The Bayelsa State government on Monday refuted insinuations that its indigenes on scholarship in Ghana were denied access to their hostels and stopped from writing their semester exams. A statement by Mr Jeremiah Owoupele, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seriake Dickson on Scholarships Welfare, noted that the office had been in constant touch with the […]
Cameroonians got their chance of introducing into the syllabus of Comedy and Other Comic Forms (a subject I taught in my other career), what seemed like a variant of the domestic nature of humour and wit, when in the last week and more days, they forced humour out of what seemed like an ordinary situation […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has called on Ndigbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari for a 2nd term, saying it remains the best and fastest way for the race to position its self for Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023. He […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), Real Madrid have had their ban on signing players reduced to one transfer window. The Spanish side was originally barred from signing players for two windows by the world governing body FIFA. Despite the ruling, the club remained banned, from […]
Governor Seriake Dickson at the weekend paid tribute to Bayelsans who paid the supreme sacrifice to defend the integrity and honour of the Ijaw nation during the 5th of December, 2015 and rescheduled 9th of January, 2016 gubernatorial election in the state. Speaking at the 2016 Christmas Carol Service held at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha […]
A coalition of students’ leaders in Ogbia, Bayelsa State, on Monday lauded what it described as the ‘unrivalled attention’ given to the development of the education in the state by Governor Seriake Dickson. The youths who spoke during a visit to the Special Assistant to the governor on Students’ Affairs for the area, Mr Henry […]
By Ayo Balogun IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has donated the sum of N5million towards the welfare of widows of members of the Nigeria Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives in line of duty and urged Nigerians and corporate organizations to continue to donate generously towards their welfare. […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate seems to have reversed itself on the raging controversies surrounding the rejection of confirmation of the acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu and calling for sack of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called for cooperation between the executive and legislative arms of government, just as he felicitated with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on the occasion of his 54th birthday anniversary today – Monday, December 19, 2016. In his goodwill message to the celebrant, the President described […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of professional negligence by French Court. Although, the court held that Ms. Lagarde would not be penalized, but ruled that as a French Finance Minister in 2008, she approved an award of €404m ($429m; £340m) to a businessman […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ukraine’s biggest commercial bank, PrivatBank, has been nationalized. The move was aimed at protecting 20 million customers and “preserving financial stability in the country”. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has on Sunday declared that PrivatBank was insolvent. The government subsequently backed the nationalization. The country’s apex bank indicated […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After being sanctioned, tech giant, Apple has filed an appeal against a European Union, which ordered it to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland. It would be recalled that in August, the EU ruled that Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland were illegal and demanded the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The troops in Syria have commenced evacuations of last rebel enclaves in eastern Aleppo areas under siege in the northern part of the country, with civilian in some rebel-held zones now being allowed to leave. According to seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who tweeted about conditions in the city, said a linked […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died after suffering from heart attack at the age of 99. Her husband Frederic von Anhalt confirmed to the AFP that his wife has passed away at the age of 99, at home, amidst her friends and family. He restated “Everybody was there. She […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police NPF has launched an indept investigation into various misconducts, including the leaked audio which implicated Governor Nyesom Wike in the last Saturday Rivers State and National Assembly rerun poll. Wike in a story published by an online news website – Saharareporters was caught in recorded tape while […]
Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, African Examiner – Bayelsa State Government has announced plans to commence rigorous training programmes for public servants by next year, as part of its efforts to restructure the service, towards enhancing productivity. Dickson announced this over the weekend at the swearing in ceremony of 2 permanent secretaries, Mr. Joseph Tarimo Aseimo and […]
ABUJA, 16 December 2016 – The Government of Norway has donated $11.5 million, (approximately 3.6 billion Naira) to improve basic education and support girls and women who have been victims of sexual violence by Boko Haram in the conflict-affected northeast Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe. The funding is part of the Safe Schools Initiative […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers international FC of Enugu is currently in a serious fix ahead of the 2017 Confederation of Africa football (CAF) champions’ league, as most of its utility players are threatening to quit the club due to poor remuneration. The club, which is currently the 2015/2016 champions […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indication has emerged that the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAB) has resolved to reinstate 23 recently sacked members of staff of the citadel. According to a statement issued Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, by the FUNAB Head, Directorate of […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the rejection by the Senate of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu as an act of vengeance and a shameless anti-people decision. It subsequently declared that the rejection of Magu’s appointment by Senate was a […]
