(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) and Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, shared an optimistic outlook on the future of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry during a panel session at the just concluded Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja. Speaking on the theme “Fuelling Growth: The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has revoked a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway contract being handled by Julius Berger over irregularities. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road on Thursday in Abuja. Umahi said that the road contract was awarded to Julius […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has announced the restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday, between 7a.m. and 4p.m. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner for Information, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday, said that the decision was to ensure a hitch-free Council Poll in the state. “The decision is also to guarantee the security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N6,430.02 recorded in August to N6,699.63 in September 2024 This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for September 2024 released on Friday in Abuja. The report said the September price represented a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky jointly responsible for Russia’s attack against Ukraine. “He should never have let that war start,” Trump told the YouTuber Patrick Bet-David in a podcast that lasted almost an hour and a half. Russia launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Public Service Joint Negotiating Council has stated that N85,000 minimum wage approval by Gov. Babjide Sanwo-Olu was unexpected. The council made this known in a statement signed by all chairpersons and secretaries of the union on Thursday. They include Messrs Olusegun Balogun and Aladetan Abiodun, both representing the Association […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that there is a need to have power grids in different regions or states to stop the unending grid collapses. Adelabu made this known on Wednesday when he unveiled Hexing Livoltek which is an electricity meter manufacturing company in the Lekki area of Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), has stated that some Rogue police officers and soldiers after getting their arms from their security formations sell them to criminals. Ribadu made this known on Thursday in the arms destruction exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberty Organisation CLO, Enugu state branch has distanced itself from a petition addressed to Governor Peter Mbah, of the state, asking him to dethrone the traditional ruler of Agunese community in Awgu Council area of the state, His Royal Highness Igwe Cyprian Maduabuchi Nevobasi, saying the Author of the document […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Enugu Field Office, has emphasized the need for Nigerians to always embrace hand washing practice, saying it remains a Cornerstone for disease prevention, just as it solicited for robust partnership with the media in promoting the habit. As a catalyst development partner, the organization assured that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the state will pay N85,000 minimum wage to its workers, which is N15,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the Federal Government in July. President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law in July, ending months of deliberations between government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has dismissed worries in some quarters over the rising debt profile of the state, saying that Lagos is still within the standard debt ratio. Lagos currently stands as the highest debtor among the federating units in Nigeria either foreign or local. According to the National Bureau […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday said that the absence of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the country does not create any leadership vacuum. While Tinubu departed for the country on October 2, 2024, for a two-week working leave, Shettima left Abuja on Wednesday for Sweden on a two-day visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Wednesday, inaugurated the sales of subsidised rice and other essential commodities at 55 per cent discount rates across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration, which took place in Kware Local Government Area, signalled commencement of the programme across the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, which claimed over 100 lives. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday said there was no vacuums ⁸in government despite the fact that President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima are out of the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With just over two months to the end of the 2024 fiscal year, the House of Representatives has drawn attention to the violation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act by President Bola Tinubu. In a motion by a member of the House, Clement Jimbo, the lawmakers drew attention to the fact that the […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has clarified his recent directive mandating the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to ensure foreign carriers patronize local caterers for on-board meals starting January 1, 2025. In a statement on his X handle on Tuesday, Keyamo clarified that directing foreign airlines on out-bound […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adedeji Adeleke, the father of the award-winning singer, David, better known as Davido, has opened up on how he got the license to get the environmental permit for his power plant worth over $2 billion. The billionaire industrialist stated this while speaking as a Layperson from the West-Central Africa Division during the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Wednesday, a petrol tanker explosion in the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday damaged lots of properties. The African Examiner writes that the petrol tanker explosion triggered a fire which damaged vehicles and houses. Also, some persons reportedly were injured from the explosion. According to the Punch, an eyewitness […]
