By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the current fuel scarcity fails to abate across the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu said he is yet to have a reliable evidence to implicate any marketer as the brain behind the crisis which has lasted for about a month. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, OPAN, Nigeria’s premier association of digital/new media publishers, has condemned the arrest of the duo of Daniel Elombah and Tim Elombah, the Publisher and Editor respectively, of United Kingdom based online news website, Elombah.com by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Nigeria Police Force on […]
From Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the South East zonal caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Sunday at Uburu, in Ohaozara council Area of Ebonyi endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the decision was the high point of the outcome […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just like he gave prophecy to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, the Enugu based outspoken Catholic priest, and spiritual Director of famous Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek for a second term in office come 2019. The Charismatic cleric, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has yet again knocked President Buhari over his recent appointment of about 7 dead people into boards of federal parastatals. In a statement made available to newsmen by its ADP Lagos spokesman, Prince Adelaja Adeoye on Sunday in Lagos, he posited that “it is rather too shameful […]
…Says 2018 is year of Infrastructures (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time broke his silence on the current fuel scarcity being experienced across the country, alleging that the situation was the handiwork of syndicates and economic saboteurs who divert and hoard the petroleum products and subject many Nigerians to difficulties in […]
…Urges Senate to Set Up Probe Team (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has mandated the National Assembly both the upper and lower chambers to wade into the subsidy controversy and probe it. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday, by the ADP Lagos Spokesman, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, he said that the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appointed 209 board chairmen and 1,258 members of government owned agencies and parastatals. More appointments are on the way, said Mr. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the Government of the Federation, who announced the latest massive batch of appointees. According to the much awaited appointments many APC chieftains made the list. […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has advocated for parliamentary system of government in the country, saying it is less expensive when compared to the present Presidential system being practiced in the nation. He argued that the presidential system has a disconnect with the people, which makes […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has directed members of its committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to cut short their ongoing recess so as to meet with the stakeholders in the industry for solutions to the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country. The Chairman of the Committee Senator Kabiru Marafa, disclosed in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied the rumour that the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf who involved in a bike crash Wednesday night in Abuja, has been flown abroad for further treatment, while prayers are being offered for his speedy recovery. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant SSA on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu […]
Photo: Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh facts have emerged that the circulation of the non-existent July 2017 memo, predicting the likely shortage of PMS by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu was a grand design by him and his cronies to discredit and embarrass […]
Photo: Yusuf Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Buhari, son of the president was in critical but stable condition after emergency surgery following a motorcycle crash. Yusuf had a bike accident Tuesday night around Gwarimpa area in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Meanwhile, a press release by the presidency confirming the incident says the president’s son […]
Photo: Mr. George Weah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain player Mr. George Weah has won the Liberian run-off election and will soon be officially announced as the winner. The voting for the contest which was between Weah and the incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai ended Tuesday evening. Following the outcome of the results […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it is seriously mobilizing millions of Nigerian students to occupy the National Assembly (NASS) complex over alleged plan by some of the Federal Lawmakers and “powerful unpatriotic cabal” to sabotage the Energizing Education Programme […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has lamented about the current fuel scarcity across the country, admitting that the situation is a shame as it has disrupted the celebration of the Christmas. Osinbajo opened up Monday during a surprise visit with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. […]
…Says “Shamefully, instead of 3m jobs per year, APC Govt Created Unemployment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said it was alarming that under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari, 7.74 million Nigerians lost their jobs within the last two years. He said: “It is shameful that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Immigration activists in the US have blasted President Donald Trump over his reported berated statement against Nigerian and Haitian immigrants. New York Times had reported that President Trump allegedly made berated comments about Haitians and Nigerians saying “Haiti had sent 15,000 people, they all have AIDS.” and “Forty thousand had come […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Hon. Cleopas Moses has felicitated with Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and the entire Restoration Team on this special Season of Christmas. Moses in a statement described Governor Dickson as amiable, compassionate and commended him for reaching out to ordinary Bayelsans, comprising leaders, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to collaborate with the federal Road safety Commission, FRSC and other sister organizations in decongesting traffics in major roads in South East geo political zone during the Christmas and new year festivities, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the area, has deployed its […]
