(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miss Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was on Sunday found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Akure. Oluboyo, who was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was found dead in her boyfriend’s house, Adeyemi Alao, popularly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has said the proposed national airline for the country would be unveiled before the end of the year. The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika gave the assurance while receiving the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for the establishment of the airline from Mr Chidi Izuwah, […]
…Says Party Reminiscence Of His Failed Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa Progress Front (BPF) has criticized a former Governor of the State, Chief Timipre Sylva, for what it described as an absurd display of wealth during a birthday organized by him and his friends. The Secretary General of the BPF, Comrade James Ebipade said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Croatia ended Russia’s unlikely 2018 FIFA World Cup dream when they won 4-3 on penalty kicks to eliminate the gallant hosts, after a dramatic quarter-final which ended 2-2 in extra time. In Sochi city’s Fisht Olympic Stadium on Saturday, Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty kick to send Croatia into a semi-final […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Ethiopia needs 7.5 billion dollars to finish infrastructure projects such as a massive dam and roads that the government hopes will drive industrialisation, the new prime minister said on Friday. Speaking to parliament before its vote on the 2018/19 budget, Abiy Ahmed said the government needed to be more efficient and prudent in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire’s plans to name a new government on July 9, after dissolving its predecessor because of a row within his ruling coalition, three government sources told Reuters on Friday. Two sources close to the president and one in Ouattara’s RDR party also said discussions between the RDR […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thirty people died when a bus skidded off the road into a ditch in Cameroon’s centre region, authorities said on Friday. “We understand the driver had fallen asleep,’’ regional governor Naseri Paul Bea told the state broadcaster CRTV. Two children under the age of two “miraculously’’ survived the crash, he added. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libya’s Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) is asking for U.N. sanctions against 48 individuals and others they accuse of trying to sell oil illicitly in a struggle over the country’s oil wealth. In a letter circulated to foreign embassies and the United Nations, and seen by the Media, NOC Chairman, Mustafa Sanalla, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adams Oshiomhole, the newly elected All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has said that the APC leadership will rather ignore members of the Reformed-APC than be bothered by their action. He stated this in Abuja when Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Congress (CPC) paid him a visit at the party`s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu has pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship programme exclusive to indigenes of the state. He made the commitment after presenting 50 beneficiaries of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. He said “Your Excellency, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday discharged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from further trial on allegation of non-assets declaration brought against him by the Federal Government. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Centus Nweze, held that the Dec.12, 2017 decision of the Court of Appeal against Saraki was based on hearsay. The judge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Police Command has arrested and dismissed a policeman who allegedly killed an NYSC member, Angela Igwetu, in Abuja. Igwetu, who was allegedly shot in the early hours of Wednesday around Ceddi Plaza by a police officer, was rushed to the Garki Hospital where she died. The Commissioner of Police, Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an executive order to freeze assets of individuals with corruption cases. Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 “on the Preservation of Assets connected with serious corruption and other relevant offences” was signed at a short ceremony in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has commiserate with the people and Government of Yobe State over the death of the former Finance Minister and Elder Statesman, Mallam Adamu Ciroma who died in Abuja at the age of 84. The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Uche Secondus, on Thursday urged residents of the state to shun violence during the July 14 governorship election. Secondus made the plea in Ado-Ekiti at a mega rally of the party held in Ado-Ekiti. The chairman described the PDP as the party to beat in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress national stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said with the demise of former Finance Minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, the country has lost an illustrious leader, consummate politician and accomplished public servant. Reacting to the death of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader on Thursday in Abuja, Asiwaju Tinubu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), says it is investigating the alleged killing of a female corps member, Linda Igwetu by a policeman on Wednesday in Abuja. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah stated this on Thursday in Abuja. According to report, Igwetu, who was allegedly shot in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after the emergence of the Reformed All Progressives Congress. R-APC, President Muhammmadu Buhari met with the three State Governors elected on the platform of the ruling APC. The meeting held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Governors in attendance of the meeting include: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council WAEC has announced the release 2018 WASCE said, confirming that 49.98 per cent of candidates who wrote the examination obtained credit passes and above. WAEC Head of National Office HNO, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, who made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference in Lagos, explained that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Federal Government is not aware of any court judgement directing the National Assembly to commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. The minister stated this while reacting to questions at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which […]
