…to Meet With Organized Labour (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, The Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson will on Tuesday meet with the State Public Sector Reforms Committee headed by the Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd) and will be presented with the report of the committee. The governor will also meet and receive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government in Bayelsa State have described the latest Vanguard award conferred on Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as a clear testimony to his many achievements in the last six years. Vanguard on Saturday conferred on Dickson, the best governor award for Purposeful Leadership, Transparency and Accountability. The latest award is coming few […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday approved the reassignment of portfolios in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ms. Mary Uduk will assume the position of Acting Director-General of the Commission. Uduk’s appointment is governed by the provisions of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA), 2007 and the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After operating for seven years without substantive democratically elected Chairmen, the Imo State government has at last, announced July 14, 2018 as the date for council polls in the state. Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, Mr. Ethelbert Ibebuchi, who disclosed this on Thursday in Owerri, […]
Photo: Ms Angela Alsobrooks and Harrison Harrison C. Nwozo Jr. …And What Her Election Means to African Diaspora By Harrison C. Nwozo Jr. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At an appearance Ms. Alsobrooks made on February 25, 2018 with United Brothers Organization (An African Diaspora Group of African Business Owners in PG County), at their meeting in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits on Wednesday attacked two villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing some people. The suspects, reportedly attacked a mining site at Kuru-kuru village and also ambushed some people from the neighbouring Jarkuka village as they mobilised to bring help to Kuru-kuru. A witness, Sadi Musa, said scores […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming an embarrassment to Nigerians, urging his handlers to desist from allowing him to speak extempore. Governor Fayose, who was reacting to the President’s claim that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, should be blamed for the ongoing herdsmen killings […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has said that the decision to redeploy personnel in the public service identified to be redundant by their supervisors to other agencies was in their best interest and that of the public. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, assured the citizenry while speaking with a select […]
Photo: Senate President Bukola Saraki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Thursday confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of three nominees as members of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. The confirmation at the plenary followed the consideration of recommendation by the upper legislative chamber in the report submitted by its Committee on Niger […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from Delta state for 90 legislative days for challenging the National Assembly on the electoral act amendment reordering the sequence of Nigerian elections. Similarly, the Senate has disbanded the Parliamentary Support Group for President Buhari which have Sen. Omo-Agege, Senator Adamu Abdullahi and others as […]
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ife have confirmed that the process of identifying the personality of Lecturer accused of demanding sexual gratification from a female undergraduate of the institution has begun. Vice Chancellor VC of the institution, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede while reacting to the alleged incident admitted […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu will lead a 5-day working visit to East Africa, where he will meet with national leaders of Kenya and Uganda. In his capacity as Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Elumelu will travel to Uganda (April 10) and Kenya (April 12) to meet with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he declared his intentions to run for another term in office on Monday, April 9, 2018, during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby in London Wednesday, President Buhari said: “I declared […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the compliance deadline to the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme VAIDS till Wednesday, June 30 2018. The extension was announced in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Mr. President, Femi Adesina. The statement indicated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 247 people have died after a military plane crashed in Algeria. The media reports confirm that 26 members of Polisario Front, supported by Algeria and seeking independence from Morocco for Western Sahara, were among the victims. The crash occurred shortly after the plane took off from Boufarik military airport […]
Photo: Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Chief Judge of Sokoto State, Justice Bello Abass and the Grand Khadi of Sokoto, Abdulkadir Saidu, during the swearing-in ceremony of new judges into the Sokoto state judiciary, April 11, 2018. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday swore-in four new judges that will serve in the state High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool reached the Champions League semifinals after recovering from conceding a goal inside two minutes against Manchester City to win 2-1 thanks to second-half strikes by Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino on Tuesday. Gabriel Jesus’ early goal raised belief inside Etihad Stadium that one of the most unlikely Champions League comebacks was […]
…Govt Committed to Full Implementation Of Public Sector Reforms –Commissioner (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Registrars and Bursars of state-owned tertiary institutions in Bayelsa State have said that the leadership of the six tertiary institutions have not increased schools fees. The declaration by the registrars and the bursars have laid to rest the widespread rumour that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The process of recovery of the much-touted Abacha loot which the Obasanjo government started in 1999 ended in December 2017 when the money hit a special account at the CBN. It took 18 years. The Federal Government says it has received 322.51 million dollars from the Swiss Government as part of looted […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted residents of South- East geo political zone of Nigeria of possible flood disaster in some parts of the region as the rain season begins. It therefore advised them not to hesitate in alerting relevant agencies of such natural disaster […]
