BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to his wife, Aisha’s lamentation that his government has been hijacked by few people, affirming that he has an edge over his wife. Speaking Friday alongside his host – German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a news conference, President Buhari laughed and replied sarcastically. “I don’t […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the newly appointed Secretary-General (UN) Antonio Guterres. President Buhari in a statement issued Friday by his SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu believed that the former Portuguese Prime Minister’s wealth of experience as a former head of UN Refugee Agency for several years, diplomat […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As debate rages on the arrest of eight judges across the country last weekend by the operatives of Department of State Security (DSS) on the alleged corrupt practices, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has denied ever receiving petitions from the security agency on the implicated Supreme Court […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has released the names of the freed 21 out of the 218 Chibok school girls abducted by the terrorist Boko Haram group. The full list is as follows: Mary Usman Jummai John Blessing Abana Luggwa Sanda Comfort Habila MARYAM Basheer Comfort Amos Glory Mainta Saratu […]
Ayodele Afolabi Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has inaugurated the Senate Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the use of the fund that has been allocated to the Humanitarian Crisis in the North East and promised that all the facts of the case will be exposed. Speaking at the event, Saraki stated that the committee led by […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departed the Nnmadi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for Berlin, Germany, on an official visit from Oct. 13 to 15. The president, before his departure, was briefed on the release of the 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls by the Director-General, Department of Security Services (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura. The president, while expressing […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Mr Goodie Ibru wanted for alleged money laundering and diversion of funds amounting into billions of naira. The commission also accused him of diverting billions of Naira and assets of Ikeja Hotels Plc, owners of Sheraton Lagos, and Federal Palace Hotels, […]
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The bill seeking to make debates for Presidential and Governorship candidates of major political parties in the country mandatory ahead of the 2019 general election has passed second reading. The bill, tagged: “Nigerian Political Debates Commission Bill, 2015, was sponsored by Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, (APC, Oyo North). In […]
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has promised that 8th Senate will work to streamline Nigeria’s multiple taxation system to improve the ease of doing business in the country. Speaking at a dialogue at the 22nd Edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, the Senate President, while […]
By Ignatius Okpara BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, eight persons have been killed, while 15 others sustained various degrees of injury in a bomb blast that occurred Wednesday morning around Muna garage Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, North east Nigeria. Head, Media and Public Relations Officer of National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Sani […]
By Ignatius Okpara UMUAHIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday arraigned a chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Prince Benjamin Benedict Apugo before Justice Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Umuahia Abia State on a three count charge bothering on obtaining by false pretense to the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Senate Tuesday, during its plenary condemned the invasion of the homes of some judges last weekend and their arrest by the operatives of Department of State Services (DSS). The upper legislative chamber’s position emanated from the motion on urgent National importance moved by Senator Joshua Lidani, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Sidi Bage and Paul Jauro as Justices of the Supreme Court. The letter of nomination was read Tuesday by Senate President Bukola Saraki at the upper legislative chamber plenary session. The President’s nomination is against the background of the approaching retirement of the Chief Justice of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo again visited Presidential Villa Abuja Monday, for a visit and meeting with President Muhammadu Buahri. Obasanjo’s closed door meeting with President Buhari lasted barely for an hour. The former President who arrived the Presidential Villa with an aide, and one of his daughters, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Although there is need to rid the judiciary of corruption, the approach adopted by security agencies was totally wrong and unacceptable, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, said on Sunday. Melaye, representing Kogi West on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has called for a thorough training which emphasizes character;ethics and values among the youths so as to enable them fully develop their potentials and render quality service to the society. Dickson, who made this call at a dinner hosted by the Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students (NIFES) in Abuja on Sunday, noted that it is difficult to talk about the greatness […]
…Plus Breakdown of Recovered Loots ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) Saturday announced that the reason for clampdown on the household of some judges is due to their alleged involvement in corrupt practices, which have affected their activities at the bench. Operatives of DSS between last and Saturday morning stormed […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson over the weekend undertook an unscheduled inspection tour of some ongoing projects within the state capital to assess the level of work, in line with their qualities and specifications. Speaking shortly after the inspection with Government House correspondents, Governor Dickson expressed satisfaction with the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The operatives of Department of State Security Services (DSS) between lateFriday and early Saturday morning clampdown on the households of some judges, including Justice Walter Onnoghen and his colleague, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court in Abuja. Also affected were two Justices of the Federal High […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) will on Sunday conclude the transportation of 76,000 Nigerian pilgrims for this year’s hajj just as it announced the death of 24 pilgrims during the period. In a statement by the Commission Information Officer, Mousa Ubadanwaki, said the Post-Hajj movement of pilgrims back […]
