Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Ms. Monica Pinto, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers requesting her to use her offices and position to urgently prevail on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to suspend the judge involved […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With few months to its forthcoming election, tension is mounting within the Christian Association of Nigeria following alleged plots by President Muhammadu Buhari to install a successor to its current President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, whose tenure expires in July 2016. This appeared to be a repeat of what transpired during the administration […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has called for the devaluation of Naira, saying; “with the gap between the official rate of N199 and open market rate of over N400 to one dollar, Naira has already been devalued”. President Mohammadu Buhari in view of the ongoing, Fayose said should stop deceiving himself and short-changing Nigerians, especially States […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Crisis not yet averted in Senate as Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC Zamfara Central), whose case was transferred to Ethics Committee for allegedly disparaging the Senate as an institution, in a recent interview, published by one of the national dailies, has boasted that nobody could suspend him from the upper Legislative Chamber. The […]
*Chimaroke, Ken Nnamni, Nwodo, Others On The List By Igantius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu State chapter of the People’s Democratic party, (PDP) is likely to suffer soon, another serious setback, as the former National Chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, and some of its chieftains in the area might have concluded plans to dump […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar tomorrow, Monday, February 22, 2016, for talks on stability of crude oil price. Mr. President who will be accompanied the Minister of State (Petroleum) and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and […]
The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, has declared former Senate President, David Mark, as the winner of the Saturday’s Benue South Senatorial District Re-run election. Mark polled a total of 84,192 to defeat his closest rival, Daniel Onjeh who got 71, 621 votes. He won in five local government areas while Onjeh won in four. […]
The re-run poll in the Benue Southern Senatorial zone is underway with impressive turn out in some Local Government areas and wards of the State. A court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi late 2015, sacked Mark, on the ground that his election did not comply substantially with the Electoral Act. As early as 9am, accreditation […]
The Federal Government (FG) has appealed to University teachers across the country to support the ongoing war against corruption by adding their voices to the campaign. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the call Friday, when he paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Rahamon […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Commercial sex workers popularly known as (Ashawo) in local parlance operating in Delta state, South-South Nigeria, have expressed worry over low patronage of clients, blaming the situation on fall in oil price which is also affecting Nigeria seriously. Presently, two married men are being detained for not paying for services rendered […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian troops of 7 Division Garrison comprising 112 Battalion and Armed Forces Special Forces Wednesday killed some suspected Boko Haram terrorists and rescued a total of 195 persons held hostage, by the insurgents. Defence Headquarters in a statement issued Thursday confirmed the rescue happened during a joint clearance patrol […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian man, Jeremiah Sodiq Igomigoh has reportedly killed his estranged wife and himself in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, over issues bordering on tax refund fraud. According to a police report, Jeremiah Igomigoh, 49, a former correctional officer and active security guard, shot his estranged ex-wife, Nnenna Laura Ogbonna, 44, and then […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There has been renewed talk lately about the need for Nigerians to patronize locally made goods, (someone should have added… and services!). Championed by Senator Ben Murray Bruce, and supported by the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar and a […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja. BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria is targeting N250billion as revenue from the solid minerals sector this year as a result of its resolve to diversify from oil resources. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in an interview […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Auditor- General of the Federation (AGF), Samuel Ukura has contradicted President Muhammadu Buhari on template used for details of the N6.08trillion 2016 budget estimates, saying it was an “enveloped based budgeting and not zero based” as earlier declared by the President. Ukura who made the categorical statement when fielding questions from […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media. Ogunlesi, is a renowned blogger and journalist. He graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2004 and obtained MA in Creative Writing from University of East Anglia, UK, in 2011. In a statement by his SA on Media and Publicity, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayo Fayose were the masterminds of the emergence of a former governor of Borno state, Ali Modu Sherrif as the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), investigations have revealed. Their action, now causing a whirlwind of protests in the party, was also said to have the backing of some members of the PDP National Working Committee […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh currently standing trial on a seven count charge of money laundering and diversion of public funds before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has opted for a no – case submission. Metuh who was arrested January 5, 2016 and investigated by the officials of the […]
A popular market in the ancient city of Kano was gutted by fire early hours of Thursday. The inferno which destroyed property worth millions of Naira has been confirmed by the State Director of Fire Service, Mr. Balarabe Kabara. However, he did not give reasons for the devastating fire. The inferno, eye witness accounts stated […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki The Governor David Umahi, led government in Ebonyi state has raised the alarm over alleged plans by some politicians who served in the immediate past administration of ex- governor of the state, chief Martin Elechi, to bring down the present government, using fetish Juju means. According to the state Commissioner for information […]
