(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday signed into law, the Sokoto 2018 budget which was recently passed by the State House of Assembly. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the Government House in Sokoto, Tambuwal said the of N220.5 billion document will be implemented optimally for the benefit of the citizenry. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 5000 key actors in All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in what looks like a signal to the 2019 general elections in Bayelsa state. Among those who defected to the PDP included a returnee former State Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Tarila Tebepa; former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana will tomorrow lead two other former ministers of Information to Bayelsa State for the commissioning of the BAYELSA State Information House. The two other former ministers, Chief John Odey and Mr. Labaran Maku will be joined by other prominent Nigerians including media Executives, editors, notable […]
Photo: President, Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote (L); Managing Director, AG-Dangote Construction Company Limited; and Acting Group Managing Director, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Engr, Abdullahi Sule, on the road inspection of Apapa-Wharf Road under construction (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has assured that the Apapa Port Wharf concrete road currently under construction […]
South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to resign or face a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday. The 75-year-old has been under increasing pressure […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State House of Assembly has slammed commercial banks operating in the state over alleged outrageous and unwarranted charges being imposed on customers, calling on the nation’s apex bank, the Central bank of Nigeria, CBN to intervene. Moving a motion during its plenary on the issue, […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, complaining about insensitivity and inconsistency in the Federal Government policies. Prof. Soyinka who decried the recent reinstatement of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS Prof. Usman Yusuf, hit while fielding […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has claimed that the Boko Haram factional leader, Abubakar Shekau could no more bear the pressure being mounted on him by troops and has therefore resorted to disguising like a woman to escape. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, in a statement […]
AKURE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen Tuesday morning stormed the secretariat of the Akure South Local Government of Ondo State and chased the workers out of the premises. Trouble started when one of the Council’s staff was allegedly attacked by the suspected herdsmen. The development escalated to the extent that the State Commissioner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria`s most vocal and most visible anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is breaking new grounds in what is generally perceived as a combination of impunity and overzealousness – aided by an executive arm of government that turns a blind eye to some of its questionable endeavours. The controversy […]
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has announced a “recall” of the country’s leader, Jacob Zuma, demanding that he resign in the face of a corruption scandal that has sapped support for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The recall, a powerful statement that the ANC no longer backs the President, was the culmination […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Monday shot and killed two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, who were on special operations at the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident reportedly occurred at Awamye near Kasseyo village in the local government area. The victims were said to have […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Igala of Kogi state in north central Nigeria have a proverb that succinctly explicates an exception to what is generally seen or thought to be the conventional. While the young people may decide to do all manner of acrobatic displays in the open field or in the farm, they say it […]
Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian governors Forum has thrown their weight behind the proposed creation of state police to tackle security challenges across the country. Chairman of the forum and Zamfara state governor Abdulaziz Yari made this known to Journalists in Abuja at the closing session of two days security summit put […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at a symposium held recently in Lagos unanimously agreed that common sense has a limit in public leadership and should not be the sole requisite for public leadership consideration; a position that supports sound education as an indispensable ingredient for achieving a people-purposed leadership. The symposium […]
A Russian airliner has crashed after leaving Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, killing all 65 passengers and six crew on board. The Saratov Airlines jet vanished minutes after take-off and crashed near the village of Argunovo, about 80km (50 miles) south-east of Moscow. The cause of crash is unclear. Investigators and emergency crews are working at the […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Profeszor Isaac Adewole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The action of President Muhammadu Buhari in the reinstatement of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf is a crude fashion of overruling the anti-graft crusade and a text book example of political hypocrisy and nepotism that have […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) at the weekend sealed four filling stations in Anambra state, South East Nigeria, over alleged involvement in fuel diversion. Similarly, operators of two other outlets were reprimanded for selling the product above the official government pump price of N145. African Examiner reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Sunday said his administration had in the last six years succeeded in laying the foundation for development, prosperity and greatness. The governor added that despite the challenges, temptations and victories, his administration, in partnership with the people of the State, have steered the State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lingering crisis between the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe and the workers has aggravated as they have declared an indefinite industrial action through the Health Sector Union, JOHESU. According to the workers, the indefinite strike is over non-payment of their salary and other arrears, disclosing […]
