As Bayelsans prepare to elect a new governor on December 5 this year, there are indications that the wife of the former president, Dame Patience Jonathan is backing the governorship ambition of Chief Timipre Sylva, the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State. Sylva who is standing trial on multiple corruption charges wants to contest the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Defence to produce a plan for the establishment of a modest Military Industrial Complex for the local production of weapons to meet some of the requirements of the country’s armed forces. The President who said this at the graduation ceremony of the National […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – If it is the utmost desire of the opposition PDP members and their supporters to endlessly and ruthlessly politicize, as well as trivialize every issue relating to the present administration, they are very much at liberty, with respect to their choice. Also, if it is their wish, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – President Muhammadu Buhari has promised his administration will work to further improve existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and other countries, across the globe. Mr. President gave the assurance Thursday while receiving letters of credence of three new ambassadors to Nigeria, including: – Mr. Andrezj Dycha of Poland, Mr. Stanislas Kamanzi of […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – The crisis- ridden Anambra state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday suffer another major set back, as over 1,000 of its members dumped the party for the ruling All Progress Grand Alliance, APGA in the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER reports that the PDP members made their decision known […]
By Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – When Tragedy struck last Friday in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, no fewer than eight people died and over 100 others were left unconscious after inhaling chlorine from a cylinder that exploded at the treatment plant of the State’s Water Board. Our correspondent gathered that the cylinder containing the gaseous […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The Director General of Nigeria Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT), Dr. Ijagbone Ighadolo Folorunso has been accused of falsification of age, forgery and corruption by staffers of the Institute. The age falsification accusation was allegedly meant to enable him prolong his tenure in office. The petitioners who demanded immediate […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria – Since President Buhari of Nigeria came on board on May 29, 2015 we have seen his effort and energy that are almost entire directed at ending the insurgents and their empires in and around Nigeria. He had been to Niger, World Economic group called the G7, […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – House of Representative has commended President Mohammed Buhari on his decision to implement the reports of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)to clean up the despoliation of Ogoni environment and other Niger Delta Communities polluted by oil exploration activities of the region. This followed a motion by Kinglesy Chinda Ogudu,(PDP RIVERS) that […]
Ayodele Afolabi – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senate Caucus has accused President Mohammadu Buhari of lack of transparent his war against corruption. The caucus accused him of targeting PDP members as well as PDP States as if people from his party are clean. Briefing reporters at the National Assembly after the day’s session, Senator […]
BY IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Enugu state police Command says it has apprehended two other suspected recent killers of the traditional ruler of Nkerefi community in Nkanu East Council Area of the state, Peter Onuoha and four others Our Correspondent reports that the arrest of the suspects, identified as Ogbuife Chinedu, fondly called Osama […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the enormous debt profile of Nigeria’s aviation sector, saying that his administration will act quickly to redress the situation. ”I am concerned about the enormous debt profile in the aviation sector. The Federal Government has to do something quickly because safety, security and international respectability are involved here. […]
*Hails Nigerians for celebrating Ex-Governor’s legacies The Caretaker Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has been put to shame by the large crowd of Nigerians from all walks of life who gathered at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday to honour the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, […]
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in the April election in Rivers State has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for his courage in fast-tracking the long expected implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland in Rivers State. Peterside who spoke in Abuja, the nation’s capital, expressed […]
*Says Cost Hugely Over Exaggerated By Niyi Adeyi – The Presidency has refuted the media reports claiming an estimated N2.2 Billion as the total cost of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent trip to United States (US). The rebuttal which was contained in a release issued Wednesday by Buhari’s Senior Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, […]
Senator Hope Uzodimma has absolved himself from indebtedness to the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, insisting that he has neither borrowed from the bank nor been notified of any indebtedness by FCMB. Reacting to the list of alleged delinquent debtors released by First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited on Wednesday, Uzodimma challenged the bank […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – About 24 hours after the sack of its Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Joseph Dawha, his successor, Emmanuel Kachikwu, has fired the Group Executive Directors (GED) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The affected Directors (GEDs) included: Messrs Ian Udoh, who until the latest exercise, was in charge of (Refining […]
*It’s the height greed and selfishness Plans by former First Lady and wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan to hijack the All Progressive Congress, APC in Bayelsa State to foist a candidate of her choice in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State has been uncovered. A group simply known as the ‘Forum […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja pledged that his administration will take all necessary actions to maintain and improve the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a functional vehicle for the promotion of national unity and integration. Buhari gave the assurance after receiving a briefing from officials of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development […]
By Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The outgoing Commander of the Special Task Force (STF) responsible for the maintenance of peace in Plateau State, Major General David Enetie, has charged the Force personnel to intensify their patrol and be more proactive in discharging their duties so as to achieve maximum result in its quest to rid […]
