(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly released data by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has revealed that exports of agricultural goods from Nigeria to other countries, increased by 123 per cent over the value recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023 (₦463.97bn), and also by 270 per cent when compared to the value recorded in Q1, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour said the one-week grace period given to the Federal Government last Tuesday, June 4, 2024, would expire by the midnight of Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Labour said should the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on the demands of workers by tomorrow (Tuesday), the organs of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State governors have called on the federal government to enforce a “no-meter, no-service” policy for all new electricity connections in the country. The plea was outlined in the Development of the National Integrated Electricity Policy & Strategic Implementation Plan: Policy Recommendations by State Governments to the Federal Ministry of Power document from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Far-right parties made striking gains in European Union elections on Sunday, while the ultimate losers were French President Emmanuel Macron — and the Greens. Here are five takeaways from the vote which saw Europe’s centrist political groups emerge relatively unscathed and higher turnout than in 2019 among the bloc’s 27 states. – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) has raised Schengen visa application fees from €80 to €90 for adult African and other non-EU citizens. According to the European Commission, the new visa fees will come into effect on June 11, 2024. “All visa applications submitted on or after this date will be subject to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday dismissed rumours that he would quit before the July 4 general election, as criticism about his early departure from D-Day commemoration events rumbled on. The Conservative leader issued an apology after outrage from veterans’ groups that he declined to join other world leaders at an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the rescheduled rerun election for the Enugu South 1 State Constituency was postponed due to security reasons. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday that the postponed election was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 17 chairmanship seats and 178 councillor positions in the just concluded local government elections. Announcing the winners after the collation of all results, the Chairman of the Commission, Dr Mamman Mohammed, explained that other political parties participated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Ondo State governorship election Agboola Ajayi has named Festus Akingbaso as his running mate for the exercise. Akingbaso popularly known as Fessy West is a member of the House of Representatives representing Idanre/Ifedore Constituency. Before now, he was a member of the Ondo State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Lukman has questioned the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project expected to gulp N15 trillion. Lukman believes the government should have channeled the money into more pressing issues like education among others and maintains that the APC has poorly managed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede, has sparked reactions after she opened up on the reason why her marriage collapsed. It is worth recalling that the marriage of Jegede crashed in 2019 to fellow actor, Olakunle ‘Abounce’ Fawole barely a year after they got married. The actress, speaking on a podcast stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the proposed N62, 000 minimum wage by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria, disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pursue compensation, and not litigation to resolve land disputes in the nation’s capital. The President stated this when he commissioned the Guzape Lot II Infrastructure Project in Abuja on Saturday. He said the completion of the project was testament […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarships to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, stated that the last general election was characterised by fraud and a lot of irregularities. Obi stated this in his X account saying that the poll was disturbed by glitches irrespective of the huge sum of money spent to execute the exercise. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Saturday, the Nigeria Labour Congress accused state governors of acting in bad faith concerning matters of minimum wage negotiations. The Congress in a statement kicked against the claim by governors that the payment of N60,000 monthly as minimum wage to workers won’t be possible. It is worth recalling that governors under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 60 people have been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during several attacks by an affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, authorities said on Saturday. The attacks took place in Béni, a territory in the province of North Kivu. “This week alone, they killed 29 civilians on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate leadership has described the 650,000bpd Dangote Petroleum Refinery as the 9th wonder of the world but came hard on those who are skeptical of the completion of Dangote Petroleum Refinery describing them as dream killers. Indeed, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who led the leadership of the 10th Senate on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Doyin Okupem says President Bola Tinubu was the best among all the 2023 presidential candidates. Okupe stated this when he appeared on Channels Television saying that Tinubu is better than the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar regarding capacity. Okupe […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with the United Nations (UN) principles of leaving no one behind in all spheres of lives, people living with Disability in Enugu State, have advocated establishment of a Disability Commission in the state, urging governor Peter Mbah to consider it as a matter of importance and urgency. According to them, […]
