By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to grant bail on liberal terms, to a former Aide De Camp to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe. Giving the ruling Tuesday on enforcement of fundamental […]
By Abdul Inuwa, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Only weeks into the sack of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export – Import (NEXIM) Bank, Mr. Robert Orya, there seems to be palpable tension within the establishment even as its interim leadership has already been petitioned on grounds of fraud. In the petition written […]
By Uche Igwe The news of recent confrontation between the criminals and the military in Ogoniland can be described as both deeply unsettling and unfortunate. The reported loss of lives of innocent citizens is regrettable and I offer my heartfelt condolences to families who lost their loved ones. It is very sad that Rivers State […]
*It’s a celebration of the death of Rivers people killed by PDP The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed sadness over Saturday’s Victory Celebration by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, describing it as shameful and insensitive. “The so called Victory Celebration held two days ago, February […]
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the appointment of Chief Duate Iyabi as his Chief Economic Adviser. The appointment is with immediate effect. Chief Iyabi, who served as Commissioner for Finance in the Governor’s first tenure is expected to be sworn in at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa,noon on Tuesday, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki Abakaliki, Ebonyi State – The deadly Lassa fever disease has claimed the life of a ten year old boy in Ebonyi state, making it two people that have been killed by the disease in the state in the last two months. Dr. Daniel Umezurike, the state Commissioner for Health disclosed this […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Otis Anyaeji has said that the privatization of the power sector of the Nigerian economy was wrongly implemented by the federal government. The NSE president noted that the way the privatization of the sector was pursued was […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Staff of office of the Auditor – General of the Federation, on Monday shocked Senators with report that corrupt minded contractors handling various projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC), between 2008 and 2012, disappeared with N70billion mobilization fees without going to site let alone […]
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups, but expressed commitment to the welfare of pensioners in the State. A statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said government and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union […]
