From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The present fuel scarcity being experienced across the country has worsened in Enugu as the l commodity is now sold between N250 and 300 in the South East State. Our Correspondent who went round some parts of the state to monitor the situation, reported that none of […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has appealed to fuel stations to ensure that vehicles queuing for petrol do not obstruct the free flow of traffic on major roads across the metropolis. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Transportation the State viewed with great concern and regret, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has directed the immediate payment of December salary to workers in the state to enable them have a memorable christmas. The State Commissioner for Finance, Maxwell Ebibai disclosed this after the 85th State Executive Council meeting which took place inside the Executive Council chambers of […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has declared Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26, 2017 and Monday, January 1, 2018 as public holidays for the Christmas; Boxing Day and New Year celebrations. Minister of Interior Lt.-Gen. Abdulralman Dambazau (rtd), made the declaration in a statement issued Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has demanded that the 13 percent Derivation component of the one billion Dollars Excess Crude Account funds to be withdrawn for national security be deducted and sent to the various oil producing states. The Governor stressed that releasing the 13 percent derivation of […]
By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-governmental NGO organization – the Muslim Rights Concern MURIC has demanded the Nigerian Law School as well as the Nigerian authorities to immediately direct the ‘call to bar’ of a former Law student of University of Ilorin UNILORIN, Miss AbdulSalaam Firdaus Amasa. The Body of benchers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government, on Tuesday, described as false claims in some quarters that it has laid off some civil servants following the preliminary findings of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the malfeasance in the public sector. It however clarified that the salaries of some workers were suspended as a result of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of effort towards promoting information technology, (IT) among youths in the country, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) says over two hundred and twenty three schools have so far benefited from its Digital Access Programme (DAP). Our Correspondent reports that the programme is being implemented by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the decision to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region as a means by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. “For posterity sake, I wish […]
Photo: President Buhari (R) with Governor of Ogun State Ibikunle Amosun at a surprise 75th birthday ceremony at state house, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the National Assembly NASS including President of the Senate Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House Representatives Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President David Mark Sunday denied ever receiving over N2bn during his tenure from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP through a National Assembly account for distribution to Senators. In a statement issued by his Media Assistant, Paul Mumeh, Mark who is still a serving Senator […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja attend to the 59th Proclamation of Republic of Niger ceremony in Tahoua, Niger. The President, alongside the Presidents of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, will participate in the historic event, held every year on December 18th to commemorate the founding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court Martial in Maiduguri the Borno State capital has sentenced to death, Lance Corporal John Godwin over murder. The special court also on Friday jailed some soldiers for committing various offences. Godwin who is a member of Operation Lafiya Dole was sentenced for killing five rescued civilians in the Yamteke area […]
Photo: Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would need the full support of its members in the South West to effectively execute its plan to regain political power in 2019, Chairman of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has […]
Photo: Ebonyi governor, Dave Umahi From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi state south-East Nigeria on Thursday reshuffled his cabinet again, barely six months after he carried out similar exercise. African Examiner reports that the governor had in June this year announced a major cabinet shake up which affected […]
Photo: Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of France through it development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has pledged to finance the rehabilitation of rural roads in Imo State, Eastern Nigeria. The French government signed a financing agreement of $60 million with the Federal Government of […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the Federal Government FG to execute the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North Eastern part of the country. Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this […]
…Blames FG for Delay, Says December Pay Coming Soon (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has commenced the payment of November salaries following the release of the allocation by the Federation Accounts and Allocations Committee (FAAC) for the most the of November, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. According to […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal Abuja Division Tuesday upturned the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT which acquitted the Senate President Bukola Saraki over alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki was in June against general expectation, acquitted and discharged of the accusations. However, the Federal Government later headed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Reconciliation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party led by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State made serious efforts at post-convention reconciliations on Tuesday as it visited key stakeholders and aggrieved aspirants. A former Candidate for the position of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, […]
