As part of efforts to grow micro and small enterprises, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Wedneday disbursed the sum of N5million as soft loan to Kpansia market traders in the Yenagoa metropolis. The disbursement, which is being midwifed by the state-owned Izon-Ebe Micro Finance Bank, is coming barely a week after a similar […]
*Fixes Thursday For Service Chiefs Screening By Abdul Gaffar Bello – The recently announced Nigeria Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari will be screen tomorrow during the plenary session, by 11.00am. The Senators are expected to confirm the Security Chiefs after and the outcome of the screening exercise. The screening and confirmation exercises, Senator Saraki, […]
*Allegedly Refuses To Return $50m Belonging To Ex-First Lady The immediate past Special Assistant on Domestic Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamowei Dudafa, has stuck a deadly dagger in the spine of his godparents and benefactors, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, as he was seen bad-mouthing his former boss and his […]
Ayodele Afoabi, Abuja – The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday sounded a note of warning to Senator Ahmed Lawan and his group saying that they were not elected to come and fight for leadership positions. Saraki who read the riot act in his speech to welcome back senators from their recess, stated […]
By Ayo Balogun – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade is dead. The Oba died on Tuesday evening in a London Hospital. He was said to have died around 5pm after battle with illness which led to him being flown abroad. The monarch was said to have been flown out of the country few […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General P.T. Boroh (rtd.) as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. Brig. Boroh, whose appointment takes immediate effect, is to take over the responsibilities of the former Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Niger Delta who also doubled as Coordinator of the […]
*As Senate Moves To Constitute Standing Committees Ayodele Afoabi, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Service Chiefs. Buhari in a letter, which was read by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the request was in accordance with the provisions of Section 18 (1) of the […]
The Kwara State government has denied claims that Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the crisis at the National Assembly are responsible for the delay in constituting the state executive council. In a statement by Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, the state […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The leadership crisis rocking the House of Representatives may have finally been laid to rest following the intervention of President Mohammadu Buhari. The crisis which has divided the All Progressives Congress House members into two factions, started on June 9, 2015, when against the wishes of the party, Yakubu Dogara and […]
A minister in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration stole $6 billion, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole said yesterday, quoting United States (U.S.) officials. Oshiohmole, in a chat with State House correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said: “The PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) destroyed the country. I mean from the […]
Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has again floored Governor Ezebuwon Nyesom Wike. The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Holden in Abuja on Monday assumed jurisdiction in the matter brought before it by Peterside challenging the declaration of Wike winner of the April 11 election. Wike […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Following the Chlorine explosion at a water treatment plant in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, which killed 8 persons and left over 100 persons hospitalized, Governor Simon Lalong, said the State Government will set up an independent committee to investigate the cause of the explosion. Lalong disclosed this Monday, when he […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to court over “outrageous cut-off marks decisions”. The organization is seeking an order stopping JAMB, UNILAG and others from implementing the decision. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1139/2015 filed today at the Federal High […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has thrown its weight behind the current probe of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, by the Department of State Security (DSS). The party in a statement by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for seeking […]
Death has struck again in the Nigerian media industry, as another young, brilliant and dynamic journalist, Mr. Femi Kehinde has answered the final call. Until his untimely death, Mr. kehinde was the Managing Editor of the African Examiner Online. He was also the publisher of the Prosperity Today Magazine and Total Politics newspaper. He died Thursday July 23rd, 2015 […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Three socio-political organizations in Abia state, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in the trial of former governor of Abia state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu for his alleged looting of the state during his eight-year administration. The groups, includes Ndi Abia League, Abia Youths Consultative Forum and Abia Peoples […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – Ahead of next Tuesday resumption of the House of Representatives from its long recess, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his Consolidation Group has announced the name of other principal officers termed “Equity Team”. The spokesman for the group, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin who addressed journalists on Saturday in Abuja said that Dogara formula […]
By Ayo Balogun (African Examiner) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned ex-president Goodluck Jonathon’s adviser on Niger-Delta for questioning over allegation of stealing and embezzlement of government funds while in office. A letter written by the EFCC ordered Kuku and two other persons to appear before the commission next week to […]
Ahead of the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the first civilian governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyesigha, says Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson deserves a second tenure as governor of the state. Chief Alamieyeseigha, in an interactive session with Journalists in Yenagoa, described Governor Dickson’s performance in the last three years as very […]
President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Friday in Abuja that Nigeria will continue to work in close collaboration with the African Union and the international community for the achievement of reconciliation and lasting peace in South Sudan. Speaking at an audience with the United Nations’ High Representative for South Sudan, Alfa Oumar Konare, President Buhari urged the […]
