President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for Paris tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2015 to begin a three-day official visit to France at the invitation of President Francois Hollande. President Buhari will be accompanied on the visit by the National Security Adviser, Major-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.), the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Defence, Finance, […]
An officer of the Department of State Security, Mr. Godwin Mba has revealed that cult groups and thugs spearheaded the violence and carnage that marred the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State. Mba who led DSS detectives on election duty to Andoni Local Government Area told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Angered by the continued abysmal performance of the Rangers international FC of Enugu in the nation’s football cycle, there are strong indications that the state government has concluded plans to send the club’s management parking. The flying Antelopes, as the team is fondly called has featured in the Nigeria’s domestic […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha – The popular Afor- Nkpor, in New Tarzan area of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, was thrown into tension, as a nine-year-old primary school girl was crushed to death by a liquor haulage van, which also left 24 persons seriously injured. According to an eyewitness, who wished not to […]
One of the vibrant delegates in the 2014 National Conference and advocate of derivation and resource control, Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, has given a major boost to the re-election bid of Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson. Senator Amange, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced his support while receiving the governor at […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday dismissed the governorship election that took place in Rivers State on April 11 as a sham and mockery of democracy. The Head, Election and Party Monitoring Department (EPM) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Charles Okoye, told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja yesterday that […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed Nigerian workers and the Civil Society for standing up firmly against corruption, calling their open demonstration of support for the Federal Government’s battle against corruption a major boost to the anti-graft war. APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement he issued in Abuja Friday […]
In line with its commitment to offer value-added products and services that suit the lifestyles of its customers, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has unveiled its integrated lifestyle mobile banking app, FirstMobile. The mobile banking app which is easy to use is another secure platform that allows customers to execute […]
Some former employees of Radio Port Harcourt have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the management of 91.7 Radio Port Harcourt for the payment of their outstanding salaries, pension fund and leave bonuses. The former employees, who left the company over a year ago, are being owed salaries and other entitlements ranging from four to eight […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – Police in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, on Thursday discovered four female dead bodies in a living room in Ifite area of Awka, the Anambra State capital. The corpses were found in a room occupied by a couple on Olisa Onyeka Crescent near the Commissioners’ quarters in Awka. AFRICAN EXAMINER […]
Former Senate President and immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, has denied reports that he is part of a group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) politicians who have teamed up with the party’s former National Chairman, Ahmed Muazu, to form a new political party. Describing the report as […]
By Our Reporter – Only few people take cognisance of the fact that the National Assembly is a revenue collecting institution. However, the African Examiner can reveal that the management of the National Assembly collects rents to the tune of N500 million per annum from its numerous tenants. All the major banks are tenants to […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has beamed its search light into the operations of a Nigerian hospitality company, VIP Express Tourism Limited, following complaints alleging gross abuse of consumers’ rights. The Council’s action was informed by the number of complaints against the company, some of which alleged that the company reneged […]
A US-based pressure group, Sociopolitical Awareness Forum (SPAF), has asked the Nigerian government to sanction a Lagos-based hospital, Georges Memorial Medical Center, over their negligence during a surgical operation, which resulted in the death of one Mrs Oluwayemisi Moradeke Olorundare (Nee Ajibade). A statement issued by the group and signed by its secretary, Dr. Kamaldeen […]
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Prince Chibudom Nwuche has called on politicians in Rivers State to eschew the negative culture of bitterness, blackmail and chicanery in their desperate bid to witch-hunt and denigrate political opponents from the state, all in an attempt to pull down Rivers sons and daughters and stop […]
By Bukola Kayode – Ahead of his formal declaration Monday, September 7, 2015, some have dismissed the incumbent Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson of not having the impressive record and an imposing clout to re-contest for the South South State Governorship position. Some cynics even went to the extent of giving impression that […]
Following a spate of recent negative outcomes for the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the various Election Petition Tribunals sitting in Abuja, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has alleged that the Governor has commenced negotiations to borrow a whopping N10 billion from a […]
By Daniel Iworiso-Markson – After months of consultation and seeking the face of God, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, last Tuesday finally declared his intention to run for a second term in office. And he did so in a fashion which sent out a loud message particularly to the opposition party, the All Progressives […]
A bomb suspected to be detonated by two female suicide bombers at Malkohi Internal Displace Persons (IDP) camp in Adamawa state killed 7 people including the bombers and injured 13 people including 4 NEMA officials. Adamawa state commissioner of information, Ahmed Sajoh confirmed the incident to journalists in Yola shortly after visiting the victims of […]
The Ijaw Young Professionaals in Bayelsa State has denounced the claim that about N1.5 b was spent to host the recent declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson for a second term in office. Dickson had last Tuesday at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, the state capital, made a formal declaration in the presence of his […]
