BALTIMORE< MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, has raised alarm over the transfer of the state commissioner of Police which he said was part of a plot to rig the December 5 governorship election in the state. In a statement in Yenagoa, the state […]
Guinea’s incumbent President Alpha Conde won the country’s second democratic election, but Guinea’s opposition parties have rejected the results and called for demonstrations. Bakary Fofana Fofana, the head of Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission, announced President Alpha Conde’s re-election victory late Saturday. Fofana said before the constitutional court’s final validation of the results, the electoral […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) Indications emerged on Saturday that the Bayelsa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, is broke and may have resorted to selling his properties to raise funds ahead of the December 5 election. A source privy to the development who played a major role during the last […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A Socio -political association based in South- East Nigeria, under the umbrella of Njiko Igbo Forum, has described the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders as coward and bunch of ingrates. The group, while reacting to PDP’s zoning of its 2019 Presidential ticket to the North, said it was a height […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday quizzed the immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio is allegedly being investigated over N101.8 billion fraud. Reports said the Senate Minority Leader was ushered into the EFCC headquarters for interrogation between the hours of 5pm and […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FBN Capital Limited, the Investment Banking and Asset Management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, will once again host key stakeholders at the 5thedition of its Annual Investor Conference, taking place on the 27th of October 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos. The theme of this year’s event is“Reinventing the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some influential chiefs in Nembe kingdom and kinsmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have given tough conditions for their support ahead of the December 5 governorship election. Sylva was said to have enlisted his surrogates to meet […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Ghanaian newspaper, The New Statesman has retracted and apologized for a defamatory and libelous story it published on September 25, 2015, against Springfield Energy and its CEO, Mr. Kevin Okyere, where it sensationally tried to link the duo to corruption in the Nigerian petroleum sector. The New Statesman, which […]
By Ayo Balogun The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has denounced the unrelenting desecration of Yoruba culture, particularly by the Igbo communities ‘obsession with having a crowned king in Yoruba domains. The group directed all traditional institutions in Yoruba land to abrogate the Eze Ndigbo titles in their domains as there could not be two kings […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition Against Corrupt leaders, CACOL has berated President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate for the confirmation of some of the nominees, especially former Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State. This came after the Bukola Saraki-led Senate screening of the ministerial nominees which held in Abuja. Reacting […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Nigeria Military has alerted that the next few days will be crucial to Op LAFIYA DOLE as well as to the country. The Chief of Army Staff Lt. Col Tukur Buratai gave the prompt Friday in a statement issued by the acting Army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman. Gen. Buratai admitted […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau The matter just refused to die and therefore dominated public discussion for so long a time (till moment) since the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn-in, May 29. And the delayed List was eventually made available, late last month; sent and received by the Senate President, Bukola […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The AFRICAN EXAMINER can authoritatively reveal that over N500 million luxury shuttle tricycles bought with tax payers money are now rusting away at the National Assembly (NASS). Some of the tricycles were packed carelessly near a petrol station outside NASS Annex. A very disturbed management staff took our reporter to the site […]
A socio-political organisation, Ijaw Youths Democratic Association (IYDI), has raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State is allegedly stockpiling weapons and recruiting cultists with a view to unleashing mayhem on innocent citizens to rig the forthcoming governorship election in its favour. The group also claimed that APC was plotting to […]
Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Thursday, released its 9 months unaudited financial results for 2015 showing a strong 44% rise in profit after tax to N48.6 billion and a 17% rise in gross earnings to N247.2 billion. The third quarter results also show Net Operating Income (NOI) recorded a strong […]
The National/State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State has upheld the election of Senator Hope Uzodimma as the duly elected Senator for the Imo West Senatorial District in the April 11, 2015 National Assembly Election. In a unanimous decision, the 3-member Tribunal held that Uzodimma’s challenger-Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nomination of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri as ministerial nominee by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) led administration has continued to generate heated argument among the political class noting his antecedent as a former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Speaker of the Bayelsa state House of Assembly. […]
By Niyi Adeyi The Rivers State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted a fresh statement being circulated in the media, allegedly by Mr. Livingstone Wechie, purporting that a court order restraining the Senate from Screening the former State Governor, Rt. Rotimi Amaechi, has been obtained. In a statement issued Thursday by […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has challenged traditional and religious leaders in Nigeria to stop undue praises on wealthy individuals with questionable characters in their communities. It regretted suggested rather than exposing such people within their environments, some monarchs have over the years, accorded unmerited recognition […]
The Presidency has again commended the United States (US) on its support to Nigeria in the war against Boko Haram insurgents. While speaking on telephone interview with AFP Thursday, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said “The United States has given the pledge to support the fight […]
