BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has denied media reports that it has been banned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from Foreign Exchange Market over non-remittance of NNPC/NLNG dollar deposits. A statement issued by the Head, corporate communications of the bank, Mr Charles Aigbe said UBA has completely remitted […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State has formally apologised to state party leader, Hon. Temi Harriman for erroneously expelling her from the party last year. The unreserved apology tendered by the party was upon a court judgment won by Harriman following her judicial action that arose from her […]
…To Extend Probe to NASS Management ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has mounted in the entire National Assembly (NASS) as news filtered that the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has commenced probe of the institution’s accounts from 2007 till 2015. Although, the petition written by the whistle blower and former House of Representatives […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Head of State Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd) Tuesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The two Nigerian Leaders met behind the closed doors in Mr. President’s office. It would be recalled another ex-Military Head of State Gen AbdulSalami Abubakar visited President Buhari and met behind the […]
By Niyi Adeyi BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has confirmed that the so called Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded during an air raid within Sambisa forest. In a statement by the Army Acting Director of Public Relations’ Col Sani Ukasheka Usman, the air offensive was as a result […]
By Niyi Adeyi BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has confirmed that the so called Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded during an air raid within Sambisa forest last week Friday. In a statement by the Army Acting Director of Public Relations’ Col Sani Ukasheka Usman, the air offensive was […]
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Monday described the crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), as a necessary phase of self-discovery. According to him, the crisis would reposition the party for victory, in the subsequent general elections in the country. Governor Dickson stated this in an interview with journalists, shortly after conducting the Ondo […]
– Sells Each Child N50,000 Hospitals By Ignatius Okpara ANAMBRA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives in Anambra State south- east Nigeria have nabbed a 32-year-old woman, identified as Chidinmma Favour Okorie, who specializes in kidnapping children and selling each at N50, 000 to doctors and child traffickers. Okorie, who is pregnant and mother of five was reportedly apprehended […]
Mrs. Mary Ude-Jack, the mother of the Publisher and Founder of Pointblanknews.com, Chief Jackson Ude, died at the early hours of Monday, August 22, 2016. Mrs. Ude-Jack, 63, a staunch member of the Assemblies of God Church who has been battling Metastatic breast cancer since 2010, died at the National Hospital, Abuja. Born in Apiapum, Obubra Local […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-cultural group, Rivers Truth Movement, has accused a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, as the mastermind of the “deadly media attacks” on Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court which it claimed was politically motivated. The group has, however, warned Sylva to desist or face the wrath […]
AKURE, NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) has been elected the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in the forthcoming poll. Mr. Jegede, at the end of the party’s primary polled a total of 760 votes as against the first runner’s up Mr. Saka Lawal who […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday expressed sadness over the demise of a former Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice James Omo-Agege. Saraki described him as a reputable jurist whose seminal judgements would continue to serve as precedents in the legal profession. In a statement issued by […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has re-emphasized that culture and tourism are alternatives to address challenge of lean resources and unemployment in the country. ”In this period of tough economic challenges, caused by the steep fall in global oil prices, Nigeria has no choice but to […]
DELTA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death has occurred of one-time Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice James Omo-Agege. The retired judge who died at age of 83, passed on Thursday evening after a brief illness. He was a father to the serving Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Late Justice Omo-Agege was the first Delta Chief Judge […]
By Ignatius Okpara EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The aspiration of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate Pastor Ize- Iyamu, has suffered another major setback as its Egor Council area Chairman, ward chairmen, women leaders, among other officials decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They decampees dumped PDP on Thursday […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki EBONYI NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has rejected a Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) given to him by the Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, as an elder statesman and founding father of the State. The Minister rather demanded that the Governor should […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has warned intending Muslim pilgrims yet to depart for 2016 Hajj exercise to resist any temptation to take hard drugs to Saudi Arabia, reminding them such crime attracts death penalty in the […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Accusing it of being responsible for present socio-economic woes of the country, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lashed at the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), contending it lacks the “moral basis and the credibility” to comment on the country’s economy or condemn a government working […]
By Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Dav Nweze Umahi, has declared a state of emergency on Abakaliki Prisons, following a botched jailbreak by the inmates on Thursday. The Governor made the pronouncement when he visited the prison yesterday’s evening. AFRICAN EXAMINER recalled that the Ebonyi incident is coming less than […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Head of State, Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (retd) Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss with him, national and international issues. While leaving after the brief meeting which held inside President Buhari’s office in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Gen Abubakar who is also the Chairman National Peace […]
