By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Enugu state police command have arrested a 35 year old woman, identified as Nneka Ifeoze, from Nkwere in Imo state but resides in Enugu, for allegedly using a hot electric pressing Iron on her house help. The inhuman act, according to the police, has thrown the victim, a 9 year old […]
Ex-Lagos State Deputy Governor during the Lateef Jakande admistration, Chief Rafiu Jafojo has died at the age of 80 in Lagos. The remains of Jafojo will be commited to mother earth today at his resident in Ikeja, in accordance to Islamic rite. The former deputy governor was born on December 6, 1935. His parents were […]
The influential Congolese music star Papa Wemba has died after collapsing on stage in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, media reports say. Video from the concert shows the artist, who was 66, slumped on the floor as dancers continue to perform, unaware of what is happening. French broadcaster France 24 reported the death, quoting his manager. […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the Enugu State Government for its alleged diversion of bail-out fund received from the federal government for the payment of workers salary arrears. Recent reports by the Independent Corrupt Practices And other Related offences […]
By Leo Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zambian capital, Lusaka, has been engulfed by crisis. Cases of ritual murders have been reported in the past months and locals have accused foreign nationals of being behind these savage killings. Angry mobs have gone on rampage burning houses and looting the shops of foreigners. Soldiers […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Relations, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the approval of the 300 million Diaspora Bond unanimously supported by the House of Representatives as a good development. In a statement issued in Abuja, the SSA, however, encouraged all Nigerian patriots in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state governments again cap in hand, asking for their share of federal revenue – read: oil revenue, or better still, national cake, or our money. A paragraph in the report by […]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo (akinadejum@aol.com) The Greater London Authority Elections – where Londoners will vote for a new Mayor of London and Members of the London Assembly – is on 5th May 2016. Yet, I, members of my family and many Londoners (including anybody who belongs to the British Commonwealth) voted today, 21st April, 2016, about […]
A Bangladesh University Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique has been hacked to death by suspected terrorists. The Police claimed killing of 58 years-old Professor of English was similar to assassination of several secular bloggers and atheists by suspected extremists. Siddique, who teaches at the Rajshahi University in the country’s North-West, was allegedly attacked with machetes as […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin Nigeria We find it very pulsing finding an appropriate description for the numerous challenges facing the current serving Senators in Nigeria. One of such clallenges is their description of functions for secondary school students. We shall not let the cases between their president and the Code of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER – My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, “My Candid Letter to Saraki.” I take everything you said in that article to heart and I must commend you for your candidness indeed and the sincerity of your intentions. As you said in your […]
His Highness, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, (R), Chairman, anniversary planning committee, Alh Mumuni Alao and UMA National President, Alh Akeeb Oladokun, at the event, in Eko Hotel, V/I, Lagos. Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II has called on the Nigerian Leadership to accord due consideration […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Holy Bible commands humanity “Thou shall not covet thy neigbour’s house, thou shall not covet thy neigbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neigbour’s” (Exodus 20:17) That precisely was what Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu did on […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a 3-day Forum which was held in Lagos, Nigeria between April 6 & 8, 2016, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Chairman Mr. Tony Elumelu formally inaugurated a Group Board Meeting as a platform for group integration, bonding and knowledge sharing. 90 participants comprising of the entire Board of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tension among workers and management of Shell Producing and Development Company (SPDC) in Port Harcourt and Lagos, as youths in Bayelsa State under the aegis of Izon Progressive Youth Vanguard (IPYV), warm up to shut down oil companies operating in the state. They were said to be getting […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped the Osun State Permanent Secretary for Finance, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade and two other officials in Kogi State while on their way from Abuja. Others kidnapped are: the Director, State Audit, Mr. Tajudeen Badejoko, and the Driver, Mr. Oladapo Ajani Arogundade. They were kidnapped in Lokoja, Kogi State […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief magistrate B.O Osunsanmi of a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja on Friday ordered that Robert Azibaola a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending the completion of investigation into an alleged diversion of $40 million […]
By Seun Adebosin Senate President, Bukola Saraki has rejected the appointment of Mr. Sani Omolori as the acting Clerk of the National Assembly (NASS) over alleged failure to follow due process. Consequently, he has called for withdrawal of his appointment letter. Saraki in a letter dated April 21, 2016 to the Chairman, National Assembly Service […]
US President Barack Obama has joined millions of fans in the mourning of the late singer and superstar, Prince. Prince died Thursday after brief health complication in his home in Minnesota at the age of 57. He became a superstar in the 1980s, with the albums in 1999, such as Purple Rain and Sign O’ […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The rape incidents presently hanging on the neck of scores of Ebonyi indigenes, have increased, as the Police in the State Thursday arrested two brothers, said to be children of a Pastor for allegedly raping two sisters inside the church. According to the police, the suspects perpetrated the unholy act recently […]
