(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Perhaps in the long run, the most remarkable legacy of the Nigerian leader known as Olusegun Obasanjo would be his personal example, in terms of the manner in which he continues to creatively reinvent himself and the Renaissance quality and force of his achievements. In addition to all that we already know […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of Dangote Group over the weekend accused BUA of engaging in illegal mining of limestone deposited in its Mining Lease No. 2541, located in a boundary town of Oguda/Ubo in Okene Kogi State. Dangote’s Executive Director, Mr. Devakumar Edwin frowned at the media war, instigated by BUA against the Dangote Group, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As envisaged, the national political terrain has again become tensed up with a lot of intrigues that only the strong hearted will be able to wade through the minefield and come out successfully in the 2019 general election. Those who want to emerge as candidates in all the positions due for future […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the decision to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region as a means by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. “For posterity sake, I wish […]
Photo: President Buhari (R) with Governor of Ogun State Ibikunle Amosun at a surprise 75th birthday ceremony at state house, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the National Assembly NASS including President of the Senate Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House Representatives Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Photo: Enugu APC candidates for just concluded LGA elections From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chapter of the opposition All progressives Congress APC, has disowned Barrister Peter Okonkwo, who was recently appointed Commissioner by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the peoples Democratic party PDP, saying he was no longer a member of the party before the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President David Mark Sunday denied ever receiving over N2bn during his tenure from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP through a National Assembly account for distribution to Senators. In a statement issued by his Media Assistant, Paul Mumeh, Mark who is still a serving Senator […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja attend to the 59th Proclamation of Republic of Niger ceremony in Tahoua, Niger. The President, alongside the Presidents of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, will participate in the historic event, held every year on December 18th to commemorate the founding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court Martial in Maiduguri the Borno State capital has sentenced to death, Lance Corporal John Godwin over murder. The special court also on Friday jailed some soldiers for committing various offences. Godwin who is a member of Operation Lafiya Dole was sentenced for killing five rescued civilians in the Yamteke area […]
Photo: Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would need the full support of its members in the South West to effectively execute its plan to regain political power in 2019, Chairman of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has […]
Photo: Victor Umeh From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite an order by a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital that Dr. Obiorah Okonkwo, of the peoples Democratic party, PDP be sworn-in immediately as the Senator representing Anambra Central senatorial district, the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has ignored the order […]
Photo: Ebonyi governor, Dave Umahi From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi state south-East Nigeria on Thursday reshuffled his cabinet again, barely six months after he carried out similar exercise. African Examiner reports that the governor had in June this year announced a major cabinet shake up which affected […]
Photo: Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of France through it development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has pledged to finance the rehabilitation of rural roads in Imo State, Eastern Nigeria. The French government signed a financing agreement of $60 million with the Federal Government of […]
Photo: Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi OYO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The show of supremacy between the Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Saliu Adetunji and Oyo State Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi rages, as the Mogajis (family heads) under the umbrella – the Council of Authentic Ibadan Mogajis, Thursday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the 21 kings […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the Federal Government FG to execute the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North Eastern part of the country. Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this […]
…Blames FG for Delay, Says December Pay Coming Soon (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has commenced the payment of November salaries following the release of the allocation by the Federation Accounts and Allocations Committee (FAAC) for the most the of November, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. According to […]
Photo: Mr Ikeje Asogwa From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …As Enugu APC Demands Investigation A human Rights lawyer, and chairman of Enugu state chapter of All progressives Congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has called on security agencies and other relevant bodies to investigate the recent alleged brutalization and assault of a serving permanent secretary in Enugu […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal Abuja Division Tuesday upturned the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT which acquitted the Senate President Bukola Saraki over alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki was in June against general expectation, acquitted and discharged of the accusations. However, the Federal Government later headed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Reconciliation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party led by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State made serious efforts at post-convention reconciliations on Tuesday as it visited key stakeholders and aggrieved aspirants. A former Candidate for the position of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The elective Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Saturday, December 9, was a charade and an anti-climax. Everyone who had been a witness to the travails of the once-upon-a-time ruling party which lost power to the All Progressives Congress in 2015 […]
