…Kingibe, Late Gani Fawehinmi to Receive GCON (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Kayode Fayemi, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Wednesday officially handed over the leadership of the ministry to the Minister of State, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari. Kayode handed over documents in his custody in Abuja, to enable Bwari to execute the functions of the ministry appropriately. According to him, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development as well as the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Ekiti Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has formally left President Muhammadu Buhari-led cabinet. In his valedictory speech, President Buhari Wednesday ahead of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting led other members, to […]
…Resolution Drafted by Saraki’s Loyalists (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Parliamentary Support Group of the Senate and House of Representatives has criticised the National Assembly closed joint session dissociating its members from the 12-point resolution issued at the end of the meeting. Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC-Kano), who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on behalf […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joint session of the National Assembly NASS held Tuesday has ended with a five point-resolution, among which is the caution to President Muhammadu Buhari to adhere to the rule of Law. According to a tweet from the verified Twitter handle of the President of the Senate, the resolutions reached at the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit, requesting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to provide details on amount spent on Buhari’s treatment while on medical vacation in London last year. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1142/2017 was filed by the Civil Society […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday had a joint session to discuss some pressing issues relating to the Leadership of the National Assembly NASS. Although, the purpose of the joint Executive meeting was not officially made public, still, issues relating to the police botched invitation to the President of the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, Mounir Gwarzo and a Commissioner, Zakwanu Garuba, over alleged corruption involving over N115m. ICPC accused Gawarzo of receiving the sum of the sum of N104,851,154.94 between May and June […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the Police had dropped invitation to answer his alleged link with recent armed robbery in Offa, Kwara. Instead, Saraki announced on his Tweeter handle, the Police asked him to respond in writing within 48 hours. “Following my earlier tweet, I have received the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Gov. Rochas Okorocha to leave the party if he so desire. Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, said that the APC would win the 2019 elections […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid the public reactions and controversies that have trailed the Police Force invitation to the President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in connection with the recent Offa multiple armed robbery operation, the Inspector General of Police IGP; Mr Ibrahim Idris has met with the Vice President, Prof Yemi […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After his first reaction Sunday, the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki Monday confirmed that effort is being made by him to honour the Nigeria’s Force invitation for interrogation over recent Offa bloody armed robbery operation. Saraki from his Twitter handle – @bukolasaraki tweeted: ‘’I have just informed my ADC […]
…Kwara Chief of Staff, PA Political to Gov. Ahmed Among Robbery Suspects By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The April 5, 2018 Offa multiple armed robbery has taken a new dimension as the Nigeria police has invited the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki for interrogation over the bloody incident. The Force Public Relations […]
…Bullets Removed Successful After Surgery, Aide Says A Former House of Representatives member, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele is said to be in stable condition following a successful surgery in which bullets were removed from his body. Bamidele was shot on Friday by a mobile policeman in Ado Ekiti at the rally of the governorship candidate of All […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The outgoing National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has declared that he will not seek re-election in the June 23 National Convention of the party. The former Edo State Governor made the declaration Friday night in Abuja while speaking with newsmen. The APC Leader indicated […]
Shooting has occurred in Ekiti at the rally of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC). The Shots which happened at about 5.00 pm on Friday, Nigerian time, were from the riffle of a mobile policemen attached to provide security at the venue. A former House of Representatives member, Hon. Opeyemi […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Court of Appeal, Lagos division has discharged and acquitted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, who has been facing trial over alleged N2.6 billion fraud. Justice Yargatta Nimpar in a leading judgment Friday upheld the no-case submission filed by Akpolokemi in response to the criminal charges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) says it has suspended its six weeks nationwide strike while negotiation continues on Monday. Its Chairman, Mr Josiah Biobelemoye, disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of the union’s National Executive Council meeting on Thursday in Abuja. He said the strike suspension followed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As he promised to do in his National broadcast Tuesday to mark this year’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the `Not Too Young To Run Bill’. While signing the bill Thursday in Abuja, Buhari on a lighter note, appealed to young Nigerians to defer their Presidential ambition till after […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Wayne Aboderin is dead. According to the newspaper, Mr. Aboderin died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 6.05am after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology Consultants, Ikoyi, Lagos, at the age of 60. Until his death, he doubled as the Chairman, PUNCH Commercial Printing Limited and Lukahed Properties […]
