(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for designating June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The commendation was contained in a letter Nwosu wrote to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Boss Mustapha on Monday in Abuja. He also thanked […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major crisis is looming in Ogbete main market Enugu, South-East Nigeria, over alleged plan by the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government to interfere in the trader’s electoral process. The Governor is accused of plotting imposition of an unpopular candidate as well as his kinsman to emerge as the […]
Photo: Governor Dickson, Bayelsa state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State on Monday threw their weight behind the Governor Seriake Dickson-led administration’s public service reforms describing the ongoing restructuring process as the only option out of the rot that had held down the state over the years. Rising from a town […]
Photo: L-R: Director, Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria, Ayo Otaigbe; Head, Human Resource Recruitment/ CSR & Sustainability, Fidelity Bank Plc. Chris Nnakwe; Chairperson, Coalition of Sickle cell NGOs Toyin Adesola; Product Manager, Electronic Banking, Fidelity Bank Plc. Daniel Azike during a press briefing in Lagos. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has partnered with Coalition of Sickle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arkady Babchenko, a veteran of the Chechen wars in Russia became a Defence Correspondent working mainly for the ‘Novaya Gazeta’. For over a decade, he covered wars like those against Georgia and the on-going separatist conflict in Southeast Ukraine. He incurred public displeasure in December, 2016, when following the crash of an airline carrying a 64-member military choir and other […]
…Asks Him to Declare IGR (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has accused the administration of the incumbent Governor Ayo Fayose of inflicting severe hardship on the people since assumption to office – in the last four years. Fayemi who also faulted Fayose during interview with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has signed with the Kingdom of Morocco three agreements; including a regional gas pipeline that will see country providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco and Europe. The signing of the agreements, which took place in Rabat, Morocco, was witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari and King of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has confirmed that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has concluded plans to pay off six months’ salary arrears the government of Ekiti State is owing its workers ahead of the forth coming governorship election in the state. The APC, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Enugu state, south East Nigeria, have confirmed the death of a family of seven in a ghastly auto crash that happened Sunday at -Onyeama hill, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. Ebere Amarizu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement, said the accident occurred at about 8 am on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular traffic on the Mokwa-Jebba road has been paralysed following the collapse of a bridge after rainfall on Saturday night, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC’s Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced it had dismissed five out of 92 policemen tried for various offences in the first half of the year. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Child Oti, three of the five dismissed policemen were tried in connection with the Ojota incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday appointed Mr Opeyemi Bamidele as the Director General of his campaign office. Fayemi made the declaration at the inauguration of his mobilisation and campaign committees in Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi said the former lawmaker, […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – June 12, 1993 was the day eligible Nigerians trooped out in their numbers to choose between the late M.K.O. Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Alhaji Bashir Tofa of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) who would be president of the of Nigeria. The foundation for […]
By Our Correspondent Photo: Governor Ayo Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to pay outstanding workers’ salaries ahead of the Saturday July 14, 2018 governorship election in the state, Governor Ayodele Fayose has begun moves to source funds outside the state. Our correspondent in Ekiti gathered that baring any change of plans, Governor Nyesome Wike is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian musician Ukeleke Onwubuya better known as Ras Kimono has passed on in a hospital in Lagos. Ras kimono dominated the Nigerian music industry in the late 80’s after his debut album titled “Under pressure” brought him to limelight. While there has been no official statement from his family, prominent Nigerians including […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s flagship Chat Banking personality, Leo, is set to change the face of e-banking across Key African markets following its launch in Cameroon, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and Congo. Already Leo which has been very active in Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, has brought ease to the customers, as it has […]
Photo: Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged both the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to jointly investigate abuse of office against Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Lasun Yusuff. SERAP alleged that Mr Lasun […]
Photo: President/CEO, Africa Heritage Center, Ambassador Tunde Adetunji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The brain drain syndrome has remained one of the critical issues that are affecting the human resource development index of Nigeria as professionals in various fields of human endeavor are by each passing day jetting out of the country without looking inward. The reason for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain’s richest man has had a bid to buy Chelsea football club turned down by Roman Abramovich, according to British media reports. The Daily Mail reported that Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman and chief executive of multinational petrochemicals group Ineos, expressed an interest in the Premier League club which the Russian has owned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has declared Tuesday, June 12, as public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by late MKO Abiola. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, on Saturday. Bello […]
