Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the senate has received the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki tweeted that the list has been received by him, saying “I can confirm that I just received the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammedu Buhari”. Saraki […]
Ayodele Afoabi, Abuja Against the high expectation of Nigerians, the Senate on Wednesday failed to read President Mohammadu Buhari’s letter on ministerial nominees. It was not certain as at the press time whether or not Buhari has forwarded the list even as the whole country awaits today the September 30 deadline which the president promised […]
By Collins Amadi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Bayelsa ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship aspirant, Ndutimi Alaibe has withdrawn from the rescheduled party’s primary contest. In a statement he issued Wednesday with the title: “‘For the sake of our party, I withdraw,” Alaibe […]
*As Death Toll Hits 64 BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following President Mohammadu Buhari’s order that all Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia be accounted for, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said 10 more bodies were identified raising the number deaths to 64. The latest figure has put Nigerian deaths at number three of […]
By Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate President Bukola Saraki requesting for the confirmation of appointment of Ahmed Kuru as the Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for a first term of 5 years. Similarly, he also requested for the confirmation of […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has said that the police are not aware that ransom was paid to kidnappers to secure the release of Chief Olu Falae. He says the police force is not privy to any arrangement that led to the payment of […]
Ayodele Afolabi Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed a vote of confidence on its leadership comprising the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike EKweremadu and all the principal officers amid protest from Senator Kabiru Marafa ( APC Zamfara Central) for a second times in the life of the 8th […]
Ayodele Afolabi Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has alleged that there some clandestine efforts by desperate political elements to publish false and defamatory information against him with the aim of forcing him out of office. A statement by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu on Tuesday said […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama at the National Assembly (NASS) Tuesday morning, as some protesters besieged the entrance and engaged in pro-Saraki solidarity rally. The protesters displayed many placards, with different pro-Saraki inscriptions. Among the messages was: “Enough is enough, we support Saraki and Ekweremadu.” They alleged […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the Nigerian foremost administrator, technocrat and industrialist, Mr. Gamaliel Onasode is dead. The late industrialist NAN reports Tuesday, died at the age of 82. Meanwhile, Ese, late Onasode’s son in a statement he signed confirmed that his father died Tuesday at 8.15am. Buhari Condoles Onosode’s Family President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, on Monday said the upper chamber will resume from its six weeks break Tuesday. Melaye also dispelled speculation of a likely postponement of the resumption. He said the Senate will commence legislative activities and thus set […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been declared wanted and barred from receiving salaries for absconding from duty since August, 2015. The affected officers, according to the agency’s Head, Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell were Superintendent of Narcotics (SN) Daniel Goska and Chief […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Armed Forces have vowed to continue the ongoing joint assaults on Boko Haram in the Northeast until the operation of the guerrillas are totally impaired and collapsed. Defence Headquarters (DHQ) reiterated Monday that in line with this, the coordinated operation of the security forces in […]
BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the National Hajj Commission and the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to urgently account for all Nigerian pilgrims in the aftermath of last Thursday’s disaster at Mina. The Presidential directive follows conflicting reports on the number of Nigerians who died or suffered injuries in the […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 56 Nigerian pilgrims died in the Hajj stampede last week, while about 77 others were injured and many are still missing. This was disclosed on Sunday at a news conference in Makkah by the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Abdullahi Mukhtar. […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko says majority of Senators are backing Senate president, Bukola Saraki blaming his present ordeal with the Code of Conduct Tribunal on some cabals within the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wamakko who made this known to Senate Correspondents at the weekend said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari On Sunday in New York restated his determination to fully sanitize Nigeria’s oil industry and make it totally free of corruption and shady deals. Speaking at a meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, Buhari said that a necessary first step in […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Michael Zenner has reiterated the need for the Nigerian government to improve power supply and enact more investor-friendly laws and regulations in order to attract additional Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country. Zenner said it is imperative for Nigeria […]
BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed happiness over the announcement by the World Health Organisation that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. President Buhari is delighted by the announcement which follows the absence of any case of the wild polio virus in Nigeria since July 24, 2014. The President applauded […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The battle of who becomes the next Postmaster General (PMG) of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) has begun with various interest groups and individual lobbying for their candidates. There are some who believe that competence and transparency as well as equitable reflection of federal character should […]
