From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State three – man All Progressives Congress (APC) local government congress appeal panel has commenced sitting in the State’s capital Enugu, with denial that the exercise which took place on Saturday in the 17 council areas of the state was inconclusive. The Chairman of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Governor Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has sent 18 Commissioner Nominees, including the son of a former Governor, late Chief Segun Agagu to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Segun Ajiboye disclosed this in a statement he issued Tuesday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has described as mischievous reports by the opposition that he had taken fresh loans to finance road projects. He said contrary to insinuations, the N10 billion loan in question was not fresh but was taken in 2016 “and so should be disregarded forthwith.” Lalong in a statement […]
Photo caption: Chris Msando (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The man in charge of Kenya’s computerised voting system has been found dead just days before the 8 August elections. Chris Msando, an electoral commission IT manager, had gone missing on Friday. “There was no doubt he was tortured and murdered,” said the commission’s chairperson, Wafula Chebukati. Tension is […]
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after fewer than 10 days in the post. The former Wall Street financier had drawn criticism after calling a reporter to give a profanity-laced tirade against his colleagues. Mr Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus and spokesman Sean Spicer both left their posts with his appointment. […]
Photo caption: L-R: Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin; and President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, during the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources working visit to Dangote Oil Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertilizer Projects in Lekki. (AFRICAN […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a week the Ahmed Markarafi led National Caretaker Committee NCC of the opposition peoples Democratic party, PDP announced the dissolution of the two factions of the party in Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, the state secretariat in Awka, was on Monday sealed off by the police . […]
