Pursuant to its 2016 strategic goals towards improving road safety, the Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed 600 patrol vehicles, 50 Ambulances, 85 motor bikes, 15 tow trucks and over 20,000 personnel including special marshals, along designated routes as part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways, during this year’s Eid-el-Fitri Sallah celebration […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I am writing this piece after holding a series of conversations with Lagos street traders and hawkers who seem not be aware of or are just indifferent to, or may be they are intrigued by, the fact that the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared on television that the state […]
BALYELSA, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has directed the new Auditor-General of the state , Mr Godknows Offurugbo, to ensure that, all departments and agencies of the government remain accountable, while at the same time ensuring regular release of statement of audited accounts of the state. He said the directive […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Jail break was on friday night averted at the Enugu prison, following a protest staged by the inmates over alleged maltreatment by the authorities, just as security have been beefed up within the area. Meanwhile, the development has heightened tension in Enugu metropolis, as residents were […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has expressed appreciation to teachers in the state for their co-operation during the on-goingverification exercise just as it has decried the activities of ghost workers on its payroll. The verification, it also said, was responsible for delay in the payment of the teachers but would now start after the exercise. […]
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world, or better still, Europe is still in shock. This accounts for the confused and sometimes incoherent reactions to the Thursday, June 23, democratic decision by the United Kingdom to exit the European Union (EU) The Union was expected to grow, not shrink! From six countries […]
By Leo Igwe In Nigeria, politics is tied to religion. The State, Church and Mosque operate like conjoined twins. Efforts have been made to separate them with marginal success. Section 10 of the Nigerian constitution which says that ‘No part of the Federation or State should adopt any religion as state religion’ is a paper […]
…Re-run Holds September or October BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Austria’s apex court has nullified the result of the Presidential election lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party Norbert Hofer. Hofer challenged the result, on the ground that postal votes had been tampered with. He lost the poll to the former leader of […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has validated the appointment and ascension to the throne of the current Olofa of Offa, Kwara State, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi, Okikiola Esuwoye II. In the leading judgment delivered Friday by Justice Walter Onnoghen, the five-man apex court ruling panel unanimously held that the appointment by the Kwara […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Friday said from July 1, 2016, it would commence a total enforcement against street trading and hawking, saying that the law banning their activities across the metropolis would take its full course. The government said any street trader or hawker arrested henceforth […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described former Minister of Culture,Tourism and National Orientation Ojo Maduekwe, who passed away recently, as a patriot who displayed uncommon passion and zest in the service of the nation. In a condolence letter he personally delivered to the wife of […]
“I am depressed, my brother.” “You are always depressed. I am actually used to that. I can’t remember when last you were not choleric, depressed, obsessed, uptight, down-spirited, what’s that your word again, yes, anxious. You better watch it, buddie-bae-bff-bros, stop carrying the world on your back, man. There was Atlas before you. There was Sisyphus. But […]
…Promises To Review Amnesty Programme By Seun Adebosin ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari, his Vice Professor Yemi Osinbajo Thursday met behind closed-doors with the country’s Security Chiefs. Although, none of the head of security volunteered comments after the meeting however, it was learnt that the crucial parley was meant to assess the […]
ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abducted Adamawa-based Hausa singer Ado Daukaka, has regained his freedom. Daukaka who was abducted six days ago in Yola the Adamawa State capital, recently accused the State government officials as well as elected representatives of corruption. Narrating how he was freed, Daukaka disclosed that he was abandoned in a bush […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sources from Turkey have confirmed that the three suspects responsible for Tuesday’s bloody attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport were from parts of the former USSR. One of the men identified as Osman Vadinov, was said to have crossed into Turkey from the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria in 2015. […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami at the meeting with the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters Thursday prompted another provocation, as committee members walked out on his representative. Malami was summoned for […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Thursday cautioned the new commander of the Federal Government security outfit in the Niger Delta, code named, “Operation Delta Safe” to be professional in addressing security challenges in the region. A statement issued in Yenagoa by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the governor […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Aba ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Supporters of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia state paralysed socio and economic activities in the commercial city of Aba, over certificate of return issued to Uche Ogah by the Independent National electoral Commission, (INEC) on Thursday in Abuja. The protesters blocked major roads, chanting solidarity songs […]
ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice C. H. Ahuchaogu of an Abia State High Court has restrained the State Chief Judge (CJ) from swearing-in Uche Ogah as the Governor. A Federal High Court ruled Monday that INEC should immediately issue Ogah the Certificate of Return and withdraw the one with Governor Okozie Ikpeazu. Ikpeazu was […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State government has released funds for the full payment of January salaries to workers in the Niger Delta University (NDU), the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said on Thursday. The decision was in fulfilment of the agreement reached between government and labour at a […]
