By Eric Ojo, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has urged political leaders and heads of government in Africa to brace up to the challenge of addressing the manifold problems confronting the continent. The Commission said time has come for Africa and its people to put an end to the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended nine suspected cultists including students, artisans and traders, who have been disturbing the peace of the state with their nefarious activities. Briefing newsmen in Enugu, the state police public Relations officer, PPRO Ebere Amaraizu said the suspects had been terrorizing some parts of the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Digital Switch Over (DSO) with a commitment to meeting the deadline by June 2017. ”We don’t have an option, we must meet the 2017 deadline. Otherwise our TV sets will be useless to us. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Dakuku Peterside has resumed duty as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos by the Head of Public Relations Department of NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka. It said that the director-general, on arrival at […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has described Dangote Group, General Electric, among others as strategic investors sustaining African economy and urged them not to relent. He called on other investors in Africa to consider the strategic nature of investments made by the conglomerates and emulate them in order to enhance the value […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea Tuesday in Malabo signed an agreement on the establishment of a combined Maritime Policing and Security Patrol Committee. The conclusion and signing of the agreement is expected to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea and help in curbing maritime crimes such as piracy, crude oil […]
*As Senate Pledges To Pass Diaspora Commission Bill ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Presidency is set to partner with the National Assembly on a new policy to cater for the needs and inclusiveness of Nigerians in Diaspora. ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Presidency is set to partner the National Assembly on a new policy to cater for […]
*Allocates N10bn for Resettlement of IDPs Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate on Tuesday threw out a bill seeking to guarantee women’s equal rights with men as senators mainly from the North vehemently opposed the bill, describing its as anti-Islam. In her lead debate, before it was thrown out, the sponsor of the bill, Senator Biodun Olujimi […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The fraud unearthed from the 2014 audit report presented by the Auditor- General of the Federation , Samuel Ukura to the National Assembly on Monday has attracted the attention of the Senate which on Tuesday declared that the N3.3 trillion scam alleged in the report , will be thoroughly probed. Fielding questions […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Malabo condemned recent political violence in Rivers State, saying that the killing of people over political differences was primitive, barbaric and unacceptable. “We will deal decisively with all sponsors of violence. I have given the security services clear directives in this regard. “We will show […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South Africa came visiting Nigeria this week, bearing messages of hope and African renaissance. The Zuma story is one that teaches Nigeria how to handle its citizens and the fact that human beings if given the opportunity, can excel. Zuma was five when his father […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday ordered occupants of all houses built by Lekki Gardens to vacate immediately as government wants to conduct integrity test on all the buildings to ascertain their durability. The governor directed that stability test be conducted on all building […]
By Phrank Shaibu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – March 6th, 2016 was another bad day in Nigeria for road users and its nation’s leadership. Indeed, If put in candid and fearless perspective, it will remain a vital remembrance day that Nigeria citizens ought use to ask its leadership to conscientiously examine its concern for their […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo & Adelagun Abudu (akinadejum@aol.com & ade2abudu@yahoo.com) Let’s pass it on to our children. “The great and most powerful gift a parent can give their children is to pass to them their language and their culture …” We would have loved it very much to write this in Yoruba but for two main […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). The appointment, which takes immediate effect, is for a period of five years. Dr. Radda graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural […]
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is often very necessary to say things as they are without putting it under the tongue to convey: Bukola Saraki is unfit to occupy any office. The truth is that he is trying everything possible to avoid his trial for false asset declaration; he is seeking […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has uncovered plans by a faceless group under the aegis of education consultants to stage a protest in Lagos over some challenges in the conduct of the ongoing Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A statement issued on Monday night in Abuja by the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators were held spellbound by the series of frauds perpetrated by various government agencies , including the National Assembly, all totaling over N3.3 trillion. This was contained in the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Samuel Ukura 2014 audit report submitted to the Senate. The fraud also captures […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the wake of the Lekki Gardens building collapse, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday approved the dismissal of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA),Engr. Adeigbe Olushola. The Governor also approved the dismissal of the Head of Inspection and Quality Control in the […]
*As Buhari Leaves For Equatorial Guinea BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to reports, the Presidency did not cancel the scheduled trip of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to India for an international conference on Trade just as ‘protocol error’ has been ruled out of reason he stayed back, a top government official told African Examiner […]
