(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said that the Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki would personally be in charge of all maritime agencies. Amaechi made this known in Lagos at the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum he hosted along with Saraki. He said that while Saraki […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, says the Federal Government is pressing for compensation for affected Nigerians in the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Dabiri-Erewa stated this at the maiden Diaspora Lecture of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). The lecture was entitled: “Role of Africans in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Nkisi Aroli street of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, was on Wednesday thrown into apprehension following the collapse of a 3 -storey building and prisons rear fence in the area. The building located at No 22 of the said street belong […]
((AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the verdict of Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on its case against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 23 election. The election petition tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition by PDP against the election of Buhari, declaring him as the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N10.07trillion 2020 Budget proposal for onward transmission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, made this known when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Council […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first batch of 187 Nigerians in South Africa have returned to Nigeria after the xenophobic attacks. The returnees were aided by the Federal Government with the assistance of a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace. The B777 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BWI, which departed Thambo International Airport, Johannesburg, landed at the Cargo Wing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton’s less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, nullified the election that produced the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, as the winner of the National Assembly election in Ekiti South Senatorial District. Consequently, the tribunal in a unanimous verdict, declared the former Minority […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Persons suspected to be hoodlums, on Tuesday afternoon, hijacked a protest by students of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) and attacked the convoy of the wife of the Ekiti governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi. Mrs Fayemi was said to be returning from a tour of the 16 Local Government Areas of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo, has lamented his ordeal in the hands of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), even as he predicted that the party may seize to exist when President Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term in office. The ex-governor who stated this at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Former Director of Strategy and Communication to President Goodluck Jonathan and publisher and founder of Pointblanknews.com, Jackson Ude has been conferred with the Peace Ambassador award of Centre for Peace Studies (CPS), Sri Lanka. The award conferred on the veteran Journalist by the independence juries of the Centre for Peace Studies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called a meeting of the top leadership and critical stakeholders of the State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party before the September 23 deadline for candidate substitution in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election. The Governor said in a statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, South-East Nigeria, on Monday declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency, Comrade Chinedu Ogah as the winner of the February 23rd National Assembly elections in Ebonyi State. African Examiner recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Enugu State Commissioner of Police, (CP) Amad Abdurrahman, has solicited for corporation and support among stakeholders in various communities of the state to enable him wage war against crimes and criminalities in the area. He however, advised criminal elements operating in the state to better quit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named Sen. Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as his running mate in the Nov. 16, Governorship Election in Bayelsa. This was announced on Monday in a statement by the State Publicity Secretary of APC in Yenagoa, Mr Doifie Buokoribo. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia has nullified the election of the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, for Abia North Senatorial District. Delivering its judgment on Monday, a member of the three-member tribunal, Justice I.P.C Igwe, said that the petitioner, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, successfully proved his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of six persons in Rijana village along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Sep. 7. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo said in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna that two of the victims were however abandoned by the bandits. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’ Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs to support the re-election of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB). Quattara said this at the first Council of Ministers of the country’s new government team on Friday. He explained […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management, Staff and Students of the University of Port Harcourt have commended the former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for his contributions to nation building. The school also thanked the Minister for his donations and the impact made during his tenure as […]
Photo: Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women in Southeast Nigeria, have decried the continued under representation of their folk in positions of authority in the five states of the zone, blaming the development on political leaders non implementation of the 1995 Beijing women conference on 35% Affirmative Action. They noted […]
