Picture caption: Enugu state governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Commissioner for Finance and Lands in Enugu state,Deacon Okey Ogbodo, has protested the alleged illegal demolition of walls of his property by the Enugu Capital Development Authority, ECDA, saying he would rely on the due process of the law and […]
Picture caption: President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate deployment of four out of the newly appointed Ambassadors-Designate. Those deployed are as follows: Professor Tijjani Bande, (Kebbi State) to proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York Itegboje Sunday Samson […]
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets and currency. Mr Gordhan will be replaced by Malusi Gigaba, said a statement issued late on Thursday by the president’s office. Earlier this week, President Zuma recalled Mr Gordhan from planned events in the UK. […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of youths and women in Umuoba Anam community in Anambra East council Area of Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, Thursday staged a nude protest against their traditional ruler, Igwe G.A. Ekwealor, whom they accused of allegedly supporting activities of rampaging herdsmen in the area. The protesters said […]
Picture Caption: From (L): Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika; Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma during the inspection of the runway under reconstruction at Abuja Airport. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The reconstruction of the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has reached […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Finance on has announced details of members of the board and management of the newly licensed Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN). The Management team is led by Mr. Tony Okpanachi, a banker and erstwhile Deputy Managing Director/Deputy CEO, Ecobank Nigeria Limited. Before his appointment as Managing Director/ CEO […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An American Airlines co-pilot died after suffering a medical emergency just before landing at an Albuquerque, New Mexico, airport Wednesday afternoon, officials said. American Airlines Flight 1353 landed safely after leaving Dallas and was met at the gate by medical personnel, according to Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Dan Jiron. The airline identified […]
Picture caption: Former Super Eagles Coach Mr. Paul Hamilton BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Super Eagles Coach Mr. Paul Hamilton is dead. Hamilton’s wife Durdy confirmed that her husband died Thursday, after a lost battle with an ailment which had lasted for some months. The ailment involved an injury on his leg through which he […]
Picture caption: A Nigerian pilot, Ademilola Odujinrin BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian pilot, Ademilola Odujinrin with the Air Djibouti has emerged the first African pilot to fly solo around the globe. “Lola” completed the final leg of his historic journey Wednesday afternoon, landing safely at Washington Dulles International Airport. He has completed the entire […]
Picture caption: Nigeria’s President, Mohammadu Buhari (L) President of the Nigeria Senate Bukola Saraki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has set up a committee to resolve issues between the executive and legislative arms of the government, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said. Mohammed told reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted crisis bedevilling the Assemblies of God church has taken another twist, as the embattled factional General- Superintendent of the Church, Rev. Paul Emeka was chased out of the church’s national secretariat in Enugu by the Chidi Okoroafor led group. African Examiner reports that the national secretariat […]
By Dr. Peter Ekwueme (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was laughable that rivals would resort to the gutter to press against the front line governorship aspirant for the upcoming Anambra State gubernatorial election, Comrade Dr Tony Okey Nwoye. The online rant by one Aniagbaso is even more so. In this era of social media, misfits sit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central bank of Nigeria has approved the grant of a Wholesale Development Finance Institution Licence with national authorization to the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) Plc, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has confirmed. The approval was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Officer of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his reaction to its protest against Mr. Ibrahim Magu still acting as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Senate has summoned the Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay to come for explanation over his comments on the upper […]
Picture caption: Nigeria’s president, Mohammadu Buhari ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly sent two new Ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The nomination letter it was learnt was received by the upper Legislative Chamber late Tuesday. The nominations included one from Kogi State – to replace the late […]
UNICEF says children can’t wait, with urgent request for nearly $255 million to respond to immediate needs in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than a month after famine was declared in South Sudan, time is running out for more than a million children as drought and armed conflict devastate […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned an Enugu based businessman, Nicholas Emenike at the State High Court, Enugu on a two-count charge bothering on obtaining the sum of N4,467,500 ( Four Million, Four Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Naira Only) under false pretences […]
Picture caption: Ex-Governor of Enugu state, Nigeria , Sullivan Chime By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the peoples Democratic party, PDP and ex-member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Barrister Nwabueze Ugwu,has called for the resignation of all members the State Working Committee (SWC) of the Party in the state. […]
Picture Caption: Chairman Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye By Akintokunbo A Adejumo, akinadejum@aol.com I have written many times on a singularity, or perhaps we should call it a genetic aberration or bane of development and progress in our dear country – it is the inability to find the Truth; nobody speaks the Truth; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan-African financial services group, operating in 19 African countries, has released its audited 2016 full year results, showing significant growth in gross earnings and profits, an attestation to its resilience, enhanced productivity and geographic diversification, evident in the impressive contribution from its African subsidiaries. The […]
