As efforts and various options are presently being considered on safety return of over 200 abducted Chibok secondary school girls, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said on Monday that the military would not use force in the rescue operations of the girls. Badeh gave this assurance while speaking to members […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki, All seems not be well between the Ebonyi state Governor, Martin Nwancho Elechi and some key politicians in the state, as the former just revoked the chieftaincy titles conferred on the Senator representing the state’s Central Senatorial district, Chief Paulinus Igwe-Nwagu and ex- Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, […]
An explosion has erupted at a public health college (Kano School of Hygiene), in the Kano city, North Western Nigeria, the Police source has revealed. As at the time of filling this report, African Examiner gathered that at least seven people have been reported killed in the blast which occurred around 2pm Monday. The explosion […]
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced profit of N1.2bn from its investment on the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in the first quarter of the year. This is against N525m realized in the 15 month period, ended December 31, last year In what was considered a justification for creating wealth fund by the Federal […]
Newly elected Malawian President, Peter Mutharika has named his 20-member cabinet overnight, with a prominent opposition leader after over a month of chaotic elections that brought him to power. The cabinet includes United Democratic Front Presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi, who came in fourth in the disputed May election as a Minister of Natural Resources, Energy […]
Ghana has been implicated in a match-fixing scandal after an undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme. The President of Ghana’s Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, was exposed after he was filmed agreeing to the team playing in rigged international matches, in return for payment of $170,000 per match. The Telegraph and Channel […]
A suicide car bomber suspected to be a Boko Haram member, Sunday, hit a military post at Gwoza, near a secondary school, killing three soldiers and wounding three others.The incident occurred at 7 a.m. The suspected suicide bomber, according to Mallam Usman Yaro, in a telephone interview yesterday in Maiduguri, came through Wala and Warabe […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained that Ekiti State has always been a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state. He was also optimistic that the PDP will do better in elections in other states. The President made the remark when the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP led by its Chairman, Adamu Muazu came to congratulate […]
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has denied evading being served notice of impeachment containing 26 counts of constitutional and financial breaches leveled against him and his deputy, James Bala Ngillari, by the state House of Assembly. The governor spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mallam Ahmed Sajo. Sajo debunked insinuations that the governor was dodging […]
By Tajudeen Balogun One of the best ways Nigerians can tackle problem of corruption in the system is to fully understand the evil itself and agree that it is anti-progress and development – a phenomenon that “denies them the opportunity for good governance”. Yet, corruption thrives in the country basically due to the fact that […]
It was double celebration for President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday as his PDP candidate, Ayo Fayose’s victory in the Ekiti gubernatorial election was followed by a brilliant performance by the Super Eagles in far away Brazil. President Jonathan and some of his aides watched the African champions beat Bosnia and Herzegovina with a lone strike from […]
Organizers of the BET Awards 2014 have announced Nigerian stars Tiwa Savage and Ice Prince Zamani as performers for the glamorous event. Two other African acts SA’s Mafikizolo and Ghana’s Sarkodie will join the songstress and rapper. They will all take part of the ‘Music Around the Globe’ presentation. This is the first time international […]
Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu-Johnson recently shared on Instagram, a picture of her husband, Adeniyi Johnson, relaxing her hair, captioning it: #wickedhusband #hesaidnomoneyforsalon #myhairdonburn #imlovingit #ienjoyam #iloveniyi. The photo has since created a buzz on social media with some praising the couple for their public display of affection and a few others hitting her hard for […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the newly elected Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Peter Fayose, describing his victory at the election on Saturday as well deserved. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Sunday described the Ekiti governorship poll as credible, free and fair, adding that it was […]
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party . Fayemi, in a broadcast on Sunday accepted defeat and urged the people of the state to be united to move the state forward. The Governor disclosed that he had […]
Bosnia coach Safet Susic has accused New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary of robbing his side after he disallowed Dzeko’s first-half goal. Susic, who admitted that his side lost to a better team noted that the Super Eagles were completely different to the squad against Iran. “I was told there was no offside but it’s not […]
Suspected Islamist militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, killing several people and torching houses near where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped two months ago, a witness said. Clad in military uniforms, the attackers raided the village of Koronginim, Borno State in a convoy of sport utility and military vehicles, the witness […]
Nigeria halt Bosnia-Hercegovina’s hopes of making it to the second of the World Cup in their maiden appearance after losing 0-1 to the Super Eagles in their second group F encounter in Cuiaba on Saturday. Prodigal son, Peter Odemwingie’s only goal of the encounter was all the African champions needed to keep Nigeria’s hopes alive […]
PDP governorship candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose has been elected the Governor of Ekiti State after winning in all 16 local government areas of the state. According to the results announced by INEC Local Government Returning Officer across the state, Fayose, who was governor of Ekiti between 2003 and 2006 polled 203, 090 votes while incumbent […]
…Says APC Mobilised Thugs From Lagos Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has said that the deployment of police officers to Ekiti State for the governorship election held yesterday was not to harm anybody but to ensure the security of life and property in Ekiti. Adesiyan who spoke at a press conference in […]
