(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Secretary of the Committee of APC Diaspora Chairmen, Mr Ayoola Lawal has condemned the inclusion of President Bola Tinubu in the recent global corruption ranking by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Lawal, the immediate past Chairman of the APC in Scandinavian countries in a statement on Saturday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has confirmed the death of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tayo Oluwatuyi. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by Chief ‘Wale Akinlosotu, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo State. The deceased was involved in a car accident on Dec. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the Nasarawa State Executive Council. He announced the dissolution during an executive council meeting on Friday, 3rd January 2025. The governor appreciated the outgone commissioners and the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State for the services rendered to the Government and people of Nasarawa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will experience a long period of power outages starting next week on Monday. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced this in a statement via its X handle on Friday. It said the power outage will occur due to the relocation of the 33KV DC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a way expressing appreciation for promoting community development and youth empowerment in their locality, youths in Awgu Council area of Enugu state have conferred various awards of recognitions on her illustrious sons, among them, pioneer Deputy Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Comrade Adolphus Ude. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will undertake a state visit to Enugu State on Saturday during which he will commission some of the numerous projects executed by the Governor Peter Mbah Administration. This was made known in a statement issued on Friday by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia. “The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has placed a N10m bounty on the killers of security agents and some civilians in Anambra State. Gunmen attacked and killed two security operatives and five others in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state on December 30th. Days later, Soludo paid a condolence visit to the families of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will make its first official visit to Enugu State on Saturday to inaugurate some projects executed by the Gov. Peter Mbah administration. Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the Secretary to the State Government disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Enugu. Onyia said, “The Enugu State Government is happy to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s overall Food Price Index averaged 122.0 points — 2.6 points or 2.1 percent lower than the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo Friday announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders from the start of this year, marking a step towards continental economic integration. The announcement came during his final state of the nation address as he prepares to step down on January 6 after two terms in office. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno State Urban Planning and Development Board (BSUPDB) has banned street hawking and other illegal activities in Maiduguri metropolis. The General Manager of the board, Mr Limán Mustapha, in a statement on Friday, said the ban was in accordance with the Borno State Urban Planning and Development Law of 2002. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A British independent school, Charterhouse that is located in the Lekki area of Lagos State, has again generated controversy over its fees from Nigerians on social media. According to the website of the school, the Charterhouse Family of Schools has been a prominent name in British education for over 400 years. Also, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has applauded lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi. Obi, in a tweet on Friday, after his visit to Farotimi, who recently came back from a correctional facility in Ekiti stated that Farotimi was in high spirits irrespective of what he went […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that Peter Obi’s New Year message is “misleading and an attempt to score cheap political points”. It is worth recalling that Obi was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections. During his New Year message to Nigerians, Obi slammed President Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has slammed the reforms being implemented by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos during the 2023 elections, speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, claimed that the only people benefitting from the reforms are the president’s friends. It is worth recalling that President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A wedding in Jigawa State went from merry making to tragedy after a bride allegedly poisoned food served at the reception. According to reports, the incident is said to have left the groom seriously ill and one of the wedding guests dead. The incident happened in the Jahun Local Government Area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has restated the commitment of Nigerian Armed Forces in ensuring that the nation is secured by getting rid of criminal elements causing security breaches across the nation. General Musa said this while speaking to journalists after the visit to the military cantonment in Samaru, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain produced its cleanest electricity on record last year with output of fossil fuels at an all-time low and renewables reaching a record high, a study has shown. Oil, gas and coal together produced 29 per cent of the UK’s electricity in 2024 while renewables — including wind and solar power — […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, says telecommunication companies are unanimously proposing a 100 per cent increase in tariffs to the Nigerian government. He noted that the rising operational cost, inflation and naira devaluation have made the increase in tariffs very necessary for the survival of the industry. “We […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government’s deficit spending surged by 28 per cent, Year-On-Year to N12.1 trillion in the first ten months of 2024. An analysis of data in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Monthly Economic Reports, showed that the increase was from N9.8 trillion recorded in the same period of 2023. This further […]
