From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command has arrested a suspect identified as one Chieso Emmanuel Ogbu of Imeama Ugbawka Nkanu East council Area of the state for allegedly shooting to death his kinsman. It said the suspect is now helping her operatives in their investigations on the incident, adding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 19 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a shooting at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Russian investigators alleged that an 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, ran through the technical college in Kerch firing at fellow pupils before killing himself. Officials and witnesses also confirmed that at least, one blast […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed a resolution calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card maintenance charges being deducted from customers. The resolution was made known Wednesday via a tweet from @SPNigeria. It came as part of a motion on the illicit and excessive bank charges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, the Delta State Capital has restrained the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from submitting a list of party candidates for the 2019 election from Delta State to the Independent National Electoral Commssion (INEC). In a ruling by Justice Toyin Adegoke, […]
Photo: Group Managing Director/CEO, UBA Plc, Kennedy Uzoka …Group Profit Of N79 Billion (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa Plc, the pan African financial institution with presence in 20 African countries has announced its unaudited 2018 Third Quarter Financial Results, with impressive growth in Gross Earnings, which berthed at N374.8 billion, an 12.3 percent increase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister Mines and Steel Dr. Kayode Fayemi has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Ekiti State. Fayemi, who won the July 14 governorship election held in the state on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn-in on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital. He defeated the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has finally arrived at the Abuja head office of the anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Fayose who appeared in a black customized T-Shirt with the inscription: “EFCC I’m Here” on […]
…Other Zonal Coordinators Named (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as the Director-General DG of its Presidential campaign Organization. PDP National Publicity Secretary Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan announced this Tuesday morning. Other members of Atiku/Obi Campaign Organization are the zonal coordinators which include: Sokoto State Governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State House of Assembly Monday constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the authenticity of the video recording of alleged financial inducement received by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The video of Ganduje allegedly receiving bribe from a contractor was published by an online Newspaper, Daily Nigerian. The committee was constituted following a motion of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deltans looked forward to the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state with so much anxiety because the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, already had an incumbent, Ifeanyi Okowa, seeking reelection, with virtually no challenger within his party. As the primary election drew closer there were permutations and calculations […]
…As Pirates Hack Vessel in Ghana, Abduct 3 Korean Crew in Nigerian Waters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the current President of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has urged member countries of the West African sub-region to ensure that all vessels plying […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2019 general elections gather momentum, the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Osita Okechukwu has advised the Igbo race and other Nigerians not to be swayed by the euphoria that greeted the emergence of former Vice President, Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese, Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah has clarified that his meeting with the former President Olusegun Obsanjo and his VP, Atiku Abubakar in Abeokuta last week, is not about endorsement of candidate of a particular political party, rather, a personal effort that has been on since, to ensure the two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid growing tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia, many business executives including JP Morgan boss, Jamie Dimon have pulled out of an investment conference coming up later in the month in Riyadh. Other executives who have backed out are: Ford Chairman Bill Ford and Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi. The business conference […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the detention of policemen allegedly involved in the death of Miss Anita Akapson in Abuja on Saturday. In addition, the IG ordered immediate investigation of the incident in which the deceased was allegedly shot dead by a policeman, who […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have said they were not aware of the emergence of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking with newsmen at the end of an enlarged meeting of the party in […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has mandated the Attorney General to put not less than 50 prominent Nigerians on corruption and travel watch list in line with the resolve to fully implement the recently signed Executive Order 6. President’s Senior Special Assistant to on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apprehensive about their survival under the incoming Kayode Fayemi administration, 16 Local Government Chairmen elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) on Friday approached the court to save their jobs. However, an Ekiti State High Court refused to grant an order to restrain Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from dissolving the 16 local […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has been selected as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general election. African Examiner gathered that Mr Obi emerged as the preferred choice of both the party and […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, over alleged manipulation of its just concluded primaries in Imo state has worsened, as some aggrieved governorship aspirants of the party from the state under the banner of the New All Progressives Grand Alliance, N-APGA, and their supporters Thursday, […]
