By Abdul Gaffar Bello President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the cash reward of N2 Million each, to members of 1985 under 17 Golden Eaglet squad. Mr. President made the announcement Thursday at Presidential reception for the outstanding athletes/officials who have done Nigeria proud in recent various sports competitions, inside the old Banquet Hall of the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The embattled National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh is to be arraigned today (Thursday) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over mutilating of his written evidence. Metuh who has been in custody of the EFCC since […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army, Hon. Funke Adedoyin, has described the Jebba-Mokwa Road as a national disaster. Adedoyin said the road needing urgent reconstruction. Adedoyin said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday when she led a delegation of the Committee […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Philanthropic Nigerian business mogul, Tony Elumelu, is set for a discourse on how to scale clean-energy investment to meet developing-country needs on a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, 22 January 2016. Elumelu, who is the chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that the party does not have an anointed candidate for the 2016 Edo governorship election. Odigie-Oyegun made the disclosure on Wednesday during a meeting with APC governoship aspirants for the Edo governoship seat […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command on Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist, whose name was given as John Igwe for being in possession of fresh human head. Briefing newsmen at the state police headquarters on its activities in the last one week, the new Commissioner of police […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senators across party lines on Wednesday picked holes in many of the projections made in the N6.08trillion 2016 budget estimates laid before a joint session of the National Assembly in December last year by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senators made the critique when contributing to debate on general principles of the budget […]
By Niyi Adeyi The embattled former Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi and ex-Niger Delta militant warlord, Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo are in for another ordeal, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) is set to file fresh criminal charges, involving over N11 Billion […]
Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has described the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, as a towering character whose footprints in Nigeria’s politics and traditional institution will remain indelible. Atiku recalled in a statement issued Tuesday by his media office in Abuja, that the late […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Wednesday ordered those in the custody of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to produce him so as to continue with his financial crimes related trial. The ex-NSA is standing trial of four-count charge; including misappropriation of $2.1Billion […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to be remanded in prison. Kanu who was arrested mid-October, 2015 in Lagos has since been in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has welcome with joy and enthusiasm the admission of Lagos State as the 6th member of the Odu’a Group, describing it as a major landmark in the effort of the South-West States of Nigeria towards regional integration. A statement issued on Wednesday by […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri The organised labour in Imo state has declared war on Governor Rochas Okorocha, over his recent sack of over 3,000 civil servants in the state, just as it asked the affected workers to disregard the government’s directive. Secretary to the Imo state government, Jude Ejiogu, had last week made several radio announcements […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As security agencies intensify the search for culprits behind the act, it has been established that the weekend’s attack on the Nigeria Gas Company’s pipeline connected to Chevron Nigeria Limited’s facility at Escravos, will impact negatively on the Olorunsogo NIPP plant (capacity 600MW), and other Power […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gun attack on a university in Charsadda, north-west Pakistan, has left about 20 people dead with four of the attackers also killed. Security forces battled gunmen after they stormed Bacha Khan University, reportedly setting off explosions. Nearly three hours after the attack began, an army official said firing had […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, the Olubadan of Ibadan land, is dead. The monarch, reportedly passed away Tuesday evening after he reportedly lost consciousness. According to The Nation, the monarch’s corpse has been taken to a morgue as other details about his demise remained sketchy as at press time. When […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the non-release of the bailout fund of N1.3 billion it requested from the Federal Government to enable it clear the backlog of salaries of local government workers in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has denied a publication in an online platform alleging that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his entourage were in Dublin, Ireland for a Gala Night Party, saying there is no iota of truth in the report. Reacting to the said publication, via a statement, made available to […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice – Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN has said that “corrupt judges will go to jail as the government of President Muhammadu Buhari will actively promote and ensure that corrupt judges are prosecuted and their illegally acquired assets are returned to the […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the opposition PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh bail, who is currently standing trial over alleged Money laundering. The bail bond involved payment of N400 Million. The embattled PDP Publicist was also ordered by the Court to deposit his international passport with the court’s Registrar […]
