By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President and 2019 PDP presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has mourned the passing of Alhaji Isa Funtua. African Examiner had reported the death of Funtua, who is a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night. Reacting, the Waziri of Adamawa took to his Twitter page and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s minister of mineral resources and energy Gwede Mantashe has been admitted to hospital days after testing positive for Covid-19, the government has announced. His wife, Nolwandle Mantashe, will continue to self-quarantine at home. The couple tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday last week. In a statement, the government said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Governors Forum has described the death of Mallam Isma’ila Isa Funtua, a life patron of the International Press Institute and the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, as painful. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, in a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, on Monday elected interim management executive committee members to pilot its affair, until a new election is conducted. According to the association, the election became necessary following the de-registration of over 70 political parties by the Independent National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Oct. 10 election. Akeredolu polled 2,458 votes out of the total 2,793 votes cast to defeat 11 other contestants. Recall that three aspirants– Ife Oyedele, Abraham Olusegun and Jimi Odimayo– had stepped down […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the news of the acting MD of Niger Delta Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, fainting during interrogation by the National Assembly. It will be recalled that the House of Representative had set up a committee to look into the case of misappropriation of funds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Collins Oreruan, Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Coalition of Political Parties (CPP) in Edo on Monday, denied collecting N65 million as inducement to endorse the State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki for a second tenure. Oreruan, who was reacting to allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC), that the political parties […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the first time since its inception in 1956, the 2020 Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year because of the worldwide impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. The editor in chief of France Football magazine, Pascal Farre, confirmed this on Monday stressing that many conditions are yet to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Monday announced that he would disengage from service some categories of aides, numbering more than 1,000, on Aug. 1 due to non-performance in their duties. Umahi made the announcement in Abakaliki during a virtual swearing-in of some Special Assistants and Caretaker Chairmen of Local Governments, among […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua is dead. He allegedly died in Abuja on Monday night of cardiac arrest. He was 78 years old. Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua was a very strong ally of President mohammdau Buhari. He was believed to be a […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State Governor and chairman of the governorship primary in Ondo State, Mr Yahaya Bello, have stated that the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State will be free and fair. Bello stated that he was ready to make sure that the most popular […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing House of Representatives investigative hearing of the alleged Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) N81.5bn fraud, Monday took a shocking dimension as the acting Managing Director of the Commission, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, fainted while the session was ongoing. The shocking development happened as Prof Pondei – the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Rep. Olubumi Tunji-Ojo (APC-Ondo), has stepped down following accusations of involvement in corrupt practices in the commission. Tunji-Ojo stepped aside on Monday at the ongoing investigation on alleged N40 billion irregular expenditures in the NDDC in Abuja. Recall that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 556 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 36,663. Out of the new 556 daily cases, Edo state recorded the highest number of 104 infections. NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle late on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the 12 aspirants vying for the ticket of the APC in the Ondo State gubernatorial election has stepped down for Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu a few hours to the primaries. Mr Ife Oyedele has opted to step down for Akeredolu, hours before the primaries, slated for July 20. Oyedele, who spoke […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for which geo-political zone will produce the next governor of Enugu state in 2023 begins in grand style, a Socio-political group under the platform of Igbo Nsukka United Front (INUF) has said based on existing zoning arrangement in the State, it will still be the turn […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dust raised by the shocking death of the Nigerian first female combative Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, is yet to settle, as the country’s Air Force reveals the identity of the driver of the car which hit the young and promising officer. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has announced that he has tested positive for the covid-19. Mr Onyeama announced the result of his 4th test on his official twitter handle on Sunday. He said he was heading for isolation for treatment. “Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, has stated that the South should have a shot at the presidency in 2023. He stated this while speaking to reporters stressing that there is a need to ensure power shifts after the tenure of President Buhari. Yari said: […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ,Former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has identified other factors that are promoting corruption in Nigeria. He said: “Morally and religiously speaking, corruption is a problem. “Part of the problem we have is incompetence and that is why I keep saying we must pay attention to merit. There must […]
