Again, the Federal Government has called on Nigerians to give total support to the military in its efforts to consolidate achievements it had recorded in the war against Boko Haram terrorists. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call Monday at the launch of a private news magazine, SI Magazine, in Abuja. […]
The newly sworn-in Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has dedicated his second term election victory to the people of the State, hence, the promise to “consolidate and expand” on his previous score card by increasing government’s investment on security in the next four years. Governor Dickson stated these Sunday, in his inaugural speech, […]
The Federal Government has disengaged the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced the disengagement on Monday during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has denied endorsing the senatorial ambition of a former Abia state Governor,chief Orji Uzor Kalu. A statement signed by its Secretary General, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, on Sunday described as untrue a recent article in one of the Nigerian dailies which claimed that it had endorsed the ex-governor […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Right Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently order the investigation of the alleged N48 billion reportedly spent by the office of his Adviser on Niger Delta and Coordinator of Amnesty Programme, retired Brigadier General Paul Boroh since he assumed […]
*As Fed Govt Charges Him to Take Lead in Rice Revolution *To Provide 10,000 jobs for the rural populace As the Government turns attention to agriculture to ease the pressure on the economy and create jobs, President of Dangote Group at the weekend flagged off his multibillion Naira 8000 hectares of Rice Outgrowers Scheme in […]
*Dickson Seeks Cooperation from APC, Others *Promises to Collaborate With FG To Stamp Out Crime YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters on Sunday stormed Samson Siasia Sports complex, Yenagoa, the venue of the inauguration and Thanksgiving ceremony of Governor Seriake Dickson for another term of four years in office. They include […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following growing allegations of corruption against some senior lawyers and their alleged complicity or facilitation of judicial corruption, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called “for tougher sanctions against those found to be involved if large scale political corruption is to be meaningfully combated and corruption-free judiciary is to […]
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (AFRICAN-EXAMINER) – It is that time of the year again in the month of February, when there is so much talk and excitement about romance and love, all in preparation for that special day dedicated to love, romance and dalliance, this very day, Valentine’s Day. The romantic propaganda can be really oppressive. In […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing debate over the fiscal budget proposed to the National Assembly by the President has, once again, reminded us of how serious corruption and impunity have eaten deep into the soul of the nation and the urgent need to deploy spirited efforts to end the malaise if […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing debate over the fiscal budget proposed to the National Assembly by the President has, once again, reminded us of how serious corruption and impunity have eaten deep into the soul of the nation and the urgent need to deploy spirited efforts to end the malaise if […]
In shalanga they trust The purveyor of waste Unwanted but tolerated in ancient homestead Children scream displeasure at the nasty smell But that is where the Amosus are different Sola and Lara love their salanga to death The treasure pot that holds their hidden grab From the time looting was allowed and celebrated Sola worked […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past president of Cote d’ Voire, Laurent Gbagbo was on January 28, 2016 hurled before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague charged with crimes against humanity. He had already spent five years in jail awaiting trial by a court that ordinarily has no jurisdiction to try him […]
The Federal Government has sacked the Vice Chancellors of 12 Federal Universities that were established by the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Also affected by the sack is the Vice Chancellors of National Open University of Nigeria, Prof. Vincent Tenebe. Their sacks which was contained in a short statement signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill have called for restored Christian unity between the two churches at historic talks in Cuba. The meeting was the first between a Pope and a Russian Church head since the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity split in the 11th Century. In a […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has advocated the enactment of an enabling law that will make insurance compulsory for Nigerian traders and any one doing business in the nation’s markets. Such legislation if put in place the agency said, would go a long way in […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Non existence of the smart card reader in the electoral act, error in the ruling of the State’s Election Petition Tribunal and failure of the defendants to substantiate their petitions were the key reasons the Supreme Court Friday gave as reasons why it affirmed the election […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration will partner with the 11 – member Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) to rid Nigeria and her neighbours of the menace of Boko Haram. President Buhari made the promise Friday at the State House in Abuja, while receiving a message […]
A total of 275 detainees suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram were Friday cleared and released to the Borno State Government by a special anti-terrorists Force – Operation Lafiya Dole. The Operation Commander, Major Gen. Hassan Umaru while handing over the detainees to Governor Kashim Shettima at a ceremony in Maiduguri, the Borno […]
