By Niyi Adeyi President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for shift and emphasis on the economic integration, alongside campaign for, and focus on the peace and security, in the African sub-region. Buhari made the advocacy Thursday in his welcome address at the ongoing 40th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in FCT […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji An Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has upheld the ruling of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which ruled that the incumbent Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was duly elected in the Saturday, April 11, 2015 poll. Delivering the judgment of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered unconditional release of the detained Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Adeniyi Ademola in his ruling Thursday morning held that detaining Kanu, without prosecution was against the law, hence, his conditional release. The […]
By Ayo Balogun The Coalition against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the recent attacks and killings of the Shiite sect by the Nigerian Army, describing it as a terror pre-meditated, malicious, pre-orchestrated and highly reprehensible. Over 500 members of the Shiite sect were reported to have rushed out to barricade the road on Saturday 12th […]
The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) says the denial by President Muhammadu Buhari on the alleged benefiting from funds relating to the arms deal scandal and the consequent controversy trailing it, underscores the need for a more neutral and transparent body like an independent National Truth Commission to examine all issues relating to handling of […]
Nigerian Leader, President Muhammadu Buhari has formally written the Senate on his plan to present the 2016 appropriation Bill Tuesday, December 22, 2016. National Assembly Chairman and Senate President, Bukola Saraki Wednesday, read President Buhari’s letter to members of the upper legislative chamber. Earlier, Mr. President in a letter dated, December 8, 2015, proposing in […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High sitting in Abuja has adjourned ruling on bail application on the N9.6 Billion fraudulent and breach of trust suit, involving former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and his son, Sagir, till Monday, December 21, 2015. Others joined in the suit filed […]
By Niyi Adeyi Following allegations of complicity by members of the public, against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over misappropriation of arms money and recovered Late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha’s loot, staffs of the apex Bank have stoutly absolved the establishment of blame in the gross misconduct. Some top officials of the […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello A court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upturned the election which declared as the winner, incumbent Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Leading the three-man panel, Justice M. Dongban-Mensem ruled that the April 11 State’s Governorship election failed to comply substantially with the Electoral Act. He resolved the seven grounds of […]
A Magistrate Court in FCT Abuja has struck out, to give way for transfer to higher Court, on alleged cases of criminal conspiracy and ownership of outlawed organization against the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. While acting on the application by the Federal Government (FG) to withdraw the charges from the court against Kanu, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ousted the acting National Chairman of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus. Ruling Tuesday on the suit filed before the court by a former Political Adviser to the immediate past President (Goodluck Jonathan), Ahmed Gulak, Justice Huseini Baba-Yusuf, granted the plaintiff’s prayer […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The ensuing rivalry crisis between the new leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu, and the ousted head, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, is getting worst by the day, as the duo still engage each other in accusations and counter accusations. The Madu’s group Tuesday […]
The Presidency has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari did not receive any monetary compensation from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan last year in the aftermath of the dastardly attempt to assassinate him as Boko Haram attacked his convoy in Kaduna. The presidency gave the clarification in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and […]
Chief Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari is out to silence him at all cost because of his hard stance against the administration. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, Metuh said in the last seven months, as opposition spokesperson, he had been hounded, […]
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Uko. Justice Moshood Oredola Abdulrahman-led three man panel ruled that Aniekan Uko who is representing Ibesikpo Asuntan constituency was not validly elected. The court held that the election tribunal which sat in […]
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned those planning to hold demonstration in the State under the aegis of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) to shelve the plan, so as to avoid plunging […]
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that 220 people were murdered in the State between January and November, 2015 while the police killed 40 armed robbers who engaged the force in gun battle. State Police Commissioner (CP), Fatai Owoseni who gave the statistics at the 9th Town Hall Meeting on Security […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Despite the incarceration of its Director, Nnamdi Kanu, outlawed Radio Biafra is fully back on air, AFRICAN EXAMINER can confirm. The radio is currently transmitting on 11600 khz at 25 meter band. It would be recalled the nation’s broadcasting regulatory body, the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), had tried severally to disrupt […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has declared he never had any contract dealings with the immediate past Federal Government (FG) or any of its security apparatus. Metuh, who at a press conference Tuesday in Abuja alleged that in the last seven months, as […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Benin City Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has presented a budget of N111.5 billion for the 2016 fiscal year to the State’s House of Assembly for approval. Christened, “Budget of Finishing Well”, the 2016 budget is 12.6 per cent lower than the 2015, which was revised downward to N127.01 billion […]
