(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in London for a 10-day working holiday. He left Abuja for London in the early hours of Friday. On hand to bid him farewell were the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello and the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. While […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has concluded arrangements to establish a university of medical sciences in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson said in a statement of Friday, that the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has already forwarded a bill to the Bayelsa State for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Abu Ibrahim (APC-Katsina) says there will no peace in the Senate until Bukola Saraki resigns his position as Senate President. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, Senator Ibrahim sarcastically commended Saraki for honourably leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) but asked him to do the needful by resigning honourably too. His words: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the “factional” leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki to resign his position as Senate President. What exactly does the Comrade want Saraki to resign from- the Senate Presidency or even his membership of the Senate having won election into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that work on the rail line from Ibadan to Kano would soon commence. Okhiria stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday Abuja. According to him, the Ibadan to Kano will commerce as soon […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a relatively long break from the Nigerian political scene, the impunity in which a cross section of the country’s political class is reputed, unfortunately came to play early this week. It was demonstrated by reckless eight Benue State, North central Nigeria, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has assured the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki and others who defected to the party recently that history will be fair to them for returning to party they “truly belong.” Prince “Secondus who spoke at the 81st National Executive Committee […]
…Declares N4.4BN Balance For July (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has decried illegal deduction of revenues from the Excess Crude Account without by the federal government. The state government described the deductions as unconstitutional saying monies domiciled in the ECA are proceeds from the 13% derivation meant for oil producing states. Deputy Governor, Rear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared that the ruling APC has nothing to lose with the defection of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, alleging that he has since been slowing down the progress of the present government. Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the declaration Wednesday in […]
Photo: Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has assured that no governor will defect from the party anymore. The governor gave the assurance at the end of a closed door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the announcement of the result, one person has been feared dead as troops Wednesday opened fire in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, after opposition supporters went on the rampage. The opposition MDC Alliance alleges that the ruling Zanu-PF party has rigged Monday’s presidential and parliamentary votes. Parliamentary results show Zanu-PF heading for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to London on a 10-day “working holiday.” According to a statement issued Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adesina the holiday will commence on Friday, August 3, 2018. Some Nigerians are speculating that the real reason for the President’s visit […]
SOKOTO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Speaker of the House of Representatives and incumbent Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has finally defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP. Tambuwal who is the third APC Governor to leave the party within a week announced his defection Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the first denial, the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, may have joined his Kwara political leader, the Senate President Bukola Saraki, by resigning his position. According to a tweet from Abdullahi’s ‘’unverified’’ Twitter handle – @BolajiAbdullahi, said: “In view of recent political developments in […]
Photo: Miss Emily Oguns and Mr Emmanuel Jonathan From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mentally challenged graduate of Banking and finance lady from Edo State, South- South Nigeria, who was rescued in Enugu State, has appealed to Governor, Godwin Obaseki of the state to come to her assistance for a total rehabilitation of her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has condemned attempts in some quarters to drag the name of President Muhammadu Buhari into the on-going political saga in Benue State House of Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, dissociated the president from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it called the harassment of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, opposition leaders, and voices of dissent by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led-Federal Government. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, accused the government of […]
Photo: PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the resignation of the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday in Abuja also welcomed the Kwara State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A state High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo state capital has stopped the swearing-in ceremony of the Deputy Governor-designate, Mr. Callistus Ekenze. Precisely, 19 out of 27 members of the State House of Assembly on Monday impeached the former Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, citing alleged gross misconducts as the reason […]
…Approves N3,000 Per Month For Pregnant Women; Get Free Drugs (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on a Tuesday, handed over a cheque of N1.2 billion for the construction of health facilities in the 105 wards of the state. Governor Dickson said that the decision was part of […]
