By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The South-East traditional Rulers Council have advocated the establishment of cattle ranches in Nigeria by private investors, as a measure to check the incessant feud between herdsmen and farmers. Dr. Eberechi Dick, Chairman of the council, made the suggestion in Enugu Friday when some of its members, paid a solidarity visit […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria appears getting through with the new fuel price regime it announced this week, as the leadership of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) have expressed […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed says government will not reverse its decision on subsidy removal which pegs fuel price at N145 per litre. There has been criticism in several quarters over the sudden fuel subsidy removal and the attendant fuel hike to N145 per litre. Mohammed who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Military has disassociated itself from the report credited to Amnesty International claiming that some civilians died in a detention cell at Giwa Barracks. Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the accusation was surprising and shocking as the organisation has accessed the facilities and made recommendations which were implemented. “It is […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sequel to alarming revelations at the ongoing trial of the immediate past security Chiefs, Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has directed an investigation into the payrolls of the Air Force, the Navy and the Army by the Continuous Audit Team of the Federal Government. The Minister […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, was implicated in a N10 million bribery allegation leveled against him by a retired Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi. Owolabi is standing trial before the tribunal over alleged […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Council, Mr. Joshua Macaiver and chiefs of the areaon Thursday in Yenagoa, condemned the killing of three security personnel of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Foropa Community. He however absolved the community in the incident saying the perpetrators were not […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command on Thursday paraded some suspects and hinted that its men have made some arrest in connection with the recent Fulani herdsmen attack and killing of dozens of residents of Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani council area of the State. The new […]
LONDON, UK (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the international community to urgently create anti-corruption infrastructure and a strategic action plan to facilitate the speedy recovery and repatriation of stolen funds hidden in secret bank accounts abroad. The President made the demand Thursday in London, at the opening of the Anti-Corruption Summit hosted […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, two persons were Thursday killed while many injured, during a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The attack which took place near the State’s secretariat gate occurred around 12 noon. Eyewitness accounts have it that the suicide bomber fake with office […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday in Abuja briefly quizzed a former governor of Cross Rivers State, Senator Liyel Imoke, for his alleged involvement in the N500 million collected by the Cross Rivers State’s chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ntufam John Okon. We gathered that […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The top Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced a retreat to draw a roadmap for the development of the Nigerian maritime sector. The roadmap which is in fulfilment of the promise of the Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside to stakeholders is […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EAXMINER) – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Relations and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa will on Monday, May 16, 2016, address the UK Parliamentarians in Westminster, London on Nigeria’s efforts in engaging her Diaspora. The talk is sequel to an invitation from All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in London to […]
We have just finished a meeting of various stakeholders presided over by His Excellency, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The meeting had in attendance the Leadership of the Senate, House of Representatives, Governors Forum, and Labour Unions (NLC, TUC, NUPENG, and PENGASSAN). The meeting reviewed: 1. The current fuel scarcity and […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last and after lingering controversies, Nigerian Government has removed subsidy on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also refrred to as petrol. This is made public Wednesday after a crucial meeting held at the Abuja headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Consequently, petrol according to […]
…As Governor Urges FG To Remove CMD By Ayodele Afolabi EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose got a dose of the violent protest of the staff of Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHI) Ido Ekiti, yesterday as he was denied access into the hospital and was held at the gate for an […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a remand order to to hold in its custody, ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. The order granted the anti-graft agency is to last two weeks and renewable, if the ongoing investigation of the opposition PDP Chieftain warrants such. Fani-Kayode […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has released the sum of N10.8billion to date to ensure completion of the ongoing construction of 114 roads across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State by the end of June, 2016 In a statement signed by the Commissioner for […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the International Anti-corruption Summit in the UK this week, a civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the UK authorities to extradite Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke to face charges of corruption and money laundering, as the charges she is currently […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the huge damages being caused to the oil facilities in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Military has declared that it will not hesitate to deploy every available resource to deal decisively with any threats to economic lifeline of the nation. Consequently, Defence headquarters (DHQ) Tuesday […]
