ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN NIGERIA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has charged public officers entrusted with certain responsibilities to live up to their duties and justify the confidence reposed in them as so as to ensure that Nigeria is liberated from its current hardships. Mr. President in a statement by his SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba […]
…killed 9 Armed Bandits In Zamfara By Abdul Gaffar Bello BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 69 suspected family members of Boko Haram terrorists have been intercepted while escaping from Sambisa forest in Borno State. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Wednesday indicated that troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion deployed at […]
By Seun Adebosin ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an area Judge in Adamawa State Suleiman Elkana and two senior officials of the State’s Cooperative before a Federal High court sitting in Yola over alleged financial gross misconduct. Justice Elkana is being joined with Adamawa State’s Chairman, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All progressives Congress (APC) United Kingdom (UK) has also distanced President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife Aisha from her alleged involvement in the US Congressman Williams Jefferson’s Halliburton bribery scandal. The party in its official twitter handle denied that the Aisha claimed by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Former Group Managing Director (GMD) Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engr. Andy Yakubu has not been Charged for Money Laundering our correspondent can confirm. Our correspondent’s investigations revealed that contrary to reports, the former NNPC boss is been charged on a one count charge of abetting the commission of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu has urged Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose “to stop the needless mudslinging against the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari and face the allegations against him”. In a statement he issued in Abuja on […]
BEIJING, CHINA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has again assured that the Federal Government (FG) will not do anything to stifle the press freedom. Speaking at the 3rd Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, the Minister who rated the Nigerian media as one of the […]
By Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has directed its committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to immediately summon the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to appear before it over the planned move to have the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu arraigned before a […]
ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has appealed to the State public servants to call off their two weeks industrial action. While addressing the striking workers from Grade level 1 – 17, at the International Event Centre, Akure, the State capital, Governor Mimiko announced his administration readiness for dialogue and […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State’s indictment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, in the US Lawmaker William Jefferson’s bribery scandal, has been dismissed by the Presidency and considered another desperate and face saving attempt by the vocal Governor. While reacting to the allegation, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police. The Acting Inspector-General, who hails from Kutigi, Lavun in Niger State, was born on 15th of January 1959, and was enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1984, after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with a Bachelors degree in […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Monday gave an account of how the N95 billion that accrued to the state from the Federation Allocation Account Committee, as published by the Federal Ministry of Finance in some national dailies in the last one year was spent. Giving the breakdown during the launch of the Bayelsa […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has frozen the personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose and many of his associates. The governor’s personal account in the Zenith Bank, Ekiti branch, was allegedly frozen on the order of the anti-graft agency, according to Fayose Fayose, who had earlier issued a counter-cheque […]
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected a former Secretary to the State Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, as its flagbearer in the coming State’s gubernatorial election. The ex-SSG who was declared the winner Monday evening at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the State capital […]
Federal Ministry of Finance workers on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, demanding the removal of the Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The workers accused Adeosun of not paying their allowances to the tune of N1.2 billion even when she has collected N30 million as annual house rent. They displayed placards […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government (LASG) has approved the establishment and listing of three new State’s public primary schools. The hint to this effect was in a memo released by the School Support Services Department (SSSD). The schools were listed as: Local Government Primary School, Oke-Ishagun/Ikola, Alimosho LGEA; […]
BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Military Monday said the troops of 114 Task Force Battalion of 28 Task Force Brigade in conjunction with members of vigilante group have killed four suspected Boko Haram terrorists and arrested fleeing members during a clearance operations along Bitta-Damboa axis and other areas. Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the troops […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s resolve to invest on the human capital development has again been emphasized. State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde Sunday declared that one of the “cardinal direction” of Governor Ambode led administration was to “invest in capacity development of government […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja In line with its restructuring programme, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it is set to automate its payment collection processes to engender greater efficiency and eliminate revenue leakages. The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside said this when he hosted representatives of major shipping companies operating […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that policiticians should be held responsible for the recent spate of inconclusive elections recorded in some parts of the country noting that those seeking elective offices often use every means necessary including bribery, violence or intimidation to ensure victory in an election. INEC […]
