From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts by Nsukka indigenes to produce the successor of outing going Vice Chancellor VC of university of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, Professor Benjamin Ozumba has hit the rock as another Anambra man, Professor Charles Igwe has emerged. African Examiner recall that the people of UNN host community Nsukka, had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais has disclosed that out of the $322 million Abacha recovered loot which was to be used for social investment programmes, only $22 million had been utilised. The four-broad programmes are the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, National Home-Grown School Feeding and Government Enterprise and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police. Adamu was confirmed on Thursday at the meeting of the council held behind closed door at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa. The meeting was attended by the 36 state governors and chairman […]
Photo caption: All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin ———————————— By Ayo Balogun, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the botched local government poll in Ondo state, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ade Adetimehin is currently in hot water as all councilor aspirants are demanding refunds of the money paid […]
Photo Caption: L-R: Chairman of Ghana’s Convention People’s Party: Ms Samia Nkrumah; Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Guinean Historian and Playwright, Professor, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Afro musician, Mr. Femi Kuti; and Legal Practitioner and Moderator, Ms. Ayo Obe at UBA’s Africa’s day event in Lagos. —————————————————– (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Embattled Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo in conjunction with contractors loyal to him, has paid assassins to kill publisher of Pointblankews.com, Jackson Ude, for unearthing and publishing damning embezzlements of public funds directly carried out by the public officer. Ude had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has emerged the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) through a consensus. Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, who is also the outgoing chairman of the forum disclosed this after a meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja. Yari disclosed that Fayemi was nominated by Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Today the ministers had a valedictory gathering with President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.By now,the President and his inner caucus must be shopping for new hands to take the nation to the next level as the ruling party has promised.Curiously,it is not too much to ask if a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Striking Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, Anambra state, south East Nigeria, have rejected the new minimum wage offer presented to them by Anambra State, governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The doctors who embarked on the indefinite industrial action on May 13, 2019, vowed to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has emerged Chairman of the People’s Democratic Governors Forum The former Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo òf Gombe State announced Governor Dickson’s emergence after a meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja on Wednesday night. The meeting which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, and Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the 36 Governors of the Federation to adhere to the principle of rotation in the election of a new leader for the Nigerian Governors Forum. The Governor said in a statement […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, has promised to monitor how players of Team Nigeria to the 2019 edition of the just concluded FC Bayern Youth Cup World Finals in Germany progresses in coming years, with a view to giving them a chance in the nation’s national youth teams. He said: “We […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outing Governor of Imo State, South- East Nigeria, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday came had on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, warning him to stick strictly to the mandate of his office and not be a destructive tool in hands of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is presently presiding over the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The valedictory session started at 11a.m. with almost all the ministers in the cabinet in attendance. At the commencement of the meeting, the Minster of Environment, Suleiman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman, South-South Governor’s Forum, The Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated his Plateau State counterpart, Mr. Simon Lalong, on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum. Governor Dickson in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, on Tuesday said Lalong was taking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consul- General of the Cameroon in Nigeria, Mrs Bessem Manga, has called on her compatriots at home and abroad to close ranks and embrace peace for the emancipation of their country. Manga made the call late on Monday in a speech to mark the 47th Edition of the National Day of Cameroon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malawians headed to polling stations on Tuesday for presidential and legislative elections seen as a tough test for President Peter Mutharika, who is facing challenges from the deputy president and a former pastor who heads the opposition. Malawi is heavily dependent on foreign aid and is frequently beset by droughts which threaten […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Water supplies to the 2.5 million residents of Tripoli were restored two days after they were cut off by gunmen, officials said on Tuesday. The gesture enabled the besieged capital to escape shortages that could have caused a humanitarian crisis. The United Nations had condemned the closure as possible war crime. Libya’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudan’s opposition on Tuesday, prepared for a massive strike, shortly after power-sharing negotiations with the military council stalled once again. The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) said in a statement that the parties have been unable to agree on the final details of a “sovereign council,” a supreme body that would rule the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election. Adelabu and his party are challenging the declaration of the governorship candidate of the opposition […]
