Photo: President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking confirmation of the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission NPC and one National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The President in separate letters read by President of the Senate, Bukola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has said it is saving about N3.2 billion monthly through a reform of its public service. The Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Kemela Okara, said the reforms which began around last September slashed the wage bills from N6.7billion to N2.9billion. The figure rises to N3.5billion when the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, South- East chapter, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to seek re-election in 2019, is a starting point towards the realization of Igbo presidency in 2023. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by its zonal National Vice chairman, Hon. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a dramatic twist, the Presidency Monday reversed itself when it claimed that President Muhammadu has not approved $1 for procurement of equipment to quell insurgency in North eastern zone of the country. Speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa Abuja, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National […]
By Jerome- Mario Utomi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scandal in the words of Paul Glenn is a needless word or deed which does harm to those who hear or observe them, it is the word or deed that occasions sin in another; it is a bad example. Very instructive also is the fact that; to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The last refugees still in a camp in Darfur, western Sudan are returning home today as the site closes. The UN has tweeted pictures from the refugee camp in Mukjar, 190km southwest of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur: People from Chad sought refuge in Darfur over a decade ago despite […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia’s religious affairs ministry has said it supports the government’s plan to give women equal inheritance rights, Shems FM radio reports. Religious Affairs Minister Ahmed Adhoum said his department backed the government, which has angered other religious clerics. Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi announced the inheritance changes on 6 April, meeting a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s defence minister has ordered an investigation into the alleged execution of 14 civilians last week by soldiers of the national army. Defence Minister Tiena Coulibaly has promised to investigate conflicting reports from the military and the victims’ families about how the deaths occurred. The army says 14 terrorist suspects were killed […]
Photo: President Buhari of Nigeria on Monday, April 09, 2019, declares intention to re-contest in 2019 ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a long waiting and guessing, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari has officially declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019 general elections. A statement by the President Media aide, Garba Shehu said President Muhammadu declared […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of Commercial drivers plying the busy Abakaliki-Afikpo express road in Ebonyi state, weekend, staged a protest over alarming rate of extortion and intimidation by men of the Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC, calling on its authorities to save them from the corrupt officials. They described the act […]
KWARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the threat of taking legal action against his earlier action, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hinted that the Federal Government FG will soon release another list of alleged looters. Speaking in Ilorin the Kwara State capital Sunday, Alhaji Mohammed asserted that that no intimidation […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The youth wing of the Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed total disappointment with the leadership style of the incumbent President General of the organization, Chief Nnia Nwodo, saying it has passed vote of no confidence on him. Operating under the platform of Ohaneze Youth Council OYW, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd) says the restoration government will continue to work with traditional institutions to promote peace in all communities in the state. He stated this on Saturday at the coronation of His Royal Highness, Jacob Igbigi as the Obanema of Emeyal 2 in […]
KWARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven suspects linked to Thursday’s armed robbery operation of some new generation Banks in Offa, Kwara State have been arrested. The State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Lawan Ado, confirmed this Saturday at a press briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Ado disclosed that the number of injured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 14 people have been killed, while three critically injured in a crash involving a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Humboldt Broncos team, with members aged between 16 and 21, were en route to a play-off game when their bus collided with a lorry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed to court for defamation of character. The Minister had mentioned Prince Secondus in the list of those he claimed looted the nation’s treasury alleging that he collected N200m from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has been sentenced to 12 years prison term. The jail term begins Friday, after a judge, Justice Sergio Moro gave him 24 hours to surrender to police. The order from Justice Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, came as a complete […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola Friday opened up and claimed that his club were offered the chance to buy Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United in January. Guardiola further claimed that the pair’s agent, Mino Raiola, contacted him and told him the midfielders were available. The City boss said: “Two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government says it would soon begin the revamp of its printing press in order to bring it up to standard and meet the demands of ministries, agencies and parastatals in printing government documents. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson gave this assurance on Thursday when he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi state Senator Dino Melaye, has approached the Supreme Court, urging it to declare the petitions submitted by his West Senatorial district to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC seeking his recall as illegal. Melaye in an appeal filed against the March 16, 2018 judgment of the Abuja Division of […]
