ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The approval was contained in a press release signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. According to her, the new PSs were selected after […]
Photo caption: members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has been elected President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. The election was conducted on Wednesday at Adna Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Oladipo is the current General Secretary of the Association. Also elected into […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka The Anambra State police Command has quizzed the chairman of Ekwusigo Council area of the state, Mr. Ikenna Ofodem, as well as president-General of Ozubulu community, Dr Ernest Chukwuka over the massacre of dozens of worshipers at St Philip’s Catholic Church last Sunday by unknown gunmen. Our Correspondent learnt that the […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general election in Nigeria, the Enugu State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unanimously endorsed incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office 2019. The SEC which is the highest decision making organ of the party before the State […]
By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About five suspected ritualists were burnt to death Tuesday at an underground where they operate by Obadeyi bus stop, in Ojokoro LCDA along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The syndicate met their waterloo when they dragged a nursing mother Tuesday morning into the basement, but raised alarm by shouting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has declared Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as “a persona non grata and unfit among reasonable and right-thinking members of the society”. Kashamu, in a statement he issued today (Monday) in response to Fayose who was said to have declared him a persona […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has described the Sunday’s massacre of its members at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozobulu, in Ekwusigo council area of the state as regrettable. A statement signed by the Diocesan Director of Communication, Rev. Hyginus Aghaulor on Monday confirmed […]
Photo caption: victims of the barbaric church massacre *Perpetrators Cannot go Unpunished –Governor Obiano From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The entire Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo council area of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into mourning , as unknown gunmen stormed St. Philips Catholic Church, in the area in the early […]
Photo caption: Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma flanked by the Minister of State in the Ministry, Mrs Zainab Ahmed (right) and Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, during the inauguration of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) in Abuja. […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Police Command has announced the dismissal of the Policemen guarding the Gwarimpa Abuja residence of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan over the looting incident which occurred this week inside the property. The Command in a statement issued Thursday by its Spokesman Anjuguri Manzah, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has appointed a new chairman and members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, the Investment and Security Tribunal and Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission. The changes were contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State three – man All Progressives Congress (APC) local government congress appeal panel has commenced sitting in the State’s capital Enugu, with denial that the exercise which took place on Saturday in the 17 council areas of the state was inconclusive. The Chairman of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Governor Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has sent 18 Commissioner Nominees, including the son of a former Governor, late Chief Segun Agagu to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Segun Ajiboye disclosed this in a statement he issued Tuesday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has described as mischievous reports by the opposition that he had taken fresh loans to finance road projects. He said contrary to insinuations, the N10 billion loan in question was not fresh but was taken in 2016 “and so should be disregarded forthwith.” Lalong in a statement […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a week the Ahmed Markarafi led National Caretaker Committee NCC of the opposition peoples Democratic party, PDP announced the dissolution of the two factions of the party in Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, the state secretariat in Awka, was on Monday sealed off by the police . […]
Photo caption: L-R: Guest Speaker and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Heirs Holdings & Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu; Secretary to the State Government, Sokoto State, Professor Garba; and Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) ―The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, commended the […]
KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Shehu San\ni of the Kaduna Central Senatorial District has confirmed that he and a co-Senator Suleimon Hunkuyi were attacked in Kaduna on Sunday. The attack according to him allegedly occurred while he and his colleague were about to hold a press conference. Report stated that the press briefing was […]
ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the parents of the six abducted students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla Epe smiled, as their children regained freedom Friday. Reports said the children, whose parents have been agonized due to the missing over two months ago, were released by their abductors in Ajakpa Community in […]
Photo caption: Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman National Caretaker Committee of the opposition PDP, Ahmed Makarfi on Friday survived an auto crash. The multiple auto accident according to a release by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Mr. Dayo Adeyeye occurred along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Adeyeye confirmed […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER — The Nigerian Army on Friday warned Nigerians against the activities of fraudsters claiming to be recruiting candidates on its behalf. A statement issued on Friday by Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot NA/Nigerian Military School, Capt. Hussaini Sani warned aspiring recruits against falling prey to the fraudsters. It sad: “It has been […]
