From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state Police Command is to carry out through investigation into the death of three brothers aged five, three, and two which occurred weekend at Onuimo Council Area of the state. Mr Chris Ezike, the Commissioner of police in the state, gave the order in Owerri, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said division among members of the Boko Haram terrorists group has hindered further talks targeted at ensuring the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls. President Buhari made this disclosure in a statement issued Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu to commemorate the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Saturday threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if it refuses to deduct the 13 percent derivation component of the $1 billion Excess Crude Account (ECA) it plans to withdraw to tackle insecurity in the country. The State Commissioner for Information, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming an embarrassment to Nigerians, urging his handlers to desist from allowing him to speak extempore. Governor Fayose, who was reacting to the President’s claim that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, should be blamed for the ongoing herdsmen killings […]
Photo: Senate President Bukola Saraki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Thursday confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of three nominees as members of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. The confirmation at the plenary followed the consideration of recommendation by the upper legislative chamber in the report submitted by its Committee on Niger […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from Delta state for 90 legislative days for challenging the National Assembly on the electoral act amendment reordering the sequence of Nigerian elections. Similarly, the Senate has disbanded the Parliamentary Support Group for President Buhari which have Sen. Omo-Agege, Senator Adamu Abdullahi and others as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he declared his intentions to run for another term in office on Monday, April 9, 2018, during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby in London Wednesday, President Buhari said: “I declared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The process of recovery of the much-touted Abacha loot which the Obasanjo government started in 1999 ended in December 2017 when the money hit a special account at the CBN. It took 18 years. The Federal Government says it has received 322.51 million dollars from the Swiss Government as part of looted […]
Photo: President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking confirmation of the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission NPC and one National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The President in separate letters read by President of the Senate, Bukola […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, South- East chapter, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to seek re-election in 2019, is a starting point towards the realization of Igbo presidency in 2023. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by its zonal National Vice chairman, Hon. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a dramatic twist, the Presidency Monday reversed itself when it claimed that President Muhammadu has not approved $1 for procurement of equipment to quell insurgency in North eastern zone of the country. Speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa Abuja, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National […]
Photo: President Buhari of Nigeria on Monday, April 09, 2019, declares intention to re-contest in 2019 ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a long waiting and guessing, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari has officially declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019 general elections. A statement by the President Media aide, Garba Shehu said President Muhammadu declared […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of Commercial drivers plying the busy Abakaliki-Afikpo express road in Ebonyi state, weekend, staged a protest over alarming rate of extortion and intimidation by men of the Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC, calling on its authorities to save them from the corrupt officials. They described the act […]
KWARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the threat of taking legal action against his earlier action, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hinted that the Federal Government FG will soon release another list of alleged looters. Speaking in Ilorin the Kwara State capital Sunday, Alhaji Mohammed asserted that that no intimidation […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The youth wing of the Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed total disappointment with the leadership style of the incumbent President General of the organization, Chief Nnia Nwodo, saying it has passed vote of no confidence on him. Operating under the platform of Ohaneze Youth Council OYW, […]
KWARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven suspects linked to Thursday’s armed robbery operation of some new generation Banks in Offa, Kwara State have been arrested. The State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Lawan Ado, confirmed this Saturday at a press briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Ado disclosed that the number of injured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed to court for defamation of character. The Minister had mentioned Prince Secondus in the list of those he claimed looted the nation’s treasury alleging that he collected N200m from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi state Senator Dino Melaye, has approached the Supreme Court, urging it to declare the petitions submitted by his West Senatorial district to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC seeking his recall as illegal. Melaye in an appeal filed against the March 16, 2018 judgment of the Abuja Division of […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Police Boss, Ibrahim Idris (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly one week after he was removed, the Inspector General of Police IGP Mr. Ibrahim Idris has reinstated the Kogi State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Ali Janga. The CP and other top Police officers, including the State SARS Commandant were removed by IGP last Wednesday, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has approved the release of $1b for the procurement of security equipment to intensify the anti-terrorism campaigns in the North eastern and other parts of the country. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, disclosed this Wednesday while briefing the State House Correspondents at the […]
