June 12: Senate Backs Buhari on MKO, Says Honour Long Overdue

Photo: Chief MKO Abiola …Demands Payment of MKO, Kingibe’s Entitlements …Urges INEC to Declares Results of June 12, 1993 Presidential Elections By Ayo Balogun, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike their colleagues in the House of Representatives, members of the Senate Thursday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to honour the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, […]

Reconciliation: Enugu APC Considers Lifting Suspension Slammed on Onyeama, Nwangwu, Others

Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs minister From   Ignatius  Okpara, Enugu  Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The  Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has extended an olive branch to Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama, and Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on judicial reform, Juliet Ibekaku Nwangwu, saying it is also  considering […]

Pro-Dickson Group Visits Iworiso-Markson, Says He’s a Shining Public Servant

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group, the Ogbia Restoration Crusaders has ‎commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his boldness to initiate the ongoing public service reforms. The group said the reforms are necessary in view of the massive corruption, irregularities and other unwholesome practices that has bedeviled the state public service […]

Ugandan Establishes New Anti-Corruption Unit

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Wednesday, announced the establishment of a new anti-corruption unit and encouraged the public to report corrupt officials to the unit. Museveni, while delivering his state of the nation address, said the move was aimed at fighting rampant corruption and poor service delivery. He said the unit would […]

Buhari Shifts Democracy Day to June 12, Honours Late Abiola With GCFR

…Kingibe, Late Gani Fawehinmi  to Receive GCON  (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years  should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]

Fayemi Hands Over Ministry to Minister Of State

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Kayode Fayemi, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Wednesday officially handed over the leadership of the ministry to the Minister of State, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari. Kayode handed over documents in his custody in Abuja, to enable Bwari to execute the functions of the ministry appropriately. According to him, […]

Naira Weakens Against Dollar at Parallel Market

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Wednesday fell by one point exchanging at N361.5 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency had exchanged at N360.50 to the dollar on Tuesday. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed N484 and N420, respectively at the […]

Nine People, NECO Candidates Killed in Fresh Attacks in Benue

BENUE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine persons have again been killed, while many injured in another bloody attack by the suspected herdsmen in Benue State, North central Nigeria. Among the victims of the fresh attack which spread through the troubled Guma and Logo Local Government areas were two students who had traveled to the LGs community […]

Ekiti Guber: APC Candidate, Fayemi Bows Out of FEC Meeting

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development as well as the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Ekiti Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has formally left President Muhammadu Buhari-led cabinet. In his valedictory speech, President Buhari Wednesday ahead of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting led other members, to […]

PHOTOS: Buhari Breaks Ramadan Fast With Traditional And Religious Leaders/June 5, 2018

Gov. Ugwuanyi’s Chief Press Secretary Dies in Indian Hospital

From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has announced the passing on of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. A statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu by the state Commissioner for  information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, said Abugu passed on “yesterday  in a hospital in India […]

Governor Umahi Effects Minor Cabinet Reshuffle in Ebonyi

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw three commissioners in his cabinet swapping positions. Dr Hyginus Nwokwu., Secretary  to the State Government (SSG) made this known in a statement in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Nwokwu disclosed that Chief Sabinus Nwankwagu, Former Commissioner for Border, Peace and Conflict […]

BREAKING: Drama as Lawmakers Accuse Saraki of Pursuing Personal Issues, Agenda at NASS Joint Session

…Resolution Drafted by Saraki’s Loyalists (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Parliamentary Support Group of the Senate and House of Representatives has criticised the National Assembly closed joint session dissociating its members from the 12-point resolution issued at the end of the meeting. Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC-Kano), who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on behalf […]

Police Say Seven People Die in Machete Attack In Mozambique

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven people were killed in a machete attack on a village in Northern Mozambique, Police said on Tuesday. The incident happened over a week ago when 10 persons were killed in a similar attack by suspected jihadists. The attack occurred in Macomia district in Cabo Delgado, the same area where violence occured […]

NASS Warns Buhari Against Harassment of Lawmakers, Opponents, Selective Anti-Corruption

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joint session of the National Assembly NASS held Tuesday has ended with a five point-resolution, among which is the caution to President Muhammadu Buhari to adhere to the rule of Law. According to a tweet from the verified Twitter handle of the President of the Senate, the resolutions reached at the […]

AfDB to Assist São Tomé and Príncipe Develop Blue Economy Strategy

By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s premier development finance institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed its willingness to help São Tomé and Príncipe to develop a blue economy strategy. The AfDB which currently operates in 41 African countries with an external office in Japan, contributes to the economic development and the […]

Court Strikes Out Suit Demanding Cost of Buhari’s UK Treatment

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit, requesting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to provide details on amount spent on Buhari’s treatment while on medical vacation in London last year. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1142/2017 was filed by the Civil Society […]

Senators, Reps Meet in Joint Session to Discuss State of NASS

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday had a joint session to discuss some pressing issues relating to the Leadership of the National Assembly NASS. Although, the purpose of the joint Executive meeting was not officially made public, still, issues relating to the police botched invitation to the President of the […]

Muslim Group Gives Falz 7-Day Ultimatum to Withdraw ‘This  is Nigeria’ Video or Face Legal Action

Full Press Release: (AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Folarin Falana (Falz the Bahd Guy), a Nigerian artist, last week released a new song called ‘This is Nigeria’. The production featured a character that dressed like a Fulani man, who suddenly abandoned his traditional guitar and beheaded a man. It also portrayed women in hijab as choreographers dancing the ‘shaku-shaku’ […]

Police Bust Child Trafficking Syndicates in Abia

From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Abia state, South-Nigeria say it has apprehended three suspects who are members of  a child trafficking syndicates, including 17-year-old girl, identified as  Gift Daniel, who sold her two-day-old baby boy for paltry N670, 000. (Six hundred and seventy naira). Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, the Commissioner of police […]