LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A part of building still under construction in Lekki, Lagos Island has collapsed. It was learnt that some of the people around the building when it came down sustained injuries. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed the incident as well as the “casualties” involved. LASEMA also […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Following his refusal to pay his debts and failure to honour a loan obligation, a Federal court in Uyo recently ordered that the incumbent Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) Nsima Ekere forfeited all monies in his bank accounts and a plot of land located at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, on Tuesday appeared before the the three-man investigative panel headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Recall that the panel was set up to investigate allegations of fraud against Lawal in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to bail on health grounds. Kanu was arrested on October 15, 2015 in Lagos and charged with treason and terrorism. In a brief ruling, Justice Binta Nyako, said that she was convinced that […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, ENUGU (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the opposition people’s Democratic party PDP, Sunday suffered yet another major blow, as one of its founding fathers and former national secretary of the party, chief Rex Onyeabor, decamped to the ruling All progressive congress, APC, alongside over 20,000 (twenty thousand) of his supporters. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson is to proceed on a working visit to the United States of America. A Government House statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson says, while in the United States, Governor Dickson will attend the Sub-sea Nations and Africa Oil and Gas […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro democracy group, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), has called on Nigerians to urgently “rise up” and rescue President Muhammadu Buhari from the captivity of cabals, fearing the hijack of state’s affairs by “influence peddlers.” The coalition is also demanding the immediate release of all political rights […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, on his election as the next Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA). Peterside was elected last Friday at the end of the just concluded 3rd Annual […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Prof. James Momoh for the position of Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The President’s nominee to the Senate for confirmation is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Director of Energy Services and Controls at Howard University, United States of America. Prof. […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state police command has arrested one Nwaozuzu for allegedly stealing a six-year-old girl and sold her for N200, 000. (Two hundred thousand naira) Our Correspondent learnt that the victim, Chinecherem Anoruo, had been declared missing by the parents, who reported the case to the police. But […]
Photo: Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described as afterthought and afterthought the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal; and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, as well as setting up of a three-man […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension and anxiety at the Ebonyi state university, Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria following a deadly inter-rival cult clash between members of Vikings and Buccaneers which claimed the life of a final year student of the institution, identified as Theophilus Onele. The deadly clash which also left many seriously […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire incident was averted Monday morning on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The fire broke from the cables in one of the holes on the Bridge. The officials of the Federal Road Management Agency (FERMA) and the electricity generation companies (GENCOS) averted the fire from spreading. Also, Rapid […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of illegal tax and revenue collectors as well as labour and trade union members impeding vehicular movement on roads and highways. IGP made the order in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by the Force […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the rebellious Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris to compel the Ebonyi State command of the force to return all her properties unlawfully seized by its operatives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the victory of the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. The candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu petitioned the tribunal, challenging his rival of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Obaseki, arguing that INEC declaration of the winner was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patriotic Citizens of Nigeria (PACON), an NGO, on Wednesday urged Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa to emulate his Kaduna State counterpart, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by publishing details of his monthly salary and security vote. PACON threw the challenge in a statement signed by its conveners, Messrs Aluzu Ebikebuna and Poweidei Debekeme, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another Akwa Ibom Senator, Etang Umoyo has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator, who is the most senior politician in Esit Eket Local Government Area of the South South State, made his first declaration Wednesday when he registered with the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cross carpeting rages in the Ondo State House of Assembly as another opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker Abayomi Akinruntan Tuesday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Akinruntan who is representing Ilaje Constituency I, in the State House of Assembly, after meeting with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu decamped to the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-one Bayelsa students on scholarship at the Lincoln University Pennsylvania, USA, have appealed to the state government to pay their school fees to prevent their expulsion. The undergraduates, who are in their final semester at the tertiary institution, appealed to the government to immediately initiate payment process to avoid jeopardizing their continued […]
