BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requesting him to immediately withdraw hundreds of letters of employment issued following a seriously flawed recruitment process and to put in place a system of recruitment […]
Port Harcourt, Rivers State (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, on Sunday narrowly escaped assassination in Port Harcourt, as some heavily armed men suspected to be working for a certain political party in River state opened fire on his vehicle, as well as engaged men of the Department of State Security Services, […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Tunde Fowler has called for collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and various tax authorities to stem collection of illegal fees and levies at road blocks. He spoke when he led a delegation of some members of the JTB on a courtesy call […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The National Assembly (NASS) has fully taken over the legislative activities of the Kogi State House of Assembly, following the festering political crisis which has engulfed the Legislative House in recent time. Consequently, NASS has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, to seal off the premises of the State’s […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Ibadan now has an ultra-modern subsurface research centre that will boost the development of top rate manpower for the nation’s oil and gas industry, thanks to a donation by The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operated Joint Venture. The centre has 15 fully-networked workstations, a high-end server […]
Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the media has a constitutional responsibility to guard and entrench the liberty of the society for the deepening of the nation’s democracy. Hon. Dickson, who stated this when the South-South Zonal Executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists paid him a courtesy visit at […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Findings from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Abuja have shown that the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, may have been deliberately misled by certain officials of the ministry in his recent statements before the National Assembly concerning the on-going Centenary City project. A senior staff of the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, on Sunday announced the cancellation of elections in two more local government areas in Saturday’s rerun polls in Rivers state. It specifically cites alleged irregularities such as violence, snatching of ballot box, non compliance to electoral law as reasons for the cancellation. The two […]
By Idowu John Bakare – President Muhammadu Buhari’s forthcoming visit to China in April, is expected to bring about more frequent exchanges and closer cooperation between the two countries in the field of culture and education, Cultural Counselor at the Chinese Embassy, Mr. Yan Xiangdong has said. Mr. Xiangdong who is also the Director of […]
Interview by Edmund Obilo The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu in an exclusive interview granted to IVOTES’ Editorial Board Chairman ,Edmund Obilo , has declared that he is not the president’s man. He spoke on a range of issues like the recent inconclusive elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states and […]
As part of efforts to create a conducive environment for investments in Bayelsa, Governor Seriake Dickson has re-constituted the state Volunteer service to complement the conventional security agencies in the fight against kidnapping and other criminal activities. Also inaugurated were the Centre For Youth Development (CYD) and Senior Special Assistants on Youths for the 8 […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 7 people were said to have been killed on Saturday during the National and State legislative re-run elections in Rivers State even as soldiers arrested and paraded top aides to Governor Wike over electoral offences. Our correspondent said the deaths occurred at Abalama in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson at the weekend in Yenagoa inaugurated an 11-member Special Task Force on Identification and Recovery of Government Property with a mandate to recover government property illegally acquired by private individuals, communities and corporate organizations within and outside the state. The Taskforce has two weeks […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Counting of votes in Saturday’s rerun election in the 23 council Areas of River state has commenced. The election took place in the three senatorial districts of the state, 12 federal constituencies as well as 22 state constituencies. At various polling units including those of Bera in Gokama council area […]
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Jude Ejiogu. Though, there was no reason given for the sack of Ejiogu who was a member of Okorocha’s kitchen cabinet. However, sources in Owerri said Ejiogu’s sack might be connected with his ambition to succeed the governor in 2019 governorship […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State police Command has dismissed allegations by the peoples Democratic party PDP that three of its members were killed in parts of the state during today’s (Saturday) rerun election in the state. The Command spokesman, Ahmed Mohammadu, said the rumours were untrue and […]
By Ayo Balogun Collaboration between the Doha-based international broadcaster, Al Jazeera and the government-owned media organizations, especially the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in the area of capacity building for journalists is underway. Nigeria and the Doha-based international broadcaster, Al Jazeera are to collaborate in the area of capacity building for journalists in the government-owned media […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau These days, I am persistently bothered, therefore, keep asking the question: is the fuel scarcity, just like it is experienced in power supply, gradually becoming part of our life in Nigeria? It is not debatable the scarcity has been frequent with us, as far back as 1997/98 […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt Contrary to fears that the Rivers state rerun election may be likely be marred by violence,the exercise has been peaceful and calm in parts of the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER correspondent covering the election, observed that apart from alleged cases of use of fake result sheets in some election centres, the […]
By Seun Adebosin One person has been confirmed critically injured, while many others are still trapped in the rubbles, as a two-story building in Mile 12, Lagos suburb, gave way Saturday morning. Reasons for the house collapse located on Ali close of the area, is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filling […]
