(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With about five months to the November 16 governorship election, Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson in Abuja on Monday advised aspirants who believed in imposition of candidates to have a rethink. According to him, any of the aspirants who feel they have experience and capacity should go and make their case […]
Photo: Former Abia Governor, Theodore Orji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Chinedum Orji (PDP), representing Umuahia Central Constituency, was on Monday elected as the Speaker of the seventh Abia State House of Assembly. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 24-member assembly also elected Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu (PDP), representing Ohafia South as the Deputy Speaker. Orji, who was a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts to recognize longevity, Amokwe ancient kingdom in Udi council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, says plans are afoot by the community to recognize its indigenes that have clocked 90 years and above, just as it empowered less privileged women and students. The proposed […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Muslim community in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, has urged the state Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his administration to stop dealing with its members on individual basis. Rather, the community told government officials to always reach them through the chief Imam of the Enugu Central Mosque, Zulqarnaini Saeed via […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen with Agency Report (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll has finally been resolved. This followed a reconciliatory meeting brokered between the two in Abuja by the Kano-born business mogul Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Chairman of the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than 24 hours the new Imo State governor, chief Emeka Ihedioha, took over mantle of leadership of the state, he has announced the freezing of all bank’s accounts of the state government. He directed that all banks that have relationship with the State Government should not honour any withdrawal instruction […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly inaugurated Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has promised to scrap the N3, 000 paid by pupils of all public primary and secondary schools in the south west State. The new Governor also pledged to donate his salary to pensioners. He admitted that the greatest challenge confronting the state was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the appointment of 11 female Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service. A statement issued by the commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Mallam Muhammad Garba, in Kano Tuesday indicated that the appointment was in compliance with the National Policy on Women that reserves […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Police Command has disclosed police authorities are working to unravel the cause of death of a popular prophetess in the State, Mrs Felicia Agwu who was found dead along Ezza Road, Abakaliki, recently. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Loveth Odah, who briefed journalists in Abakaliki Tuesday on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April, 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (Retd) disclosed this on Wednesday at the monthly transparency briefing […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts by Nsukka indigenes to produce the successor of outing going Vice Chancellor VC of university of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, Professor Benjamin Ozumba has hit the rock as another Anambra man, Professor Charles Igwe has emerged. African Examiner recall that the people of UNN host community Nsukka, had […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Striking Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, Anambra state, south East Nigeria, have rejected the new minimum wage offer presented to them by Anambra State, governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The doctors who embarked on the indefinite industrial action on May 13, 2019, vowed to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, and Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the 36 Governors of the Federation to adhere to the principle of rotation in the election of a new leader for the Nigerian Governors Forum. The Governor said in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman, South-South Governor’s Forum, The Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated his Plateau State counterpart, Mr. Simon Lalong, on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum. Governor Dickson in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, on Tuesday said Lalong was taking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election. Adelabu and his party are challenging the declaration of the governorship candidate of the opposition […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday hinted that the establishment has withdrawn a total of 25 Certificates-of-Return issued to some candidates that won various elections during the 2019 General Elections, following court orders. The Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr. Festus Okoye, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for shifting the governorship election earlier slated for November 2 to November 16, 2019. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson in a statement on Friday said the action of the commission is a welcome development that is […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu(AFRICAN Examiner) – Two communities in Ideato local government area of Imo state, South- East Nigeria, have concluded plans to drag the outgoing governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to court over alleged gabbing of their lands without compensation. The two communities, Umuchima and Obiohia, which are neighbours to Okorocha’s home town, Ogboko, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outgoing governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that his administration ensured that peace reigned in the state while in office. The governor stated this while speaking to State House Correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his office at the Presidential Villa. Abubakar will be leaving office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has again paid glowing tribute to foremost freedom figther the late Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, describing him as a symbol of the Ijaw struggle who will continue to live in the hearts of his people. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson in a statement in […]
