(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media on Friday are slamming the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who stated that the spending power of Nigerians has increased in the past month. The African Examiner writes that Nigerians are having a hard time dealing with some of the economic policies of President Tinubu’s administration. The removal of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has stated that the large purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives is contributing to the increase in food inflation in the country. Cardoso stated this during his contributions in the March Monetary Policy Committee, which was published on the website […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Every May 1 is celebrated as the International Workers’ Day or Labour Day in some countries. The day, also referred to as May Day, is dedicated to the recognition of the role of workers in societal development all over the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) said every May 1, it recommits […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Government has announced the addition of 625MW of power to the national grid, increasing the grid’s wheeling capacity to 4800MW. Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communications to the Minister of Power said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Bolaji quoted the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 33,636 persons in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States have benefited from assorted food items donated by the Saudi Arabia King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This is contained in a statement by Mrs Zubaida Umar, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, issued to newsmen on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Australian Government has announced about 323 million dollars in funding for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Penny Wong, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Pat Conroy, the minister for International Development and the Pacific, said on Friday. They said that the commitment was worth 492 million Australian dollars (about 323 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of “beating a war drum” over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories Amhara fighters captured during a civil war. The future of the disputed territories in northern Ethiopia has remained a flashpoint between Tigray […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oil marketers have said they do not have details of the logistic challenges that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) claimed are responsible for the current low supply of products nationwide. Fresh petrol scarcity resurfaced on Wednesday last week and has worsened, leaving Nigerians to grapple with the effects of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, said the U.S. government, through its Presidential Malaria Initiative, PMI, has contributed $914m to fight malaria in Nigeria since 2011. This is contained in PMI’s latest report, which said it also supported Nigeria with $73 million to fight malaria in 2023 alone, and released […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Commission has promised one billion euros to Lebanon financial aid (1.07 billion U.S. dollars) in order to stop the flow into the European Union of refugees from Syria. The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the promised in Beirut on Thursday following talks with acting Lebanese Prime Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has reached an advanced stage in the processing of entry visa for the 2024 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman, NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, said this at the Maiden Stakeholders Summit on Nigeria’s Hajj and Umrah Industry on Thursday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour has handed the Federal Government May 31 deadline to come up with a realistic and reasonable new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Labour made this known during the Workers’ Day celebrations at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Wednesday. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular celebrity bartender and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, is exploring an out-of-court settlement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with respect to the charge of Naira abuse leveled against him by the anti-graft agency at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. His lawyer, Senior […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described as “baseless distractions”, claims by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, that he is inciting the people of the South-East geopolitical zone against the Federal Government over the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project. In a string of posts on X […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima says the President Bola Tinubu’s administration is determined to eradicate corruption without fear or favoritism. He stated this on Thursday at the Second Edition of The Chronicle Roundtable in Abuja where he said the government is also working to reduce the unemployment rate in the country. The event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, slammed Governor Charles Soludo for playing politics with security in the state. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group accused Governor Soludo of being desperate for a second term and that is why he is supporting , ‘Fulani hegemony’. Emma […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents and natives of Uzamu Isinomeh, Emene Nike in Enugu East Council Area of Enugu State, among them widows, have raised the alarm over the demolition of their buildings including ancestral homes by the Enugu State Government. The victims, including one Ezinne Blessing Nkemjurum Oguike, a widow and Octogenarian told journalists that some persons, suspected to be officials […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says although the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage is yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024. The Minister of State Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, stated this on Wednesday while addressing Nigerian workers at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of JohnPaul Odonwodo, a.k.a Junior Pope, has urged the public to rely solely on information from the Central Planning Committee (CPC), for his burial. The elder brother to Junior Pope, Mr Ivor Odonwodo, said this in a statement in Enugu. While noting that the family was heartbroken by his death, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Tuesday closed the month of April on a good footing as it gained N28.15 at the official market, trading at N1,390.96 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the gain […]
