(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as the authentic Governor of Abia State. The affirmation was made Friday by the three-man panel of the apex Court headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen. Governor Ikpeazu’s rival and plaintiff is challenging the respondent on the alleged […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Benin (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Academic and social activities were on Thursday crippled at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Edo state, South South Nigeria, as students of the institution staged a violent protest over the death of their colleague, a 300 level student whom they alleged died in the hospital as […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) entered the presidential race in 2015, he might not have appreciated, as a fact, that he was taking his luck too far, given his age and, more importantly, his health status. Recall that he had unsuccessfully run for the position of president in 2003, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling for the constitution of a Judicial Panel of inquiry into the financial transactions of the immediate-past government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Dr Kayode Fayemi. According to a statement by its chairman, Committee on Information, Youths and Sports […]
Photo caption: Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State House of Assembly has constituted an eight-man committee to investigate allegations levelled against the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The allegations raised against Emir Sanusi include spending funds that were not approved by the governor and the state assembly, attacking President Buhari’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Monday Igbuya has been impeached over allegation of incompetence and high handedness. Hon Sherriff Oborevwori was consequently elected as the new speaker. Twenty-two out of the 29 members signed the impeachment notice. Reports say the new Speaker, Rt Hon Sherriff Oborevwori, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, arraigned a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala A. Mohammed before Justice A. M. Talba of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja, on a 6-count charge bordering on abuse of office, false declaration of […]
The Federal High Court Kano on Wednesday dismissed an application brought by a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu seeking to set aside the interim forfeiture order of February 13, 2017 by the same court in respect of the sums of $9,772,000 and £74,000 found in the Kaduna home […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union in South Africa has said that two Nigerians were shot dead in Western Cape Province by unidentified assailants. Mr Mike Ibitoye, the Chairman of the Union`s chapter in the province, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that “Mr Ernest Ughakwesili, 42, native of Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the Department of State Services (DSS) arrest and detention of the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, lamenting that “the DSS is becoming law unto itself and dragging Nigeria back to 1984 when Decree 2 was used by the National […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than four weeks it suspended the exercise, the Senate Wednesday commenced the screening of the 27 nominated Residents Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Muhammadu Buhari late March sent the nominees to the upper legislative chamber for screening and confirmation, but on March 28, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed it has commenced investigation and manhunt of killers of the female police orderly attached to the State’s Deputy Governor Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, who was shot dead around 10 pm by unknown gunmen on Tuesday night in Enugu, the State capital. The Command’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world Football Governing body FIFA might sanction Italian football authorities over the racist treatment meted out to Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari. Muntari was sent off after leaving the field claiming that he was racially abused during a Serie A game. The 32-year-old player was initially banned for one game but this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday received the report of 2017 Budget proposal from its Committee on Appropriation for final consideration. The appropriation committee increased the figures to N7.44 trillion, representing an addition of about N143 billion to the one presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on Dec. 14, 2016. Presenting the report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A businessman, Mr Olanrewaju Gentry was on Tuesday remanded in Ikoyi Prison custody for allegedly assaulting his actress wife Mercy Aigbe. He will be in custody until he fulfils his bail terms. Gentry 52, was arraigned before magistrate O. Aje. Afunwa in Ogba, Lagos, for alleged wife battery. He was arraigned on […]
Photo caption: L-R: Director, NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Halima Dangote Executive Director Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Fatima Dangote and the Managing Director, NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Paul Farrer at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently in Lagos. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Executive Director Commercial of NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Fatima Aliko Dangote has […]
Photo caption: Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “Embrace legacy, you are not here forever,” Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, urged policymakers as he represented the African private sector at the opening session […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state House of Assembly has passed a law amending the gubernatorial pension bill of 2015 ex-Governors and their Deputies to take pensions for life. However, the law has a proviso that the governor or the deputy must not be impeached in order to earn such life […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Tuesday named a new transitional government, state television said, defying opponents who say he is in violation of a previous agreement. Kabila, in power since 2001, struck a deal in December with Congo’s main opposition bloc to allow him to stay on after his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In its first thirty nine years as an independent country , military dictators ruled Nigeria for twenty nine years. They were years when the country was almost drowned in rivers of blood including a three-year Civil War which claimed over two million lives. Professionalism and esprit de corps departed the military to […]
