By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared Tuesday July 5 and Wednesday 6, 2016 as public holidays to mark Eid-el Fitri – end of Ramadan fasting. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung, the Minister in charge, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suit challenging the eligibility of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest for the 2015 Presidential Election, regarding his alleged lack of West African School Certificate (WASC) result, Thursday suffered a serious setback as the plaintiff’s Lawyer, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe withdrew from the case. The suit accused Mr. President before the March […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apparently reacting to barrages of verbal assault against it, the Federal Government (FG) has hit back at the Senate, urging the prime suspects in the alleged Senate Standing Rules forgery – President of the Senate Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Ike Ekeremadu to either “face their trial […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -;The Lagos State Government has clarified the misconception surrounding the unfortunate incident where a street hawker was knocked down by an oncoming truck at Maryland Bus Stop Wednesday. Government in a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde explained that the street hawker, who was […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINAER) – A Chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Madueke is dead. Madueke, also once Minister of Transport died late Wednesday in an Abuja Hospital. The Late politician who served at various capacities between 1999 and 2007 – during former President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has disagreed with the claim by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. David Babachir Lawal that the Senate is not the one on trial in the Forgery case instituted by the Attorney General of the Federation against the Senate President and his Deputy. A statement […]
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the parallel primary organized by Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is underway in Edo State. The exercise was earlier on Wednesday stalled as the security operatives locked and cordoned ways to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium venue of the primary. The primary accredited […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has charged staff of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), to live above board and be fair to all parties in the discharge of their duties. Governor Ambode, gave the challenge Wednesday at the swearing-in ceremony of the […]
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ali Modu-Sheriff faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State Governorship primary Wednesday suffered a setback as the Policemen locked and cordoned the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, the venue of the exercise. Sequel to the development, factional party stalwarts, party officials and aspirants were prevented from gaining entrance […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental Human rights suit filed by former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, challenging the remand order by a Lagos High Court on him over alleged Money laundering suit. Fani-Kayode, former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman and two others […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Executive Council has approved the restructuring of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Loan Facility provided by local and international lenders. The State Government in a statement issued Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, informed that it has paid a total of N9.8billion […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos based NGO – Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has taken exception to the Noble Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka’s swipe at Muslims regarding the raging Hijab controversy in Osun state, South West, Nigeria. The group in a press release issued Wednesday in Lagos by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola said […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to start consultations with beneficiaries and other stakeholders on the restructuring and refocusing of the multi-billion Naira Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin) programme with the objective of injecting new ideas for its sustainability. The Federal Ministry of Finance, which has been running the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Enugu, Nigeria (AFRICAN) EXAMINER) – After several months of test- running, the multi-billion-naira state of the art frequency Modulation (FM) Radio station owned by Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison Maduke, has hit the airwaves. The station, known as “Urban Radio” located at Independence Layout area of Enugu, […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before a federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti asking it to grant mandatory order for the commission to defreeze his account in Zenith Bank. The EFCC had last week Tuesday allegedly frozen Fayose’s personal […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three suicide bombers detonated explosives late Tuesday at Istanbul’s international airport, killing at least 36 people and wounding 60 others, city Governor Vasip Sahin said. State television said one of several explosions occurred near a control point at an entry to the international arrival terminal. Witnesses said police shot at one […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others have been arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over money laundering. Fani-Kayode who was the Spokesperson of Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organization; former Finance Minister Nnenadi Usman; Danjuma Yusuf and a private firm – Joint Trust Dimension Ltd […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has directed the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) staff to resume work immediately. The directive which was given Tuesday by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, followed the resolution of disputes among the staff of the organization. Sequel to the conflict among the staff of […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has alerted the public that suspected Boko Haram terrorists have devised another techniques to strike and escape out of the Sambisa forest in Borno, North East Nigeria. It said in a statement posted by Defence Headquarters that the suspects “after being smoked out […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Monday set up a Task Force to check the menace of land-grabbing in the metropolis, as it vowed to tackle the activities of grabbers popularly called Omo-Onile with the full deployment of resources of government and applicable law. While inaugurating the Task Force, the State’s […]
