(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly has extended the implementation of the 2024 Budget by six months, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said on Wednesday during the 2025 Budget presentation by President Bola Tinubu. “We shall continue on the part of nationalism and service to our country,” Akpabio said before a joint sitting of the Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In what could pass as comic relief during the serious business of budget presentation on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu jocularly referred to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly as the 11th National Assembly. Christened the ‘Budget of Restoration’, the President presented his second budget estimate of N47.9tn before members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has flayed critics of President Bola Tinubu’s tax reforms as lacking an understanding of what the initiatives were truly about. Akpabio disclosed this during his remarks at the presentation of the 2025 budget estimate by President Tinubu to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, will on Friday, December 20, 2024 award different degrees and Diploma to a total of eleven thousand one hundred and forty three, (11,143) of it’s graduating students, with 195 smiling home with First Class honours during her 53rd convocation ceremony. Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, on Tuesday, performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the Abia Airport project. In a speech at the event held at Ubaha-Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area, Keyamo said that the project was upgraded from an airstrip to an international cargo airport. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the suspension of chairmen in the 18 local governments (LG) of Edo by the House of Assembly. A statement by Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, the state PDP Chairman on Tuesday in Benin, described the action as unconstitutional, null, and void. He noted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari on his 82nd birthday and said his government will continue to build on the latter’s legacy. Tinubu described Buhari whom he took over the reins of office in 2023 as a dogged person who inspires others never to give up on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has stated that Abia State governor, Alex Otti is a prodigal son, and will return to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC. It is worth recalling that Governor Otti left the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, for APC in 2020 and after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command says it has commenced investigations into the alleged murder of one Mr Fabian Osita Chinedu, a staff of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University UNIZIk, Awka. The deceased was allegedly shot by unidentified gunmen on Monday, 16th December, 2024 at 10.10 pm at Aroma Junction. Perpetrators of the barbaric […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23tn as ransom between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the agency, the sum was paid by households who were affected by kidnapping incidents. The bureau also stated that the latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has offered amnesty to criminals in the state, announcing that they have until the end of February 2025 to lay down their arms. He also stated that there are plans to launch a joint security operation to tackle insecurity in the state. According to Soludo, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, issued a resolution suspending chairmen and vice chairmen of the 18 local government councils for two months. Also, the House directed the leaders of the legislative arms to take over leadership of their respective councils. The suspension of the council chairmen and their deputies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, an international development specialist, as the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education (UBEC). Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga announced the appointment in a press release issued on Tuesday. Garba, a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank, brings more […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged the media to support his administration’s proposed tax reforms, describing them as a critical step toward building enduring national wealth and prosperity for all Nigerians. Represented by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the President spoke Sunday evening at the 2024 Nigerian Media Merit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has officially renamed the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris disclosed the decision on Monday at the last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for the year, presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja. While speaking on the rationale […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved free transportation nationwide ahead of Christmas celebration. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President on Monday. He said the Federal Government will commence nationwide free train services from the 20th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council has given final approval to the 2025 budget to be presented by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking to State House correspondent shortly after the FEC meeting chaired by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Monday, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu said the total 2025 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed eight permanent secretaries in the federal civil service to fill existing and impending vacancies in some states and geo-political zones. This was contained in a press release issued on Monday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. It was the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has threatened to sue persons behind an online media, Daily Excessive, over an alleged fake report targeted at causing a strained relationship between him and President Bola Tinubu. The decision to sue the purveyors of the news was made known in a statement signed by Michael […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged dust haze on Monday in the northern region with visibility ranges of 1km to 3km. It anticipated localised visibility of less than 1km throughout the […]
