The National Leader of ACCORD party and Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has distanced himself and his party from purported impeachment move against the state’s incumbent Governor, Senator Abiola Ajumobi. The Former Governor had therefore called on his party’s legislators in the state’s House of Assembly to desist from the move and […]
…Hails Neighbouring Joint Offensive Against Terrorists President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned series of terrorist attacks which rocked kano and Adamawa States as well as the kidnap of the Lamido of Kolofata in Northern Cameroon, Lamido Seini Lamine and the wife of the Vice Prime Minister of Cameroon. The President described as shocking, callous and reprehensible […]
Nigerian gold medalist Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games for failing a drug test. The 16-year-old won weightlifting gold with a combined total of 196kg in the women’s 53kg category. Her ‘A’ sample was found to contain amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents. Amalaha will […]
The striking Doctors under the auspices of Medical and Dental Consultants Association (MDCAN) has raised an alarm that there was a subtle plan by the government to proscribe the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), an umbrella body which called the nationwide industrial action. MDCAN President, Dr. Steven Oluwale who alleged that the plan was leaked by […]
…Victory Excites Sports Minister Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has won the women’s 100m gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow setting a new record of 10.85 seconds. Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown took silver and her compatriot Kerron Stewart bronze. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Dr. Tanmmy Danaagogo, has expressed joy over the victory of Nigeria’s sprinter […]
The household of Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasiru el –Rufai, was thrown into sad mood early Tuesday morning as he lost a son, Hamazat in an auto crash in Abuja. The ex – Minister posted the announcement on the crash and death this morning on his facebook. He admonished as a […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka Immediate past Governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi on Monday donated a cheque of N5 million naira, presented to him by Fidelity Bank Plc as a birthday gift to Holy Name Secondary School, Umuchu in the state. Presenting the cheque to the proprietor of the school, the Catholic Diocese of Awka […]
Louis van Gaal will not get drawn into any mind-games with Jose Mourinho this season and he says he still regards the Chelsea manager as his “friend”. Mourinho controversially claimed earlier this week that United were paying over the odds for Luke Shaw, a £27 million signing from Southampton who reportedly now earns in the […]
The recent exchanges between Professor Okey Ndibe, an intense columnist and essayist and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, a cerebral clergyman and loquacious intellectual of Sokoto Arch-Diocese threw up issues of concern to many of us. I do not intend to respond on behalf of the scholarly Bishop. Everyone knows that he does not need my […]
President Barack Obama has commended young Africans attending the 2014 Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) summit in Washington D.C. in the United States for their efforts to transform the continent. The US President during the meeting on Monday changed the name of the summit from Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) to Mandela Washington Fellowship For […]
By Femi Fani-Kayode “We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us”- Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel, United Nations General Assembly, 1972. As it was […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) on Monday suspended all ASky Airline operations to Nigeria with immediate effect. The Acting Director General of the NCAA, Engineer Benedict Adeyileka, disclosed this at his Aviation House, Headquarters of the Authority that the regulatory authority have to take the action to protect Nigerians from the deadly Ebola virus […]
Oyewale Oyelola The embattled Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al’Makura has expressed confidence that he will be vindicated by probe panel inaugurated by state Chief Judge, Justice Umaru Dikko to investigate 16-points impeachment allegations. The Governor’s Senior Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Abdulhamid Kwarra stated that seven-team of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) will be defending […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The country may have to strive longer in rescuing and reuniting over 200 abducted Chibok Secondary School girls in Borno State and the pressure on government to regain their freedom should be moderated. A delegate at the National Conference 2014, General Jonathan Temlong, stated this in an exclusive African Examiner in Jos, […]
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged Nigerians to work collectively to solve socio – economic and political challenges confronting the country. Fashola who made the statement in his goodwill message after his Salaah prayer on Monday said the citizens needed to work together and support the government in her efforts to improve the […]
Again, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to make good his promises on resolve to conduct free and fair elections in the country. The task was given in a press statement issued in Lagos on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The party which blamed the President […]
The Lagos State Government says the Nigeria Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie, three staff of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and 55 others had contact with the victim of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, Patrick Sawyer, who died in Lagos last Thursday. Patrick Sawyer, a 40-year old WASH Consultant, Finance Ministry in Liberia […]
Jamie Carragher says Barcelona new signing Luis Suarez ‘bullied’ Daniel Sturridge while the two were playing for Liverpool last season. Liverpool legend Carragher, who has backed Sturridge to be the main man at Anfield this season said the underrated England international got the rough end of the stick from Suarez at times last season. “I’m […]
Again, the Nigerian Muslim Leader and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the insurgents in the Northern part of the country to fear God and stop the war against the citizens and country. Sultan Abubakar, made the call on Sunday in Sokoto in his Salaah message to the Nigerians. Abubakar, who is the […]
Sequel to possibility that copies of its draft report may not be ready for distribution among the delegates, the National Conference 2014 secretariat has announced change in the resumption date of members from August 4 to 11 this year. This, the conference management indicated was to avoid a situation where delegates return to Abuja without […]
