(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a renowned paediatrician with a distinguished career in public health and former First Lady of Kebbi State, on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). This was contained in a Press Release issued on Wednesday and signed by Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he is disturbed by President Bola Tinubu “singling him out” in a statement concerning the crisis in Rivers state. The African Examiner recalls that arsonists torched three LGA secretariats in Rivers after the announcement of the Local government election at the weekend. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A grandmother and her four grandkids were reported dead under mysterious circumstances after they finished a meal of pap and fish in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The incident happened a few days ago in the Gaga Area of Oke-Aro, Akure South Local Government and has thrown the community into mourning and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, of Anambra state, South East Nigeria, has warned traders in the state that his administration would henceforth seal any shop or plaza that fails to open for business on Mondays as a result of the illegal Monday sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said his administration is ready to partner with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund to revamp the Police College, Oji River, and the Police Detective College in Enugu city to restore them to centres of excellence and boost the war against crime and insecurity. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, showed doggedness in the just ended LGA elections in the state. Okonkwo heaped praises on Fubara for making sure that the elections took place against all odds. The actor turned lawyer stated this in a television […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured Nigerians not to panic as it has put in place policies to ensure that all monies deposited in financial institutions across the country are secured. A statement by the apex bank’s Ag. Director, Corporate Communications, Hakama Ali on Tuesday, reassured the public of its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained a commercial sex worker, Joy Kelvin, for allegedly stabbing a client, simply identified as Okafor, 48, to death. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, over the passing of the family patriarch, Alhaji Abdullahi Sabi. This was contained in a Press Release issued on Monday by Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The President said he shared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Funds has visited parts of Enugu State affected by flooding. Communities affected by the disaster are Amechi Idodo, Amauzam Amagunze, Ihuokpara and Nkerefi communities in Nkanu East Council area of the state. Others include, Mpu, Okpanku, Oduma and Nenwe in Aninri Local Government Area. Assessing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara said he does not regret conducting local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance by Wike’s men in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a Press Release issued on Monday s>aid that in response to recent tensions following […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hannatu Musa Musawa, minister of art, culture and creative economy, has stated that there is nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while passing through the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Musawa stated this on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme.In the chat, the minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, says she is not worried about the planned reshuffling of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Bola Tinubu. Asked whether she was worried that the President would drop her from his cabinet because of the “controversies” around her person, the minister said, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has unsealed all 23 Local Government Area Secretariats in the state following the election and swearing in of new chairmen. This was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko earlier on Monday morning. She said the newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Bala […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Austin Okpara, says the success of the conduct of the October 5, 2024, local government election in the oil-rich state shows the indigenes of the state are tired of oppression. “What it portends is that Rivers people are tired of oppression, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former minister of power, who later served as governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Thursday, in Lokoja, stated that alleged “expenditure” of a phantom $16 billion on the power sector by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration never happened. Imoke, who was also Chairman of the Power Sector Technical Board […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers has swept 22 of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s Local Government Elections. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results, Enebeli said that the winners secured two-third majority […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers state Police Command says it is investigating 2 explosions that rocked the city of Port Harcourt in the early hours of Saturday amid local government election in the state. In a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, the police acknowledged the explosion at the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The poor handling of logistics for the Benue state local government election, may have direct impact on voter turnout with many returning to their business premises to pursue their daily bread while these youths enjoy the English premiere league game. The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) ward supervisor said the delay […]
