LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, recently instructed members of his church to kill Fulanis. An attempt by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) to arrest him in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday was foiled by Governor Ayodele Fayose. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the founder of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has set up a Special Education Safety Corp ahead of the compulsory boarding scheme of the government which commences next month. The governor who announced this while handing over four refurbished Armoured Personnel Carrier to the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Police Force in Yenagoa […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Enugu Nigeria, (African Examiner) – The political structure of the People’s Democratic party PDP, in Enugu state on Tuesday suffered yet another set back, as the immediate past Speaker of the state House of Assembly, chief Eugene Odoh, defected to the ruling All progressive congress, APC along side dozens of his supporters. African […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Barring last minute change of mind, signs that the Senate will reject the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the second time, emerged on Tuesday after presentation of letter of his re-nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. A highly reliable source in the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday faulted the Senate on its recent call for immediate resignation of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) David Babachir Lawal from office over his alleged involvement in financial scam rocking Presidential Initiatives on North East Development. The President in another letter forwarded to the Senate […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN,is set to confer a honourary doctorate degree on the General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, just as 94 graduating students of the institution are to bag first class degree. Prof. Benjamin Ozumba,Vice Chancellor […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested a man who impersonated a journalist with the TV Continental (TVC), a Lagos based media outfit. The Chairman of the Agency SP Olayinka Egbeyemi while speaking on the arrest, disclosed that the suspect was apprehended during an enforcement […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ousted Gambian President Yahya Jammeh might not have a peaceful stay in his self-exile, as over $11m (£8.8m) is allegedly missing from the country’s treasury. An adviser to the incumbent President Adama Barrow has Mai Ahmad Fatty who made the allegation less than 48 hours Jammeh left Banjul, the Gambian capital […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, who on Sunday formally joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has indicated that his decision to quit the opposition Peoples Democratic party (PDP) was due to the alarming rate of impunity and undemocratic practices in the party. The former Senate President in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian presidency has blasted a former member of the house of representatives from Kano state, Dr. Junaidu Mohammed for attacking President Buhari’s achievements and integrity in an interview he granted recently. A statement from the presidency said Dr Junaidu “misrepresented facts about the concrete achievements of the Buhari administration in the […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani has formally joined the ruling All progressive congress (APC). He officially registered and was received on Sunday at his Amechi political ward 1 at his country home in Enugu South council area of Enugu state. The exercise was performed […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu, Nigeria *Begins Re-Registration Exercise In South East ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general poll, the Enugu state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has declared that it has completely dismantled all the alleged rigging machines of the People’s Democratic party PDP in the state, saying nothing […]
Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in Equatorial Guinea, regional group Ecowas says. Mr Jammeh was defeated in December’s election by Adama Barrow but went […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incumbent Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has confirmed that his predecessor Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down and leave the country. Barrow made the announcement on his Twitter handle after hours of talks aimed at persuading Jammeh to recognize the result of the presidential election held early last month. West […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has taken the oath of office in neighbouring Senegal, while the country’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down. Barrow, the winner of December 1 election, was inaugurated on Thursday at Gambia’s embassy in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Yahya Jammeh, the repressive leader of Gambia who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will today begin a short vacation to United Kingdom, according to a statement from the presidency. He is expected to return to work on February 6, 2017. The statement says during the vacation, the President will also undergo medical check-ups. “In line with Section 145 (1) of […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER — Gambia headed late Wednesday toward a midnight showdown between a president who refuses to leave office and a president-elect who insists he will take power, while a regional force moved toward the country’s borders in a threat to intervene. Hours before the end of President Yahya Jammeh’s mandate, legislators voted to extend […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has declared that he would not defect from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as being pressurised by APC senators and rumoured in political circles. Senators Kabiru Marafa (APC Zamfara Central) and Abdullahi […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as ”utterly” tragic the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Tuesday in Borno State, by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet. The Minister expressed sadness in his condolences to the families of those who died in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Army said an Air Force fighter jet on a mission to take out Boko Haram militants mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red Cross, ICRC, and the Medicines Sans Frontiers, MSF, and some civilians in Kala Balge in Borno. Media […]
