Some paid Union leaders who have been battling to sure that the Director General of Industrial Training Funds, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas Onaeko, is fired, on Monday shifted the battle ground from their serialized campaign of blackmail and calumny on the pages of newspapers and online media to the ITF headquarters in Jos. They blocked the […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has formally picked Yahaya Bello as its guber candidate to replace late Abubakar Audu who died recently at the verge of winning the Kogi state governorship election. The party picked Mr. Bello because he came second to late Mr. Audu in the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political stakeholders in Enugu state have thrown their weight behind Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s, decision to appoint caretaker committees to run affairs of the 17 Council Areas of the state from January 4, 2016. The tenure of office of the incumbent elected Council chairmen will in December […]
No fewer than 82 persons were on Saturday arrested and prosecuted by officials of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade for violating the State Environmental Sanitation Laws. Some of the offenders were arrested at Ojota, former Ikeja Toll Gate, Oshodi, Agege, Ojodu Berger, Mile 21, Ketu, Mile 12 among others between the hours of 7.00a.m and 10.00am. […]
Lagos State Safety Commission on Monday reopened Shoprite, Ikeja City Mall, sealed at the weekend in the wake of the ongoing safety audit & inspections to all industries in the State having been served a prohibition (seal) order on Friday for safety infractions. Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC), Mr. Fouad Oki announced the […]
By Phrank Shaibu The finality of death is the coldest and starkest reality every man must confront. Indeed, this is what we are repeatedly told but in truth, it rarely sticks in our minds because, we falsely act as people living in a fairyland where death never occur. What recently happened in Kogi state regarding […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has ordered all Zonal Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGs and Command Commissioners of Police, to take necessary measures in ensuring the provision of adequate security for worshippers, travellers, picnickers and all citizens across the country before, during, […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the extension of registration for the Biometric Verification Number (BNV) for men of the armed forces to enable them access their salaries. This was disclosed on Monday by Alhaji Suleiman Barau, Deputy Governor Operations of the CBN when request […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Confusion among federal government agencies ensued yesterday before the Senate committee on Appropriation over submissions for approval of the N465.6 billion Supplementary budget forwarded to National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as request for additional N108 billion for fuel subsidy was made. More so, the Committee, detected from what Sen. Albert Akpan […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State said on Monday it has uncovered plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to induce voters with over N2bn fake naira and dollar notes which it also claimed was already in circulation in the state. Making this revelation in a statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa, […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja In a bid to further explore opportunities in Islamic finance which is slowly gaining widespread acceptance in Africa, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) has published a comprehensive report setting agenda for the continent. ICD is a multilateral organization and a subsidiary of the Islamic Development […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The ruling of the appellate court last Saturday notwithstanding, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has boasted that his ousted candidate, former Senate President, David Mark will emerge the winner of the re-run poll. PDP in a statement signed Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, described Senator Mark as an […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Supporters of about to be substituted candidate of the ruling APC for the Kogi State Supplementary election this Saturday, Yahya Bello and the late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate, Hon. James Faleke Monday afternoon clashed and engaged one another in scuffle at the party’s National secretariat, […]
*Insists APC Should Name Him As Audu’s Replacement By Abdul Gaffar Bello, Lokoja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The running mate to late Abubakar Audu of the ruling APC, Hon James Abiodun Faleke has picked the former Kogi State Governor’s son, Muhammad as his running mate. Faleke made the announcement Monday morning in Ogonicha, Ofu […]
From Abdul Gaffar Bello, Lokoja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tension in the ranks and files of the National and Kogi State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party is presently enmeshed in the controversies surrounding the choice of the candidate to substitute its late Governorship flag bearer, Prince […]
– Demand Apology From Ohaneze; Kanu’s Release By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A faction of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), led by its Director of publicity, Uchenna Madu, and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), spearheaded by detained Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday boycotted a peace meeting convened by the caucus of […]
The sudden death of our energetic prince, our agent of development and the architect of Kogi Transformation, Abubakar Audu, is unfortunate. Prince Audu died at a time we need him most. May heaven console his family, especially, his wives, children and the good people of I gala land of Kogi State. We wish to also […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Abuja A pressure group – the Leadership and Accountability Initiative has appealed to the United States (US) authorities to come to the rescue of Nigeria, over alleged abuse of human rights by President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The group alleged that President Buhari and his government has since reneged on promises made by […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) will on Monday, November 30, 2015 be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-story building in the church on September 12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 […]
One of the finest persons I have been privileged to know is Odia Ofeimun: the man has a clean heart, he is completely incapable of malice, and in the face of all odds, he has a sunny view of life, add to that his incandescent mind, his absolute brilliance from which has poured forth a […]
