(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Peter Mbah, has called on the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to take decisive action in eliminating quacks from their profession and to actively push for the domestication and implementation of the Urban and Regional Planning Law across the nation. He spoke through his Deputy, Barrister Ifeanyi Ossai […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Power to investigate the frequent national grid collapses and provide a report within three weeks. This decision followed a motion of urgent national importance raised by Hon. Mansur Manu Soro (Bauchi, PDP) during the plenary session. In his motion, Hon. Soro expressed deep […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle of President Bola Tinubu began on Wednesday with the sacking of five ministers and the nomination of seven new ones for Senate confirmation. The President also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation. Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu was nominated as the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 82 Division, Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force Southeast Operation UDOKA, meaning (peace is best,) have continued to sustain its offensive against the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network IPOB/ESN criminals across the SouthEast region, as they smashed their Camps, Rescue Hostages and destroyed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. “There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder and General Superintendent(GS) of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Dr. William Folorunsho Kumuyi, has advised Nigerian youths not to be distracted by any situation. Pastor Kumuyi is in Enugu for a 6-Day Crusade with the theme , ‘The Day of his Power’ held at Okpara Square by 5.00pm daily. Glory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. “There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a Father, Native Doctor Over Alleged Conspiracy and killing of his son.. It said it is making “the public aware of the recent occurrence and handling of two separate murder cases. “In the first case, a native doctor, one Enuwa Odugu “m”, aged 48, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Hon. Emmanuel Ekene Nnamani, has said that the State has solved the issue of multiple taxation through the introduction of a single yearly unified tax payment system using the e-ticketing solution. Briefing newsmen in Enugu, he explained that the system allows business owners in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that 55,859 Permanent Voter Cards were collected in the state ahead of the Ondo governorship election. INEC, in a statement on Tuesday released by its National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun noted that the PVCs were collected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says effective October 25, 2024, it will commence its Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CBWASSCE) for private candidates. The exercise is expected to last till December 20, 2024, the examination body said in a statement on Tuesday. “The examination will adopt the hybrid mode […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday sacked the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission(KANSIEC), Prof. Sani Malumfashi for being card-carrying member of the Ruling New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP). The case was filed by Aminu Tiga and the All Progressive Congress (APC), The defendants in the suit are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhancing the welfare of civil servants in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson Sunusi Dawakin -Tofa on Tuesday in Kano. Yusuf stated this while receiving report from the state’s Minimum Wage Committee led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board has declared the Commissioner for Special Duties in Jigawa, Auwal Sankara, wanted for alleged adultery. The Commander General of the board, Aminu Daurawa, disclosed this at a news briefing in Kano on Monday. Daurawa said that the commissioner was allegedly caught in an uncompleted building with a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A private firm, Spaces for Change (S4C), in collaboration with a Civil Society group, South Sahara Social Development Organization (SSDO), have trained operators of Non governmental organizations NGOs, on regulatory compliance, in order to strengthen transparency and accountability. Our correspondent writes that some of the resource persons during the two day programme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said that it will review the compensation rates on crops and economic trees for landowners affected by projects to ensure fairness and justice. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this known at the 2024 National Technical Development Forum (NTDF) on Land Administration on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other stakeholders have advocated for the passage of a whistle blower protection law to encourage undeterred reportage of corrupt practices. The stakeholders made the call in a communique issued on Tuesday in Abuja at the end of a one-day workshop on effective collaboration aimed at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has tasked residents of the Southeast to ignore the sit-at-home order issued by an unknown group. In a statement issued on Monday, IPOB stated that the order did not come from their pro-Biafra organization. It could be recalled that there have been audio […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the out-of-school children menace in the country provides a fertile ground for the recruitment of future Boko Haram insurgents, if not properly addressed now. Obasanjo said this on Sunday in Bauchi, when he inaugurated the dualised seven-kilometre Awala-Mairuguri Road and 17.70-kilometre Awalah-Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has urged Nigerian youths to join politics to decide their fate and make a difference. Otti gave the advice during Church Service at The Transforming Church (TTC), on Sunday in Abuja. He explained that every society needs the leadership it deserves, saying: “If you sit back and […]
