President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja Thursday, November 26 for Malta to participate in the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which begins in the Island nation on Friday. Buhari and other Heads of State and Government who will be in Malta for this year’s summit are expected to deliberate on fresh Commonwealth initiatives on […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has dismissed the media report that the incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is instigating the probe, through the State’s House of Assembly, of his predecessor, Sullivan Chime. A press statement issued Wednesday by Governor Ugwuanyi’s Chief Press Secretary, Uwakwe Abugu, said the report was imaginary and did not […]
By Ayo Balogun Again, zero tolerance to corruption has been endorsed as the best instrument to dislodge drug barons and eradicate narcotic drugs trafficking from the Nigerian society. The immediate past Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, made the assertion Wednesday, during his hand over ceremony, in Ikoyi Lagos. Giade […]
By Niyi Adeyi The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed that a total of 48 Nigerians were deported Wednesday to the country, by the United Kingdom (UK) authorities. The deportees who were sent back home in connection with various immigration offences, landed through a chartered plane which arrived at the Hajj and Cargo Terminal of […]
By Igbonekwu Odigboegwu (odigboegwu2014@gmail.com) Former governor Peter Obi reminds me of the image I once saw on a painting…the picture of a lone figure, walking with drooping shoulders into the sunset; his indistinguishable face obscured by the interplay of dim rays from the setting sun; the image of a tragic character who must walk the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja A bill seeking to restructure the Administrative and Political Structure of the six Area councils of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Abuja, and other related matters has passed second reading at the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Philip Aduda ( PDP, FCT, Abuja) , seeks to establish the administrative and […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised alarm over an alleged diversion of N4.5b belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to fund the governorship aspiration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva and has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to step in and investigate the […]
By Akin Soneyin The appeal court panel sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, hearing the petition filed by Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing the Ogun East Senatorial district has been dissolved. The development was necessitated by allegation of compromise against the State’s Election Petition Tribunal, which recently ruled that there should be a re-run in […]
It was a Friday evening at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) and 20 lucky customers of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc were eagerly waiting for their flight. These were the people who received their Western Union and MoneyGram transfer at UBA during the UBA Remittance Awoof Promo. Their destination […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and spokesman of Bayelsa State governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged multi-billion naira contracts scam at the Amnesty Programme. The spokesman, Miebi Bribena, who was said to be a major beneficiary […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the government of France has reassured the international community of its unflinching resolve and determination to host the United Nations (UN) 2015 Climate Change Conference scheduled to commence next week. The conference also called as Conference of […]
By Uche Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was invited to a workshop last week to review the level of progress in the compliance of government agencies to the Freedom of Information Act. It was a crucial opportunity for me to bring myself up to speed with some of the happenings within the civil […]
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Aba, a city that prides as the ‘Japan of Africa’, is the hub of creativity. The appellation did not come by accident rather through the dexterity and ingenuity of its artisans which has endeared it to buyers within and outside the country. Made in Aba products are fast capturing the world […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has rejected calls to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to address the Senate in his capacity as Petroleum Minister over the lingering problem of petroleum scarcity. Some Senators belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) had argued at Tuesday’s plenary session that the Senate […]
Famutangbe has become a by-word for the state terrorism unleashed on Bayelsans when Timipre Sylva was governor. But ‘never again’ says Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who in the run up to the December 5 gubernatorial election in the state says he is presenting the state to the world in much better shape than he met […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday received a Bill seeking to establish the North East Development Commission (NEDC), which will have the legal powers to receive and manage funds from the allocation of the federation account and international donors. As proposed by the Bill, the North East zone, will receive on monthly basis, from […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seemingly innocent motion asking the members of the House of Representatives to direct government agency saddle with control of population to find ways of decreasing the country’s population growth, on Tuesday divided the members into religious lines. The motion elicited such diverse and emotional reactions that […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The recently sacked lecturers of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), have accused the institution’s management of engaging in academic fraud of use and dump. The sacked 153 academia said on Monday that their relieve, which came few days after the Nigeria Universities Commission, (NUC), accreditation, amounted to […]
By Ayo Balogun The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mallam Abubakar Malami to immediately vacate his office for “harrying and misleading” the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into arriving at an “unconstitutional decision” to allow the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to substitute its candidate in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Tuesday said it has shut Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited Jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with the provisions of the code for operation. This closure is in exercise of the Agency’s powers in line with provisions of Part VIII of the […]
