FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri The Imo State police Command says it has commenced withdrawing its men illegally attached to politicians in the state. Mr Chris Ezike, the state Commissioner of police who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri after an interactive session with the leadership of the state House of Assembly explained that the idea […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday again failed to attend the weekly Federal Executive Council Meeting (FEC) making it the third time the president will skip the meeting. The President’s continuous absent from the FEC meeting is fueling speculations about his poor state of health. Last week, the minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said […]
By Owei Lakemfa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Covenant University, Sango Ota, is like most of the private universities established by religious missions, one of the costliest in the country. A former student, Mr. Vmamh Lonngji Felix who sued the university for wrongful expulsion, told the court that in less than four years, his parents spent over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his apparent deteriorating health condition resulting in his inability to perform public functions, President Mohammadu Buhari has been advised to heed to the advice of his personal physicians and proceed on medical leave. A statement issued on Monday by Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, academic, Jibrin Ibrahim and social activist, Debo […]
*Says Bayelsa will lead the way to invest in refineries *To establish three modular refineries in each senatorial zones (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says the interest of the Federal Government to set up modular refineries is a brilliant idea that will not only create more jobs but increase the economic […]
By Austyn Ogannah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Watchers and followers of American history would readily admit that one of the most enduring scandals of the Ronald Reagan Administration was the clandestine sale of arms to Iran, at the time a sworn enemy of the US, with some of the proceeds sent to a South American Rebel […]
Photo caption: (L-R) Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige *As Workers Embarrass Sarak, Dogara, Ngige ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The celebration of this year Workers’ day Monday in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja was trailed with confusion and stalemate between […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has abandoned the year’s May Day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation. Embattled Zuma who has been enmeshed in scandal broke between his supporters and opponents, resulting in all speeches being cancelled. It would be recalled that the main labour Federation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s Workers’ day rally did not hold in Osun South West Nigeria as the State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) shelved the exercise in honour of the first Executive Governor Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke. Adeleke died at age 62, last week Sunday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital allegedly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Comunications, Barrister Adebayo Shiitu has sent a solidarity message to the Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress on this year’s edition of Labour Day, even as he laments that the celebration is being done on an empty stomach by the government workers. The pro-labour politician said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An inquest into the death of Osun State’s first civilian governor, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, has been announced. A “special statement” by the state government said the move became imperative to put the record straight, following the disruption of the burial arrangements by some “miscreants masquerading as mourners”. The statement alleged that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said that Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over 850 million dollars to gas flaring in 2015. Mrs Pat Maseli, Deputy Director, Head, Upstream, DPR, gave the statistics at the just concluded 10th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil and Gas Conference in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As workers in Bayelsa State join their counterparts around the world to celebrate the 2017 International Workers Day, often referred to as May Day, Governor Seriake Dickson has restated his administration’s desire to improve on their welfare. This he says is key in order to encourage them to be more productive and […]
FROM Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major political violence was on Saturday averted by security operatives at Ezeagu council area of Enugu state, as scores of political thugs alleged to be working for the state Deputy Governor, Mrs, Cecilia Ezeilo, who hails from the locality disrupted an event put together by the ruling […]
By Owei Lakemfa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Republic of South Sudan, the young, land-locked African country which became independent of Sudan on July 9, 2011 is edging closer to genocide. The conflict which began in December 2013 when President Salva Kirr accused Vice President Reik Machar of trying to overthrow him, has claimed over 300,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to messages being circulated by those it described as “mischievous characters”, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has said that the mock examination for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations UTME) scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday) would still take place and was “not postponed.” A short statement issued on Friday night […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned an Onitsha based business man Chris Onyebuchi Ijeoma alongside his company, Tellers International Limited before Justice I.B.Gafai of the Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra state South East Nigeria on a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretences and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Nweze Umahi, of Ebonyi state, South-east Nigeria has declared May 2nd and 3rd as public holidays so as to enable residents in the state participate in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).exercise recently announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. He made this known in Abakaliki the Ebonyi state capital […]
Photo caption: Group Managing Director/CEO of the United Bank for Africa Group (UBA), Mr. Kennedy Uzoka *Its African subsidiaries wax stronger, contributing 35% of earnings Lagos, Nigeria – April 28 , 2017: The Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. […]
At the 2017 World Bank/ IMF spring meetings, a human rights group, African Internally Displaced Persons Voice Foundation has made a strong case for an action plan that will help protect internally displaces persons, not only in Africa but around the world. The executive director of the group, Oluwatobi Ogunbayo made the call last week […]
