(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye, on Saturday led over 98 leaders and 5000 members of the APC to the People’s Democratic Party in the State. Those who defected to the APC included a serving lawmaker representing Brass 2 Constituency in the House […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former chairman senate committee on works, Senator Ayogu Eze, was on Saturday received in a heroic manner by over twenty thousand teeming supporters and political associates who trouped out to the Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu, to accord him a rousing welcome on arrival from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people for participating in a 2013 sit-in protest in support of deposed President Mohammed Morsi. Those convicted included senior officials in Morsi’s now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group, state television reported on its website. BThirty-one of the 75 defendants were tried in absentia. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta APC factional Exco led by Prophet Jones Erue and loyal to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Great Ogboru has declared that any Direct primaries is not feasible in Delta State stating categorically that Delta APC cannot and will not undertake any direct primaries. At a meeting of the factional State […]
Photo: Chairman of Enugu APC , Dr. Ben Nwoye From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All progressive congress APC, has assured women vying for various elective positions in the 2019 general election in the state, of a level playing ground between them and their Male counterpart. It said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the deadline for the sale and submission of Presidential, Governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly forms to Tuesday, Sept. 11. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary announced the extension in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The previous deadline was Monday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropy, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum Travel Fellowship for African journalists. The Travel Fellowship will provide financial aid to journalists and photojournalists affiliated with African national or global media houses to attend the 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship […]
Founder, Crusader Movement, Chief Gbazueagu Nweke Gbazueagu From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body with political, economic and social expedition under the platform of “the Crusader” has been inaugurated in the 81 wards of Enugu West senatorial district of Enugu state, South – East Nigeria, with the aim of re-awakening the political consciousness of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Thursday said that the Service would soon commence the audit of taxpayers across the country. Fowler stated this in Lagos while delivering a keynote address at a stakeholders meeting on “Tax Administration and National Revenue’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Paul Biya of Cameroon has condemned an attack on school children in the Northwest, one of the country’s two English-speaking regions, Communication Minister and Government Spokesman, Issa Tchiroma, said on Thursday. “President Biya has expressed indignation at the terrorist act that constitutes serious violation of the right to education,” Tchiroma said […]
Photo: Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Eng. Joseph Anebi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders under the aegis of Disaster Management and Prevention Group, have called on the Federal Government to extend the tenure of the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Eng. Joseph Anebi to enable him to complete the good works he has embarked […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2019 general poll gathers momentum, a governorship Aspirant in Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, under the platform of the ruling All progressive Congress APC, Dr. Uchenna Akubue, has promised to establish an Education Trust Fund if given the mandate to serve. He stated this Wednesday while addressing […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police IGP Mr. Ibrahim Idris has dismissed the three policemen who raided on Tuesday, the Abuja residence of an elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark. The Force spokesman, Mr. Jimoh Moshood in a statement issued in FCT Thursday, confirmed that the officers: Insprs. Godwin Musa, Sada Abubakar and […]
NASARAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to avoid night party and unnecessary journey in order to save their lives. The agency Director General DG Brig.- Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, made the plea Thursday in Keffi during his visit to the 2018 Batch ‘B’ Stream 11 corps members deployed […]
…Says No Politician Worth His Salt Should Fear Facing Voters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leaders and Elders of the mainstream of APC in Delta State, led by Olorogun Otega Emerhor and Chief Hyacinth Enuha, have sent out a clear message on the desirability of Direct primaries in Delta State. They commended the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officials on Thursday said gunmen from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group killed six people including at least four soldiers in the streets of the capital, a day after the Islamist movement kidnapped scores of elders in a central region. Police said the militants drove up to a tuk-tuk vehicle carrying the soldiers in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted that some governors and National Assembly members elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform will defect to the party soon. The party the indication in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Wednesday in Abuja, and said that six APC […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress APC, Enugu state chapter, has dismissed recent claim by the embattled Deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, that he personally donated the sum of N5 million naira to the party in the state during its membership registration in 2014, describing the comment as a cheap […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A head teacher, identified as Mr. Nathaniel Idoko, who is about 50 years old has been arrested by the Enugu state police Command for defiling four pupils in his school, blaming Satan for his actions. The state police public Relations officer PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed this in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has banned Super Eagles’ Chief Coach Salisu Yusuf from all football–related activities for one year with $5,000 fine. The ban was made by four-man Ethics and Fair Play committees of the Football body. NFF’s Director of Communications Ademola Olajire announced the decision in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja. Olajire […]
