BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly sworn-in Caretaker Committee Chairman of Igbo Etiti Local Government Area, Enugu State Nigeria, Mr. Malachy Agbo, has dissolved all revenue-collecting agents, committees engaged by the council to collect revenues on its behalf. In a statement released at the council headquarters, Ogbede, on Monday, the Chairman directed all the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has stopped, with immediate effect, the sale of foreign exchange, forex, to Bureaux de Change, BDCs, as part of measures to reduce the pressure on the nation’s foreign reserves. The reserves, which closed last year at $28.364 billion, dropped last weekend to $28.193 billion, showing a depletion by $170 […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governorship candidates of all political parties that participated in the just concluded election in Bayelsa State have commended stakeholders including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police, Civil Defence and the general public for their peaceful conduct which led to the success of the election in the state. In […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State of Osun House of Assembly has ordered the authorities of the state-owned tertiary institutions to suspend the issuance of sack letter on some of the teaching and non-teaching staff of their institutions. Speaker of the Assembly, Honourable Najeem Salaam who gave the directive at the inter-denominational prayers to […]
By Chinedu Ekeke BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have read the judgement of the learned justices of the Appeal Court and can confirm that it is flawless. But the rented protesters, including those who contracted them, hadn’t read a line of the judgement they were protesting. One then wonders why a people who have […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Restoration Campaign Organisation has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the just concluded election in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, would still lose at the tribunal if he decides to contest the outcome of the election because he has no case. In a statement issued on Monday […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that the victories the country recorded in recent times were because the game loves him. While speaking after receiving the Glo/CAF Platinum Award for Good Leadership which was conferred on him last week in Abuja in recognition of his support to football said his affection for the game […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos Tactically admitting challenge of compromise on its personnel, the Nigerian anti-graft body – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has given hint on the ongoing internal cleansing exercise of its workforce, so as to achieve impressive result in the current battle against corruption in the country. The Commission’s […]
By Niyi Adeyi The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has purportedly challenged in court, his continuous detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial crime. Metuh who has been under investigation since last week, through his Counsel, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Monday dragged the EFCC […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu When the local government system which is the 3rd tier of government was initiated by the colonial masters, the Nigerian citizens applauded the idea, as it was originally meant to fast track national development in the country, especially in rural communities. The LGA system in Nigeria,had checkered history from 1910 Native […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the people of Bayelsa state for ensuring the party won the governorship election and called for an inquest into the killings during the poll. The party commended the people for standing against intimidation, rigging and violence to ensure that […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the people of Bayelsa State for their support for its candidate, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, which led to his victory at the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The PDP however said the victory is painful because of the number of those that were killed. “It’s painful that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Seriake Dickson, has emerged winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Mr. Dickson scored a total of 134,998, votes while his main challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Timipre Sylva polled 86,852 votes. Meanwhile, Mr Dickson has […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was on my way back from Botswana, after attending a conference organized by the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF). This was sometime in the 90s, on that same trip was Professor Tekena Tamuno, the eminent historian of blessed memory. We boarded an Air Afrique flight from Johannesburg to Abidjan, where […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State governorship rerun election seems to have been won and lost as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is in a comfortable lead with sixty-two percent of the total vote cast across the state. Already party chieftains are in celebration mood as PDP has chalked up a total of […]
By Ayo Balogun The Federal Government (FG) has renewed its resolve and readiness to give the National Theatre its original status – a magnet for the creative arts. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance Saturday during his courtesy visit to Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in his Freedom Park office, Lagos. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Saturday, condemned the electoral malpractice and violence which disrupted the supplementary elections in Brass, Nembe, Ekeremor town and parts of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. Over 14 people, including four policemen, two soldiers and eight civilians were feared dead in Ekeremor alone while […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP,) in Bayelsa State has praised the people of Southern Ijaw LGA and others in the the remaining 101 units for their steadfastness and resilience even in the face of all manners of intimidation during the rerun on Saturday, January 9. The commendation came from the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is maintaining a comfortable lead in the just-concluded supplementary election in the Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 units in Bayelsa state, despite the low turnout of voters recorded in some communities. The collated results from various polling units and wards across the state made available […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said the prediction by its governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside is coming to pass. According to the party, the prediction that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will become history in the state by the end of January, 2015 has […]
