YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, said verification exercise carried out on workers has started yielding the desired results. According to him, preliminary reports turned in by the state verification team have identified some loopholes through which payroll criminals defrauded the state. He therefore expressed optimism that the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said there is no disagreement whatsoever between the Executive and the Legislature on the 2016 Budget, which has been passed by the National Assembly. ”There is absolutely no rift, no issue of budget being sent back. Things are just taking […]
Unknown gunmen killed one person in the early hours of Thursday in Buguma, the headquarters of Asari Toru local government of Rivers State. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the local Council, Sobomabo Jackrich confirmed the ugly incident and gave the name of the deceased as Godknows also called Babadiba. Jackrich claimed the Police had stepped […]
The South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of violating the constitution, which requires him to repay government money spent on his private home. The country’s apex court ruled Thursday that the treasury has been given 60 days to determine how much Mr. Zuma should repay. One of the earliest reactions to […]
More troubles are imminent for the Ivorian defenders, Emmanuel Eboue, as Sunderland are set to end his contract, hours after being banned by the FIFA for 12 months. Eboue who joined the Black Cats until the end of the season on March 9, earned FIFA’s ban after failing to pay money owed to a former […]
Ten persons have been killed, while several others injured, as a flyover under construction, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) collapsed. Images of the sad incident which occurred Thursday show residents using their bare hands to help those still held under the damaged flyover, which fell on a busy road. The accident took […]
Lagos, Nigeria – Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s foremost investment conglomerate has announced its audited 2015 Financial Results. The Group posted a profit before tax of N3.3bn for the period under review. Transcorp Group Operating Profit went up by 11% from N14bn in 2014 FY to N15bn. Its posted turnover of N40.8bn and […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Senator Theodore Orji, representing Abia Central senatorial district, has disclosed that the South East Caucus in the National Assembly is working towards ensuring that the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu is amicably resolved. Speaking with newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, the […]
Ibadan, Nigeria – Following the leadership tussle and views on the zone to produce the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District and Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the (PDP) in the South West, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has advised the Acting Chairman of the Board of […]
Barely four months in charge of the Spanish club, former Manchester United and England defender, Gary Neville has been sacked by Valencia. Neville who is part of the England coaching set-up, was got managerial job in December, 2015. The 41– year – old former England defender travail began after the 7-0 defeat by Barcelona in […]
South Africa’s justice minister Michael Masutha will appeal a court decision to free the killer of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, his department said on Wednesday. Janusz Walus, a Polish immigrant, has served more than 20 years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder of Hani, who was a senior member of the now-ruling African […]
France will stop military operations in the Central African Republic later this year after France’s defense minister said its objectives have been achieved. The mission, dubbed Operation Sangaris, began in 2013 as the country was being consumed by ethnic violence between Christians and Muslims and people were dying by the thousands. “The country was in […]
The family of Late Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes has lost a human rights suit which is challenging the decision not to charge any UK police officer over the killing. Charles de Menezes was killed in 2005 at London’s Stockwell Tube by police after being mistaken for a suspected terrorist. The family had argued that […]
Dance queen Kaffy will soon make good her plan to shelve dancing for music career. She revealed that the decision is the outcome of a long consideration. Kaffy informed that she jettisoned the idea in the past, as she thought the plan might turn out to be a commercial failure. The world record dancer confessed […]
The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the clock to provide the relief for the citizenry. ”As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the […]
The three million-strong Nigeria- American diaspora in the US has been urged to help kickstart strong economic ties between the two countries. Speaking at a town hall meeting in New York with gathering of Nigerians in diaspora, business and religious leaders, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Relations informed the […]
After a week of controversies that trailed his comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu has publicly apologized for making the statement considered uncomplimentary. The junior Minister tendered the apology Tuesday, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum. The committee had invited […]
By Ayo Balogun The Nigerian Army has announced the death of its abducted officer, Colonel Samaila Inusa. Col. Inusa was kidnapped Saturday evening 26th March 2016. In a release issued Tuesday by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the late soldier was found dead Tuesday, (March 29, 2016) at about 6.00pm. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja Wednesday for Washington DC to join President Barack Obama and about 60 other world leaders and heads of international organizations at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit which opens on Thursday. At plenary sessions of the summit aimed at reinforcing international commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Mr. President […]
