(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – PREMIUM TIMES hereby calls for the immediate release of its reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who was detained on Tuesday by the Nigeria Police over a report. On the day the Nigerian presidency was complaining about the excesses of a unit in the police, the same unit was forcing a PREMIUM TIMES journalist to […]
…Denies FG’s Involvement (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Federal Government FG has denied having hand in the call for resignation or impeachment of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. The Minister of Information and Culture AlhajI Lai Mohammed made the denial Tuesday when he paid advocacy visit to the Abuja office of Blueprints Newspaper. In contrary, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, met Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta. Saraki arrived the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) at about 5.27 p.m. The meeting, which held behind closed doors lasted more than an hour and half. Details of the meeting were not made available to journalists. The […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the speculations in that regard, the Department of State Services DSS has denied the rumours on the sum of N21bn and weapons were being found in the house of the just sacked Director General DG of the security agency, Mr. Lawal Daura. The denial was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to the earlier announcement, the National Assembly NASS has canceled its reconvene slated for Tuesday, August 14, 2018. The House of Representatives Spokesman, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed this to The Punch Monday, saying that the Lower Legislative Chamber was yet to decide on a reconvening date. It would be recalled that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has described as “unscrupulous” the soldiers who protested at Maiduguri Airport on Sunday. The aggrieved soldiers were reportedly protesting against their overstay as well as resisting redeployment to Mart – one of the towns liberated by the military several years ago from the control of Boko Haram terrorists. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Alhaji Ahmed Babba-Kaita of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Saturday bye-election conducted in the Katsina North Senatorial District. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Hudu Ayuba-Abdullahi announced the result early hours of Sunday in Daura. While the winner scored 224,607 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The bye-election to fill the vacant seat in the Lokoja-Kogi Federal Constituency which started peacefully Saturday was later marred by violence, vote buying and intimidation in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Reports confirmed that the political thugs have a field day as they were freely moving from one polling unit to another […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the call for his resignation by National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and other members of the party was a wishful thinking. Saraki made this assertion in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr […]
…Your Accusation Baseless, Saraki Replies (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said that the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki is definitely not a fit and proper person to preside over the country’s upper and revered legislative house. The ruling Party said that having suffered under the 16-year misrule of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has reportedly arrested a former Director-General DG of the Department of State Services DSS, Mr. Ita Ekpeyong. Ekpeyong was said to have been arrested Thursday afternoon at 46, Maman Nasir Street, Asokoro, Abuja, by the EFCC operatives who stormed the residence with three buses and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Director General DG of the Department of State Security DSS Mr. Lawal Daura who was arrested and detained following the siege laid at the National Assembly Tuesday by the DSS men has reportedly been released. Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo ordered Daura’s sack as the siege which lasted for […]
Photo: Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations on Thursday inaugurated Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as an Advisory Board Member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF), at its Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. Amaechi’s media aide, Mr. Israel Ibeleme, made this known in a statement he issued Thursday in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Immigration Services {NIS}, Enugu State Command says the issue of touting and extortion which use to be a worrisome development in the passport services is now a thing of the past. It said the organization is committed in carrying out its duties in line with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate Bukola Saraki Wednesday visited Minna, the Niger State capital and held a closed door meeting with the former Military President Ibrahim Babangida. Saraki landed at Minna International Airport at about 4.10pm and drove straight to the hilltop home of the former Military dictator. Although, Saraki’s ambition is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly frozen the accounts of the Akwa Ibom State Government. The sudden development which was confirmed by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Udoh coincided with the formal defection of the immediate past Governor and former Senate Minority Leader, Mr. Godswill Akpabio from […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Senate Bukola Saraki has described the siege laid at the National Assembly NASS complex Tuesday by the armed and masked DSS operatives as an act of cowardice by those ploting to sack the Leadership of the Legislative Chambers. Saraki made this disclosure Wednesday while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court Abuja Wednesday ordered the Inspector- General of Police (I-G) Mr. Ibrahim Idris to produce the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in court on August 14, over alleged contempt of court. Justice Stephen Pam gave the order after Mr Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), counsel to Yakubu […]
Photo: Acting DSS Boss Matthew Seiyefa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Report reaching us says Matthew Seiyefa has taken over as Acting Director-General of Directorate of State Services (DSS). He was at the Presidential Villa today where he met with the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Seiyefa, who hails from Bayelsa State, had earlier served as the Director of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is now crystally clear that the immediate past Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio will dump his party – the PDP for the ruling APC as he Tuesday resigned his position as the Senate Minority Leader. Akpabio who met with President Muhammadu Buhari last Sunday in […]
