(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of his dedicated efforts to build robust human resources for the health and social welfare sector, President Bola Tinubu has approved the conversion of the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, to a full-fledged University of Allied Health Sciences. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Regional Coordinating Centre (RCC) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa-CDC) in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale Tinubu is the African Union (AU) Champion for Human […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian Citizen, and provision shop owner in Enugu, Mr. Paul Eze, has begun the process of instituting a legal action against the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), over the refusal of it’s South East zonal office to release result of a laboratory investigation the organization carried out on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has called on state governors to set aside political differences and collaborate with the federal government to build the nation. Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast with governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday, Tinubu emphasized the importance of transitioning from politics to governance, noting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale Otuaro holds a PhD in Comparative Politics & […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George as the Director-General of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA). Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale announced this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. George holds a PhD in Construction Management; an MSc in Quantity Surveying and Construction Engineering, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy; the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Federal Ministry of Environment to align regulations and tax frameworks to facilitate investment expansion in telecommunications and broadband infrastructure nationwide.h Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an independent investigation on the alleged ₦3.7 trillion budget padding by the National Assembly. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the investigation would help to unravel the circumstances leading to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has appointed the Inspector General of Police to withdraw orderlies attached to politicians across the country including his colleagues in the National Assembly. Ndume, who is the lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme lamenting that he does not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike maintains he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite threats of expulsion from some chieftains of the party. Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, fell out with the PDP hierarchy in the run-up to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Holdings has reappointed Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its non-executive chairman after 10 years of serving as the bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “Access Holdings Pic (the Holdco’), is pleased to announce the return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR as its Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR replaces Mr. Abubakar Jimoh, the erstwhile Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people. Wike stated this during a chat with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Senate alongside the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, on Wednesday on insecurity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said the directive was in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Officers attached to Anambra State Police Command have smashed a deadly insurgency gang. While on patrol with the local vigilante in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Council area of Anambra state, the operatives accosted the gang, which was on a yet-to-be unravelled mission while heavily armed. The Ommands’s Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and over 75 allied civil society organisations under the umbrella of the National Civil Society Organisations Against Inept Leaders, have insisted on thorough and independent investigation of the alleged 2024 budget padding by Senator Abdul Ningi despite the suspension of the Senator for three months, saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has officially declared his intention to contest the Ondo State Governorship Election slated for November 16, 2024. The governor, who addressed supporters at the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade, Akure, on Tuesday, expressed interest to contest the poll on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aiyedatiwa, then […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh Ibrahim, has defended the capture of traditional rulers in the 2024 budget, adding that they are relevant to society. The 2024 budget had allocated the sum of N7.61 billion for the ”empowerment of traditional rulers.” ”In the federal system of government and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Civil Service Commission. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Director of Press in the office of the FCT Minister, Anthony Ogunleye. They are: Engr. Emeka Ezeh – Chairman Hon. Ahmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A two day workshop organized by WaterAid, Nigeria in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to assess the sanitation and hygiene policy environment of Enugu State using the African Sanitation Policy Assessment tool (ASPAT) has begun in Enugu, with key Stakeholders in Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), in attendance. Speaking during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment followed the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a […]
