KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 21 people have been reportedly killed in renewed attacks in some communities in Kaduna State, North west Nigeria. The affected Local Councils include Kaura and Jama’a local government areas. Reports indicated that many houses houses were razed during the attack which started Sunday evening and lasted till Monday […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The stakeholders meeting of the Ahmed Makarfi-led opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for Monday at the International Conference Centre (ICC) suffered a temporary setback as the security operatives took over the place and prevented members from gaining entrance to the venue. Following the development, the factional PDP […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A full blown famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first ever to be announced in any part of the world in the last six years. South Sudan government and the United Nations (UN) confirmed that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki (African Examiner) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria has ordered parties to the disputed Abakaliki new capital city, also known as Centenary city, to maintain status quo in further development of area. Our Correspondent reports that the land mapped out for the project has been a […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures to avert further devastating fire disaster, the type of which occurred at a petrol station last week in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has paid an unscheduled visit to the State’s Fire Service to ascertain its level of preparedness […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of University of Abuja early Monday morning protested against the death of one of their colleagues who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Reports confirmed that the late student who was in the 200 level was knocked down by an incoming vehicle, when she was trying to escape being robbed […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has confirmed the second visit Sunday, of the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki to President Muhammadu Buhari in London. A statement from the Presidency twitter handle said: “This evening (Sunday) President @MBuhari met with Senate President @bukolasaraki, at Abuja House”. The Sunday visit by Saraki to President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has declared Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Ruling on the leadership tussle that has engulfed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the appellate court ruled that Senator Sheriff remains the authentic chairman of […]
MAIDUGURI, BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno Police Command confirmed Friday that a suspected suicide bomber detonated his explosive in the midst of 13 trucks along Maiduguri/ Mafa road leading to death of the suspected terrorist and mass destruction. The Command Spokesman Mr. Victor Isuku, said this in a statement in Maiduguri, the Borno […]
By Niyi Adeyi IKORODU, LAGOS, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons including the driver have died as a luxurious bus plunged into Lagoon in Ikorodu area, a Lagos suburb. Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South West zone, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed that the accident occurred around 3am Friday at Owode Elede. The Lagos-bound […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has reacted to the alarm raised by Governor Ayodele Fayose on non-payment of Ekiti January allocation, accusing the State Government of not complying with the Budget Support Facility (BSF) policy basic rules. The counter was contained in a statement released Thursday by the Federal […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government (FG) of the sum of $153m, illegally diverted from the coffers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. It would be recalled […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Nigeria’s vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme has identified indiscipline, lack of internal democracy, imposition of candidates, among others, as the key factors that led to the present set back being suffered by the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP. He regretted that some elements who do not know how the […]
KATSINA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Aliyu Muduru, has been impeached. Also sacked was the House Chief Whip, Alhaji Bishir Mamman Dutsin-ma. The ex-Speaker was impeached Wednesday by his colleagues during plenary session of the House. House Majority Leader, Alhaji Hanbali Faruk, of Katsina Constituency, moved […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the resignation of his National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn and demand by prominent Republicans, US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the country’s intelligence community and media after the latest reports of contacts between members of his team and Russia. Consequently, Trump has accused the National Security Agency (NSA) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers of the National Assembly (NASS) have traveled to United Kingdom (UK) to visit President Muhammadu Buhari. Others Federal Lawmakers included: Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan; Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun and House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila. The NASS leaders left […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East Zonal chapter of the ruling All progressive Congresses APC, says it is battled ready to win all the forth-coming elections in the zone based on the solid political structures it has put in place in the five states of the region. It posited that going […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon from the Abuja House in London, United Kinddom UK, spoke to his United States US counterpart President Donald Trump on telephone. The conversation which was at the request of the American President was cordial. President Buhari’s SA on Media and Publicity, Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has called on the politicians to shun bitterness and be accommodating to oppositions. Osinbajo made the call Monday night in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital at the Banquet dinner organized in his honour by the State Government. Most of the times, bitter politics Prof Osinbajo said was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal GovernmeNT OF Nigeria has inaugurated a 14-man committee chaired by Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN) to end incessant and protracted strikes in Nigerian tertiary institutions, with a declaration that it does not see the unions as an enemy. The committee is expected to re-negotiate the 2009 agreement between government, Academic Staff Union of […]
