(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is concluding his four-day trip to Africa with a visit to Lesotho on Saturday. Steinmeier’s visit is the first by a German president to the small mountainous country, which is situated within South Africa. The trip follows an invitation from King Letsie III, extended during a visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged leaders in West Africa to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent peaceful elections as a model of democratic maturity and commitment to national unity. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press statement said Tinubu spoke at the opening of the 66th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained the reason for the absence of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello from past court trials. Quoting Bello’s counsel, J.B. Daudu (SAN) during trial on Friday, a statement by EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said his absence was “a procedural move”. The former Kogi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Appeal Court Abuja has set aside all orders restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing funds to the Rivers State government. The Three-member panel, presided by Justice Hamman Barka, held that the subject matter was not within the jurisdiction of the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Nwakuche Ndidi as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The appointment of Ndidi follows the expiration of the tenure of the current CG, Haliru Nababa. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total sum of ₦1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has stated that 9,532 people are owing land allocated to them in Abuja. Olayinka stated that former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, is owing N152 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has reshuffled his cabinet, scrapped the Chief of Staff (CoS) portfolio, and removed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Bichi. The announcement was made during a press briefing by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the reshuffle is part […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has issued a stern warning to pirates ahead of the release of her upcoming movie ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’. Akindele in a video posted on her Instagram handle threatened to arrest anyone caught wanting. She urged viewers not to record her movie while watching it in the cinema. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja to strike out an application filed by former Governor of the Central of Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court. Through its counsel, Senior Advocate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says for the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers, with 2024 seeing at least 68 deaths in the line of duty. More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has received position reports on the establishment of State police from the 36 state governors. The NEC meeting was chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima and attended by state governors, deputy governors, ministers and some presidential aides. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting which lasted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Emmanuel Ahmadu, a Nigerian who sat the West Africa School Senior Certificate Education exam 17 times, has earned a distinction from the prestigious London Graduate School in the UK. Mr Ahmadu, a Nigerian mental health advocate based in the U.S., disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. He said he was also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babagana Zulum of Zamfara State has expressed regret concerning the auto accident that killed two students and left 16 critically injured along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road on Wednesday. Zulum, in a statement issued on Thursday by his spokesperson, Dauda Illiya, saw the governor expressing his condolences to the Borno State University community, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Users of Meta-controlled social media applications have been shut out globally as the company grapples with a “technical issue” Frustrated Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users trooped out to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday evening to report the global outage of the three apps owned by tech giant Mark Zuckerberg. Downdetector also showed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) held an in-person meeting at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday night. Fifteen governors, mainly of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were present at the meeting as of the time of filing this report. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State elected on the platform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has called for innovation and proper use of electronic evidence and other modern devices in the nation’s legal system. He said violation of human rights has taken a new dimension “in this 21st century, stressing that the key challenges and threats are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced updates to its immigration visa process, effective January 1, 2025. pplicants with scheduled interviews will now need to visit the Consulate General in Lagos twice as part of the application procedure. The embassy shared on its official X page that “For applicants with interviews […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly 597,000 people last year. In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 — […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence from ECOWAS Member States are meeting in Nigeria for the 53rd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ministerial Level. The meeting is held at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Headquarters in Abuja. The 52nd meeting of […]
