(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Sunday when 48 people lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- road in Niger. Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. He said the agency received a report of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Algeria’s incumbent President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has been re-elected with almost 95 per cent of the vote, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. “Out of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 per cent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has kicked against plans by the President Tinubu’s government to increase the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. Atiku, taking to his social media accounts on Sunday described the move as a “regressive and punitive policy”. “President Bola Tinubu, alongside his coterie of advisers, has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says miracle water, soap and other products being sold to the public by one Prophet, Jeremiah Omoto are unregistered. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Olusayo Akintola, in Abuja on Sunday. According to Akintola, Omoto […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo Government has announced an indefinite postponement of resumption of all schools in the state over the hike in fuel price. The government announced this, in a memo by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Ojo Akin-Longe, in Benin on Saturday. The permanent secretary said the resumption, scheduled for Sept. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, has resigned with immediate effect. The African Examiner reports that his resignation statement reads thus: “On Friday, I submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President informing my office that I am proceeding on an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied undermining the recent launching and marketing of the petrol produced by the Dangote Refinery Limited (DRL) even as it said that the corporation is not the sole off taker in the industry. This is contained in a statement issued and signed by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was still in detention on Friday in spite of being released for a few hours a day earlier, his campaign team said. Zammel is one of three candidates approved by Tunisia’s electoral commission to run in a presidential election on Oct. 6 which opposition critics say […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday in China said it was not easy to have national consensus on issues, stressing that he was ready to take the hard decisions to move the nation forward. Tinubu spoke in Beijing as he rounded off his official engagement by meeting with Nigerians living in the country, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Archbishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, on Friday, admonished President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress to quickly look into the economic hardship in the country as Nigerians are hungry. Kukah also enjoined the government to reduce the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, better known as petrol, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that only buyers with National Identification Numbers would be considered as it begins the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a reduced cost of N40,000 per 50kg bag. President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than 17 pupils were killed after a fire razed down Hillside Endarasha Academy, a boarding primary school in Kenya’s Nyeri county. The fire started late Thursday night and it injured over 14 people. There are speculations that the death toll could increase as more than a dozen have been taken […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday returned over a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles which were fraudulently taken by some Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Speaking during the signing ceremony for the return of the recovered vehicles and funds, the Executive Chairman of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States of America based Investigative Journalist and publisher, Mr Jackson Ude has dismissed a memo labeled “fake” by the Zamfara State Government accusing him of terrorism and banditry. Ude, a communication strategist, and former Director of Communications and Strategy to former President Goodluck Jonathan, took to his verified X handle @jacksonpbn […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the clarification in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent increase in the feeding allowance for inmates in Nigeria’s Custodial Centres. The increase will take effect from August 2024 as part of measures aimed at improving the welfare of inmates. Speaking on Thursday at the Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee’s monthly press briefing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to amend the law that established the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to enhance operations efficiency. Mr Abiodun Akinlade, the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation Technology, disclosed this at a retreat in Abuja on Thursday. The retreat was to inform the members of the committee […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bank of Industry (BOI) has received €1.425 billion from the senior phase of its global loan syndication- representing a 42.5 per cent oversubscription from international financial markets. BOI made this known in a statement, saying that this is the senior phase of another landmark transaction for the bank tapping the syndicated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State (Oil) Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, says there is availability of petrol despite the scarcity and hike in the price of the product. He stated this on Thursday while briefing journalists at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima. “What is important is that products […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s president, Olusegun Obasanjo says the country may be complex but not difficult to manage. Obasanjo disclosed this during the memorial lecture in honour of Akintola Williams, Nigeria’s first chartered accountant. “I always say Nigeria is a complex country. You must understand that. But Nigeria is not a difficult country to […]
