By Ayo Balogun – The Chief Judge of the FCT High Court has assigned to court No. 37 in Kuje a suit in respect of which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Director-General of Presidential Campaign Organization, Ahmadu Ali, and a former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Organization, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja accepted an invitation from President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest convenience for talks on the intensification of cooperation between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the war against Boko Haram and terrorism. Receiving the invitation from Mr. Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration and […]
Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Mr. Godwin Adindu, has explained that the reason his boss cut down his salary and allowances by 50 percent is to demonstrate his sincere feeling of compassion towards the plight of workers and the entire citizenry of the state who are affected by the global economic crisis […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has denied reports that it dumped dead bodies of 50 young men at the mortuary of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku Ozalla, Enugu. Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, the command’s image maker, who reacted to the allegation on in Enugu, said the mortuary’s records should […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says, due to the prevailing challenges facing the country, only leaders with the temperament, disposition and candour of President Muhammadu Buhari can see Nigeria through the woods. Governor Ahmed in a statement on the state of the nation described the administrative strategy of deep and wide consultation, critical appraisal of divergent views on […]
By Ayo Balogun- President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed that funds stolen by government officials who abused their offices in the recent past will be recovered and blocked leakages in the system. Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari also assured the governors that the days of impunity, lack […]
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – Non-indigenes in Rivers State under the aegis of Endangered Non Indigenes Forum in Rivers State (EINFRS) have cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, , following the threat by Governor Nyesom Wike to crack down on them as part of his determination to deal ruthlessly with associates and loyalties of the immediate […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko – Adamawa State has of recent being in the news for the very wrong reasons of serial failed governance. During the immediate past dispensation the then governor Murtallah Nyako a retired Naval General ruled with an iron fists like a dictatorial regime even as nepotism became the in- thing following series of […]
…Named Winner in Five Categories including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with an unprecedented five awards by the voters of the 22nd World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Anthony Madwatte, representing Numan, Lamurde, Demsa Federal Constituency, in Adamawa, North Eastern Nigeria is dead. The late Federal Lawmaker who was elected under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), reportedly died yesterday (Sunday), of undisclosed an ailment. Madwatte who was among […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – he fence mending meeting conveyed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie Oyegun between the Bukola Saraki and Ahmad Lawan group was deadlocked. Although the meeting was held behind closed door, African Examiner learnt that none of the two combatants were willing to shift ground. The […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam – Many people were feared dead Monday evening at a Fish market in Gamboru, Maiduguri, the Borno State, when two suicide bombers disguised as beggars and detonated the explosives planted in their body. While the first explosion erupted in the market, the second bomber was shortly killed with other victims closed […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the removal of military from non-essential check points nationwide. Speaking at a meeting with the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, the Chief Of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs and Heads of National Security Agencies, President Buhari said, however, that military check-points could be retained in areas outside the North-Eastern states […]
As the federal government concludes plans to remove oil subsidy, pressure is mounting on President Muhammadu Buhari to retain the crude oil swap arrangement in order to save cost. The crude oil swap deal in lieu of subsidy may however be guided by tighter regulations and control. However, security agencies have fingered some international oil […]
President Muhammadu Buhari after arriving the Presidential Villa Abuja Sunday, officially resumed work at his office around 9.00 am on Monday. His Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo who also moved into the Presidential Villa yesterday (Sunday), also came into his Villa’s office shortly afterward. Professor Osinbanjo however joined President Buhari in meetings with aides and the […]
United States based veteran journalist, Mr Laolu Akande has been named the Spokesperson of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. His appointment was made public Monday morning from the VP’s office. Mr. Akande until his appointment, is the North America bureau chief of one of the Nigerian National Dailies, The Guardian Newspaper. He is also […]
Reuters – Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport on Sunday after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said. The computer system was hacked in the afternoon and fixed after around five hours, during which 10 of the state-owned carrier’s […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – About three weeks after his inauguration, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has finally moved into Aso Presidential villa, the official residence of the Nigerian President. The Presidency had earlier told Nigerians that the president was unable to operate from Aso Rock following ongoing renovations of the complex. The president has thus […]
Mr. Aaron Kaase, the PSC staff who petitioned the EFCC and ICPC over alleged misrepresentation of facts to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) with a view to swindling the government to the tune of N275.5m through PSC by its Chairman, Mr. Mike Okiro a former Inspector General of Police, has written to security agencies […]
