BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days after the Minister of information, Sheriff Bojang left Yahya Jammeh’ s cabinet, another closest ally of the president, Abdou Kolley, a Minister of Finance on Sunday tendered his resignation letter. Kolley’ s decision to quit Jammeh’s government is coming amid political tension with the president refusing to handover power […]
LAGOS, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined the tap into the opportunity provided by the scarcity of forex in the country to create jobs, foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has embarked on the establishment of multi-million dollar vehicle assembly plant project in Lagos Specifically, the plant will be churning out heavy duty trucks on which his conglomerate, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The inauguration of Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow will go ahead this week, his spokesman insisted Sunday, as he landed in neighbouring Senegal to wait out the final days of President Yahya Jammeh’s mandate. Jammeh has refused to cede power after disputing the result of a December 1 election won by […]
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Johnson Oghuma, has been declared the winner of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary for the by-election into Etsako Federal constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed January 28, 2017 for the election. Oghuma who represented Etsako […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has hinted he will lead the Federal Government (FG) delegation to some Niger Delta States, for peace talk from Monday, January 16, 2017. Osinbajo droped the hint Saturday, in a series of tweets from his handle – @ProfOsinbajo. ‘’Starting Monday January 16, I’ll be leading […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President-elect Mr. Donald Trump has expressed willingness to work with Russia and China, provided they cooperate. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on Russia would however remain “at least for a period of time”, yet, could be lifted later. Mr Trump restated sanctions on Russia could […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two staff and three students of the Nigerian Turkish International College, Ogun State, were late Friday abducted. The school is sited in Isheri enclave, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The whereabouts of the victims is yet to be ascertained. However, the Ogun State Police Command, Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President-elect Mr. Donald Trump has given himself mandate of 90 days within which a report on allegations of Russian hacking during the US Presidential election campaign will be issued. Trump however in a series of tweets, described the the allegations as “made-up facts by sleazebag political operatives”. It would […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Money doubling platform – otherwise called MMM Nigeria has made good its promise of staging a come back January 14, 2017. The scheme via its twitter handle (@MMM Nigeria Help) tweet Friday and officially announced that it has opened for business ‘’a day ealier than promised! Let’s […]
ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, scores have been killed in an early morning bomb blast in Madagali town, in Madagali Local Government Council area of Adamawa State. An eye witness, who simply identified himself as Baba, NAN reported, said the blast occurred near a checkpoint at the entrance of the town. “We heard three […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ONITSHA NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has uncovered a fake wine and beverage manufacturing factory at the Relief Market, Onitsha, Anambra state, South- East Nigeria and arrested nine suspects connected with the company. According to the agency, the action followed a […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s lower house voted on Thursday to offer embattled Gambian President Yahya Jammeh asylum if he steps down, lawmakers said. The House of Representatives approved a motion to authorise President Muhammadu Buhari to offer Jammeh asylum if he handed over power to Adama Barrow, who won Gambia’s Dec 1 elections. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled President Yahya Jammeh has petitioned the Supreme Court sitting in The Gambia not to allow the inauguration ceremony of the incoming president, Adama Barrow to hold. Barrow is expected to be sworn in on the 19 of January as president of The Gambia. Jammeh, who had accepted defeat a day after December […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management of River Basin Development Authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. The names of those appointed are as follows: THE ANAMBRA-IMO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (AIRBDA): Rev. Michael Nwabufo — Managing Director Engr. (Dr.) Michael C. Nwachukwu–Executive Director, […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has shifted its much publicized meeting with the Minister of State of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika and others over the planned closure of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, till next week Tuesday. The closure is to be effective from March 6, 2017. The decision […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Activist lawyer Morakinyo Ogele has forwarded a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding the copies of documents submitted by members of Ekiti State House of Assembly before the last general elections. Ogele in a letter dated 11th January, 2017 a copy of which was made […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate said it received from President Muhammadu Buhari another list of 46 non-career Ambassadors. Senate President Bukola Saraki made the confirmation Thursday while reading the President’s letter on the floor of the senate. Olorunmimbe Mamora, a former Senator and ex-speaker of Lagos state house of Assembly was dropped […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the trial of former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as mere political persecution, which is part of the plot of the cabal in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to incapacitate opposition figures in the country financially before the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The three-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has been suspended. While the workers suspended their actions Wednesday which was in protest against anti-labour practices in the oil and gas sector, their counterparts under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Enugu, Nigeria – (African Examiner) – The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, in the 17 Southern States of Nigeria, on Tuesday berated Governor, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state over the continuous killing of Christians in the State. Secretary of CAN in the region, Dr. Joseph Aka Ajujungwa, who spoke alongside the Chairman of […]
