By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the compulsory retirement of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court, the Abuja division. Similarly, Mr. President has approved the dismissal of Justice O.O Tokode of the Benin Division of the Federal High Court. The confirmation was announced in a statement […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former winner of Project Fame and Nigerian Singer, Iyanya Mbuk has confirmed his exit from the popular Mavin Records. Iyanya made the confirmation Wednesday during an interview on Lagos based Radio Station, Beat FM and monitored by AFRICAN EXAMINER. He disclosed that he has signed with another company, Temple […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has commended the women wing of the Ogbia Brotherhood for championing the course of the girl child in Ogbia kingdom. He gave the commendation on Thursday when members of the group paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Yenagoa. The […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Perturbed by the state of insecurity in some parts of the country, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria CBCN has come very hard on President Muhammadu Buhari over the perceived ineptitude and declared that the goodwill which earned the President victory in 2015 has remarkably waned. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the queue for Premium Motor Spirit PMS fuel resurfaces in some cities across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has programmed to bring in two cargoes of petrol per day for the rest of February 2018 to boost supply. Each of the two cargoes according […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bangladeshi police and thousands of protesters have clashed as the opposition leader Ms. Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years over corruption. The trial against Ms. Zia centred around the sum of $252,000 meant for an orphanage trust which was set up when she was still serving as the Prime Minister. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Military authority in Benue State Thursday confirmed that its men have arrested two suspected Fulani herdsmen militia who among others were plotting an attack on Governor Samuel Ortom’s fish farm and other villages in Guma Local Government area of the North central State. An Assistant Director, Army Public Relations 707 Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said it would showcase to the world achievements of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in the last six years. The laudable achievements, it said, had placed the state on higher pedestal of developments. Consequently, the government has concluded plans to roll out the drums as it celebrates […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Academic and socio-activities were on Wednesday paralysed at the university of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, as the workers union operating under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC), staged a peaceful protest over non payment of earned allowances owed by universities across Nigeria, just as they vowed to disrupt […]
One of President Donald Trump’s closest aides said on Wednesday he would resign after news reports that he emotionally and physically abused his ex-wives. White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter announced he’d step down a day after The Daily Mail, a British tabloid with a U.S. website, published interviews with two of his ex-wives. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is holding direct talks with embattled President Jacob Zuma over a transfer of power. Mr Ramaphosa, who heads South Africa’s governing party, said both he and Mr Zuma understood the need for a speedy resolution. He said the pair aim to conclude talks on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed the Officer-in-charge of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Saki, Oyo State. The officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), whose name was not disclosed by the Command, was said to have been macheted to death by the suspected Fulani herdsmen during an operation in a […]
Photo: Hon. Maria Ude Nwachi From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The two weeks suspension earlier slammed on the All progressive Congress APC female member of the Ebonyi state House of Assembly, Hon. Maria Ude Nwachi over alleged gross misconduct, was on Tuesday extended to six months. Recall that the House had about two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto state government said has introduced specialised ambulances to deepen access to medical care and improve emergency service delivery across the 23 local government areas of the state. The state commissioner of health, Dr. Balarabe Shehu Kakale, told journalists in Sokoto Tuesday that already, 300 vehicles equipped with necessary health gadgets and […]
Photo: IBB spokesman, Kassim Afegbua (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued the Nigeria Police for fundamental rights enforcement. Afegbua is also demanding N1 billion damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses. His lawyer, […]
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has picked All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to reconcile aggrieved party members across the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. “As […]
By Jerome-Mario Utomi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Truth, in the words of Thomas Aquinas, is the agreement of what is in the mind with what is on the lips. Considering this remark in relation to the truth as told by the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his memo to President Buhari, and the ripple reactions […]
By Elder Yinka Salaam (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent prominence the Afenifere group has gained in the national media is not only instructive to the observers of supposedly a pan-Yoruba group, it is also amusing to watch the dexterity of the media handlers of the obtrusive organisation, as they seize the opportunity to re-launch Afenifere […]
Photo: Emmanuel Onwubiko (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – John Keane is a professor of politics at the University of Westminster and the WZB (Berlin). The aforementioned scholar, who is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is the author of a best seller politics book called “The life and Death of Democracy”. As a student of political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the Federal Government of Nigeria over what it described as massive corruption in the fuel subsidy management. In a communique issued at the end of the National Working Committee (NWC) and its Governors’ Forum, the party noted that the Federal Government had […]
