(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit or petrol has taken a drastic turn in Kaduna state, with pump prices hitting as high as ₦1,100 per litre. Our correspondent gathered that residents of the state are groaning over the situation, and have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to urgently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has lamented the increase in the number of Nigerian children who are dying of food scarcity in Nigeria. Ndume, disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa as he stated that President Bola Tinubu had closed the door on some of his ministers and this has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – It is a tale of woes as an acute scarcity of one of Nigerians’ most popular staple foods, bread, has hit Kaduna, Katsina, and Kano States. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria correspondents revealed that the most-favoured staple was now as scarce as petrol or the highly-prized precious metal, Gold. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution to provide seat reservations for women in the National Assembly. The bill also covered the State Houses of Assembly. The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, who represents Bende Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned airlines against indulging in deceitful departure time scheduling. Briefing journalists on Tuesday at the Authority’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, the agency’s acting Director General, Chris Najomo, said the NCAA now runs a zero-tolerance approach to regulatory infractions. Speaking through the NCAA Director of Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has backed the re-election bid of Amaji Pinnick into the Council of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Pinnick, two-term President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was elected into the Council in March 2021 – the third Nigerian after the late Oyo Orok Oyo and Dr. Amos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, hundreds of non-teaching staff, consisting of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Association of Universities of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, embarked in a nationwide protest with their colleagues and this brought academic activities in the university to a halt. The protest, which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has opened up on how Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, moved funds to his wife, Margaret Emefiele. Ogbonnaya informed an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday how Emefiele used the bank to send millions of naira to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s House of Representatives has called on the President to suspend the Samoa agreement recently signed by his government over the controversial Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (LGBT) clause in the aggrement. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by deputy minority leader Aliyu Madaki and 88 others, during plenary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo, a former officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to life imprisonment over an offence of rape. The 39- year- old convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Olatawura on May 13, 2022 on one count […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is to establish mobile courts to attend to issues relating to sexual harassment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye made this known at a one-day National Stakeholder’s Engagement on Sexual Harassment Prevention on Tuesday in Abuja. The event was organized by the ICPC in collaboration with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2024, retaining the award for a fourth consecutive year. The bank was also named as Best Corporate Governance, Nigeria for the third year running in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2024. The awards, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Monday stated that a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau has been arrested and detained for attempting to commit suicide. It is worth recalling that Yushau climbed a broadcast mast that is owned by Aso Television and Radio in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, said on Monday that President Bola Tinubu has approved the entire budget estimate submitted for Nigeria’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Enoh, who did not mention the amount approved, said this on Monday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, while handing over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the issue of bullying in secondary schools across Nigeria continues to create disaffection amongst parents, junior and Senior students, newly elected Executive of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA), Federal Government College, Enugu has vowed to put a stop to such act. Chairman of the new executive, Dr. Chinedu Mbah, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Martin Amaewhule led-Rivers State House of Assembly has given a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the lawmakers. The ultimatum is coming after the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday. Also, the other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo had a parallel sitting. It is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Ghanaian chef, Ebenezer Smith, better known as Millennium Chef Smith, who was recently exposed for forging a Guinness World Record in a cooking marathon, has stated that he does not deserve to be alive because of his disgraceful actions. Smith stated this in a recent interview with GHOne TV on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized cartons of aphrodisiac products and sex enhancement drugs worth ₦12 million in Sokoto. NAFDAC Coordinator in the state, Garba Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the agency’s patrol team made the seizures during routine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of the Senate Yemi Adaramodu has downplayed criticisms over wages earned by federal lawmakers, saying the National Assembly’s budget is just one per cent of the country’s budget. Senator Adaramodu said contrary to widely-held belief, the lawmakers are not earning humongous sums as salaries. “Like I said, in the 2023 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has listed state-owned schools eligible for the student loan scheme. In a Sunday statement, NELFUND said students from the 36 schools can now submit their applications for the student loan fund on its portal. “The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is pleased to announce that students […]
