(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has confirmed that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has concluded plans to pay off six months’ salary arrears the government of Ekiti State is owing its workers ahead of the forth coming governorship election in the state. The APC, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Enugu state, south East Nigeria, have confirmed the death of a family of seven in a ghastly auto crash that happened Sunday at -Onyeama hill, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. Ebere Amarizu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement, said the accident occurred at about 8 am on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular traffic on the Mokwa-Jebba road has been paralysed following the collapse of a bridge after rainfall on Saturday night, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC’s Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced it had dismissed five out of 92 policemen tried for various offences in the first half of the year. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Child Oti, three of the five dismissed policemen were tried in connection with the Ojota incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday appointed Mr Opeyemi Bamidele as the Director General of his campaign office. Fayemi made the declaration at the inauguration of his mobilisation and campaign committees in Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi said the former lawmaker, […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – June 12, 1993 was the day eligible Nigerians trooped out in their numbers to choose between the late M.K.O. Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Alhaji Bashir Tofa of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) who would be president of the of Nigeria. The foundation for […]
By Our Correspondent Photo: Governor Ayo Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to pay outstanding workers’ salaries ahead of the Saturday July 14, 2018 governorship election in the state, Governor Ayodele Fayose has begun moves to source funds outside the state. Our correspondent in Ekiti gathered that baring any change of plans, Governor Nyesome Wike is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian musician Ukeleke Onwubuya better known as Ras Kimono has passed on in a hospital in Lagos. Ras kimono dominated the Nigerian music industry in the late 80’s after his debut album titled “Under pressure” brought him to limelight. While there has been no official statement from his family, prominent Nigerians including […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s flagship Chat Banking personality, Leo, is set to change the face of e-banking across Key African markets following its launch in Cameroon, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and Congo. Already Leo which has been very active in Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, has brought ease to the customers, as it has […]
Photo: Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged both the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to jointly investigate abuse of office against Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Lasun Yusuff. SERAP alleged that Mr Lasun […]
Photo: President/CEO, Africa Heritage Center, Ambassador Tunde Adetunji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The brain drain syndrome has remained one of the critical issues that are affecting the human resource development index of Nigeria as professionals in various fields of human endeavor are by each passing day jetting out of the country without looking inward. The reason for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain’s richest man has had a bid to buy Chelsea football club turned down by Roman Abramovich, according to British media reports. The Daily Mail reported that Jim Ratcliffe, the chairman and chief executive of multinational petrochemicals group Ineos, expressed an interest in the Premier League club which the Russian has owned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has declared Tuesday, June 12, as public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by late MKO Abiola. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, on Saturday. Bello […]
Photo: Olorogun O’tega Emerhor (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s sense of fairness, justice and courage in addressing the long overdue issue of honouring Chief MKO Abiola, his running mate, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, other unsung heroes of democracy and the recognition […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRCAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he stopped his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina from replying former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter against his administration because of Adesina’s age. The president explained the reasons when members of Buhari Support Organisation visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial judge in the August 6th, 2017 Ozubulu church massacre, Justice Fidelis Aniukwu, Friday at an Awka High court, during the resumed sitting lambasted the prosecution counsel Jay Jay Ezeuko, a senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), over his lackluster attitude to the case, saying the matter is becoming irritating. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill, which grants financial autonomy to the State Houses of Assembly and the States’ Judiciary. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Friday. “Therefore, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana has announced her resolve to dissolve its National Football Association a day after officials, were shown a documentary of an alleged taking kickback. Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid alleged that the FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi was involved in the scandal. The two-hour documentary, titled: “When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm’’, by undercover […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Mr. Folashodun Shonubi is currently the Managing Director of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) – the financial payments, facilitation and settlement platform – which has been instrumental to the growth […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cried out that President Mohammadu Buhari is planning to arrest him and jail on false charges but insisted that no amount of intimidation will cow him into silence. In a statement issued on his behalf by his media aide Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo disclosed that reliable top echelon […]
