(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed the claims by his successor Nyesom Wike that the $43 million found in a luxury apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos belongs to him (Amaechi). Wike, in a press conference on Friday night, told journalists that ‘the slush […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Dino Melaye narrowly escaped death as gunmen invaded his house in the early hours of Saturday at his Ayetoro-Gbede home state in Kogi State. The hoodlums who were said to be about 10 arrived Melaye’s house midnight through the bush and opened fire on the house from different directions. There was […]
BY IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Emeka Akim, before Hon. Justice. Lewis Alagoa of the Federal High Court Owerri, Imo State, South- East Nigeria on one count charge bordering on obtaining money under false presence to the tune of N3,000.000.00 (Three Million Naira). According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The China I returned from a fortnight ago, is a bullet train rifling through the universe towards unprecedented development. The Africans had through Egypt and Nubia, evolved and built the foundations of modern civilization. The Greeks who studied in Egyptian universities, had developed Western Thought and Civilization. The British, riding on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the victory of the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. The candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu petitioned the tribunal, challenging his rival of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Obaseki, arguing that INEC declaration of the winner was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executives for 23 Federal Government agencies. Mr Bolaji Adebiyi, the Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Chief Executives are: Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of 43million dollars, 27,800 pounds and N23 million to the Federal Government. The money was recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday. The EFCC […]
By Tajudeen Balogun ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that his administration is ready to negotiate with the Boko Haram terrorists and in constant touch, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining Chibok school girls and other abducted persons unharmed. Speaking on the third anniversary of the abduction […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama at the Akanu Ibiam international Airport Enugu Thursday, as players of Nigeria’s professional football league NPLF Defending champions, Rangers Inter FC refused to board the Ethiopian Airline booked for their trip to Zambia for the 2nd leg match of the 2017 CAF […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has discovered another large sum of money at a house in Ikoyi, Lagos. The agency said its operatives uncovered about $38m, N23 million and £27,000 from the house. Recall that on Monday the EFCC operatives recovered €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500 from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patriotic Citizens of Nigeria (PACON), an NGO, on Wednesday urged Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa to emulate his Kaduna State counterpart, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by publishing details of his monthly salary and security vote. PACON threw the challenge in a statement signed by its conveners, Messrs Aluzu Ebikebuna and Poweidei Debekeme, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another Akwa Ibom Senator, Etang Umoyo has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator, who is the most senior politician in Esit Eket Local Government Area of the South South State, made his first declaration Wednesday when he registered with the APC […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday 14th and Monday 17th April, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Good Friday and Easter celebrations. Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the announcement in a statement issued Wednesday on behalf of the government. The Minister enjoined Christian faithful […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the list of six nominees to the Senate for confirmation as Non-Executive Directors of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The letter to the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, contained the nominees and their geo-political zones. They included: Professor Ummu Ahmed Jalingo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cross carpeting rages in the Ondo State House of Assembly as another opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker Abayomi Akinruntan Tuesday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Akinruntan who is representing Ilaje Constituency I, in the State House of Assembly, after meeting with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu decamped to the APC […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final with Monaco has been postponed following an explosion which damaged Dortmund team bus. The German team confirmed that defender Marc Bartra was slightly injured in the eruption which occurred near their hotel, adding that he required hospital treatment. The match has been fixed at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-one Bayelsa students on scholarship at the Lincoln University Pennsylvania, USA, have appealed to the state government to pay their school fees to prevent their expulsion. The undergraduates, who are in their final semester at the tertiary institution, appealed to the government to immediately initiate payment process to avoid jeopardizing their continued […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his refusal to heed its summons, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has imposed fine of N1m on the immediate past State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Dr. Fayemi who is presently the Minister of Solid Minerals was being summoned by Ekiti Legislators to answer questions bothering on alleged misappropriation […]
LAGOS, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was fire outbreak Tuesday morning at the Lagos headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The fire affected the Audit, Communications and Engineering Departments. The incident according to a source in FAAN started around 7am and was caused by an electrical fault. No casuality was recorded; still, documents […]
