From Agabus Pwanagba – Jos – Following recent attacks in Wase of Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, where scores of people were killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, the State’s Youths have threatened to take the Nigerian military to the International Criminal Court of Justice for committing crimes […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A State House Correspondent, Ubale Musa with a German Radio – Deutsche Welle, Monday, was banned from the Presidential Villa for asking the visiting Chadian President, Idris Deby questions, considered embarrassing to President Goodluck Jonathan. Musa asked President Deby about the relationship between the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and mercenaries […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The entire world around us is in total shambles and Nigeria is certainly no exception. In fact we believe that the situations in Nigeria may have put her at the bottom of the scale of development ladder in many areas. The disparity between what Nigeria should […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Chairman of the Lagos State ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Tunji Shele, has been impeached, while Hon. Kamal Olorunoje was named the new Acting State’s Leader. Hon. Shele’s impeachment was announced Monday morning at the GRA Ikeja State’s secretariat of the party. His impeachment notice was endorsed by all […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – The possible persecution alarm after leaving office, blew by President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday in Abuja, has begun to draw public attention, as the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed that the the incoming Buhari Administration will not witch hunt anyone. While reacting to Mr President in a statement issued in […]
…Endorses Dickson’s Re-Election One of the founding fathers of Bayelsa State, Chief Thompson Okorotie, has called on all Bayelsans and the entire Ijaw nation to join forces with Governor Seriake Dickson to regain political relevance at the federal level. According to him, Dickson deserves a second term based on his performance in office. He spoke […]
By Ignatius Okpara – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the Rivers State’s Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru over his treacherous approach against Governor Chibuike Amaechi. In a statement it issued Sunday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, APC State’s Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, condemned Ikuru, who he described […]
About 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community were rescued Sunday, in a boat, which had on board, mostly women and children and traveling off northern Indonesia. The ill-fated boat landed in troubles when stranded in waters off Aceh province. It would be recalled Myanmar, formerly referred to as Burma, declined the Rohingya as her […]
Verification of 48,977 workers in the Ekiti State public service will commence on Tuesday and last till next week Monday, while payment of April salary will begin on Wednesday. Special Assistant to the State governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka who made this known in a release issued on Sunday, added that […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Efforts by Enugu state governor- elect, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to reconcile governor Sullivan Chime, and members of the state House of Assembly has been shattered, as the factional speaker, Hon. Chinedu Nwamba has been formally presented to the Governor and the PDP leadership by his group . Our Correspondent reports that […]
GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Abia State, Chief T.A. Orji, has approved the appointment of Prof. Nwachukwu Israel Kanu as the new Medical Director of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. The Governor has also approved the appointment of Dr. Uwadilachi Iweha as the Chief Medical Director of the […]
Burnley was relegated from the Premier League despite a 1-0 win at Hull that dropped the home side into the bottom three on Saturday. Danny Ings’ 62nd-minute strike ended Burnley’s goal drought of more than 10 hours but results elsewhere sent the team down after just one season back in the top division. Hull could […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has sent a goodwill message to David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain, congratulating him on his victory in the just concluded elections in his country. In a statement released in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari said he looked forward to collaborating with the British government led […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan main grouse with the amendments undertaken by the National Assembly was the outrageous life pension that the leadership of the legislative arm is expected to earn after leaving office, African Examiner has learnt. The national assembly allegedly spent a whooping sum of one billion naira to produce the […]
By Ayo Balogun – The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an interim warning about the possibility of contract of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) through sexual transmission. The body gave the hint Saturday, in a statement it issued in Lagos. Consequently, the world heath body had directed EVD survivors and their sexual partners […]
*Blames Mischief Makers, Reaffirms Support For Gov Dickson A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has described as complete fallacy and an act of mischief, media reports that, he is planning to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC). Alamieyeseigha, popularly called “Governor-General of […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservative Party of Great Britain on their victory in the country’s general elections. As Prime Minister Cameron and the Conservative Party prepare to form a new British Government backed by the clear majority in Parliament which they won in yesterday’s elections, President Jonathan assured […]
The Debt Management Office, DMO has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that its role in the management of the subsidy regime is purely administrative as “ Physical custody of the funds used for the payment of subsidy claims by oil marketers are, at all material times, kept and domiciled with the Central […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – After a critical assessment of its performance in the first four years in office (2003); the contradictions and so many misgivings that are associated with some of his members and leaders, my aversion and reservation for the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has not abated. My position […]
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi, has expressed the readiness of his Administration to handover on May 29. Amaechi who dismissed rumours he would not be handing over the reign of governance on the date, wondered what he would be doing in office after May 29. The Rivers state Governor averred that the entire cabinet has […]
