(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kaduna High Court has refused the bail application filed on behalf of the Nigeria’s Shi’ite Leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. The head of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) was arrested in December 2015 over alleged attempt on the life of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai by Shi’ite […]
Photo: NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Senate has announced that it has constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the spending of the sum of $3.5bn alleged petroleum subsidy. The announcement was made Tuesday through a tweet from the upper Legislative chamber twitter handle – @NGRSenate. The Senate tweeted: “Senator Bassey Akpan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Diaspora Commission. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read President Buhari’s letter to members of the red chamber seeking Senate’s Confirmation for Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa’s appointment. The National […]
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kano High court on Monday ordered the state House of Assembly investigative committee to stop investigation on the bribery allegation leveled against Governor Abdullah Ganduje, pending determination of a case filed before it on the matter. The order followed a suit filed by one Muhammad Zubair for himself and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour leaders, who have called off a planned nationwide strike, have agreed a new national minimum wage at the end of negotiations with a Tripartite Committee, set up by the Federal government. The agreed figure will be kept under wraps until 4.15 pm on Tuesday, when it will be revealed in a […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hours to the impending strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to press for the payment of the new National minimum wage, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the humble pie by sending an appeal to the workers’ union leadership to shelve the planned industrial action. Mr. President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja dismissed a prayer for a fresh order barring organised labour from proceeding on its planned nationwide strike slated for Nov. 6. The court had on Nov. 2 restrained the organised labour from proceeding on the nationwide strike scheduled for Nov. 6, over […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “SPECIAL REPORT: The men who embezzled Nigerian Airways to death, October 29, 2018 by Nicholas Ibekwe, PREMIUM TIMES” A friend who sent the link to this report was very considerate of my health and mental well-being. He sent it with a caveat that read: “Readers discretion is strongly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Substitute Marcus Rashford scored in stoppage time on Saturday for Manchester United to come from behind to beat Bournemouth 2-1 away. The win helped Manchester United close the gap on the top four in an exciting English Premier League clash. Callum Wilson had fired Bournemouth ahead in the 11th minute, but they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The funeral of Leicester City’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who died in a helicopter crash outside the club’s stadium held Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand. The funeral began with Buddhist bathing rituals at a temple in Bangkok, and was followed by recitation ceremonies over seven days. Leicester City players are due to fly out to Thailand for […]
Photo: Late Biafran Warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The eldest son of late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Mr. Debe Sylvester Ojukwu, Odumegwu Ojukwu is dead. According to a family source who craved anonymity, the deceased passed on yesterday (Friday) after he slumped at a private hospital in Lagos, South- West Nigeria. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the organized labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) not to embark on its planned indefinite strike scheduled to commence on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Justice Sanusi Kado gave the order Friday in a ruling on an ex parte […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A reporter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) has jumped into Lagos Lagoon. Later in the morning Friday, the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) posted on its Facebook wall that a man has jumped into the Lagoon and its men with the support of the marine policemen have discovered the person […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Federal High Court sitting at Asaba has issued a contempt notice on the National chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole for disobeying its order not to submit list of Delta APC candidates to INEC and on the Chairman of INEC for disobeying its order not to receive and publish such candidates names […]
…As Bayelsa Receives N24.1 Billion Paris Club Refund The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed payment of two months out of the outstanding three months salary arrears and four months of the outstanding seven months pension arrears in the state. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, said in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, North East Nigeria. The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, confirmed the attack Thursday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Biu however, […]
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The alleged bribery scandal against Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has assumed more critical dimension as the seven-man panel, of the State’s House of Assembly probing the allegation, has summoned him to appear before it Friday- November 2, 2018. Gaduje’s summon is contained in a letter, dated Wednesday, October 31, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Staff at the Google offices around the world Thursday stage an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest against the company’s treatment of women. The employees in the protest are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration – a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the club’s owner death in a helicopter crash at the weekend, Leicester Manager Claude Puel has declared that the result of their first match after the sad incident with Cardiff Saturday is “not important” but to honour the late CEO. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed in the crash outside King […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) North West, Alhaji Yusuf Babura has resigned his position. Babura announced his resignation Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital. He explained that he left the PDP out of his personal desire and he is presently consulting with his supporters on […]
