Kayode Adelowokan An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed the bail application by the counsel to Mr. Fred Ajudua, for lack of merit. Fred Ajudua, was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly conspiring with others who are now at large to defraud a former Chief of Army Staff, […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja Benjamin Ubiri comes away hardly ruffled talking about a striking irony of Abuja. Behind the allure of expansive roads and rising buildings that make the Nigerian capital Africa’s most expensive and one of the world’s fastest growing, he admits, several poor communities live without toilets. “It’s bad, but not terrible,” Mr. […]
Mona Ogbeidi The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, a religious organization has blasted the Boko Haram sect, describing claims that the abducted Chibok girls have been converted to Muslims as cowardly and shameful. The group Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola who stated in a statement issued in Lagos reacted to a video footage posted by the deadly […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the senate to extend the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states for additional 6 months. The President argued that the extension is necessary due to continued threats of Boko Haram insurgency in the affected states. Jonathan’s request was contained in a letter sent to […]
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian government, officials said. It comes after militants released a video of about 130 girls, saying they […]
Oyewale Oyelola The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his protege Governor Rauf Aregbesola are afraid of defeat in forthcoming governorship election in Osun state. Senator Omisore stated this in a statement signed by […]
Nigerians are likely to join the rest of the world in the visit to space by 2025. This is because the Nigerian Government has put strategies in place for the development of space technology by the country. Disclosing this in Lagos on Monday was the Head of Space Education Outreach Programme of the African Regional […]
By Kola Ibrahim The kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok town some three weeks ago has drawn widespread global opprobrium. Instinctively, Nigerians and people globally, pricked by human feeling, have seen the latest barbaric onslaught on poor Nigerians by the murderous Boko Haram terrorists, as an assault on human dignity and safety. To most […]
…Lambasts Presidency, PDP Over Denial of Abduction Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has flayed the Federal Government over the uselessness of the country’s two satellites in proving information on the whereabouts of the 274 school girls abducted by the Boko Haram in a Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. The Director-General […]
After seven hours of closed-door deliberations on Monday, the Committee on Devolution of Power emerged without a decision on the twin issues of derivation principle and resource control at the on-going National Conference in Abuja, Nigeria. The committee could equally not resolve the argument and counter argument by some delegates from different geo-political zones that […]
Kayode Adelowokan Following a violent that broke out in the early hour of Sunday in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, between Muslims and Christians, a 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the town. The Curfew was imposed to avoid an escalation of the crisis into other parts of the state after the violence […]
Kayode Adelowokan An Appeal Court on Monday in Abuja, threw out, for want of merit, the application by two members of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo to dismiss bribery charges against them on grounds of insufficient evidence. Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo, erstwhile Chairman and Secretary of a House committee, were […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state police command on Monday arrested one pastor Johnson Uneabunso, of Truth and Salvation Ministry Iwollo, in Ezeagu Local Government area of the state for allegedly raping a twelve year old girl. Disclosing this to African Examiner in Enugu, the state police public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, said the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The South- East chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissociated itself from the repeat Anambra State congress of the party conducted by some aggrieved members led by Senator Annie Okonkwo. The controversial congress, according to the opposition party, took place last Friday at the Women Development Centre Awka, the Anambra state […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Series of massive protests have rocked the city of Lagos over the abduction of 234 school girls at Chibok in Bornu State, North Eastern Nigeria. Protesting groups demand the immediate release of the abducted girls. On Monday, three different groups stage massive protests to the Lagos State Governor’s Office to express their […]
President Goodluck Jonathan left Abuja Monday afternoon for Oyo in the Republic of Congo to consult with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Sassou Nguesso on the current security situation in West and Central Africa ahead of the meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council which opens in the Congolese town on Wednesday. President […]
Against the background of the skyrocketing price of cement in the market, leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc has released into the market, a supply of 9 million tons of the commodity, to stem the price hike. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote made this disclosure when the President of Tanzania, Dr Jakaya Kikwete paid […]
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has released a new video in which he claims that the girls his men abducted from Chibok in Borno State had been converted to Islam. Shekau in the Video said none of the girls would be released until the government of Nigeria would be ready to exchange them with Boko […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele The Nigerian security operatives say it has arrested 5 masterminds of the April 14 bomb blast at Nyanya motor park. The explosion killed over 70 people and injured several others. The operatives have also declared 2 wanted in connection with the horrifying bomb blast. The Joint Information Centre on the Counter Terrorism […]
