BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has commended Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for accepting responsibility for the paternity of his Igbo Son, Jack Musa Ngonadi Gowon, after forty eight years of denial, abandonment, victimization and slander. Gowon had in a signed statement two weeks ago, accepted paternity over […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Heirs Holdings; Mr. Tony Elumelu would at the weekend engage with the academia, thought leaders and students in 2 of America’s prestigious universities; Harvard and Columbia on development strategies for Africa. The African Business leader, who is also Chairman of United Bank for Africa, will be delivering a […]
By Emeka Chiakwelu The much debated and contentious Petroleum Industry Bill 2012 (PIB) is a quantum leap in the remaking of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, if and when it becomes the law of the land. Some Nigerians deemed the bill controversial because many of them have not read the bill but rather depend on […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Lagos has insisted on enforcement of the judgment ordering the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to publish widely the spending of recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999. The details of the judgment are contained in the certified true copy […]
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (GCFR) UPON HIS APOLOGY OVER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCILS OF UNIVERSITIES AND REVERSAL OF ILLEGALLY SACKED VICE CHANCELLORS AND OUR RESOLVE TO WITHDRAW THE LAW SUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The saying that leaders are born and not made is everyday becoming true and evident in your […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture is producing more gas from Agbada field in the Eastern Niger Delta in support of government’s aspiration of increasing domestic gas production for manufacturing and power generation. Some 10 million standard cubic feet of non-associated gas per day (MMscf/d) […]
A lawyer and prominent politician, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is dead. Dr. Braithwaite’s son, Olumide confirmed the death of the founder of defunct PRP, at age 82, Monday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. The late politician and human right activist died after brief illness.
James Milner will Tuesday lead England in friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley. The 30-year-old Liverpool Midfielder, who made his debut against the Dutch side in August 2009 and won 57 caps will be leading his National team for the first time. On his own, Roy Hodgson is expected to make many changes owing to […]
By Ayo Balogun The Save Nigeria Anti Corruption Coalition has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Minister of States for Petroleum, Mr, Ibe Kachukwu, over his continued incompetence and inability to properly address the fuel scarcity situation in the country. The group also hinged its call on Kachukwu’s removal over his unguarded […]
Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro has broken his silence over US President Barrack Obama’s visit to the country. The former President in a 1,500-word letter published in state-run newspaper Granma countered that Cuba didn’t need any gift from the “empire”. He therefore described President Obama’s words of reconciliation as “syrupy” and warned that they could […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Nigerian Army authority has raised to N1 Million, the cash reward to any person with useful information that could lead to the rescue of its missing officer, Col. Samaila Inusa. Spokesman of 1 Division, Col. Abdul Usman made this public Monday morning, while speaking with newsmen. The Army authority had […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he clocks 64 years tomorrow, Tuesday March 29, 2016. President Buhari, in a statement issued by his SA on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina believed the rising political profile of Asiwaju Tinubu since […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As part of strategy to checkmate ghost workers, in its public service, the Enugu state Government, has directed the immediate biometric capturing of her entire workforce and pensioners using Bank Verification Number (BVN). Commissioner in charge of Ministry of Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele, who made this known to newsmen weekend in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has signed into law the 2016 appropriation bill of over 135 billion naira tagged “The Budget of Revival” which he said was formulated in line with the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress, APC that seeks to ease life easy for the common man as promised […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji A member of engineering crew of the popular juju exponent, Yinka Ayefele died, while others sustained injuries Saturday, in a fatal auto crash, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The deceased identified as Tunde Oduneye, was said to be traveling in one of the trucks with musical equipment with his colleagues and died when the […]
No fewer than 50 people Sunday evening were killed and several others injured, in an explosion which rocked a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. Officials indicated that the bloody incident occurred when the park was crowded with families. While no group has claimed responsibility for the incident, speculations have it that the […]
The Federal Government (FG) has commenced the reconstruction of public institutions, like Police Stations and schools, destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North Eastern States. Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal made this public Sunday, in Hong, Adamawa State, at the graduation ceremony of Buba Industrial Village students. The […]
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has commiserated with victims of Saturday’s fire disaster that razed the popular Abubakar Rimi market in Kano. The National Assembly (NASS) Chairman in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) lamented the repeated fire disasters in markets across the country is the need for management of markets to always […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent Lagos State indigenes have accused Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of giving appointments made for indigenes of the state to non-indigenes, especially in the appointment of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as the Co-Chairman to head the Lagos at 50 Celebration Committee. The indigenes, under the umbrella of […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja As Christians across the world mark the Easter festivities held in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians to pray for the peace, development and prosperity of the country. APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in his season’s message […]
