(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aviation professionals, under the aegis of Aviation Round Table (ART), on Friday advised the Federal Government to be minimally involved in the proposed new national carrier. The group’s President, Mr Gbenga Olowo, gave the advice in a statement issued in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – TV celebrity and food writer Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. He was 61. CNN confirmed the death, saying in a statement that Bourdain was found unresponsive Friday morning by friend and chef Eric […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for giving the late business mogul, Chief Moshood Abiola, the highest national honour in the country. The governor, who gave the commendation at a press conference in Ado Ekiti, said he was overwhelmed by the president’s action. He, however, urged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that N100 billion would be needed by the contractors to complete the dualisation of the East-West road. Amaechi, together with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, said this during the inspection tour of the Dualisation of the East-West road, which […]
By Tajudeen Balogun Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite its 19 years of existence, the National Examinations Council (NECO) up till present, remains on a shaky footing, with regards to the real purpose it was established – conducts of a standard Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the General Certificate in Education (GCE). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are three aspects – the strategic, the political and the legal – to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, and to confer on the late Chief MKO Abiola, the highest honour in the land. Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had […]
From Ignatius Okpara UMUAHIA. NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time now awaits any Fulani herdsman who engages in open cattle grazing, in Abia State, South- East Nigeria, as the State’s House of Assembly has finally passed the Anti- grazing bill into law. According to the lawmakers, the law is aimed at curbing the menace of the Fulani cattle […]
Photo: Chief MKO Abiola …Demands Payment of MKO, Kingibe’s Entitlements …Urges INEC to Declares Results of June 12, 1993 Presidential Elections By Ayo Balogun, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike their colleagues in the House of Representatives, members of the Senate Thursday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to honour the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, […]
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs minister From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has extended an olive branch to Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama, and Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on judicial reform, Juliet Ibekaku Nwangwu, saying it is also considering […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group, the Ogbia Restoration Crusaders has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his boldness to initiate the ongoing public service reforms. The group said the reforms are necessary in view of the massive corruption, irregularities and other unwholesome practices that has bedeviled the state public service […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Wednesday, announced the establishment of a new anti-corruption unit and encouraged the public to report corrupt officials to the unit. Museveni, while delivering his state of the nation address, said the move was aimed at fighting rampant corruption and poor service delivery. He said the unit would […]
…Kingibe, Late Gani Fawehinmi to Receive GCON (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Kayode Fayemi, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Wednesday officially handed over the leadership of the ministry to the Minister of State, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari. Kayode handed over documents in his custody in Abuja, to enable Bwari to execute the functions of the ministry appropriately. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Wednesday fell by one point exchanging at N361.5 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency had exchanged at N360.50 to the dollar on Tuesday. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed N484 and N420, respectively at the […]
BENUE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine persons have again been killed, while many injured in another bloody attack by the suspected herdsmen in Benue State, North central Nigeria. Among the victims of the fresh attack which spread through the troubled Guma and Logo Local Government areas were two students who had traveled to the LGs community […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development as well as the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Ekiti Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has formally left President Muhammadu Buhari-led cabinet. In his valedictory speech, President Buhari Wednesday ahead of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting led other members, to […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has announced the passing on of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. A statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu by the state Commissioner for information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, said Abugu passed on “yesterday in a hospital in India […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw three commissioners in his cabinet swapping positions. Dr Hyginus Nwokwu., Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made this known in a statement in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Nwokwu disclosed that Chief Sabinus Nwankwagu, Former Commissioner for Border, Peace and Conflict […]
…Resolution Drafted by Saraki’s Loyalists (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Parliamentary Support Group of the Senate and House of Representatives has criticised the National Assembly closed joint session dissociating its members from the 12-point resolution issued at the end of the meeting. Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC-Kano), who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on behalf […]
