(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday reacted to Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration promising to tackle all issues raised in his ‘letter bomb’ to President Buhari. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed gave the response in a statement read to state House Correspondents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N655.17 billion to the three tiers of government as revenue for January. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that the N655.17 billion was distributed under four distributable sub-heads. “The total statutory revenue for the month is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa state government says its various policies and programmes in the health sector is now impacting tremendously on the lives of the people as it has improved health care delivery services. The government in partnership with the Federal government, World Bank and other related agencies is now embarking on a project tagged, […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo (R) and incumbent President, Mohammadu Buhari By Ayo Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reactions have continued to trail the special statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Buhari to heed the clarion call and bow out in 2019. In the special statement trending on social media, Obasanjo cited […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him not to seek re-election in 2019, two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, stormed Aso Rock for an emergency meeting with the president. They were in the presidential villa and met with […]
Photo: Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has strongly advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest in 2019 citing his “impaired health and strain of age” as well as poor management of Nigeria’s economy. Obasanjo gave this advice in a special press statement issued on Tuesday in Abeokuta. “President Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Aisha M. Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is probably the most loved person in Nigeria today, especially by critics of her husband’s administration. She first came to our notice in this regard when in the course of her ailing husband’s medical vacation in London, she famously declared through BBC […]
By Jerome-Mario Utomi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One inherent challenge associated with opinion writing in Nigeria is that intellectually, opinions are more often accepted but politically rejected without justification; a development that presents the writer’s effort as a baggage of goodness without good luck. However, despite these incessant rejections, opinion writing neither abates nor wanes. Instead, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said his administration remains resolute and focused on delivering on the three-pronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, halting the pillage of the economy by corrupt public officials, and creating employment opportunities for the youths. Receiving the Board of Directors of the Nigerian […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Gives Health Minister 2-Week Ultimatum to Intervene in Ongoing Crisis (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The over four years crisis rocking the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, has aggravated, as its workers union has given two-week ultimatum to the Minister of Health, Prof. Issac Adewole to intervene or they will embark on industrial action. […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major crisis confronting the nation at the moment is the continued hostilities, wickedness and havoc being wrecked by herdsmen pastoralists in various parts of the country with recent cases being recorded in the middle-belt region. Many people believe that with the poor handling of the menace and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former soccer star George Weah, 51, was sworn in Monday as Liberia’s new president in a ceremony held at a packed sports stadium in the capital of Monrovia. The presidents of Gabon, Ghana and Sierra Leone were in attendance, as well as Weah’s former fellow soccer stars. “I have spent many years […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States US has confirmed that it will move her embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the end of 2019. US Vice-President Mr. Mike Pence made the confirmation in a speech to the Israeli Parliament. The date just announced is earlier than some had expected when President Donald […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The gap between the super-rich and the rest of the world was said to be widened last year, leaving a small minority continued to own wealth. Oxfam made the submission in its latest global richest report. The firm has produced similar reports for the past five years; including the 2017 […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another intriguing dimension has been introduced in the suspected herdsmen attacks and killings as the Department of State Service DSS has alleged that the Islamic State in West Africa network ISWA operating within some North Central and South-South sections of Nigeria may be responsible for the for the melee. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Afghan who escaped the attack by suspected terrorists who burst into a Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel restaurant Saturday has confirmed that the attackers targeted foreigners. The man whose identity is still being kept secret for security reasons, confessed that he was spared after saying he was an Afghan, just as the suspects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A British Airways pilot was taken off a plane on suspicion of being drunk, officials said, before the aircraft took off from London’s Gatwick Airport. The pilot was removed and arrested Thursday night before the British Airways Boeing 777 departed to Mauritius. The incident delayed the flight’s departure by more than two […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) has confirmed it has arrested over 20 suspects who specialize in forging entry visas of some foreign countries. PSFU Spokesman Mr. Audi Lawal, made the confirmation in a statement issued Saturday in Lagos. According to him, the visa racketeers were arrested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Meeting the healthcare needs of all Bayelsans is central to the policy thrust of the state government in the health sector, Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. According to him, public spending on health has increased in the recent times because the state government is more interested […]
Photo: Sokoto Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off sales of organic fertilizer produced by a local firm, Sokoto-IML Company Ltd. The company was established in 2017 as a joint-venture entity between the Sokoto state government and IML Industries Ltd. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Tambuwal said the […]
