By Niyi Adeyi -A Chieftain of the ruling PDP and Former Minister of Niger Delta Ministry, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has denied social media comment attributed to him that he had dumped his party, the ruling PDP for the opposition APC. Orubebe said in his reply that the comment which went viral on different social media […]
By Akin Soneyin – Former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele has formally dumped the Labour Party (LP) and returned home – to join the incoming ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a press conference in Iyin Ekiti, his country home Tuesday, Bamidele […]
By Abdul Gafar Bello – Faced with the challenge of constitutional crisis, the Federal Government Tuesday directed the Bayelsa State’s Chief Justice to swear in Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, into Office on 29th May as the new Rivers State Governor, Friday, May 29, 2015. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke […]
PDP’s presidential campaign spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode has debunked claims, the campaign engaged in hate campaign. He spoke against the backdrop that the party lost due.to hate speeches as alleged by some party officials. According to him ” If one or two members of the NWC are so ignorant that they cannot make a distinction between […]
At least, nine persons were killed while many were injured in a fresh suicide bomb attack Tuesday in Garkida, while Boko Haram militants have also launched a renewed attacked on Madagali area of Adamawa, North Eastern Nigeria. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that National troops have engaged the insurgents in a fierce exchanges so as to dislodge […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The senate will tomorrow ( Wednesday), hold joint valedictory session for Late senators Uche Chukwumerije ( PDP Abia North) and Ahmad Zannah ( APC Borno Central) . This was announced on the floor of the Senate yesterday by the Senate President, David Mark. Chukwumerije died at the Turkey International Hospital in […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the resolution of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the election of a new leadership for the body as a victory for democracy. Governor Ahmed made this assertion in a congratulatory message to the new Chairman of the forum and Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari and the […]
Like I have always said, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Nigeria is a good man. His administration will be ending on the 29th May 2015. But please Sir, before you leave, do everything humanly and spiritually possible to give Nigeria fuel. It will be very sad to do otherwise because Nigerians may still require your […]
By Muhammad Ajah – How was a President called Muhammad Hosni El-Sayed Mubarak sentenced to prison for corruption, nay stealing, as defined by a Nigerian President? Does Egypt have the wealth that can attract stealing by its leaders? Is this the Egypt that I lived in for nine years when poverty moved on its streets […]
The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Professor Chukwuma Soludo has said that the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has the capacity and all it takes to reposition Abia and make Igboland great again. Prof Soludo said this when he played host to Dr Ikpeazu at his Enugu residence yesterday. Soludo who […]
*As NGF Wants Okonjo-Iweala To Account For $20 Billion Excess Crude Accruals By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – As the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) unveiled the Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari as its new Chairman, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Dr. Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been asked by the forum to explain the […]
By Ayo Balogun with Agency Reports – The embattled Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has fired two top officials in his cabinet, including the Ministers of Defence and Foreign in connection with last Wednesday foiled coup against his government. President Nkurunziza’s Spokesperson, Gervais Abayeho, confirmed this Tuesday, announcing that Emmanuel Ntahonvukiye, was named Monday to replace […]
About 22 political parties which participated actively in the last general election have regrouped in Abuja with a resolve to launch themselves back to power in the 2019 polls. The meeting held on Monday in Abuja, brainstormed on how to correct the mistakes of the past that led to their failure and chart the way […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described the eight-year stewardship of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as unequalled since the creation of the State in 1967, declaring that he will leave office in a blaze of glory when his tenure ends on May 29, 2015. “Governor Amaechi has set new standards in governance, […]
Nigeria’s largest cement producer, Dangote Cement has announced a gross profit of N74.7 billion for the three months ended 31st March 2015, indicating an increase of 10.5 percent over N67.63 billion recorded in the same period in 2014. According to the cement giant’s unaudited results for first quarter of 2015, revenues rose by 10.8 to […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja Tuesday to attend the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding in Accra, Ghana. A statement from the president’s spokesperson said the summit, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of ECOWAS, will receive reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso and […]
Market men and women from Idi-Ose Market in Apapa area of Lagos, Nigeria on Monday protested vehemently at the Lagos State House of Assembly over the planned demolition of their market by Oba Fatai Aromire Ojora. The traders, about 100 said the royal father had given them till Thursday 21 May, 2015 to vacate the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shut down its social media handles over hacking, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh discloses. Metuh, in a statement said the national leadership of the PDP observed that in the course of the 2015 campaigns, personal positions and opinions of party members were generally reported in many instances […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar. A statement issued by the president’s spokesperson Reuben Abati said Mrs Saratu’s sack was with immediate effect. According to Abati “Mrs. Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba takes over from Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar who has been relieved […]
