(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared that the ruling APC has nothing to lose with the defection of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, alleging that he has since been slowing down the progress of the present government. Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the declaration Wednesday in […]
Photo: Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has assured that no governor will defect from the party anymore. The governor gave the assurance at the end of a closed door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the announcement of the result, one person has been feared dead as troops Wednesday opened fire in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, after opposition supporters went on the rampage. The opposition MDC Alliance alleges that the ruling Zanu-PF party has rigged Monday’s presidential and parliamentary votes. Parliamentary results show Zanu-PF heading for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to London on a 10-day “working holiday.” According to a statement issued Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adesina the holiday will commence on Friday, August 3, 2018. Some Nigerians are speculating that the real reason for the President’s visit […]
SOKOTO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Speaker of the House of Representatives and incumbent Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has finally defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP. Tambuwal who is the third APC Governor to leave the party within a week announced his defection Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the first denial, the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, may have joined his Kwara political leader, the Senate President Bukola Saraki, by resigning his position. According to a tweet from Abdullahi’s ‘’unverified’’ Twitter handle – @BolajiAbdullahi, said: “In view of recent political developments in […]
Photo: Miss Emily Oguns and Mr Emmanuel Jonathan From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mentally challenged graduate of Banking and finance lady from Edo State, South- South Nigeria, who was rescued in Enugu State, has appealed to Governor, Godwin Obaseki of the state to come to her assistance for a total rehabilitation of her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has condemned attempts in some quarters to drag the name of President Muhammadu Buhari into the on-going political saga in Benue State House of Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, dissociated the president from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it called the harassment of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, opposition leaders, and voices of dissent by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led-Federal Government. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, accused the government of […]
Photo: PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the resignation of the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday in Abuja also welcomed the Kwara State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A state High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo state capital has stopped the swearing-in ceremony of the Deputy Governor-designate, Mr. Callistus Ekenze. Precisely, 19 out of 27 members of the State House of Assembly on Monday impeached the former Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, citing alleged gross misconducts as the reason […]
…Approves N3,000 Per Month For Pregnant Women; Get Free Drugs (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on a Tuesday, handed over a cheque of N1.2 billion for the construction of health facilities in the 105 wards of the state. Governor Dickson said that the decision was part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President Muhammadu Buhari has emerged the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this in a message posted on his verified Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. Ahmad posted Tuesday: “President @MBuhari emerges as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS.” Similarly, a press statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kwara State Tuesday staged an anti-Saraki protest to the party’s National secretariat in Abuja, asking its National Working Committee NWC to expel President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. The protesters, who hailed the dissolution of Kwara State APC EXCO, by the NWC, […]
Photo: APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan by all and any means possible, we were accused of sour grapes. When we […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen with Agency Report …Bolaji Abdullahi Dispels Defection Rumour (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly a week after the gale of defection hit the National Assembly NASS, the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his political son – Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pride and pearl of the Nigerian Hospitality Industry, Transcorp Hotels Plc. (“Transcorp Hotels”) has announced its Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2018. The company showed significant growth over same period last year recording a turnover of N8.01billion, Profit Before Tax of N2.02 billion and Earning Per Share […]
…As Lai Mohammed Describes Sacked Exco Members as ‘Double Agents’ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday dissolved the executive committee of the party in Kwara State. The decision was taken by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), which also asked a caretaker committee led by Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa to run the party pending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s new social media tax will damage business and the economy and cool investor interest in its new IT sector that has wooed global giants Facebook and Google, industry executives said on Monday. Long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, 73, has touted the levy as necessary to deter Ugandans from using social media for […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Imo State House of Assembly has impeached the embattled deputy governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere. The latter who has been at loggerhead with the state governor, Rochas Okorocha over his governorship ambition was impeached Monday evening at exactly 4.52pm, by 9 out of […]
