(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Gombe state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been mired in numerous crisis since the conduct of its governorship primary election with the crisis taking new dimension and worsening each passing day. A fresh crisis has erupted over the composition of the party guber campaign council and has teared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has condoled with victims of the ravaging flood disaster in the state, describing it as the worst in recent times. Iworiso-Markson in a statement released in Yenagoa, said the reported loss of lives and displacement of people from their homes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With huge optimism and a firm belief in the vast economic potentials of Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, scores another first, as he flags off the maiden Gombe Investment Summit tagged GoInvest 2022. At the opening ceremony of the three day conference with participants from Nigeria and outside the country, Governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on Thursday delivered a lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs popularly known as Chatham House in London, United Kingdom on Universal Health Coverage. The Governor who was in London alongside 2 other Nigerian Governors; Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Abdullahi Sule ( Nasarawa), participated at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) — London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arrangements have reached top gear for the 3rd edition of the Association of Mass Communication Students (AMACOS’95), Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta, Annual General Meeting (AGM), slated for this Saturday, August 6, 2022. A press statement signed by the association’s Public Relations Officer, Boye Salau and Social Secretary, Lanre-Anjola Oyebode, said the event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has stepped down for the National Leader and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. He announced this while addressing delegates at the ongoing national convention of the party. “It gives me the honour to step down for my leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their support for the candidates from Southern part of Nigeria to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of their meeting ahead of the party’s presidential primaries in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nottingham Forest have been promoted to the English Premier League (EPL) for the first time in 23 years. This was after they secured a 1-0 victory over Huddersfield Town in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Sunday. An own goal from Huddersfield defender Levi Colwill was enough for Nottingham Forest to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku won at the end of the presidential primary polling 371 votes, while Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike came second with 237 votes. Other aspirants are: Bukola Saraki – 70 votes; Anyim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State government has underscored the importance of youth inclusion in all spheres of human life for society to develop. The state Deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu who further described youths as future leaders with deposit of great potential for the community, State and society at large, noted that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has exonerated Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from the continued depreciation of the value of the naira in the forex market. The body of economists in a press release signed by its Chairman, Malam Ahmed Abdulkadir and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Abia Government has appealed for calm over the death of one Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church. He died on Monday night, along with six other people, in his home in Umuahia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugba and the others, including four children that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to insinuations of Nigeria being a hopeless state, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has said that the country has the potentials of emerging as foremost nation of the world. The Chairman, NIPR Integration, Peace and Security Committee, Dr. Ike Neliaku, disclosed this today at the Committee’s meeting in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has sacked the acting Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Prof. Armstrong Idachaba. He was replaced by Mr Balarabe Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster as the substantive Director-General. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – While the age-old saying and philosophy of virtue being its own reward (or seeing doing good as its own reward) remains a strong motivating factor in doing good persistently, it helps when virtue gets recognition from time to time. Even though anyone or organisation committed to doing good will keep doing so […]
