Opinion: We Must Never Forget Kenule Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8

By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The environmental activist, writer, dramatist and human rights campaigner Kenule Saro-Wiwa was killed 20 years ago today by the Nigerian maximum ruler and confirmed kleptocrat and thief, General Sani Abacha for his dogged fight and demand for the preservation of the Ogoni in the Niger Delta and […]

N16.6 million: Reps Probe Code Of Conduct Tribunal Chairman

By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives is to investigate the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, for allegedly misappropriating N16.6 million. The probe was as a result of a petition presented on the floor of the house on Tuesday by the Chairman, House […]

Sylva Lied On Dickson’s Indebtedness To Pensioners, Says Bayelsa PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has faulted All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, over his allegation that the state government deliberately owed pensioners and that if he becomes governor he would immediately pay their arrears. Sylva was said to have held a meeting with the pensioners in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State […]

Ahead of Ministers’ Inauguration, Buhari Appoints 18 New Perm Sec., Okays deployment of 36

President Mohammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 18 new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil service. The appointment and the deployment come ahead of the swearing in of the new ministers slated for Wednesday, November 10, 2015. A statement issued by the president’s media aide, Femi Adeshina said those appointed are as follows: Mrs. […]

Tension in Senate  As Anti- Saraki Senators Kick Against Committee Composition, Spoil for Showdown

Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tuesday session of the Senate  was tensed following recent composition of its Special and Standing committees as announced by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki last week Wednesday with request for their cancellation from some of the APC members. Saraki had at the Senate sitting last Wednesday […]

Bayelsa: Over 6,000 Buhari, APC’s Loyalists Back Dickson

BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Tuesday confirmed its superiority and acceptance by the political class and the entire people of Bayelsa state with the defection of over 6000 loyalists of President  Muhammadu Buhari and the endorsement of Governor Seriake Dickson’s re-election bid. The group under the umbrella of Buhari […]

AU Standby Force A “Unifying” Tool To Battle Continental Insurgency – CDS Ol onisakin

By Mustapha Abdul Salaam The African Union Standby Force (ASF) is a unifying and standing force that has the mandate to respond to insecurity and emergency situations in African continent, said, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin. Gen. Olonisakin made this known Tuesday, while receiving the country’s contingent of ASF, […]

Group Sets Agenda Of Business, Peace, Unity In Ife For The Oni-Designate

By Niyi Adeyi The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated the Oni of Ife-designate, Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi as well as set new agenda for him, including: bringing investors to the ancient town; tolerating all tribes and fostering unity among his subjects. The organization noted apart from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), there was hardly […]

Ambode Begs Buhari To Pay N30 Billion FG’s Debt To Lagos

By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday begged President Muhammadu Buhari to pay the over N30 billion the Federal Government is owing the state on road infrastructure to enable him accelerate the development of Lagos. Ambode spoke after carrying out inspection tour of Apapa, Ladipo […]

Photo News: Buhari Receives Obasanjo on Tuesday At State House, Photo By Sunday Aghaeze

Buhari Sacks 17 Permanent Secretaries Ahead of Ministers’ Inauguration

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Indications have emerged on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari may have sacked about 17 Permanent Secretaries with immediate effect. This is coming ahead of the swearing in of the new ministers. The sack, AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered,  was allegedly announced at a meeting between President Buhari and the permanent secretaries. Reason for the […]

Kogi Bailout Delay: PDP, Leave Us Alone And Clear Yourself With CBN – APC

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as cheap blackmail the decision by the Kogi State government and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum to link the delay in releasing the bailout funds for the state to political interference. APC in a statement issued in Abuja Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, […]

Regard Bayelsa As Home, Dickson Tells Non-Indigenes

BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has told non-indigenes in the state to regard themselves as indigenes and feel at home. “Regard Bayelsa as home”, he said. He made the remarks on Monday when the non-indigenes comprising of the South-South, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa communities residing in the state came together […]

Fuel Scarcity Bites Hard In Enugu

By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acute fuel scarcity has hit Enugu state, resulting to long queue of vehicles at few independent filling stations selling the product. Our Correspondent who went round parts of the state on monday to monitor the situation, observed that a litre of the premium Motor spirit PMS, […]

Kogi 2015: Buhari’s APC And The Kogi Treasury!

By: Phrank Shaibu Whether Mr. Abubakar Audu looted the treasury of Kogi State to the hefty tune of eleven billion naira while serving as Kogi State governor in the years between 1999 to 2003 as alleged by the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, is now for the court to decide.  However, that no judicial […]

TSA: CBN Imposes N4bn Fines On Skye Bank

BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has imposed a N4 billion fine on Skye Bank Plc for failing to render appropriate returns on accounts of some government institutions and agencies. This is contained in a statement by Skye Bank to the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The bank said the fine imposed by […]

Kogi: I Didn’t Marry a New Wife For Election, Abubakar Audu Cries Out

BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu has debunked reports that he has tied the nuptial knot with a legal practitioner and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Mrs. Halima Alfa in a secret wedding last Friday, describing it as a product of political […]

Chad Declares State Of Emergency In Lake Chad Region To Curtail Unlawful Assembly

By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the measures to weaken trans-border activities of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, the Chadian Government has declared state of emergency in Lake Chad region. Speaking on the latest approach, Chad’s Minister of Communications, Hassan Sylla Bakari, Monday explained that the state of emergency […]

Ijaw Youths Condemn Lokpobiri Over Alleged Threat To Peaceful Election

The Ijaw Youths for Peace Initiative, a body campaigning for non- violence in politics in Bayelsa State, has raised the alarm that the activities of the minister-designate, Senator HeinekenLokpobiri, were creating fears and major threat to peace and harmony ahead of theDecember 5 governorship election. In a statement in Yenagoa, the state capital, yesterday, and […]

Jona at Aso Rock Again!

By Babs Ajaiyi “Ah, it is you again, Jona!” “Na me sir.” “You really knocked on the door so hard.” “I was not sure if anyone was home.” “We are always at home, no room for waka about or overseas trip; the treasury is already empty.” “Don’t worry, for as long as oil is flowing […]