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Mr Sikiru Alonge, Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit Command, confirmed the accident in Ore. Alonge said the crash which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has come under criticism on social media after he stated that over 90% of the people in the north are not on social media. Abubakar made this revelation while speaking on Arise TV on Friday where he was asked about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the nationwide protest being planned by the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC, in solidarity with the striking University lecturers, the International Solidarity for Peace and Human Rights Initiative and Coalition of Civil Society, Workers and Human Rights Defenders have expressed their total support for the action. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja declared that the off-season elections in Anambra, Ekiti and Osun States have confirmed his administration’s irreversible commitment to credible and violence-free polls in the country. Receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State, the President urged the electorate to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An eighteen-seater bus has been attacked by armed men at Ochonyi-Omoko village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway and many passengers were abducted. The incident happened on Wednesday night, and according to a passenger who had escaped, the attackers came from the bush and opened fire on the bus. Benjamin Isaac, who had escaped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Google on Thursday highlighted the top trending personalities, music, movies, high-profile deaths as well as sports that trended in the first half of 2022. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communications and Public Relations Manager, Google West Africa, said in a statement that the first half of 2020 had been eventful with high-profile deaths, politics, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has tasked the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its six-month-old strike. Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, enjoined ASUU to call off the strike and take dialogue. Speaking at the 2022 police meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria held in Abuja, the minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress Dumebi Kachikwu has decried the upsurge in the attacks of Catholic priests in the country, noting that 18 of them have either been abducted or killed since January 2022. Mr Kachikwu, in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, described the development as unacceptable and an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have stated that there is no sit-at-home order tomorrow (Friday). IPOB stated that the reported order issued by Nnamdi Kanu’s alleged disciple, Simon Ekpa should not be adhered to. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the group, accused Ekpa of trying to damage IPOB. A statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nickisha Matthews, a fast-rising African American entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 904 Business Solutions, an executive consultancy firm based in Florida, has announced the successful opening of her new creative digital marketing agency, called Creative Business Branding. The inauguration of Creative Business Branding was disclosed in a statement made available […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a grant of around $25.65 million to help Zimbabwe enhance domestic food production and supply. The funds were drawn from the Transition Support Facility (TSF), although the Board of Directors of the Bank Group provided a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan on Thursday said that the Federal Government saves about N2 billion annually following the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) She disclosed this at the 43th session of the State House Briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is considering restriction on the use and distribution of motorcycles as well as mining activities in the country as part of the measures to tackle insecurity in the country. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,, Abubakar Malami, while briefing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said it will make provision for subsidy in 2023 to the tune of N6.72 trillion. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategic Paper (MTEF and FSP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the digital transformation space in Nigeria are set to converge in Abuja next week to discuss the need for a major Data Protection Law in the West African nation. Stakeholders from across the country will participate in the Policy Dialogue organized by the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, with support from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the protracted internal crisis bedeviling the Enugu State Chapter of the All progress Congress APC continues unabated, it’s foundation members and Stakeholders have passed a vote of no confidence on the embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa. They insisted not to rest on their oars until Agballa, whose membership of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for degree awarding institutions for the 2022 admission process. The minimum cut-off marks for polytechnics is 100 while colleges of education is 100. This was made known at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated the clerics at the unveiling of his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima were not fake. He said they were at the event, which was open to all, as genuine well-wishers. The former Lagos Governor, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The appearance of many unidentified clerics in the unveiling of Ibrahim Shettima as the running mate of Bola Tinubu has set the internet ablaze. African Examiner recalls that many Christians are against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling All Progressive Congress. To them, it is a sign of marginalization and as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Grid on Wednesday suffered another system collapse resulting in a blackout in many parts of the country. It was the 18th time a nationwide blackout would be recorded this year. While some collapses were not made public because they lasted for a short period, many others were made public and […]
