(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Friday ordered the Rivers Government, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of applications before it in respect of the Valued Added Tax (VAT). The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, says Nigerians are solidly behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as long as its choice for the 2023 general elections reflects their aspirations for a new beginning. Elumelu stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Masari says the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections is a forgone conclusion. He made this declaration when he got the mid-term report of last Saturday’s Local Government Congress of the party from the National Working Committee chaired by Aliyu Kumo at the Government House, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned visit to the State. The State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Ogubundu Nwadike, stated that Buhari’s visit is a mockery on the people of the State. It could be recalled that Governor Hope Uzodinma had recently announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five more people have died from COVID-19 complications as Nigeria recorded 559 fresh cases on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its infections update published on its Facebook page on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the additional 727 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has reopened its Embassy in Libya after it was closed in 2014 when the North African nation descended into civil war. German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas presided over the reopening of the Embassy in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya today, during his short visit intended to show support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ESOA, the EMEA Satellite Operators Association and the Smart Africa Alliance (Smart Africa) have announced their partnership which is aimed at advancing digital transformation across Africa. ESOA represents 22 global and regional satellite operators and is recognised as the representative body for satellite operators by international, regional, and national bodies including regulators, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Jigawa have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife to death in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after the police received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco’s liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections followed by another liberal party, PAM, while co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed on Thursday. RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament, followed by PAM with 82 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc, a multinational commercial bank has announced its partnership with SME.NG to launch a new initiative, Ebi Marketplace, an online platform to support the digitization of women-owned businesses in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, Access Bank said Ebi Marketplace, which will be Nigeria’s first all-women’s e-market place with a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Thursday visit Guinea which has been gripped by a military coup, according to a communique issued late Wednesday. The communique was issued after a virtual meeting of the organisation, convened by ECOWAS Chairman Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to discuss […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has refuted claims that it issued a sit-at-home order in the Southeastern part of the country because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday. The African Examiner writes that there are reports that the secessionist group had ordered residents of the region particularly, Imo State to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Imo State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that his scheduled visit to the state is a huge mockery on the people of the state. APGA disclosed this in a statement issued to the press on Wednesday saying that President Buhari must be taken to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said it has taken its investment portfolio further into Africa’s fast-growing technology infrastructure landscape in order to make far reaching development impact across the continent. Afreximbank is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and promote intra-and extra-African trade. The bank deploys innovative structures to deliver financing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Piqued by the recent military coup in Guinea, the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has called for speedy return of democratic governance in strict compliance with the constitution of the Republic of Guinea as well as all applicable laws. WACSOF gave the charge in statement while condemning the September 5 military […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Value Added Tax (VAT). The Special Assistant to the Chairman of the FIRS on Media and Communications, Johannes Wojuola, gave the advice in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, enforcing the unlawful sit at- home order in Southeast region of Nigeria, on Monday took laws into their hands as they set on fire a lorry loaded with motorcycle spare parts. The incident occurred at Eluagu Obukpa, in Nsukka council area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday threatened to re-imposed the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and death […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aiyede-Ekiti, a community in Oye Local Government Area, Ekiti State, has protested the omission of its name as the headquarter of newly-created Local Council Development Area (LCDA) by the state government. The community addressed a news conference on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, and distributed a document titled: “Aiyede-Ekiti Rejects It Omission from the […]
