The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised alarm over an alleged diversion of N4.5b belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to fund the governorship aspiration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva and has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to step in and investigate the […]
By Akin Soneyin The appeal court panel sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, hearing the petition filed by Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing the Ogun East Senatorial district has been dissolved. The development was necessitated by allegation of compromise against the State’s Election Petition Tribunal, which recently ruled that there should be a re-run in […]
It was a Friday evening at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) and 20 lucky customers of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc were eagerly waiting for their flight. These were the people who received their Western Union and MoneyGram transfer at UBA during the UBA Remittance Awoof Promo. Their destination […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and spokesman of Bayelsa State governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged multi-billion naira contracts scam at the Amnesty Programme. The spokesman, Miebi Bribena, who was said to be a major beneficiary […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the government of France has reassured the international community of its unflinching resolve and determination to host the United Nations (UN) 2015 Climate Change Conference scheduled to commence next week. The conference also called as Conference of […]
By Uche Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was invited to a workshop last week to review the level of progress in the compliance of government agencies to the Freedom of Information Act. It was a crucial opportunity for me to bring myself up to speed with some of the happenings within the civil […]
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Aba, a city that prides as the ‘Japan of Africa’, is the hub of creativity. The appellation did not come by accident rather through the dexterity and ingenuity of its artisans which has endeared it to buyers within and outside the country. Made in Aba products are fast capturing the world […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has rejected calls to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to address the Senate in his capacity as Petroleum Minister over the lingering problem of petroleum scarcity. Some Senators belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) had argued at Tuesday’s plenary session that the Senate […]
Famutangbe has become a by-word for the state terrorism unleashed on Bayelsans when Timipre Sylva was governor. But ‘never again’ says Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who in the run up to the December 5 gubernatorial election in the state says he is presenting the state to the world in much better shape than he met […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday received a Bill seeking to establish the North East Development Commission (NEDC), which will have the legal powers to receive and manage funds from the allocation of the federation account and international donors. As proposed by the Bill, the North East zone, will receive on monthly basis, from […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seemingly innocent motion asking the members of the House of Representatives to direct government agency saddle with control of population to find ways of decreasing the country’s population growth, on Tuesday divided the members into religious lines. The motion elicited such diverse and emotional reactions that […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The recently sacked lecturers of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), have accused the institution’s management of engaging in academic fraud of use and dump. The sacked 153 academia said on Monday that their relieve, which came few days after the Nigeria Universities Commission, (NUC), accreditation, amounted to […]
By Ayo Balogun The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mallam Abubakar Malami to immediately vacate his office for “harrying and misleading” the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into arriving at an “unconstitutional decision” to allow the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to substitute its candidate in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Tuesday said it has shut Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited Jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with the provisions of the code for operation. This closure is in exercise of the Agency’s powers in line with provisions of Part VIII of the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural development and Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on Tuesday lost his home support to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). All the communities in his Ekeremor Local Government Area of the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Iheanacho Chime, may soon be in for trouble should members of the State House of Assembly find him culpable in shoddy contracts allegedly awarded during his tenure. Speaker of the State’s Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, had Tuesday during the plenary announced that […]
By Niyi Adeyi The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin has declared that the Nigerian Military stands a good chance to learn from Japan in view of the Japanese advancement in science and technology, as well as its proficiency in the production of military hardware. Gen. Olonisakin made the remark Tuesday, when […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, December 5, 2015, for the Kogi State Governorship supplementary election. It would be recalled the State’s INEC Returning Officer, Professor Emmanuel Kucha Sunday evening in Lokoja, the State capital, declared the Saturday, November 21, voting exercise inconclusive, as he held the total […]
Turkish Military has allegedly shot down a Russian Military aircraft on the Syrian border. Confirming the development, Russian Defence Ministry, said a Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being fired from the ground. In contrast, the Turkish Military officials, in reply said the country’s F-16s shot down the plane after persistent warning to the […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria I was at St Peter Primary school Felele Lokoja for the governorship election that held across Kogi State on Saturday November 21, 2015. It was very peaceful and orderly and less emotional. I already expressed my concern on many issues and posted them on my facebook. […]
