(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says he is in a hurry to assume office to tackle the party’s many challenges without delay. Oshiomhole, who emerged Chairman of the party at his last National Convention held Saturday in Abuja, said this in his acceptance speech at the Eagle […]
Photo: Embattled NABTEB Registrar, Professor Ifeoma Isuigo-Abanihe By Ayo Ojo, Abuja .. Orders Registrar to refund N49.7 million (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A special investigative panel constituted to probe activities of the Registrar /Chief Executive of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Professor Ifeoma Isuigo-Abanihe, has uncovered irregularities in contract awards and abuse of office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cholera outbreak at Tsangaya Islamic school, Madaki, in Gombe, has led to the death of three pupils while 27 others were hospitalised. Dr Kennedy Ishaya, Gombe state Commissioner of Health confirmed the outbreak to newsmen in Gombe on Sunday during an inspection visit to Madaki Primary Health Care facility where the victims […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was destined to be national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) at this intersection in the nation’s political evolution. His emergence approximates a part of the philosophy in the muses of H.L. Detridge that “we are all victims of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has revealed that, the ongoing reforms in the public service has continued to yield positive results, as it is currently saving about 684 million Naira annually from the review of the grade levels of workers at the Local Government level alone. Making the revelation at a joint media […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Force headquarters in Abuja, the Nigeria’s capital, has invited some Enugu state government officials, including Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Edward Ubosi, over their alleged involvement in the recent demolition of 25 building undergoing construction belonging to one Architect Jonathan Emejulu in a disputed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped injury in an explosion at a political rally on Saturday, and vowed the “cowardly act” would not derail Zimbabwe’s first election since the ouster of former strongman Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe loyalist installed after the army ousted his erstwhile patron, said the object had “exploded a […]
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA JUNE 23, 2018 PROTOCOLS It is my pleasure to address you today, on the occasion of our great party’s 2nd National Convention and the first since we rode on its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has sealed Total Filling Station in Akoka area over alleged pollution of water sources. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, said in a statement on Friday that the filling station’s underground tank reportedly had leakage which polluted water sources in the community. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria Friday recorded a shocking but impressive victory in the ongoing FIFA 2018 world cup in Russia, after a lackey first half in their encounter with the Iceland but returned better, stronger and beat their opponent 2-0. The Nigerian fans and supporters’ call on the Coach Gernot Rohr to start Ahmed Musa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular Nollywood actor, Saheed Balogun has urged the government to enact stiffer laws to guide and regulate the operators in the acting sub sector of the Nigerian entertainment industry. The Yoruba actor who made this advocacy Friday in Lagos during an interview said the current laws regulating the national’s artistes were too […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a total of 5,000 personnel comprising, the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Protection Unit (SPU) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention scheduled for Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Abuja. The Force Spokesman, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fight erupted in a refugee camp in Uganda during a World Cup soccer match and four people were killed, Police said on Friday. Police added that they arrested 15 refugees from South Sudan in connection with the bloodshed. Uganda is host to an estimated 1.4 million refugees, including more than a million […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Government has announced its decision to constitute a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to find out the causes of the recent civil disturbances that claimed the life of traditional ruler of Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West council Area of the state. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Classy Croatia handed Argentina a 3-0 drubbing to claim a place in the World Cup knockout stage on Thursday. The Europeans stunned Argentina, thanks to goals by Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in their Group D match in Novgorod. Rebic seized on a gaffe by keeper Willy Caballero to open […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed the recent positive developments in the relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, an AU statement said on Thursday. The two neighbouring East African countries fought a border war from 1998 to 2000 before signing a peace accord, dubbed the Algiers agreement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 300 migrants on board two rubber boats have been rescued off the Libyan coast near the Capital Tripoli, reported Libya’s Coastguard Thursday. Navy spokesman, Ayoub Qasim, told dpa the operation to rescue 301 migrants, attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, began in the early hours of the day. The […]
…Appraisal Before Darkness Falls By Francis Amadiegwu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a grandfathered member/associate of APC, I am constrained to note, with alarm, the potentially crippling distress the party has wrought or about to wreak, upon itself, an unforced error that is far worse than just an “own goal” because a team can still overcome […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP has called on the Federal Government FG to exercise restraint over its plan to establish cattle ranches in some parts of the country. PDP in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan advised FG to engage stakeholders in wide consultations […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Assistant Director of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ebere Ucheagwu, was Thursday arraigned before a FCT High Court, Maitama area, for allegedly obtaining N7 million unpaid legal services. The suspect was arraigned alongside his company, Agro-biz Contech Nigeria Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining and issuance of a dud cheque. The prosecution counsel, Mr. Francis Irabor, […]
