By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs Ibim Semenitari has said that the 2016 budget of the commission, when passed into law by the National Assembly, will focus on wealth creation and skill acquisition for the people of Niger Delta. The […]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been shut down indefinitely over poor power and fuel crisis in the country. Students of the school staged a protest recently to demand improvement electricity supply and lack of water in the institution. On Thursday, the management of the school issued a circular to announce the indefinite closure of […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka The people of Awba Ofemilli community in Awka North council Area of Anambra State have dragged one Chief Ezekwesili Maduagwuna, an oil magnate to a Magistrate Court in Achalla for parading himself as the monarch of the area without submitting to the laws of the land on guidelines for electing a […]
By Tajudeen Balogun/Niyi Adeyi/ Seun Adebosin In spite of the promise made last week by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu that the long queues at the filling stations will cease this week, in Lagos metropolis and some cities across the country, the scarcity grinds harder. Our Correspondents who moved around Lagos […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen After a similar meeting in November last year, former President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday had another private meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Obasanjo whose mission was not disclosed, arrived at the Villa in a tinted black Tayota Jeep, marked ABJ 425 PY, exactly 12:13pm. The former Head of […]
By Olufemi Idowu Samuel BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The making of the duo of Mr Femi Adesina and Mallam Garba Shehu as media anchors to President Muhammadu Buhari did not come by happenstance. At different times, the two gentlemen had paid their dues in the media world, blazing the trail at critical times in […]
….Decries Marginalization, Neglect in Federal Appointments ABUJA, NIGERIA – Abuja-based Club De Pals, a non-profit organization comprising young professionals from the Tiv extraction, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari on his failure to take decisive actions that will end the on-going killing of farmers and innocent citizens by Fulani herdsmen in Benue state. The group also […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the shocking revelations of how the Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, defrauded and looted Kwara state as governor between 2003-2011 and his link with the Panama paper Scam, a Muslim group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised senators to remove him as Senate President. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja heard on Thursday that the Kwara State Government paid about N1.2million monthly as salary and pension to former Governor Bukola Saraki, four years after he ceased to occupy the office. Saraki was governor between 2003 and 2011. A prosecution witness in his false assets […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos Lagos, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would no longer allow indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the road networks across the state on the basis of queuing up for Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as fuel, just as it threatened to sanction any erring filling stations and […]
Barely 24 hours after top management staff of the state education board was sacked, Bauchi State Governor Mohammed Abubakar has approved the immediate removal of some management staff of the Bauchi State Pension Board, Local Governments branch for exhibiting nonchalant attitude to duties that resulted in delays in the on-going verification exercise and subsequent delay […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State House of Assembly Tuesday approved a N30 billion naira loan request for the executive to facilitate various ongoing developmental projects in parts of the state. All the 23 members of the House present during its plenary sitting, including the Speaker, Edward Ubosi supported the motion approving the […]
Ahead of the forthcoming congresses scheduled to take place between April 23 and May 21, the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday ratified the elevation of Moses Cleopas, as its acting chairman, He took over from Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, who has since been appointed as the Secretary to […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A socio cultural organization, under the aegis of Igbo Youths Movement (IYM), has called on the Federal Government (FG) to probe the soldiers who allegedly arrested 76 farmers in Ugwuleshi community in Awgu Council of Enugu State over the plan to protest against activities of Fulani herdsmen in the locality. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A partner in the embattled Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, which is at the centre of a huge leak of confidential financial data, has defended the company, saying it is a victim of hackers. Ramon Fonseca Wednesday, alleged that the interception was not an “inside job”, hence the claim that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The offices of European football’s governing body have been searched by the Swiss police after the ex-secretary general Gianni Infantino, incumbent FIFA President, was named in papers leaked from a Panamanian law firm. While working for UEFA, Infantino co-signed a television rights deal in 2006 with two businessmen who have […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to work assiduously towards repositioning the party with the aim of regaining power in the 2019 general elections. Dickson made the call in Abuja on Wednesday shortly after his inauguration as Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee alongside […]
At last, the National Assembly (NASS) has sent to President Muhammadu Buhari details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill for assent into law. The Senate and House Appropriation Committee Chairmen sent the Bill’s details to Mr. President via the NASS’s Clerk. Confirmation to this effect was contained in a statement jointly signed Wednesday by the two […]
Veteran Juju icon, King Sunny Ade, has commenced a lecturing career in one of the Nigerian foremost citadel. Just like his closest contemporary, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, who is currently a visiting Professor in the music department of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, KSA is taking a similar step in the same department at […]
