BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Turkish authority has suspended about 13,000 police officers who allegedly have links with the Turkish US-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Fethullah Gulen. Gulen is suspected to be the mastermind of Friday, July 15, 2016 Turkish failed coup attempt. The accused has however denied any wrongdoing; neither did he instigate his […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Having been found guilty of false assets declaration, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has ordered the forfeiture of a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elders Godsday Orubebe’s property in FCT, Abuja. CCT Chairman Justice Danladi Umar, in his ruling Tuesday, held that the former Minister erred, by failing […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Whenever I look back at the last thirty years of selling our national assets and privatization, I see a litany of lies, cathedrals of falsehood, labyrinths of trickery, monuments of treachery, systematic asset-stripping and serial deception. This infamous heritage has an equally infamous origin in the 1985 National Debate on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Loan […]
… Says Action Contemptuous to Party Ayodele Afolabi EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an eyebrow over Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s weekend visit to Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado-Ekiti, saying such a visit to Ekiti State is a slight on APC and contempt for the party’s leadership in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has debunked reports of any recruitment of personnel going on in the Commission, warning members of the public and job seekers to ignore Facebook notices to that effect. The interventionist agency also denied reports of an ongoing Agric loan or youth empowerment programme. Ag. Managing Director/Chief […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has appealed to international agencies to assist Nigeria’s drive for self-sufficiency by encouraging the local production of items required for the execution of their mandates in the country. Senator Udoma who was speaking at a meeting with the Executive Director of […]
…Government signs Mou with Cyprus Bayelsa state government on Saturday in Yenagoa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU) with Global Education Counseling Limited, Cyprus for the commencement of academic activities at the University of Africa, Toru Orua, Sagbama LGA. The institution’s Director, Theo Theodorou, at a ceremony held in Government House, lauded the initiative of […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said it is determined to secure and ensure safe return of the abducted Chibok girls, just as the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group and other Nigerians have consistently advocated. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the assertion on a special programme to mark Nigeria’s […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers International FC of Enugu has emerged the winner of the 2015/ 2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPLF). The 32 years trophy jinx was broken after the Enugu club side, humiliated their visiting opponents, EL Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri 4-0 in the week 38 and final match […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The various reactions on Independence Day yesterday can only compel us to ask one question: what does Nigeria mean to you or me? I had written a piece on Friday, September 30, in which I advised that Nigerians should embrace hope rather than despair and that in the long run, […]
– Hints Mambila Project ‘ ll Take Off This Year ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again called on the judiciary to support the anti-corruption drive of his administration. He said this in his 56th Independence anniversary speech. Mr. President condemned attack on the oil pipelines by the Niger Delta militants. He […]
