(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the N2.267 trillion budget for 2024 presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last year. The budget, comprising 58 per cent capital expenditure and 42 per cent recurrent expenditure, was approved after a unanimous voice vote by the lawmakers. Governor Sanwo-Olu, on December 13, 2023, presented […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has lamented the security situation in the country, saying that it has gone beyond control. He said the situation the country is in at the moment has gone beyond playing politics, adding that President Tinubu has a lot of work […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday described the recent bombing in Kaduna State as a series of avoidable errors, saying it cannot be repeated. Last December, a deadly military airstrike killed at least 85 people and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of the North-Western state. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The body of former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has arrived in Nigeria. It arrived at the private wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Friday and was received by the widow, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu and other family members. It was flown from Germany where the former governor had gone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle has presented two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The vessels are to help Nigeria in the fight against insecurity on the country’s waterways. A Friday statement from the ministry’s spokesman Henshaw Ogubike said the “unmanned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked Friday that he is not wishing Mohamed Salah too much luck at the Africa Cup of Nations as he prepares for a crucial spell of games without his top scorer. Salah is away with Egypt for the tournament in Ivory Coast while Japan captain Wataru Endo will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The CEO/Founder of TAF Africa, Jake Epelle, claims Godwin Emefiele is the “worst” governor that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has had. Emefiele is facing six counts of fraud and corruption. But while speaking on the trials of the former apex bank governor, Epelle says he does not pity Emefiele, maintaining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Natacha Akide, better known as Tacha, has advised single ladies to date many men so that their chances of settling down will accelerate. According to Tacha, a lady who dates at least three men at the same time has a good probability of being engaged. The reality […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Friday, described the death of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’abba, as a great loss to the entire nation. Utomi said this when he paid a condolence visit to Na’Abba’s family in Kano. He said that the deceased was a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the release of 10 inmates in Correctional Centres in the state and commuted four death sentences to life imprisonment. The State Controller of Correctional Service, Mr Abdulraheen Salami, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, in Ibadan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the January 9, 2024 closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs, the Lagos State Government on Thursday issued a travel advisory on how road users can navigate their way between the Mainland and Island parts of the state while the bridge is being fixed. In a statement, Lagos State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed six new Executive Directors in two agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President appointed three new directors each for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), apologising for failing to appear before the commission to answer questions on the alleged laundering of N37.1 billion during her tenure. Meanwhile, the suspended National Coordinator of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The winners of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations will receive a record seven million dollars (6.4 mn euros), a Confederation of African Football (CAF) statement revealed on Thursday. It is 40 per cent more than what Senegal pocketed for winning the last edition, in Cameroon two years ago. The runners-up in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the Federal Government has released N50bn of FCT’s supplementary budget to complete ongoing projects. The minister disclosed this on Thursday during an inspection of projects in the nation’s capital. He also expressed the ministry’s readiness to collaborate with other security agencies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, says the commission has identified at least 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. Maiyaki said the Department of State Services was involved in the clampdown on illegal institutions. The NUC secretary urged parents to check the commission’s website for illegal and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, will take another shot for the presidency in the 2027 elections. Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023 stated this on Wednesday January 03, 2024. Bwala disclosed that Atiku irrespective of facing previous setbacks in his quest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the coming generations will have no other choice than to pay the debts accrued because of the mismanagement by past administrations. The African Examiner recalls that Obasanjo during his time as Nigeria’s president secured a debt relief amounting to some $18 billion for Nigeria from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ibadan based Fuji musician, Taye Adebisi, better known as Taye Currency, has opened up on how the late former governor of the state, Christopher Alao-Akala, assisted him financially after paying him N99 million for his governorship campaign in 2011. Taye Currency disclosed this during an event marking the annual Oshodi Day as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, have protested against the management of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State concerning their terrible working conditions. The health workers, in the protest on Wednesday, stated that their members collapsed on duties due to the […]
