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Saturday, July 16th, 2016
By Olawale Rasheed Turkey is a great country increasingly regarded as a model of a modernised Muslim state thriving under secular rule and enjoying economic prosperity. With a delicately crafted parliamentary constitution, the state structure was designed for inclusivity and secularity for a long lasting stability. Under the presidency of former President Abdulahi Gul when […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2016
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Another history was made in UK Wednesday, July 13, 2016. On that day, the immediate past Prime Minister (PM) Mr. David Cameron ‘acted’ his earlier resolve to exit 10 Downing Street due to his opposition to #Brexit which his country’s Wednesday, June 23, 2016 referendum favoured. Right […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2016
“Have you been to Bourdillon? Or rather I should ask when are you going to Bourdillon?” “What’s happening?” “I hear people are paying solidarity visits to the Tinubus to express their dismay over Senator Dino Melaye’s assault on Senator Remi Tinubu, wife of the APC National Leader.” “Assault?” “That is precisely what it is. Assault. […]
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Monday, July 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are in their usual season of lamentation which follows the retirement or removal of an Inspector General of Police (IGP) Like a king whose funeral requires human sacrifices, the exit of a Nigerian IGP also means the exit of the top echelon of the institution. This occurs because traditionally, the […]
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Monday, July 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An eruption of witchcraft related violence has claimed the lives of two men, Yohanna Kaburat and Kaburat Adang, in Kaduna in Northern Nigeria. This is according to a report by the Leadership Newspaper, July 10, 2016. The report says that the two men were beaten to death after being accused of […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
How are you, my brother? I thank God, just hunger and fuel scarcity. Hunger is everywhere for sure; that was the gift Badluck left for the masses. You got that right. He supervised the looting of the treasury to the very last day of his kleptocracy. But that is about to change. Are you serious? […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I am writing this piece after holding a series of conversations with Lagos street traders and hawkers who seem not be aware of or are just indifferent to, or may be they are intrigued by, the fact that the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared on television that the state […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2016
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world, or better still, Europe is still in shock. This accounts for the confused and sometimes incoherent reactions to the Thursday, June 23, democratic decision by the United Kingdom to exit the European Union (EU) The Union was expected to grow, not shrink! From six countries […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2016
By Leo Igwe In Nigeria, politics is tied to religion. The State, Church and Mosque operate like conjoined twins. Efforts have been made to separate them with marginal success. Section 10 of the Nigerian constitution which says that ‘No part of the Federation or State should adopt any religion as state religion’ is a paper […]
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Friday, July 1st, 2016
“I am depressed, my brother.” “You are always depressed. I am actually used to that. I can’t remember when last you were not choleric, depressed, obsessed, uptight, down-spirited, what’s that your word again, yes, anxious. You better watch it, buddie-bae-bff-bros, stop carrying the world on your back, man. There was Atlas before you. There was Sisyphus. But […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2016
By Oyewale Oyelola BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) headed by Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in June announced decision of the Federal Government (FG) to facilitate N90billion loan for States to cushion the effects of economic hardship in the country. From the onset, Osinbajo cautioned that the loan would be […]
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Sunday, June 26th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – What has the United Kingdom just done to itself, its people and the future of its youth? It is difficult to fully understand why a country in taking a decision about its future will decide on a false option that seems to negate long-term interests. And this, just because a […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
By Emeka Chiakwelu The floated Nigeria’s naira that has been pegged at 197-199 to a dollar lost over 40 percent of its value on the first day of trading. Unofficial reordered statistics on first day of naira outing revealed that naira was traded as low as 265 to a dollar and at one point nosedived to […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
By Leo Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have been contemplating for some time, particularly in recent weeks, over this month of Ramadan and the ritual of fasting because there seems to be some compulsion in the Muslim majority states for all persons to fast even if they are not Muslims. Do not get […]
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Monday, June 20th, 2016
By Owei Lakemfa Labour Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige has come under serious bombardment since his June 7 statement that banks stop their mass sack of workers. He had also hinted that Government may sanction banks that ignore its appeal. The attacks on the Minister have been wide, sustained and vicious. Leading the charge is the […]
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Monday, June 20th, 2016
Eureka! I found the answer! I am the genius who found a simple answer to all the needs and problems of the National Assembly. Just see, what the senate-looters and legislooters are looking for is right there in Abuja. It is right there for them to take: the Nigerian treasury. Bukola Saraki and his co-travelers […]
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Sunday, June 19th, 2016
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Giving the sensitive nature of the issue, I am conscious of the fact that I am treading on a thorny terrain. Not only that, I am very much aware that I have a very heavy burden on me to sound reasonable to […]
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Friday, June 17th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has assured Nigerians on conclusion of the current constitution review exercise by December 2016 to insulate the process from partisan politics and other narrow interests. Ekweremadu who also chairs the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution […]
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Friday, June 17th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has approved full payment of January salaries to post primary teachers. They would also get 50% of May salaries, bringing them at par with other civil servants in the state. The affected teachers on Friday embarked on a peaceful protest, demanding full payment of their January salary, arguing that while other civil servants had since been paid […]
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Friday, June 17th, 2016
By Leo Igwe A recent survey by the Pew Research Center has revealed that Ethiopia is the world’s most religious nation. According to this survey, nine-eight percent of Ethiopians thinks that religion is the most important part of their life. This development should not surprise anyone because Christianity and Islam are the dominant faiths in Ethiopia, and […]
