(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yakubu Gowon, a former head of state, has disclosed that he begged with the late Sani Abacha, a former military ruler, not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo. NAN quoted Gowon as saying this at the maiden edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has not yet commenced bulk sales or opened its purchase portal, as essential processes are still being finalized. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He stated that the products the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit filed by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bobrisky had sought N200 million from the EFCC for “psychotic trauma” and demanded N1 billion from the National Assembly for the “violation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-partisan research institute, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, has indicted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the September 21 Edo State governorship election. The organisation which conducted a review on the election which produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as governor of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he is leaving politics to focus on his non-profitable organisation, Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, a nonpartisan research institute to join hands with other Nigerians who are interested in reforming the political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Population Commission (NPC) has stated that there is no plan to conduct the next census in 2025. The African Examiner had earlier reported that Nasir Kwarra, NPC chairman, reportedly disclosed that 2025 is the next date for the upcoming census. Kwarra stated this during the 2024 anniversary of the International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured that the reforms in Nigeria would improve Africa’s economic prospects. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued on Friday said Tinubu spoke at a State Dinner organised for him by the French government at Palais des Elysée in Paris […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on February 15, 2021. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Ministry of Transport has officially handed over the completed Port Harcourt – ABA section of the Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway Project to the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nig. Limited, handed over the project to the Federal Ministry of Transport at an event in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of allegations bordering on terrorism. Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) failed, in its entirety, to establish a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has reiterated his opposition to the tax reform bills, saying that the hurry by the Presidency and some lawmakers to pass the bills looks suspicious. The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since it was sent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 7th Prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, who is testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of Godwin Emefiele. Adetola, who identified himself as an Executive Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says its Investigation & Enforcement team has uncovered a trove of counterfeit medicines during a raid at Tyre Village, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. The Agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Thursday, stating that the operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd’s new Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia, has called on upstream stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry to strengthen corporate governance, transparency and efficiency in their operations. Ntia, spoke during an Upstream Governance, Risk and Compliance Workshop themed “Enhancing Governance, Risk and Compliance in Nigeria’s Upstream […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, has stated that Nigeria will conduct its population and housing census in 2025, nearly two decades after the last census in 2006. Kwarra stated this in the 2024 anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development held in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Finnish district court has scheduled May 2025 for the prosecution to file charges against separatist leader, Simon Ekpa. The African Examiner recalls that the pro-Biafra agitator was arrested last week Thursday by security operatives in the northern European nation and he was taken to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says the Port Harcourt Refinery Company Limited has not released any new purchase price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, National President, PETROAN made this known in a statement on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has concluded arrangements to refund over N95 million to 1,572 pilgrims, who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise from the state. The Director-General of the board, Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, on Wednesday. Labbo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday began a two-day visit to France, with both sides seeking increased economic cooperation and Paris looking to boost ties in English-speaking Africa following a series of setbacks with former allies on the continent. Macron greeted his counterpart at the historic Invalides memorial complex, with the first official […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has sacked Edith Uduma, an inspector, for allegedly taking a bribe from Abraham Uzuobo, a sergeant, to hide a rape incident. It is worth recalling that Uzuobo was accused of raping a 17-year-old female suspect in a room inside South-Ibie police station in Edo state. The suspect […]
