By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joint session of the National Assembly NASS held Tuesday has ended with a five point-resolution, among which is the caution to President Muhammadu Buhari to adhere to the rule of Law. According to a tweet from the verified Twitter handle of the President of the Senate, the resolutions reached at the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit, requesting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to provide details on amount spent on Buhari’s treatment while on medical vacation in London last year. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1142/2017 was filed by the Civil Society […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday had a joint session to discuss some pressing issues relating to the Leadership of the National Assembly NASS. Although, the purpose of the joint Executive meeting was not officially made public, still, issues relating to the police botched invitation to the President of the […]
Full Press Release: (AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Folarin Falana (Falz the Bahd Guy), a Nigerian artist, last week released a new song called ‘This is Nigeria’. The production featured a character that dressed like a Fulani man, who suddenly abandoned his traditional guitar and beheaded a man. It also portrayed women in hijab as choreographers dancing the ‘shaku-shaku’ […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Abia state, South-Nigeria say it has apprehended three suspects who are members of a child trafficking syndicates, including 17-year-old girl, identified as Gift Daniel, who sold her two-day-old baby boy for paltry N670, 000. (Six hundred and seventy naira). Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, the Commissioner of police […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, Mounir Gwarzo and a Commissioner, Zakwanu Garuba, over alleged corruption involving over N115m. ICPC accused Gawarzo of receiving the sum of the sum of N104,851,154.94 between May and June […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to hold town hall meetings across the state, as it continues its wide engagement with the people on the implementation of the ongoing reforms agenda. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, announced this in a statement released to journalists on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Iworiso-Markson explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola “often has problems with Africans”, says ex-Blues midfielder Yaya Toure. The Ivorian, who left City in May after eight years at the club, says he wants to “break the myth” about Guardiola, whom he describes as “jealous”. “Maybe we Africans are not always treated by some in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kunle Ajibade who turned sixty on May 28 titled his prison memoirs “Jailed for Life”. He was indeed sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995 by General Sani Abacha and his henchmen for alleged coup plotting when all the weaponry he ever wielded was the pen. A number of our colleagues in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party said. The ANC has become increasingly divided since Zuma was ousted by Ramaphosa’s faction in February. Many of Zuma’s allies remain in top […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the Police had dropped invitation to answer his alleged link with recent armed robbery in Offa, Kwara. Instead, Saraki announced on his Tweeter handle, the Police asked him to respond in writing within 48 hours. “Following my earlier tweet, I have received the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. “The first group of women today received their Saudi driving licences,’’ the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. “The general directorate of traffic started replacing international driving licences recognised in the kingdom with Saudi licences,’’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Gov. Rochas Okorocha to leave the party if he so desire. Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, said that the APC would win the 2019 elections […]
Francis Amadiegwu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I find it perplexing that the IG of Police would recklessly publicize that the Police had invited the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for questioning. Senator Saraki, as the second-in-line to the nation’s presidency, deserves some courtesy, by virtue of the office he occupies. This audacious tantrum by the allegedly […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid the public reactions and controversies that have trailed the Police Force invitation to the President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in connection with the recent Offa multiple armed robbery operation, the Inspector General of Police IGP; Mr Ibrahim Idris has met with the Vice President, Prof Yemi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of the insurgency ravaged areas in the North East, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has concluded preparation to commission a multi-billion naira housing estate The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 23-time Grand Slam winner, Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open. The sudden development occurred before her fourth-round match with Maria Sharapova due to an injury which affected her serve. It would be recalled that the American last week made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis with a 7-6 […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has appealed to the Federal Government FG to transfer its abandoned property in Lagos Lagos to the state government or lease them to the private sector. LCCI President of LCCI, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, made the plea Monday in Lagos during an interview with the NAN […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After his first reaction Sunday, the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki Monday confirmed that effort is being made by him to honour the Nigeria’s Force invitation for interrogation over recent Offa bloody armed robbery operation. Saraki from his Twitter handle – @bukolasaraki tweeted: ‘’I have just informed my ADC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has paid a total of N37, 546 billion to pensioners since 2015. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade Onanuga, on Sunday in Lagos, the figure represented the total pension paid to 9,045 retirees […]
