By Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has canceled his much publicized two days visit to Lagos State as he will now send Vice President Yemi Osibanjo to represent him. The president’s visit would have made him the first sitting president to embark on official state visit to Lagos in […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has warned that there could be reprisal attacks on Fulani herdsmen in the State if they do not desistfrom invading communities in Ekiti and attacking the people, describing the Fulani herdsmen that invaded Oke Ako in Ikole localgovernment area of the State on Friday, killing two residents of the town and injuring others […]
…Former Acting Chairman, Modu Sheriff Cajoled By Seun Adebosin/Ganiyu Nasirudeen BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now one house divided within itself, as factions within it, seem not to be compliant with one another and two parallel National conventions held Saturday in Abuja and Port Harcourt, the Rivers State […]
Manchester United are set to appoint Jose Mourinho as their new manager, BBC Sport understands. It is believed a deal with the 53-year-old Portuguese was agreed in principle before United’s FA Cup final win against Crystal Palace on Saturday. With United failing to qualify for the Champions League under Louis van Gaal, the Old Trafford hierarchy is […]
PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS – The National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday dissolved its National Executive Council, National Working Committee (NWC) and set up a seven-man Caretaker Committee. The motion to dissolve the party’s NEC and NWC was moved by Mr Austin Opara, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives and seconded […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger Delta Avengers is the name of a new group of militants in the Niger Delta who claim to be different from the former agitators and militants who operated between 2006 and 2009, largely under the umbrella of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The title […]
The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 23, 2016 on a two-day working visit to the State. It will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office about a year ago. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve […]
As the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) holds its factional national convention in Port Harcourt Saturday, one member of the State Working Committee of the PDP that will surely be absent from the event is Mr. Samuel Johnson Okpoko, Rivers State Secretary of the PDP. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are grilling Mr. Okpoko, for […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja The Federal Government has reassured stakeholders and key players in the manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy of its commitment to fixing the problem of power shortage in the country. The government said the tough conditions that manufacturer’s face in Nigeria notably inadequate power is one of its top priorities, adding […]
Chibok parents refuted the Nigerian Army’s report that the second rescued girl, Serah Luka, was among the 219 kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. A girl, Amina Ali, believed to be among the Chibok schoolgirls, was announced rescued from the hands of the terrorists on Wednesday. The army had again said in a […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court Lagos on Friday refused to vacate its Order not to conduct election into offices of the National Secretary and National Auditor at the PDP convention holding in Port Harcourt on Friday. The judge further adjourned further hearing on the case till May 24th. Justice A. B. […]
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In our bid to contribute to the progress of Nigeria and Africa through the examination of contemporary socio-political developments, Global Village Extra (GVE) will host a three-day seminar from 28-30 October, 2016. The event, the inaugural edition, will hold on 28 October, with a paper titled: Africa Rising: Myth or […]
As Retiring HOS Fingered, Implicated in The Scam BAUCHI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mind boggling staff scandal has been uncovered within the Bauchi State Government. Due to the development, 26,000 ghost workers, representing about 25 per cent of total 105,000 purportedly State workers, have been discovered. The exposed scam has resulted to suspension, by […]
Egypt found wreckage including seats and luggage Friday from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, as investigators tried to unravel the mystery of why it swerved and plummeted into the sea. Search teams spotted personal belongings of passengers and parts of the Airbus A320 about 290 kilometres (180 miles) north of Egypt’s coastal […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following threat to security, the Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House. US officials confirmed the development Friday. The Police explained that a man was spot, brandishing a weapon at a security checkpoint near the building, after which he was shot in stomach. After the shooting, the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following threat to security, the Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House. US officials confirmed the development Friday. The Police explained that a man was spot, brandishing a weapon at a security checkpoint near the building, after which he was shot in stomach. After the shooting, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday engaged in a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to commiserate with him and the people of Egypt on yesterday’s EgyptAir crash which claimed 66 lives. While condoling the Egyptian leader on the loss, President Buhari assured President Al-Sisi and the people […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Many of the unfolding events relating to Nigeria in the past few weeks – happening within and beyond her (Nigeria) shore, have given the meticulous ones and critically-minded individuals an opportunity to do an in-depth analyses and comparison of the difference between the immediate past President Goodluck […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A high level delegation of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Assembly (NASS) has met with the striking faction of Comrade Ayuba Waba-led Nigeria Labour Congress afternoon with the promise by the labour leader, (Waba) to look critically into the delegation’s demands. Comrade Waba while reacting to the […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has slammed five years jail term against a former Director-General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Raymond Omatseye, over N1.5 billion contract fraud. The former NIMASA boss was arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
