By Niyi Adeyi The Super Eagles of Nigeria with home based players, Tuesday evening failed to proceed into knock out stage of the ongoing Championship for African Nations, otherwise referred to as 2016 CHAN, in Rwanda. The Nigerian side lost out as they were beaten by the Syli Nationale of Guinea by1-0. The only goal […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Federal Government (FG) has described the antipathy which has trailed the ongoing war against corruption as a fight back and therefore called on Nigerians not to be taken in by the antics of the “sponsored denunciation of the war”. “The treasury looters, who have so much resources in their kitty, and […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Embassy of France in Abuja received about 8000 applications in 2015, the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer has said. Mr. Gaur, noted that last year’s figure surpasses previous records attained in the Visa Application profile of the Embassy, thereby signifying an increase […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Enugu State Police Command says it has commenced investigations on the three decomposing corpses and a human skull in Enugu on Monday. The corpses according to the Command’s Spokesman, Ebere Amarizu, were discovered by its operatives “on 25/1/16 at about 4pm in a bush by Ugwuaji, along the Enugu/port Harcourt Express […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has begun the speedy completion and commissioning of projects in order to improve the living conditions of the people of the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the commissioning of a N130 million residential quarters for police personnel in Port Harcourt on Monday, the Acting […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) partnered with the United States Department of Commerce to host a panel and roundtable discussion between members of the U.S. Presidential Council on Doing Business in Africa (PCDBIA)and a diverse community of African entrepreneurs. The 11 person U.S. delegation, […]
Elder Statesman, Chief Bisi Akande was Executive Governor of Osun State for four years from 1999 during which he led his colleagues who were unwilling to pay workers the National Minimum Wage. I was then in the Nigeria Labour Congress, and we went to appeal to him to change his mind. He was adamant, so […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria As thinking human beings, we have an unlimited capacity to find excuses, to discover ingenious and innovative ways to distance the perpetrator from the ill acts, to transform our societies and the minds of its people, or to build bridges across the oceans. They are better […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja The 53rd anniversary celebration of Elysée Treaty by the Embassies of Germany and France in Nigeria, may have come and gone but the legacies and lessons from the bond of friendship between the two countries linger on. The Embassies of the two European countries jointly commemorated the historic Treaty which was […]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun in an interactive session with journalists at the APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday spoke on several important issues in the polity including the fight against corruption, the economy, Kogi State deputy governorship saga, mass defection to the APC, the party’s Anambra Central Senatorial candidacy […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday said the nation’s political office holders have no choice but to deliver on their promises to the people. Saraki who stated this in a goodwill message he delivered at the 2016 National Political Summit in Abuja said those who fail to deliver would risk […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that poverty, injustice and lack of job opportunities were mainly responsible for inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts in Nigeria. The President said this while receiving a delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an organization which focuses on the promotion of peace in Nigeria. President Buhari noted if Nigeria […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Monday commenced money laundering trial of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, with witnesses admitting that money exchanged hands between the accused and his finance house clients. Metuh is standing the trial preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of collecting the […]
By Ayo Balogun Worried by the disturbing trend of closure of street gates across, the Lagos State Government Monday ordered immediate re-opening of all street gates and barricades in the nook and cranny of the State between 5am and 12 mid-night daily, with warning to defaulting streets of having their gates being pulled down within […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed Friday, January 29, 2016 for hearing and ruling on the bail application filed by the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Tsoho gave the ruling Monday after the plead and counter, by […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has solicited the support of the nation’s telecommunications operators for promoting various campaigns of the Federal Government (FG). Alhaji Mohammed made the request Monday in Lagos while meeting with members of the Association of licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON). The Information Minister who informed the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Asaba Over 20 petrol stations in Delta state at the weekend were sealed up by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), for failing to sell their Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the official pump prices – N86 or N86.50K per litre. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent observed that most of the affected stations are […]
…As Wike threatens not to go down alone, BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The camp of embattled Care-Taker Governor, Chief Nyesome Wike, has become further depleted with the exit of more heavyweights of the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The latest in the ranks of Rivers PDP heavyweights who have recently […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I read with absolute interest Simon Kolawole’s article, The Parable of Dollars and Dullards, published on January 17, 2015. I read the article at least five times. If I had any hope that the exchange rate crisis was going to be over soon, I have since perished the thought. He […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The South East zonal office of Campaign for Democracy (CD) has given the Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, 14- day ultimatum to reverse the recent sack of over 3,000 state workers, as well as apologize to workers or face its wrath. Chairman of the organization in the zone, Mr Uzor […]
