Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Anti- cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command has nabbed one Udoh Samuel from Ubiagan Ikono council Area of Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating as a police officer. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed this to AFRICAN […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Every government has its strong point; you may call it legacy if you wished – with which its memory lingers and most significantly, it is passed on, from one generation to another. Regrettably, some of the trademarks as related to the successive […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After three weeks of grilling in its custody, a former Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obanikoro arrived from US about four weeks ago and headed to the Abuja head office of EFCC the following day, to answer questions […]
BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has again found one of the abducted Government Secondary School Chibok girls. Identified as Maryam Ali Maiyanga, the girl was discovered Saturday, while troops of 121 Battalion, Nigerian Army, deployed at Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, for Operation LAFIYA DOLE at about 6.00am, were screening some escapees from […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Lagos state Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Muiz Banire has denied being arrested by the EFCC. Banire, who is also ex-State Commissioner for Transportation and current National Legal Adviser of the ruling APC equally faulted media report that he once bribed a judge with the sum N500,000 to influence […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa state Governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, on Friday bemoaned the incessant cases of wrong diagnoses of ailments in the country, saying it remained a major challenge to Nigerians. According to him, he was motivated by the problem to make a huge investment in the health sector of the state to serve […]
Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The much anticipated trial of suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap of Oniba of Iba Town, Oba Yishau Goriola Oseni, before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere was on Friday stalled due to dispute between the two lawyers over legal representation of one of the suspects. The […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki has given assurance that the National Assembly (NASS) will revisit President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter, informing and seeking the lawmakers’ approval to take $29.9Billion external loan. Saraki gave the assurance Friday while fielding questions from the State House Correspondents, after a closed door meeting […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended condolences to the family of Ajayi and the entire Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, on the passage of one of its oldest surviving members, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, who died Thursday at age 91. The President also commiserates with the government and people of Ogun State […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO and Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP on Thursday decried the poor attitude of Governors of the five states of South- East Nigeria towards the plight of their citizens, just as they took to the street over the issue. They noted that […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to be faithful in the country and be hopeful that the country will come out of the present recession ‘’vibrant and strong’’. Buhari made the call Thursday in his remarks at the Presidential parley with the senior executive course No.38 […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has heeded the call of some stakeholders, as it has barred judges recently accused of corrupt practice, from sitting on cases in their various courts. The judicial body in a statement issued Thursday by its Acting Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The High Court has ruled that Parliament must vote to decide whether the UK can proceed on the process of leaving the European Union (EU). Consequently, the ruling has halted the government from triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which allows the beginning of formal discussions with the EU […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a week to the decisive election, US President Barack Obama has urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that the fate of the US republic – and the world – is at stake. He said Mrs. Clinton’s Republican opponent Donald […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After signing Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) with the State government, the Ogun State public servants have suspended their two weeks industrial action. The MoU which was signed by the State’s Head of Service, Olusola Adeyemi, Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Establishment and Training, Mrs. M.T. Dosunmu and the […]
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the cold relationship between the executive arm of government, the National Assembly and the party, Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo state on Wednesday visited the Senate President, Bukola Saraki where he preached unity within the party. Though, […]
– 2 Mimiko’s SA Defects To APC ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) announced its confidence in the new appeal panel to hear the petition filed by it against the recent substitution of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede with Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, by the Independent National Electoral […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite rejecting the letter, when it was first read on the Senate floor, the executive and legislature are on the way to agree on the Federal Government (FG) request to obtain $29.9 external loans to execute some capital projects. While the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK Prime Minister Mrs. Theresa May has faulted FIFA’s decline in allowing England and Scotland players to wear armbands featuring poppies. Mrs May declared Wednesday that the world Football Governing body’s decision was “outrageous”. England and Scotland are scheduled to meet at Wembley, Friday, November 11 – the day when […]
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has vowed to suspend plenary session after 10th of December this year, if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), failed to conduct all pending elections in Rivers State cutting across National and State Assembly. To this effect, it directed INEC to ensure that it conduct pending […]
