BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Monday uncovered plots by some powerful members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to arrest and abduct some of its major stakeholders in Nembe constituency One, Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The acting chairman of the party, Mr. Cleopas […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government generated a total revenue of N101.69bn in the first quarter of 2016 out of which a surplus of N4.85bn was realized as against an expected N29.92bn deficit, the State’s Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade said on Monday. Speaking at the ongoing Ministerial […]
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh was sworn in for a fourth term in office Sunday in a ceremony attended by several regional heads of states and dignitaries. Guelleh took the oath of office at his presidential residence in the capital, Djibouti City. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, Somali President Hassan […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The lingering leadership crisis rocking the South- east Governors forum has worsened,as governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo state and his Anambra state counterpart, Willy Obiano, for the second time in a week, shunned their meetings held in Enugu. AFRICAN EXAMINER recalled that the two governors, elected under the platform of All […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has smashed a notorious kidnapping syndicate operating in Kaduna State by the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team. This is in line with the resolve to make the country safe and secure for the citizens of Nigeria, Six members of the syndicate […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has disclosed that the execution of national railway projects contained in the recently assented N6.06 trillion 2016 National Budget is one of the priorities for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. While recalling that 30 per […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson at the weekend joined other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South geo-political zone to fine-tune plans for the forthcoming national convention of the party to be held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Other governors who attended the meeting hosted by […]
Manchester City’s top-four bid is no longer in their own hands as Alexis Sanchez’s equaliser spoiled Blues boss Manuel Pellegrini’s final home game. Sergio Aguero fired City’s early opener into the bottom corner from 18 yards. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud headed in the equaliser within two minutes, but Kevin de Bruyne’s solo effort restored City’s […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lucy Muthoni Kibaki was buried yesterday, 9.12 am, Nigerian time, in Othaya, Njeri County, Kenya in the presence of about 300 guests and family members, after a requiem mass attended by over 3, 000 dignitaries and 20, 000 mourners. She was the wife of President Mwai Kibaki, the third President […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has restated its determination to carry out far-reaching reforms in the service, towards eliminating payroll and other fraudulent activities. The decision was line with its ongoing efforts at repositioning the State public service for effective service delivery. Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, in a statement issued on Sunday […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former spokesman of the Nigeria police force, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has officially assumed duty as the new Enugu state Commissioner of police CP. The state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, disclosed this on saturday to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu. According to Amarizu, before the new […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angered by the recent attack on Ukpabi-Nimbo Community, in Uzo-Uwani council Area of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, have asked President Mohammadu Buhari, to redeploy all the security chiefs in the state. The lawmakers made the call […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has charged the newly sworn in commissioner for Education, Deacon Markson Fefegha, to restructure the education sector by collaborating with stakeholders and streamline efforts made in the sector in the last four years. A statement issued on Saturday night by the Chief Press Secretary […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government aims, and will be working, to achieve 100 per cent implementation of the 2016 budget in spite of the late signing of the 2016 Appropriation Bill. This clarification becomes necessary to clear the misrepresentation by some newspapers that full implementation of the budget has been ruled out […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has signed the 2016 Appropriation and the Child Rights Bills into law. Assenting to the bills in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Dickson expressed the hope that the country’s economic situation would improve to enable the government make projections in its budgeting provisions. The governor, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Flamboyant Senator and emerging godfather of Kogi State politics, Otunba Dino Melaye, on Saturday in Abuja opened a new chapter in the trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false declarations of his assets. Mealy said it was […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal,Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), has approved redeployment of some senior officers across board, as part of measures to step up effectiveness of the commission. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Saturday by Mr Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, and made available […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has expressed concern over the poor representation of the state in all cadres of the federal civil service, with a call on the Federal Government to redress the trend which he described as “unfair and inequitable.” The governor vented his anger during a courtesy […]
LONDON – Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London – boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Mr Khan is the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1, 310,143 votes to 994,614. Mr Khan’s victory ends eight years of Conservative control of City Hall. The former Labour […]
JOHANNESBURG— It has been a tumultuous week for politics in South Africa as challenges to President Jacob Zuma and the ruling African National Congress party continue. Political chaos, violence and destruction – this is how many have described this past week in South Africa. In parliament, opposition parties kept their promise to defy President Jacob […]
