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General Politics, Latest Politics, Ministries, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
By Emeka Anaeto, Economy Editor, with agency report There is an indication that the Presidency has reversed itself on the petroleum ministerial position. The portfolio will now have no minister, while a ministerial nominee in the person of Emmanuel Kachikwu, current Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would be Minister of State for […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
Murtala Mohammed’s son blames Total for company’s debts The Chief Executive Officer of AMG Petro-Energy Ltd, Abba Mohammed, has dismissed reports that he was facing insolvency, following two separate court orders seeking to declare his company bankrupt. Mr. Mohammed said a report published by an online medium, saying that Guaranty Trust Bank Plc had filed […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Last week, things began to fall apart (apologies to late Chinua Achebe) in the camp of the Super Eagles. Before the 2-0 crumbling to Congo on Thursday, there had been an anti climax when Vincent Enyeama had a row with the coach leading to the announcement of his retirement from the national team. […]
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Kwara, Legislature, Senate, State News
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
Just as Senate President Bukola Saraki was busy on the floor of the Senate carrying out legislative activities, National Assembly Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has upheld his election as Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the Senate. -Sunwp_posts
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
The Senate has convene to commence the screening of ministerial nominees. The Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki is presiding and kicked off the business of the day by reading the out the names of second batch of ministerial nominees. -Sunwp_posts
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
By Okey Ndibe Forget what the objective facts are, former Governor Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha, who died last week at 62 years, is a candidate for official veneration. The fact is that, in September 2005, law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom arrested DSP after finding more than a million pounds sterling in cash […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
ONE year after it scored Nigeria high in the sub-categories of education, economic stability as well as free and credible elections, the annual Mo Ibrahim Index of Governance in Africa has rated the country’s education sector very low. Its 2015 index released recently in London, United Kingdom, showed that Nigeria’s performance in education and rural […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, October 12th, 2015
The power crisis in Ghana is set to worsen in the coming days as Nigeria threatens to cut gas supply to the Aboadze Thermal Plant. The development has been occasioned by the failure of government to settle its indebtedness to the Nigerian gas authorities. According to sources within the Power sector, Ghana owes the Nigerian […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Monday, October 12th, 2015
Enugu State government has concluded plans to pull down all structures buildings erected without Town Planning approval or that constitute nuisance that may obstruct the new Enugu State Urban Renewal. The plan according to the state,is part of measure to develop the three senatorial zones of the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER reliably gathered that there will […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa An Air Ambulance had been put on notice to fly the first executive governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha overseas for further treatment when he succumbed to death on Saturday, Vanguard learnt. The arrangement, according to a top Bayelsa government official, was at the instance of the state […]
