(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ougoing Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has handed over to his successor Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. The incoming Governor shared the information on his Twitter handle Tuesday afternoon. Sanwo-Olu tweeted: “Thank you H.E @AkinwunmiAmbode for your kind words today as you officially handed over your stewardship of our great state, Lagos. Life is […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A board member of Nigeria’s football governing body, the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, Hon. Chidi Offor-Okenwa was on Monday re- elected as the Chairman of Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA), for another 4 year tenure. The seasoned soccer administrator and his Vice, were elected unopposed alongside eight other members during the association’s 2019 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received his Assets Declaration form from the Code of Conduct Bureau Speaking after receiving the form at the Presidential Villa, Buhari assured that he would quickly fill the form and return it to the bureau. While addressing members of the bureau, Buhari said: “I thank you very much for serving […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Former Abia state governor and senator-elect, Orji Kalu has disclosed that he is interested in contesting for the position of Deputy Senate President in the senate. “Well, I am going to be contesting on the floor of the Senate. I am waiting for the party to zone and if the party continues to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 budget of N8.916 trillion into law. Buhari signed the budget into law on Monday in his office at the Presidential Villa. Speaking shortly after signing the budget, Buhari said the changes introduced into by the National Assembly would affect its implementation, saying that there are areas in the budget […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …As Stakeholders Condemns High Rate of Violence (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders from various walks of life have condemned in strong terms the high rate of political violence that characterised the 2019 general elections which claimed a total of about 600 lives in parts of Nigeria, describing it as “most unfortunate.” They stated this […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has denied recent allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa that he (Chukwu) diverted the sum of N300 million meant for medical equipment in Zamfara State to Enugu State, describing the accusation as “a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts by Nsukka indigenes to produce the successor of outing going Vice Chancellor VC of university of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, Professor Benjamin Ozumba has hit the rock as another Anambra man, Professor Charles Igwe has emerged. African Examiner recall that the people of UNN host community Nsukka, had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais has disclosed that out of the $322 million Abacha recovered loot which was to be used for social investment programmes, only $22 million had been utilised. The four-broad programmes are the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, National Home-Grown School Feeding and Government Enterprise and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police. Adamu was confirmed on Thursday at the meeting of the council held behind closed door at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa. The meeting was attended by the 36 state governors and chairman […]
Photo caption: All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin ———————————— By Ayo Balogun, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the botched local government poll in Ondo state, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ade Adetimehin is currently in hot water as all councilor aspirants are demanding refunds of the money paid […]
Photo Caption: L-R: Chairman of Ghana’s Convention People’s Party: Ms Samia Nkrumah; Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Guinean Historian and Playwright, Professor, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Afro musician, Mr. Femi Kuti; and Legal Practitioner and Moderator, Ms. Ayo Obe at UBA’s Africa’s day event in Lagos. —————————————————– (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Embattled Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo in conjunction with contractors loyal to him, has paid assassins to kill publisher of Pointblankews.com, Jackson Ude, for unearthing and publishing damning embezzlements of public funds directly carried out by the public officer. Ude had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has emerged the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) through a consensus. Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, who is also the outgoing chairman of the forum disclosed this after a meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja. Yari disclosed that Fayemi was nominated by Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Today the ministers had a valedictory gathering with President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.By now,the President and his inner caucus must be shopping for new hands to take the nation to the next level as the ruling party has promised.Curiously,it is not too much to ask if a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Striking Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, Anambra state, south East Nigeria, have rejected the new minimum wage offer presented to them by Anambra State, governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The doctors who embarked on the indefinite industrial action on May 13, 2019, vowed to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has emerged Chairman of the People’s Democratic Governors Forum The former Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo òf Gombe State announced Governor Dickson’s emergence after a meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja on Wednesday night. The meeting which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, and Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the 36 Governors of the Federation to adhere to the principle of rotation in the election of a new leader for the Nigerian Governors Forum. The Governor said in a statement […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, has promised to monitor how players of Team Nigeria to the 2019 edition of the just concluded FC Bayern Youth Cup World Finals in Germany progresses in coming years, with a view to giving them a chance in the nation’s national youth teams. He said: “We […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outing Governor of Imo State, South- East Nigeria, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday came had on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, warning him to stick strictly to the mandate of his office and not be a destructive tool in hands of […]
