Photo: Senator Ali Wakili of the Bauchi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Wakili of the Bauchi South Senatorial District is dead. The senior Lawmaker who died at age 58, reportedly slumped Saturday morning at his Gwarimpa estate, Abuja residence. He was after taken to a hospital within the estate, but died later after being given first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days after he announced the intention of the Federal Government to establish a National Food Security Council, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of the Council’s membership to tackle the wave of Herdsmen/Farmers Clashes around the country among other issues. The Council, to be chaired by the President, will be inaugurated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has presented the report of his committee to the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus in Abuja. Presenting the report at the party’s national secretariat on Thursday, March 14, Dickson commended the party leadership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 25 people have been reportedly killed in Kogi State, North central Nigeria, following an attack in three different communities by the suspected Fulani herdsmen. The skirmish is said to have started since Tuesday and lasted till Thursday. The affected communities included: Oganienugwu and Ikende in Dekina Local Government Area. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto state government said it has devised strategies to tackle the current water scarcity bedeviling the state capital and parts of some major towns across the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this when he inspected water levels at Goronyo dam which experts say have depleted by as much as 90 percent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was ill-advised to withhold assent to the recently passed Electoral Act amendment by the National Assembly, urging the lawmakers to invoke their powers to override the president’s veto. While reacting to the rejection of the amendments to the Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari in continuation of his tour to the troubled North central and North eastern States Wednesday arrived Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. The President who was received by the State’s Governor Ibrahim Gaidam arrived the State’s capital around 12 noon, on board a Nigerian Air Force chopper alongside the Borno […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo as the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. He replaces Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (Rtd). Prof Dokubo is currently Director of Research and Studies at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. He holds a PhD […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, President Muhammadu Buhari has declined to assent into Law the Amended Electoral Act recently passed by the National Assembly. The Bill provides for the Presidential election to hold last after the NASS and Governorship elections. In the original Bill, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC scheduled the Presidential election […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, has confirmed the death of 4 people, while several others are presently receiving medical attention in an undisclosed hospital, following Moday’s farmers/herdsmen clash in a community in the state. Loveth Odah, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, confirmed the incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he wasn’t the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, left Benue State for Nasarawa State after he was ordered to relocate to the state. He said this during a meeting with some stakeholders at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The President […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari (R) receives U.S. Secretary of State. Mr Rex Tillerson during a visit at State House in Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria prefers to have schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok and Dapchi back alive, and that is why it has chosen negotiation, rather than military option, says President Muhammadu Buhari. Receiving […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, and chieftain of All progressive congress APC, in Enugu state, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has reassured Ndigbo that they would be one of the major beneficiaries of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2nd term in office. He gave the assurance over the weekend while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an exparte application seeking the leave to bring an application for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Inspector-General of Police to arrest and prosecute Senator Andy Uba over allegation of certificate forgery. A civil society organisation, Anti-Corruption […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has advised candidates sitting for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations UTME but who are yet to receive their examination details to visit its website for any information they are still seeking for. JAMB’s Head of Media Dr. Fabian Benjamin gave the advice Friday […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arik Air has said its flight W3 304 from Lagos to Ghana landed safely in Accra without further incident after a smoke was detected in the cabin, denying reports that the aircraft caught fire mid-air and made emergency landing. A passenger aboard the flight wrote on social media […]
LONDON, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The British authority has announced that it will construct a new 112-bed wing at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos. While speaking Thursday in London, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Mr. Boris Johnson, said the project was meant to receive Nigerian inmates when transferred from UK. Mr. Johnson in a written statement to […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Thursday raised alarm on alleged plot by some aggrieved Senators to impeach the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu as well as other principal officers. Senator Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi State Central zone raised the alarm in his point of order at the […]
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The three socio-cultural organizations representing the people of Benue state — Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny’ Igede have cried out to the international community for help over the latest killing of 24 people in Okpokwu Local Government area of Benue by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Executive Council (SEC) on Wednesday announced plans to launch the new ultra modern Yenagoa city, a move it says will further expand the state capital. This was one of the decisions reached during the council’s 91st meeting which was presided over by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Secretary to the […]
