Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has expressed the Agency’s desire to work with other stakeholders and expedite action on the passage of the Anti-Piracy and Other related Crimes at Sea into law. The DG who stated this […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB to urgently investigate current and immediate past high-ranking public officers named in the Panama Papers and others that are maintaining and operating or have maintained and operated foreign accounts in other safe havens and secrecy […]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has written a letter to Finance Minister, Adeosun asking the Federal Government not to obtain the $2.5billion Chinese loan. He urged the government to explore other sources such as the recover of $200billion outstanding revenue allegedly withheld from the federation account or stolen by looters since 1999. He warned that […]
By Femi Fabiyi (femif826@gmail.com) The buzz “Globalization” has redefined socio economic affairs in many developing and underdeveloped countries. Many countries are relishing robust trade deals in lieu of more liberal international economic laws, promoting less barriers and reduced tariffs in an effort to create real and valuable assets–based–opportunities, tailored towards growing economic and social wealth, particularly […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Musa Dikko of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday, April 09, 2016 Bwari Area Council election of FCT Abuja. INEC Returning Officer for the Council’s area, Mr. Abubakar Abba, while declaring the final result Sunday, announced that the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Electoral Reforms Expert Group (EREG), a coalition of more than 40 civil society organizations have applauded the continued system of simultaneous accreditation and voting maintained by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the FCT Council election, saying it a recipe for hitch free electoral process. EREG who observed […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate President, Bukola Saraki said he has uncovered plots by some politicians to sponsor protest marches and demonstrations in which some hired people will be given placards to disturb public peace. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser ( Media and Publicity), Saraki’s Office stated that sponsors of the proposed […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja tomorrow (Sunday) for a working visit to China aimed at securing greater support from Beijing for the development of Nigeria’s infrastructure, especially in the power, roads, railways, aviation, water supply and housing sectors. President Buhari’s talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians for their perseverance while urging them not to lose confidence in the ability of his Administration to bring about the change they so much desire. Speaking at the 2015 Vanguard Awards in Lagos on Friday night, where he was honoured with the Personality of the Year Award 2015, the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The 8th session of the House of Representatives is committed to supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s war againt corruption, Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, has said. The Speaker confirmed this Saturday at the fourth convocation ceremony of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State. Speaking on the topic: “Legislative Oversight as a Critical Component […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has, for several years in the past, used private and official chartered flights in making urgent travels to meet needs in remote, not-easily- accessible locations or in cases where timing might be critical to matters of urgent national importance. This practice was in place long before the assumption of […]
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State – The Bayelsa State Government has faulted media reports that it received N12.85 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria as bail out funds for the payment of salaries of civil servants, describing it as “lies from the pit of hell.” A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs Ibim Semenitari has said that the 2016 budget of the commission, when passed into law by the National Assembly, will focus on wealth creation and skill acquisition for the people of Niger Delta. The […]
By Tajudeen Balogun/Niyi Adeyi/ Seun Adebosin In spite of the promise made last week by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu that the long queues at the filling stations will cease this week, in Lagos metropolis and some cities across the country, the scarcity grinds harder. Our Correspondents who moved around Lagos […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen After a similar meeting in November last year, former President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday had another private meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Obasanjo whose mission was not disclosed, arrived at the Villa in a tinted black Tayota Jeep, marked ABJ 425 PY, exactly 12:13pm. The former Head of […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the shocking revelations of how the Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, defrauded and looted Kwara state as governor between 2003-2011 and his link with the Panama paper Scam, a Muslim group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised senators to remove him as Senate President. […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA – The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja heard on Thursday that the Kwara State Government paid about N1.2million monthly as salary and pension to former Governor Bukola Saraki, four years after he ceased to occupy the office. Saraki was governor between 2003 and 2011. A prosecution witness in his false assets […]
Ahead of the forthcoming congresses scheduled to take place between April 23 and May 21, the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday ratified the elevation of Moses Cleopas, as its acting chairman, He took over from Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, who has since been appointed as the Secretary to […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A socio cultural organization, under the aegis of Igbo Youths Movement (IYM), has called on the Federal Government (FG) to probe the soldiers who allegedly arrested 76 farmers in Ugwuleshi community in Awgu Council of Enugu State over the plan to protest against activities of Fulani herdsmen in the locality. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A partner in the embattled Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, which is at the centre of a huge leak of confidential financial data, has defended the company, saying it is a victim of hackers. Ramon Fonseca Wednesday, alleged that the interception was not an “inside job”, hence the claim that […]
