By Niyi Adeyi …Promises Proposed Budget Will Solve Socio-Economic Crises President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian courts to support the Federal Government (FG) efforts and help in the recovery of stolen funds by speedily concluding trials. Buhari in his New Year Message Thursday, stressed that FG crackdown on corruption would continue to be vigorously pursued […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has nullified the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. The Court in its judgement, on Thursday, announced his main rival, Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as winner of the election held on […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Thursday upturned the ruling of Taraba State Election Petition Tribunal, which had earlier sacked the incumbent Governor Darius Ishaku. The Chairman of the five-man appeal panel, Justice Abdul Aboki, ruled that the first respondent and candidate of the ruling APC, Hajia Aisha Alhassan lacked legal […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Ruling is ongoing by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on the appeal filed before it by the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku. Governor Ishaku is appealing against the ruling by the State’s Election Petition Tribunal delivered November 7, 2015, which upturned his victory and ordered his main challenger, Minister of Women […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has directed Senior Police officers across the country, to monitor strictly the use of firearms and ammunition by officers under them. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ACP Olabisi Kolawole, handed down IG’s directive Wednesday in an interview with the NAN in Lagos. The order, she said was […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reacted to the alleged error he committed on his comments over the raging war by the troops to stem activities of the Boko Haram terrorists. Mohammed Wednesday insisted during a meeting with News and Political Editors in Lagos, that the military has largely met the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Awka Tragedy struck on Wednesday in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, South East Nigeria, as a truck loaded with sand rammed into three mobile policemen and crushed one of them to death, while the two others sustained various degrees of injuries. The sad event occurred at New Tarzan Junction, along […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively about the notion and importance of true friendship as a determinant of “meaningful” living. In Psychology, “a meaningful life is a broad term encompassing a varied number […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that his government would ban the use of Hijab if the deadly Boko Haram sect continues to use young hijab wearing girls as suicide bombers in the northeast region. The president stated this on Wednesday during his first presidential media chat. […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is necessary to acknowledge that 2015 brought some significant changes to the political landscape in Nigeria; rightly or wrongly, depending on where you were when the wind of change blew. Many of us may refuse to accept this simple claim […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A multi-billion naira National Youth Development Centre attracted by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and located at Ngwo in Udi council Area of Enugu State has been razed down by mysterious fire. The centre is one of the five, sited in the five different local […]
The Federal Government (FG) has declared Friday, January 1, 2016, as public holiday to celebrate the New Year. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Okon Akpanyung, the Minister, Lt-Gen. (rtd), Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau implored Nigerians to continue to promote the unity of the country. He urged Nigerians, irrespective of their […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, last Sunday visited the troubled Southern Ijaw area of the state as guest of two notorious militant leaders, General Africa and Ogunbos, who were believed to have spearheaded the violence which marred the last governorship election in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The convoy of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday apprehended two Airforce cadets in Mile 12 area of the State while dehumanizing an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV. The cadets – Peters O. Solomon and […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Restoration Campaign Organisation, an agency of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday denied reports that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson was at the Presidential Vila to see President Muhammadu Buhari but was prevented from meeting him. The RCO described it as “lies and figment of the imagination” of […]
By Niyi Adeyi As the Federal Government (FG) just announced the new pump fuel prices, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on FG to be guided by the rule of law, constitute and convene the board of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in accordance with the law without further delay. PPPRA Executive Secretary, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The lingering fuel scarcity being experienced in parts of Nigeria for months now, has worsened in Enugu state, especially since the Christmas season, as a litre of premium motor spirit PMS (petrol) is now sold between 250 to 300 naira. When AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent went round parts of the state such […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled sacked senator from Anambra Central senatorial district, Uche Ekwunife, has denied rumours in some quarters that she has concluded plans to dump her party, the opposition People’s Democratic party, PDP for the ruling All Progress Congress APC. The Senator, who was recently sacked by the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command says it has arrested two additional suspects in connection with the recent alleged murder of an Enugu lawyer, Ejimofor Ozongwo. Ebere Amarizu, the command’s spokesman, who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu said the suspects were “nabbed by the operatives of […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A robbery suspect and ex-convict, Wasami Dennis, 32, has made a confessional statement to the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), that it was easier for him to operate in Ghana than Nigeria because Ghanaians are not security conscious unlike Nigerians. He made this confession when the […]
