Photo Caption: Chairman of South East governor’s Forum, and Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As sharp criticisms continue to trail the recent 3 months quit notice given to Igbos residing in parts of Northern Nigeria by youths of the region, Governors of the five states of the Southeast […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK PM Mrs. Theresa May is billed to visit Buckingham Palace at Friday afternoon to seek permission to form a new government. The move is despite her loss in Commons majority. Mrs. Theresa is seeking to stay in office on the understanding that the Democratic Unionists of Northern Ireland will […]
Photo caption: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Court of Appeal, Benin division has upheld the election of the incumbent Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the opposition PDP has approached the court, challenging the September 2016 election as well as praying it to upturn the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bauchi State government says it spent the sum of N90 million to buy horses for 6 emirate councils “to maintain the culture and traditions of the state.” The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Nasrudeen Mohammed on Wednesday disclosed this at a press briefing in Bauchi. In addition, the commissioner […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government confirmed Wednesday that it has released about N375.8 Million to pay 20 whistleblowers whose tip-offs has led to recovery of over N11.6 Billion. The confirmation was made by the Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who also informed that the payments were the first […]
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the Ogoni Cleanup. The Federal Government launched the project in June last year with initial cost of $1 billion. Apart from investigating the Ogoni Cleanup, the committee was also asked to assess the progress of the Great Green Wall programme initiated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is one of the most profitable places in the ECOWAS sub-region for business and investment, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has affirmed. Prof. Osinbajo spoke while meeting the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Mrs Retno L. P. Marsudi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Acting President, with her large population and […]
*As PDP Denies Link with the new Party, (APDA) By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi and other politicians, have unveiled a new political party, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) as prelude to the 2019 general elections. Reports say the launch took place at the Reiz Continental […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the raging restiveness among its members, the Lagos State Government has suspended activities of members of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oshodi branch. Commissioner for Transport Mr. Anofiu Elegushi made the disclosure Monday at a press briefing. Rival members of the union have been […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. According to news reports, the late two-term UNFPA boss and former Nigeria’s Minister of Health died early hours of Monday. Mr. Osotimehin was once Provost, the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan UI. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be extra vigilant in view of the worsening cases of fake news being spread by unscrupulous persons, who are bent on destabilizing the polity and causing disunity among the country’s various ethnic and religious groups. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (NJC), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Mrs. Mustapha is the second female Registra to be appointed in the history of the Supreme Court. The first female Chief Registrar was Mrs. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to pay more attention to the menace Fulani herdsmen in the country, saying “what is going on in Benue State is more like an organised pogrom and those responsible for the killings in the state must be arrested and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council, NJC, has re-instated six court Judges that were suspended last year from the bench following allegations corruption against them. The judges were given clean bill of health, according to NJC, because there are no pending cases against them in any court in the country. Those reinstated back to […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Magu, JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive and Secretary-General, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, as well as the Chairman, Presidential Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, will lead discussion on anti-corruption drive in Nigeria […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the US President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon a global climate pact, with the possibility of super power’s further crude drilling as well as persistent glut in global supply, oil prices Friday tumbled below $50. The Global Benchmark Brent crude futures was down 1.7 percent, or 80 cents, at […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The agitation for a Biafra Republic on Thursday suffered another setback , as another ethnic group in the South- South region of Nigeria,disassociated itself from the clamour, insisting that they believe in one united Nigeria. African Examiner learnt that the group, operating under the umbrella of South-South […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one David Emeka Madubuko, an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service before Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court Sitting in Enugu, for allegedly defrauding some innocent Nigerians of various sums of money, totaling N220,000 (Two Hundred and […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has granted permission to the Lagos State Government to embark on a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi. Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, in a statement he signed Wednesday said Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode who confirmed the approval, commended […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives Hon. Garba Durbunde has been abducted. Durbunde who is representing Sumaila/Takai Federal constituency of Kano State, North West Nigeria was reportedly abducted Tuesday along Kaduna-Jere Road while travelling from Abuja to Kano. The abductors are said to have contacted the Lawmaker’s family. Meanwhile, […]
