Photo: President Buhari presents 2018 “Budget of Consolidation”, joined by VP Osinbajo and other government functionaries at the National Assembly, 7th Nov, 2017. PHOTOS: NOVO ISIORO ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday proposed a total of N8.6 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year. He made the proposal at the joint Session of […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the deaths of 26 Nigerians who got drowned in Mediterranean sea as “most unfortunate and tragic”. The Presidential aide described the deaths of the young Nigerians, as avoidable and preventable. In a statement […]
ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to the rumour which was spread Tuesday morning, an official of Memfys Neuro-surgical Hospital, Enugu has confirmed that the ailing former Vice- President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is still alive, stable and responding to treatment. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved request to fly Dr. Ekwueme […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has given hint that the popular Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos Mainland would be demolished so as to give way for the new railway lines. Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon Rotimi Chibuke Amaechi gave the hint Monday in Lagos in his remarks at a meeting […]
Photo: Aliko Dangote …Pledges US$100 Million for Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017, held in Milan, Italy, convened governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses to accelerate the global response to malnutrition, an underlying cause of nearly half of all global child deaths. A major highlight of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has assured Nigerians and the international community that the 2019 general elections will be free and fair. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu stated this on Monday in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. “The Buhari government doesn’t believe in cheap […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has swept the local government election conducted on Saturday in the entire 17 council areas in Enugu State and 258 political wards, amid protest by the All progressive congress, APC, which described the polls as a sham. Chairman of Enugu State Independent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has begun secret moves that will see a number of online newspapers, blogs and websites perceived to constitute “threat to national security” permanently shut down. Social media and Internet users may also not be exempted from the clampdown, which will begin any moment from now. The closest clue in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voters apathy and late arrival of electoral materials to polling units on Saturday marred the Enugu state local government election held in the 17 council areas of Enugu state, just as the state chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has described the exercise as a “sham and […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension in Enugu Saturday morning as bomb explosion rocked two different locations. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the first incident occurred at a spareparts workshop located at Broderick Street Coal camp, in Enugu North council area, while the second happened at Obeagu community, in Enugu […]
Photo: Nigeria’s former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country. The approval followed a brief the President received Friday on the medical condition of the former Vice-President. The approval covers the immediate charter of an Air Ambulance for […]
…Says Buhari Runs “Chop-I-Chop Government of settlement” (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will be expanded to bring in more supporters of the APC as appointees as a sad reminder that Nigeria is […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian workers might soon have cause to smile, as all seems to be set for the Federal Government FG to commence the final negotiation with the Labour on the new minimum wage. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige Thursday, droped this hint during an […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly a week after the Federal Government FG dropped the hint that the 2018 draft estimate budget is ready, President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly NASS, requesting for presentation to a joint session of the two Legislative Chambers. In his letter to the House of Reprsentatives, Mr. […]
Photo: Abike Dabiri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has commended the intervention of the Senate President Bukola Saraki on the plights of Nigeria students who were on government scholarship abroad. The commendation is contained in a statement issued by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Special Assistant […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has declared that there would be no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest under the platform of the party. The Imo State Governor said Thursday that all candidates willing to […]
Photo: Dr Alex Ekwueme From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Family members of ex- Nigeria’s Vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who went into coma after collapsing at his Enugu residence recently may have concluded arrangements to flown him abroad for medical treatment. The Anambra state born octogenarian politician, was Vice president to former Nigeria’s […]
Photo: APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Lagos State Governor and National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has lost his first son, Jide. Although, there is no official confirmation yet from the family, but the Lagos State APC Chairman Chief Henry Ajomale, confirmed […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Wednesday dismissed the applications by the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan and his National Security Adviser NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd), against the subpoenas served and compelling them to appear before the court as witnesses in the N400m money laundering case against a […]
Photo: Chief Olabode George …Vows to Uphold Justice, Fairness, Equity in the Party if Elected Exclusive Interview By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Vice Chairman (South West) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has blasted a group named the Oodua PDP Alliance, which recently […]
