Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators at the second day running of debate of the general principles of the N6.08trillion 2016 budget said that instead of relying heavily on borrowing substantially for the implementation of the budget which goes by average of N500million daily, heavy taxation is a better option. They reckoned […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that he does not have any house in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), challenging anyone with information of any property linked to him in Dubai to publish the details. The governor, who also said he was ready to waive his immunity to […]
By Oyirinda Wonodi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A couple of months ago, I wrote about violence and the continuing carnage in Rivers State. At that time, I deliberately chose to focus on the bloodbath, the butchery, kidnapping, armed robbery and the daily dose of harassment taking place in the name of politics in Rivers […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Konbowei Friday Benson, on Thursday, dismissed reports that he had since stepped down following the judgment of the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, he insisted that he still remains the Speaker of the Assembly and […]
With the risks posed by macro economy; market development as well as high level of corruption over the years in the country, Nigeria has been certified to possess the human potential to check the devastating impacts of the sharp practices on the country as well as largely revamp the socio-economic sectors on a long term. […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the cash reward of N2 Million each, to members of 1985 under 17 Golden Eaglet squad. Mr. President made the announcement Thursday at Presidential reception for the outstanding athletes/officials who have done Nigeria proud in recent various sports competitions, inside the old Banquet Hall of the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The embattled National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh is to be arraigned today (Thursday) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over mutilating of his written evidence. Metuh who has been in custody of the EFCC since […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army, Hon. Funke Adedoyin, has described the Jebba-Mokwa Road as a national disaster. Adedoyin said the road needing urgent reconstruction. Adedoyin said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday when she led a delegation of the Committee […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Philanthropic Nigerian business mogul, Tony Elumelu, is set for a discourse on how to scale clean-energy investment to meet developing-country needs on a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, 22 January 2016. Elumelu, who is the chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that the party does not have an anointed candidate for the 2016 Edo governorship election. Odigie-Oyegun made the disclosure on Wednesday during a meeting with APC governoship aspirants for the Edo governoship seat […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command on Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist, whose name was given as John Igwe for being in possession of fresh human head. Briefing newsmen at the state police headquarters on its activities in the last one week, the new Commissioner of police […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senators across party lines on Wednesday picked holes in many of the projections made in the N6.08trillion 2016 budget estimates laid before a joint session of the National Assembly in December last year by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senators made the critique when contributing to debate on general principles of the budget […]
By Niyi Adeyi The embattled former Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi and ex-Niger Delta militant warlord, Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo are in for another ordeal, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) is set to file fresh criminal charges, involving over N11 Billion […]
Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has described the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, as a towering character whose footprints in Nigeria’s politics and traditional institution will remain indelible. Atiku recalled in a statement issued Tuesday by his media office in Abuja, that the late […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Wednesday ordered those in the custody of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to produce him so as to continue with his financial crimes related trial. The ex-NSA is standing trial of four-count charge; including misappropriation of $2.1Billion […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to be remanded in prison. Kanu who was arrested mid-October, 2015 in Lagos has since been in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has welcome with joy and enthusiasm the admission of Lagos State as the 6th member of the Odu’a Group, describing it as a major landmark in the effort of the South-West States of Nigeria towards regional integration. A statement issued on Wednesday by […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri The organised labour in Imo state has declared war on Governor Rochas Okorocha, over his recent sack of over 3,000 civil servants in the state, just as it asked the affected workers to disregard the government’s directive. Secretary to the Imo state government, Jude Ejiogu, had last week made several radio announcements […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As security agencies intensify the search for culprits behind the act, it has been established that the weekend’s attack on the Nigeria Gas Company’s pipeline connected to Chevron Nigeria Limited’s facility at Escravos, will impact negatively on the Olorunsogo NIPP plant (capacity 600MW), and other Power […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gun attack on a university in Charsadda, north-west Pakistan, has left about 20 people dead with four of the attackers also killed. Security forces battled gunmen after they stormed Bacha Khan University, reportedly setting off explosions. Nearly three hours after the attack began, an army official said firing had […]
