Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate through its Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary), on Monday uncovered N10billion hidden in the budgets of parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education which the officials could not properly explain. At a budget-defence session with the Senate Committee on Education, the Minister of State […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji Apparently replying to statement credited to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan on weapons procurement, the Federal Government (FG) has fired that the weapons procured by the past Administration for the military to prosecute the war against terrorism were substandard and could not have been responsible for the string of successes recorded […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At his first stop in Strasbourg, France, Buhari will on Wednesday, February 3, address a special session of the European Union Parliament to be attended by members of the executive and legislative arms of the Union. In a statement issued Monday by his aide on Media and publicity, Mr. Femi […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed that a total of 65 persons lost their lives and 136 sustained various degrees of injuries during weekend attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents on Dalori village in Borno State. Dalori, which is less than 10km from Maiduguri, […]
Former Barcelona Coach, Pep Guardiola has agreed to sign a three-year contract as the new Manager of Manchester City. A statement issued Monday by the English clubside said Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, 62, was “fully supportive” on hearing the news of emerging development. The Man City indicated that the negotiations with Guardiola was “a recommencement of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has retained its number one banking brand ranking in Nigeria for the fifth consecutive year in the 2016 The Banker and Brand Finance Top 500 Banking Brands in the world. According to the 2016 Top 500 banking brands ranking published in the February edition of […]
West Ham United have announced the signing of Emmanuel Emenike on loan from Fenerbahce until the end of the season. The 28-year-old forward has 37 caps for Nigeria and West Ham have the option to make the transfer permanent in the summer. He had been on loan at Al Ain, in Abu Dhabi, since the […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has re-committed his life to the service of God and humanity, stressing that life is only meaningful only when it is dedicated to the service of God and mankind. According to him, turning 50 years was not by his own power but “by the grace of God and […]
By Seun Adebosin Following the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that some members of his family collected money out of the $2.1 Billion for arms procurement, former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has demanded the anti-draft agency to make public, details about the directors as well as signatories to […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven people have died as a passenger boat capsized in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria today, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed. The 20-passenger capacity boat was said to be conveying 17 passengers from Ijede enroute Badore when it capsized at about 10.20am on Saturday. […]
By Owei Lakemfa Ethiopia is primarily in the news this week, but not because it is hosting the on-going African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit. Rather, it is about two worrying developments. The advancing drought for which needed international funds are in short supply and an estimated 350,000 newborns are expected in drought-affected communities between March and August, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Re-elected Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson on Saturday in Yenagoa threw his weight behind the embattled Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, saying he remains the party’s chairman (Secondus). According to him, contrary to the reports in the media, there are no three chairmen in PDP but only one in the person of […]
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand and foremost financial institution, today announced the appointment of Mrs. Olusola Adetoun Oworu (FCA) to its Board of Directors as an Independent Non-Executive Director, and the retirement of Alhaji Mahey Rafindadi Rasheed, OFR and Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru from the Board. Mrs Oworu’s appointment, which is […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Having realized that the issue (ongoing alleged cases of corruption and raging clamour for application of the rule of law), which I intended to discuss last week (but could not) is still trending, I decided to focus on it today. But as I was concluding, then dropped […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the nullification of the elections of Stella Oduah and Andy Uba as the senators representing Anambra North and Anambra South senatorial. The Apex Court on Friday declared them not validly elected to represent Anambra state in the senate. Recall that, earlier the Supreme Court had […]
By Olusola Mathew Fafure For about 6 years now, tradition and youthfulness have been cohabiting in some notable Yoruba kingdoms, and the result of this is visible civilisation within these environs. The practice, which commenced with the enthronement of Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kesenla III), was not without initial criticisms because no one would have thought that a‘youthful’ mind capable of the vast intelligence […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The letter written to the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has started raising dusts in the polity with Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) accusing the former President of exposing NASS to corruption. Dino who reacted to the letter through a statement issued on Thursday described Obasanjo’s action through the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph of a piece I once wrote along these lines as if it is a memorial […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka The Governor Wily Obiano led government in Anambra state on Thursday declared war on tax invaders in the area, as it sealed-off a total of 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi over refusal of its owners to pay property rate amounting to N150 million naira. Some of the affected buildings included […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate has ordered fresh investigation into the sale of 10 National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) by the Bureau For Public Enterprises (BPE), faulting it for selling them $3billion less than their actual worth. This followed a three prayer motion moved by Senator Mohammed Hassan (PDP Yobe South), the senate directed its Committees on […]
