By Akintokunbo Adejumo, London BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was as usual browsing the noted and respected Sahara Reporters website when I came across a Petition/Press Release by a group named Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) who claimed to be a “coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti-corruption organizations whose primary aim is […]
By Our Reporter with Agency Reports BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | A general close to ousted strongman Blaise Compaore took the lead in a Burkina Faso coup and promised elections would be held “soon”, as the death toll from gunshots fired at protesters rose to three. The latest unrest hit the landlocked west African nation […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY AYO BALOGUN – The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Post-Election Review Committee (PERC), Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says the Committee’s Report is ready for submission on 30 September, 2015. He stated this at the end of the retreat by the Committee to harmonise and adopt […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | By Akin Soneyin BY AKIN SONEYIN – Members of Osun State Association of Medical and Dental Officers (OSAMDO) have indicated interest to embark on an indefinite industrial action later this month, due to backlog of unpaid salaries and remittance of contributory pension fund, which is deducted from their monthly pay. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has called on the general public to ignore media reports of the purported “resignation” of a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on Non-Indigenes in the state, Mr Chinedu Mbah, describing him as ungrateful. Mbah was reported to have resigned due to indebtedness […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Toyin, the wife of the Deputy Managing Director of Sun Publishing Limited, Steve Nwosu, has been released by her abductors. Toyin’s release came after three days of her abduction. The mother of four was released in the early hours of Thursday. It was gathered that the kidnappers dropped her off […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party Candidate as Best Alternative For Kogi State. All is now set for the November election of Kogi State as all major political party have selected and produced their candidates. It’s interesting that as expected the current ruling party in the state produced the incumbent while APC produced a former […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Achilike William-Wobodo, All Progressives Congress, APC field agent has described the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State as an irregular and stage-managed exercise, programmed to favour the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. William-Wobodo who spoke as a witness at the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja told the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY AYO BALOGUN – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has put on hold, all activities pertaining to the yet to be inaugurated committee on the proposed PDP National Conference. This decision was to create room for further consultations and exhaustive consideration by critical stakeholders, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for the tertiary institutions in the state. The Governor in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, listed the names of members of Governing Council for the Lagos State University, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Akuku Toru Local Government Council, Mr. Otiasah Christian has berated Governor Nyesome Wike for planning to battle the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission over some oil wells in the state, describing it as deceitful, selfish and unpatriotic to Rivers state. Speaking […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday, premised his decision to contest for a second term as Governor based on the strength of his impressive scorecard of achievements in the last three and half years. According to him, his achievements surpassed the abysmal performance of members of the All […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY NIYI ADEYI – No fewer than seven officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) were late Tuesday killed in a bloody clash between them and suspected petroleum pipeline vandals, in Ikorodu, Lagos outskirt. The latest clash which erupted on Ishawo road, of the area, our Correspondent learnt was the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | FROM AGABUS PWANAGBA JOS – A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and former Plateau Satae Deputy Governor, Dame Pauline Tallen has described allegations by the opposition PDP that the economic policies of President Muhammad Buhari have driven the country backwards, as a political blackmail. Tallen stated this […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE – It is more than one week now since Premium Times carried a very shocking story in which the Katsina State Governor and one of the leading lights of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Aminu Bello Masari, was accused of brazenly deploying a false claim […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY AYO BALOGUN – The Saudi authorities have barred the Executives of the giant Saudi Binladin Group, handling the extension works at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, from traveling out of the Kingdom as well as excluded from being engaged in new public contracts. The announcement which was made public […]
Mr Tafa Michael, a Superintendent of Police who was on election duty on April 11 in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State has told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja that his men caught agents of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP thumb-printing in a house opposite their party’s secretariat at Seme […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to investigate the activities and funding of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in respect of Federal Roads in Lagos State in the last eight years. This was brought to the floor of the House by the Majority Leader, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade in […]
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has expressed dismay at the news report quoting the police placing the delay in prosecuting the case of alleged forgery of the senate rules by certain members of the National Assembly at the doorstep of the office of the AGF. The Police, in a statement, attributed the delay in […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted reports in a section of the media that the 92-year-old woman who is an ardent supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Haj Maitalle Tara Koko, has been abandoned, saying the woman is being well catered for. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement he […]
