ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has met with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office. The two men who rode on the same car arrived President Buhari’s office around 12.noon. Saraki and Dogara after arrival went inside for a closed door meeting with President Buhari […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has announced that it will conduct the screening for confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Magu Wednesday. Sentate President Bukola Saraki made the announcement Tuesday at the plenary. President Muhammadu Buhari re-nominated Magu due to refusal of the Senators […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are used to being treated like orphans. They have a long history of neglect, abandonment and being despised. This is so much that many have come to accept these as articles of fate and that their state is unchangeable. So deep is their conviction, that they evolved the acronym, OYO (On […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has described retiring Justice Margaret Akpomiemie has a thorough, firm and impartial Judge, whose contributions to the state Judiciary has added value in the administration of justice. He gave the commendation on Monday, at the public presentation of a book titled, “Selected Judgements of Justice Margaret […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its commitment to support agriculture businesses across the value chain and to play its enabling role in the nation’s drive for economic diversification through agriculture, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s Most Valuable Bank Brand, will hold an inaugural agric expo on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Lagos. The […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (African Examiner) – As part of measure to ensure prudent management of resources, as well as enhance its financial base, Nigeria’s League Champions, Rangers International FC of Enugu, has signed a 5-year contract deal with a private firm, Global Lottery Nigeria Limited, to handle sale of tickets during her international and […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2022 Commonwealth Games will no more hold in Durban, South Africa. Durban was given the hosting right in 2015 as the only city to make a confirmed bid, but official announcement Monday gave the hint that the country might shelve the game hosting plan. It would be recalled that […]
By Innocent Nzeke Waniko On Monday 6th March 2017 at about 10am, I received a call from an older associate asking if I had received the news about Onukaba. I asked ‘what is the news’? My mouth was turning dry at this point. From the sound of my caller’s voice, it was predictable the news […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the sales of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Forms will begin next Monday, March 20, 2017. JAMB in a series of tweets Monday morning disclosed that the sales will last till Wednesday, April 19, 2017. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday resumed duties after his vacation. In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the President has transmitted letters to the Senate and the House of Representatives, intimating the National Assembly. “That I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Anambra state, South-East Nigeria, Prince Ken Emeakayi, weekend raised the alarm of alleged threat to his life by the state Governor, Chief Willy Obiano. He alleged that the governor is after his life because of the recent petition he sent […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Addis Ababa the Ethiopia’s capital. The officials said many people are still missing since the landslide occurred Saturday night at the Koshe landfill. A resident said 150 people were there […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City has appointed Craig Shakespeare as the new Manager until the end of the season. The 53-year-old new Manager has been in caretaker charge since Claudio Ranieri was sacked February 23 – nine months after winning the Premier League title. Shakespeare has never managed full-time and he was Ranieri’s […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Reform Initiative aimed at giving Lagosians an integrated public transportation system with a sinking fund of N30billion will soon take off. The State Mr. Governor Ambode, while speaking to journalists weekend, said his administration had identified the challenges Lagosians go through on a daily basis commuting via public transportation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mandate Forum, a pressure group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it had uncovered the real reason why Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayo Fayose are bent on having Senator Ahmed Markafi remain as national chairman of the party. The organisation alleged […]
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, who died on Thursday night at the age of 84 as a very professional and disciplined military officer. He praised Ogbemudia’s record of infrastructural development as governor of old Mid-western region, saying it was still being appreciated and talked about till […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated he will formally resume work Monday even as he praised the quality of the treatment he received during his medical vacation in London. Against this background, the President will transmit a letter to this effect to the National Assembly (NASS). Buhari’s Special Assistant […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been forced out of the office. She is the country’s first democratically elected leader to be ousted from the office. Judges unanimously upheld parliament’s decision to impeach the former President over her role in a corruption scandal involving her close friend, Choi Soon-sil. Consequently, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to continue on his acting capacity. Buhari who arrived Nigeria early hours of Friday confirmed that Osinbajo would still have to continue as the acting President, as he still need more time to rest and might even have to travel back. […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Lagos State and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has described the allegations of frustration and lack of cooperation against him by his successor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as baseless and a ”storm in a tea cup”. Ambode recently […]
