(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pressure group, Bayelsa East Ambassadors (BEA), on Monday condemned the violence that sparked off last weekend during the youth election in Okpoma, Brass Local Government Area of the state. The BEA blamed killings recorded in the scuffle on ex-governor, Timipre Sylva and the lawmaker representing Brass constituency 1 in the State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has announced a major reshuffle to his cabinet, assigning portfolios to four recently-appointed commissioners while nine others were reassigned to different ministries. Announcing the decision in a statement issued Monday in Sokoto, Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said the little delay in assigning portfolio to the four appointed […]
Photo: Ibrahim Babangida By Ayo Balogun, Abuja …Laments Spate of Nationwide Bloodshed, Poor Governance Nigeria’s former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday advised President Muhammadu Buhari not seek re-election in 2019 saying it’s time for Nigerians to elect a new breed and young leaders capable of tackling the numerous challenges facing Nigeria. In a long statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pep Guardiola absolved Raheem Sterling of the blame for Manchester City’s failure to win at Burnley. Sterling side-footed wide in front of an open goal in the second half when City was leading through Danilo’s strike on Saturday. Burnley made the most of the reprieve, with Johann Berg Gudmundsson snatching a 1-1 […]
Photo: South Sudan’s Former Army Chief of Staff, General Paul Malong (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union imposed sanctions Friday on three current and former South Sudanese officials implicated in human rights violations and obstructions of their country’s peace process. Former army Chief of Staff General Paul Malong, Deputy Chief of Defense and Inspector General Malek […]
…Calls for Support for Restoration Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has taken his message for the unity of Ogbia Kingdom to the traditional ruler in the area, Dumaro Charles Owaba. Iworiso-Markson at the weekend visited the palace of the monarch where he re-echoed the need for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State government has concluded plans to build tank farms for petroleum products, the State Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Elder Markson Fefegha, has said. The tank farms would serve as reservoir to cushion the adverse effects arising from scarcity of petroleum products on people in the state. The Commissioner stated this on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa to pledge his support for the president ahead of 2019 election. Speaking to newsmen after the visit, Comrade Oshiomhole said he was happy with the performance of the president despite the huge challenges his […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday officially registered as a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement. Mr. Obasanjo completed the membership form of the movement and handed it over to former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who is the national coordinator of the group. […]
Photo: Sisiku Ayuk Tabe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN refugee agency on Thursday criticised Nigeria for breaching international agreements after the leader of a Cameroonian anglophone separatist movement and his supporters were extradited at Yaounde’s request. The UNHCR said it learned “with great concern” about the case of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, who was sent back […]
Photo: Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) and Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday led a high powered delegation of Ijaw leaders to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to deliberate on the All Progressives Congress Committee on Restructuring. Jonathan, the Governor and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jokes generally are meant to elicit laughter from members of the public or whoever is the recipient of the joke. In some instances, when jokes sound more toxic it obviously elicits responses or reactions that may not be complimentary. In the true sense of it, jokes make more sense when it comes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Osita Anthony Aboloma has warned against the importation, marketing, supply and use of substandard tires in Nigeria, saying such inferior products has sent scores of innocent citizens to their untimely graves and done serious harm to the nation’s economy. According to him, substandard tyres […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state football Association (ENSFA), says despite numerous challenges, associated with soccer development in Nigeria, it has recorded impressive feat in the last few years, including producing a FIFA badge Referee, Miss Patience Ndidi Madu. It hinted that aside the newly graded Madu, who was decorated in Enugu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has concluded arrangement to launch a crime control drone system to assist in the prevention of crime and criminality, the State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Chief Blessing Ipigansi-Igbagara, said on Wednesday. The mechanism was developed by an indigenous manpower and technology system in line with the present administration’s […]
