By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The ongoing political wrangling involving realignments of some groups, now calling themselves APC, or the decamping of others from the ruling PDP party and calling themselves New PDP, is just the beginning of a more serious undercurrent problems worse things to come and index of our political […]
The Gunners boss says his new signing was “outstanding” at the Stadium of Light in the victory over Sunderland despite not being fully fit and battling illness. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he was impressed by new signing Mesut Ozil after the Germany international made his debut in the club’s 3-1 win over Sunderland. The former Real Madrid man wasted no […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic NeKede, Owerri, Imo state, Dr. (Mrs) Cele Njoku, has warned students of the institution against cultism and other forms of social vices, saying any one caught would be shown the exit door. Dr. Njoku, who read the riot act to the students weekend, during a religious […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Tragedy has trucked in Enugu, south-east Nigeria as a 3 storey building with a pent house collapsed. The building, belonging to a South African based businessman caved in at about 6.40 am on Saturday. African Examiner gathered that Work on the collapsed building situated at plot 16 Nnobi street, Uwani Enugu, was said to have […]
The African Examiner Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to pursue the murder case against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha at the Supreme Court to a logical conclusion. Fashola spoke at his administration’s 2,300 days in office Saturday at the Lagos Television Ground, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The governor said the first report in respect of […]
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The Dean of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey has regained his freedom Archbishop Kattey was released by his abductors on Saturday night after spending 9 days in the abductors’ hideout. His released sparked wild jubilation among the Anglican church faithful. Archbishop Kattey was abducted by unknown gunmen along the Akpajo/Aleto Bridge on the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Provoked by the sudden shifting of the Anambra state local government elections from October 5th to December 14th 2013, without consultation, some angry Candidates for the polls on Friday staged a protest action against the postponement. The aggrieved chairmen and councillorships candidates, drawn from various political parties in the 21 LGAs of the […]
Amnesty International has denounced the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The human rights group says the process has led to “large-scale human rights abuses” including the killing of two people during protests. Some 370,000 people have been living in the camps, having fled […]
The former governor of Ondo state, south west Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Agagun is dead. Report reaching African Examiner says Chief Agagu who just returned to the country from United Statesdied Friday evening in his Ibadan residence after a brief illness. Chief Agagu was born 16 February 1948. He was Governor of Ondo State from May 29, 2003 to February 2009, when a court voided his 2nd term election […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has extolled the exemplary dedication of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo to the promotion of peace, unity, equity, justice and positive development in his domain and the whole of Nigeria. In a letter written to congratulate the Alake on the occasion of his 70th birthday anniversary, tomorrow, September 14, 2013, President Jonathan also praised the monarch […]
Nigerian villagers on Friday rejected an offer of compensation from Royal Dutch Shell for damage done to their livelihoods by oil spills from pipelines operated by the company, their lawyers said. Failure to reach a settlement means the Anglo-Dutch oil major and around 15,000 members of the Bodo fishing communities in southeastern Nigeria remain locked in litigation. […]
The Independent of London recently disclosed that the Federal Government has ordered 53 gold-plated iPhones via a Dubai-based business man, Mr. Amjad Ali of Gold & Co, to commemorate Nigeria”s 53rd independence anniversary. According to the report, each gold-plated iPhone may cost 50,000 British pounds or N12.2 million, totaling approximately N649 million. Each gold-plated iPhone is expected […]
An Indian court has sentenced four men to death for the gang rape and murder of a student in the capital Delhi, a case which led to violent protests across India and new laws against rape. Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta were found guilty on all counts earlier this week. Judge […]
The new faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje has claimed that the nine ministers sacked on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan were booted out of office because “they were either nominated by us or sympathetic to our cause.” A statement by the national publicity secretary of the new PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze dismissed […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged the United States of America and other advanced nations to be more concerned about the development of democracy in Nigeria. This, according to him, becomes imperative in order to deepen citizen participation in governance and enhance transparency in government activities at all levels. Speaking […]
The African Examiner online Governors of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have taken a swipe at the police over the controversial blockade of Rivers state government house road describing it as a bad precedent capable of derailing the country’s democracy. A statement jointly signed by eleven of the APC governors said “as governors, we view […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Less than one month international flights commenced at the newly upgraded Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded its first arrest and cocaine seizure from one Chizoba Anselem Nwabuwa. The suspect, a 32 year-old 400 Levels Fine and Applied Arts student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe university Awka, was arrested […]
FIFA has queried Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach over “racial” comments against his Malawian counterpart coach Tom Saintfiet. The Malawi Football Association (FAM) had reported Keshi to Fifa after he called Mr Tom Saintfiet “a white dude who should go back to Belgium”. Keshi had said his comments were not intended to be a racial slur against the […]
Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has been released by his abductors after spending 20 days in captivity. It was not clear how much ransom was paid to the kidnappers to release Ozekhome but unconfirmed source said N20 million was paid as ransom, a far cry of the N100 millionmthe kidnappers had earlier demanded. His release sparked off […]
