(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a 16-member new Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement in Abuja, Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, noted that the appointment was subject to the confirmation of appointees by the Senate. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. government has announced that it is imposing a reciprocity fee on Nigerians seeking to travel to the United States to reciprocate a similar one by the Nigerian government on Americans seeking to travel to Nigeria. According to the US government, the new additional fee will only apply to Nigerians whose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of the appointment of Rev. Tor Uja as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). In a statement issued by Mr Willie Bassey, Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), in Abuja on Tuesday, the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has declared free transportation services for staff and management of the ministry. Amaechi said the decision was to help ameliorate the challenges faced by the staff in the discharge of their civic duties. The Minister stated this at an interactive session with staff and management of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial district in the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly NASS Barr. Chukwuka Utazi, has sued for caution over the current security challenges confronting Enugu State, He urged the people, particularly the political class not to politicised the development, noting that “the insecurity […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo (akinadejum@aol.com) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This is not really an article; rather, it is a collage of comments made by members of Champions For Nigeria, an organisation whose members are dedicated to recognising, commending, promoting and celebrating individuals and organisations that we recognise as genuinely having the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians in […]
…Frowns At Attack From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to claims by runaway leader of outlawed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kalu that ex- Deputy president of the Nigerian senate, Ike Ekweremadu, did not play any role in his release from prison, his former Lawyer, Barrister Vincent Obeta, has counter the claim, […]
From Ignatius Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen on Sunday reportedly attacked the Ikirike Police Station of Enugu Command, South-East Nigeria. Sources revealed that the armed men arrived at the station with the pretence that they came to report an incident, after which they unleashed terror on the station, throwing resident of the area into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Floods triggered by days of incessant rainfall has damaged the Guri-Adyani and Guri-Dolanzugo roads in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The roads, according to Alhaji Sanusi Doro, the area’s information officer, are critical for the transportation of rice, sesame, watermelon and onions to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The special international convention to mark the 30th anniversary of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) kicked off on Friday evening at the church’s popular Prayer City along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. Already worshippers, in their thousands from all over the world, who had arrived for the convention, which begins properly […]
…Says They Would Be Tortured, Dehumanized By Nigerian Govt (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fearing that the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would subject them to torture and dehumanizing conditions under indefinite detention in the underground cells of the department of State Services(DSS), a leading Pro-democracy and Non-Governmental organization body- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya has finalised preparations for conducting a week-long population and housing census that will take place from Saturday, an official said on Friday. Zachary Mwangi, director general of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) told journalists in Nairobi that the last census was conducted in 2009 with minimal use of technology. “The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Dino Melaye on Friday described the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal judgment nullifying his March 22 election, as a miscarriage of Justice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal sitting in Abuja, while delivering judgment in the petition filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi, nullified the election and ordered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Our attention has been drawn to a press briefing made by the National Publicity Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Emma Isong, where he reportedly disclosed that the investigation into the rape allegations levelled against the Founder and Senior of Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, was declared inconclusive due […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of Yokohama, August 28-30, 2019. President Buhari’s participation will be his second, having attended TICAD6 in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 2016. With the theme, “Africa and Yokohama, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has approved the appointment of Mr. Henry Oroh as Executive Director of the bank. The appointment is consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within. Also, the Board has approved the appointment of Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, FCA, as an […]
…We’re On The March For A Peaceful Guber Primary –Iworiso-Markson (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has hailed the peaceful conduct of the party’s ward congress across the 105 wards in the state. Iworiso-Markson who took part in the exercise in his Ward 11 Opume community […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group working on the project, “Promoting Accountability and transparency in the administration of Criminal Justice System in Enugu state, has renewed its call on police Authorities in the state to always allow Magistrates access to its cells. It was observed that over the years, police in the […]
By Ado Adamu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Thursday hurriedly arraigned a businessman it has been holding for five months despite a court order ordering his release. The agency acted a few hours after a petition to the National Human Rights Commission and just as it was served with a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Describes It As Barbaric, Carnivorous (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives Chief U.S.A Igwesi, has joined well meaning Nigerians in condemning the recent attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu by members of the outlawed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB Germany […]
