(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three new Executive Commissioners to serve in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and the redeployment of one current Executive Commissioner, pending their confirmation by the Senate. According to a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has approved the payment of ₦25,000 and ₦15,000 to workers and pensioners in the state respectively as wage award to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Makinde announced the wage award while addressing workers who stormed the Governor’s Office on Monday in Ibadan to protest the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has called for a single five-year term for Nigeria’s President. Obi disclosed that the proposal was part of his campaign in the electioneering period as he could have moved for the amendment of the Constitution to allow the President to stay only five years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights Organization Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network CRRAN, has identified Imo State as the most dangerous place to live in South East Nigeria, following the alarming rate of rights violations in the area. It posited that the increase in rights violation in the state calls for serious concern by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Canadian government, diplomatic community, and all persons affected by a fire incident which occurred on Monday at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president’s office, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked back to Pretoria for consultations, without […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Chukwuma Soludo led Anambra State Government has arrested about twenty girls, ages between 15 years and above at a brothel in Oba, Idemili South Council Area of the State. The teenagers were apprehended Wednesday during a raid carried out by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Ify Ibinabo in collaboration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has opened up on the attack on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in a protest at the state’s House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to the police, the attack was ‘not deliberate’ and the intention behind the water cannons and tear gassing was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and other international Stakeholders in the financial sector, have applauded the Dr Tunde Adetunji’s BRAIN DRAIN TO BRAIN GAIN project, saying it would serve as checks and balances to unite the world as a global village. They equally posited that the project has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday was in the Presidential Villa to congratulate President Bola Tinubu on the Supreme Court judgement which declared that he was duly elected. The African Examiner writes that Jonathan’s visit is coming barely 24 hours after the Supreme Court rejected appeals filed against Tinubu’s election by Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, has instructed medical personnel across the country to treat gunshot victims without seeking for police report. Egbetoku disclosed this in a memo as he tasked health workers to sensitize Nigerians about the issue. The IGP’s directive was based on the Compulsory Treatment and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has applauded the Supreme Court judgment affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 23 presidential election. Ganduje said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, on Thursday in Abuja. He said the […]
…Makes Case For Higher Voter Turnout (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the judgment of the Supreme Court affirming his victory in the February 25 Presidential election In a statement issued by his former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari said the decision […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has applauded the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed his victory in the February 25 Presidential election. In a statement issued shortly after the judgment on Thursday and personally signed by him, Tinubu stated the apex court has done justice to all issues put up for consideration in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, Thursday constituted a 7-man investigative committee to probe frauds, alleged corruption at Enugu State College of Education Technical (ESCET). Represented by the Secretary to the State Government SSG, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the governor said the committee’s terms of reference were to investigate grave allegations of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his defeat at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the former vice President and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been told to accept the defeat and congratulate President Bola Tinubu. The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, said Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi should congratulate President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s prosperity depends on getting her power sector right, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has declared. Montgomery made the declaration at a round table on the Electricity Act 2023 with the theme: “Implications and Opportunities for State Electricity Markets’’. The two-day event organised by the Nigeria Forum (NGF) is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment on Thursday, in the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Atiku and Obi are challenging the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) which dismissed their election petitions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa received the ‘Quick Win Report’ on fiscal policy and tax reforms from the committee tasked with improving the nation’s revenue profile and business environment. Responding to a presentation by chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Mustapha to serve as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN). A statement issued on Monday and signed by Special Adviser to the Presidenti on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said Mustapha has served for […]
