(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has directed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to formalize their agitation – demanding for the President of the Court of Appeal and Chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to withdraw as a member of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Washington on Wednesday ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq, after U.S. repeatedly expressed concern about threats from Iranian-backed forces. The embassy said in a statement that the U.S. State Department had ordered the pullout of the employees from both the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil. […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – GE Power, a world energy leader providing equipment, solutions and services across the energy value chain from generation to consumption, has reiterated the need for stronger collaboration and partnership amongst key players in the energy sector in Africa. GE currently operates in more than 180 countries with its […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outing Vice Chancellor (VC) of university of Nigeria, (UNN) Nsukka, Enugu state, South East Nigeria, Professor Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba, has hinted that about 23 persons are being interrogated by security agents over issue of employment scam rocking the institution. Recall that there had been reported cases of job scam […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of its June 11 inauguration, there has been so much noise about the mode of electing presiding officers of the 9th National Assembly. Some stakeholders canvass adoption of the secret ballot system while some others favour open ballot. Both have given reasons for their respective stance. Secret ballot advocates […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. Mission to Nigeria has announced indefinite suspension of interview waivers for renewals of visas, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process. In a press statement issued Tuesday by the Embassy Press Office (Public Affairs Section), US affirmed that effective from close of work on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Visa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has announced it has remitted the sum of N5 billion to the Federal Government (FG) purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The disclosure was made in the JAMB in the board’s weekly bulletin, signed by its Head of Media and Information, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said he is wiser now as a politician than when he took office as a technocrat about four years ago. Ambode spoke with State House Correspondents after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. While reacting to a question on lessons learnt as a politician, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office on May 29 would be a low-key affair According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said a number of the events slated for the inauguration would now be held during the first observance of June 12 as the National Democracy. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a purported leaked audio recording of conversations among senior officials, including the governor, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed reports circulating online that a huge amount of money was stolen from the apex bank. In contrary, the communication director of the bank, Isaac Okorafor, in a statement made available […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West senatorial district has expressed his resolve to retire from the upper chamber of the nation’s National Assembly (NASS) in 2023. To this end, the lawmaker, who is currently serving his 4th term in office and was recently re- elected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 50 migrants are belived to have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia. The UN International Organization for Migration has however put the figure of survivors at 16. Reports said 70 migrants drowned about 74km (46 miles) off Sfax, south of the capital Tunis. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders at a one day town hall meeting on anti-corruption and promotion of good governance in Nigeria, have stressed the need for all and sundry to join hands with the federal government in the ongoing war against corruption in the country. They posited that the fight against the cancer worm which has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with Security Chiefs over the rising wave of insecurity in the country. The meeting which held inside the Presidents’ office started at 11 a.m and ended at about 3p.m. At the end of the four-hour meeting, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok- Ete Ekwe Ibas, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former England national football team captain David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months after admitting on Thursday to using his mobile phone while driving. Beckham, who played for Manchester United and Real Madrid, admitted using his mobile phone as he drove his Bentley through central London in November last […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has upturned the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the September 2018 poll. In a dissenting judgment of (four-to-one), the five-man panel led by Justice Jummai Sankey, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was confirmed Thursday in a letter transmitted to the Senate by the President. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read the letter on the floor shortly before the plenary was adjourned Saraki disclosed that Mr. President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The planned protest on Wednesday by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, for his failure to inaugurate the board of National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) with Comrade Frank Kokori as the Chairman had a new twist as workers were attacked by suspected thugs […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former acting Enugu branch manager of Sterling Bank Plc, Oliver Anidiobi have been remanded in prison custody by an Enugu High Court for allege N187 million fraud. The suspect was arraigned Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice C.O. Ajah on a 32-count charge bordering on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Wednesday, May 15 for the pre-hearing of the suit filed before it, by the Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The former Vice President (VP) is challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was declared the winner of the last […]
