(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) North West, Alhaji Yusuf Babura has resigned his position. Babura announced his resignation Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital. He explained that he left the PDP out of his personal desire and he is presently consulting with his supporters on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Tinubu made his position known when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N22,500 proposed by the state Governors as the New National Minimum Wage for workers in the country. The Union National President Comrade Ayuba Waba said this while addressing a world press Conference Wednesday in Abuja. The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) had last week issued a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Wednesday evening visited the Presidential Villa Abuja and met in a closed door with President Muhammadu Buhari. . Specifically, Tinubu arrived alone at the Presidential Villa around 4pm. The agenda of the meeting was not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The body of the missing Army General, Retired Major General Idris Alkali has reportedly been found. The remains of the retired Military officer according to Channel Television were discovered in Guchwet in Shen of Jos South LGA of Plateau State. The leader of the operation search and rescue, Brigadier General Umar Mohammed, was quoted as […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent politicians across the political parties in Nigeria have been mourning the death on Sunday, of a former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih. Anenih otherwise called ‘’Mr Fix It’’ according Mr. Anthony Anenih (jnr) who issued a statement on behalf of the family died Sunday in […]
Photo: Relatives of passengers aboard the ill-fated Lion Air Flight JT-610 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lion Air flight with 189 people on board crashed into the sea moments after taking off from Indonesia’s capital early Monday. The airliner said it had lost contact with Flight JT-610 and Indonesia’s search and rescue agency posted images of debris […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South- East zonal chapter of Buhari Support Organisation BSO, has insisted that it is the turn of the zone to produce Nigeria President of Igbo extraction in 2023. It stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu at the end of her caucus meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than six persons including a police corporal were on Friday killed by bandits in Gurbin Bore village, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Confirming the incident to NAN in Gusau on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP […]
Photo: Mr. Gerald Eke, Injured Police Office attached to Enugu APC Chairman By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chairman of the All progress congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, narrowly escape death in the early hours of Saturday, as heavily armed suspected assassination invaded his Enugu residence. According to Nwoye, the hoodlums, who gained entrance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has proposed a total of N8.73tr for 2019 budget. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this Wednesday in State House Abuja, at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Senator Udoma explained that FEC has pegged as benchmark, the price of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday fixed November 19, 2018 for the trial of ex-Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose to commence, after he was granted bail in the sum of N50 million. Fayose is standing trial on a charge of N6.9 billion electioneering campaign fraud. He was arraigned on Oct. 22 […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body, operating under the banner of South-East Renewal Group (SERG) has lambasted runaway leader of proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for declaring that there will be no election in South- Eastern Nigeria which he claimed to be Biafra land in 2019. They however, urged […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has remanded the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State Mr. Ayodele Fayose in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N2.2bn fraud. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun while granting on Monday the prayer by a former Attorney General of the Federation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Gbenga Daniel, Director General, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, says the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) will go to the South West, if Atiku wins the presidency. Daniel, a former governor of Ogun, made the declaration in an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cried out, alleging that some forces within the party are plotting against him. The former Edo State Governor raised the alarm in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Simon Ebebgulem. Oshiomhole alleged that suggestions in some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna town and environs with immediate effect. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Samuel Aruwan stated this on Sunday in Kaduna. He advised residents to comply with this directive, saying “the decision has been taken in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After unresolved squabbles with his State Governor, a human right activist, turned politician Senator Shehu Sani has finally quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The situation is however directly opposite his Rivers State colleague, Senator Magnus Abe who has since been leading parallel APC in the South-South State – denying Saturday, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, the Delta State Capital has restrained the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from submitting a list of party candidates for the 2019 election from Delta State to the Independent National Electoral Commssion (INEC). In a ruling by Justice Toyin Adegoke, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has finally arrived at the Abuja head office of the anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Fayose who appeared in a black customized T-Shirt with the inscription: “EFCC I’m Here” on […]
