(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. Last August, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan from the African Export-Import Bank to stabilize the foreign exchange market. A few weeks ago, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a significant move, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has publicly urged Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano to abandon the ruling All Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and join the opposition APC. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Kano on Thursday, Ganduje, a former governor of the […]
(African Examiner) – The President of the Nigeria Labour congress, Joe Ajaero, has stated that Nigerians have been suffering due to the increase in the price of fuel. Ajaero also stated that Nigerians shouldn’t have adapted to the increase in fuel prices. He made this known in the 21st Daily Trust Dialogue themed “Tinubu’s Economic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, says he cannot be intimidated out of the Sept.21 governorship election, because he has all its takes to win. Shaibu, stated this when he returned his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for the governorship election, at the party national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. The deputy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the recent publication claiming that paracetamol drugs in Nigeria are under-dosed is fake. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Adeyeye said that the publication […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have intervened in the crisis rocking the State House of Assembly following the impeachment of the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo. On Tuesday, 18 of the 26 members of the Ogun assembly ousted Oluomo as speaker. He was impeached over allegations bordering on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard. In a memo to employees reported by US media The Verge on Thursday, the head of Microsoft’s gaming division Phil Spencer said the cuts […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) blamed gas constraints on thermal generating companies for the drop in power supply nationwide. TCN General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement, saying the situation had impacted the quantum of bulk power available on the transmission grid for onward transmission to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Matches have been concluded in the Africa Cup of Nations group stage with 16 teams emerging for the knockout stage. There were so many shocking exits in the group stage which saw underdogs making into the knockout stage and some heavyweights being kicked out of the competition. See the full pairings below: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. Affirming Fubara as the duly elected governor of Rivers State, the court held that the appellant did not prove the allegations of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Agbu Kefas as governor of Taraba State. The apex court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal by Professor Yahaya Sani of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) for grossly lacking in merit. Professor Sani had asked the apex court to set aside the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins the world to mark the 2024 International Day of education, the United nations children’s fund UNICEF, has stressed the need for all relevant key stakehlders, including the media to join hands in addressing the issue of attacks on education facilities in the country. It said “we stand united in protecting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Agu-Umabor Community in Nsukka Council area of Enugu state, have sent a Save our Souls (SOS) massage to the state governor, Dr. Peter Mbah over a heavy Gully that is at the verge of cutting off the only road that links the locality with other areas. A group in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the people of Keana Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, of its readiness to conduct a free and fair re-run election in the affected ward. Malam Kudu Haruna, INEC’s National Commissioner, North Central, gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Keana. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A governorship aspirant in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, dismissed rumours of a rift with the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. “I will tell you categorically that we are on good terms. There is no quarrel between myself and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. “We have worked closely throughout […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Microsoft joined Apple on Wednesday as a three trillion dollar company, as its big bet on artificial intelligence continued to impress Wall Street. Now second to Apple as the world’s biggest company by market capitalization, Microsoft’s shares were up 1.31 percent at $404. Apple remains narrowly in first place at $3.02 trillion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has scrapped the office of the acting leader of the group being occupied by Pa Ayo Adebanjo. The group which met on Wednesday at the residence of the National Leader of the association, Pa Reuben Fasoranti issued a communique saying it has constituted the Elders Caucus with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police authorities said the explosion in the Maitama area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was caused by an overheated metal refuse bin. In a statement, the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the situation and preliminary findings indicate an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat. As a result, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday stated that the Bola Tinubu administration is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital of Nigeria back to Lagos. It described the insinuations as a creation of “mischief-makers” interested in “fueling needless ethnic mistrust.” The African Examiner recalls that the Federal Government had stated plans to relocate the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.1 trillion December 2023 allocation to the Federal Government, States and Local Government councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for January 2024, a statement by the Director of […]
