(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has commenced a comprehensive public sector reform as part of measures to re-jig the system and make it more viable for rapid growth. This was one of the disclosures made shortly after the 80th State Executive Council meeting which took place in Yenagoa on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen […]
Photo: Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle involving four commissioners to re-energise governance in the state. According to a statement by the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Sola Gold, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed approved the movement of Engineer […]
Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the raging face-off between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru, Nigerian senate has raised an ad hoc committee to probe the activities and allegations of frauds in the corporation. Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has sworn in his former Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson as the new Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Iworiso-Markson a consummate media practitioner takes over from Hon. Jonathan Obuebite who has been reassigned to the Ministry of Education. Shortly after taking his oath of office, […]
Photo: Dr Ibe Kachikwu By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major crisis is looming between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru. In a leaked memo dated August 30, 2017 and titled Matters of Insubordination and lack […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced the expulsion from the party, its former vice chairman, Comrade Adolphus Ude. African Examiner recalled that Ude, an ally of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, was suspended alongside ten others for alleged anti party activities […]
Photo: Prof Anthony Anwukah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just as President Muhammadu shuttled between Nigeria and United Kingdom for medical attention in London hospital, his minister state for education, Prof Anthony Anwukah is said to be sick and currently hospitalised in the United States. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this during a press briefing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Biafra-like agitation for independence has been unfolding in neighbouring Republic of Cameroon since November 2016. The people of Northern and Southern Cameroons under the umbrella of the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front (SCACUF) finally decided to affirm the independence of the English-speaking sections of Cameroon from the Republic. Like the […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC), Enugu state chapter, has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari fight against corruption, saying he should be allowed to actualize his laudable programme of revamping the nation’s dilapidated infrastructure, including using the Enugu Coal […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South- East zonal chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the its zoning of the office of the President to the North and that of the National Chairman to the Southern part of Nigeria. It stated this on Monday at the end of her […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – An armed group has shut down one of Libya’s largest oil fields in the south of the country. Al Sharara oil field was pumping over 200,000 barrels of oil before its latest closure. Militias have frequently subjected Libya’s oil production fields and export terminals to blockades in recent years, but production recovered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit out at brawling, chair-throwing ANC politicians, describing their behaviour as shameful. He made the remarks at the close of an African National Congress meeting in Eastern Cape province that descended into chaos. “I saw chairs flying – a festival of chairs… It’s something we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro- Democracy and Non-Governmental organisation-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has dismissed the 57th Independence broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as substantially deficient in statesmanship and portrays the President as someone with some deep seated grudges and unmitigated hatred for the over 50 million Igbo speaking people of South East […]
Photo: Stephen Paddock (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspect in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has been identified as Stephen Paddock, authorities said. Paddock, 64, is from Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas and had been known to local law enforcement. The shooting is not believed to be connected to international […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari (PROTOCOL) October 1st remains a special date for all Nigerians as this marks the day when we attained one of the most precious of human desires — freedom. Over the years the country has gone through trials and tribulations, but October 1st is always a day for celebrations. It is a […]
