Today is one of my saddest days as a politician. The day had started on a pleasant note when as part of my campaign rally in Okrika I visited the Okrika Grammer School, my alma mater where I met with the principal and interacted with the students. From there I proceeded to pay a courtesy […]
Many schools in Liberia have reopened, six months after they were closed to try to curb the spread of Ebola. Pupils welcomed the move, but some raised fears that the deadly disease had not yet been totally eradicated. Staff at school gates were equipped with thermometers to take pupils’ temperatures and buckets of chlorinated water […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – The Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed dismay over action of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo who on Monday publicly torn his membership card. Obasanjo was the president of Nigeria for 8 years under the PDP. PDP in a statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the party’s National Publicity […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Deputy presidential candidate of All Progress Congress, APC,Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has lamented the present Nigeria’s dwindling economy saying the nation is dangerously sliding into a failed state. He also decried the alarming rate of culture of impunity under the Peoples Democratic party, PDP government, under president Goodluck Jonathan’s watch. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over a strange directive ordering the withdrawal of Customs, Immigration and other security personnel from the country’s border posts in Kebbi and Katsina States wondering what purpose such a directive was meant to serve. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Ahead of the 2015 general elections an unknown gunmen have killed the Barkin Ladi Ward of Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Plateau State. AFRICAN EXAMINER ONLINE gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon. The APC Chieftain late Samuel Doro was said to have been shot at a close range […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia – The youth wing of the apex Igbo umbrella body, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his consistent negative remarks against President Goodluck Jonathan. Obasanjo, had for some time now launch a protracted media attack on Jonathan, accusing the president of shifting the general polls […]
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – A massive crowd of cheering supporters mobbed Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari in the embattled northeast city of Maiduguri on Monday, as the candidate vowed tough action against Boko Haram if elected. People flooded the streets surrounding the airport in the Borno state capital before Buhari’s arrival, defying security fears in […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos – The Nigeria country’s leading opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the Government and people of Bayelsa State as well as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, over the death of 11 of her women supporters in a gory vehicle accident last Saturday. APC in a statement issued in Lagos Monday by […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – After taking a swipe on him, the Defence Headquarters has called on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to be genuinely interested in the growth and sustenance of Nigeria’s democratic credentials as well as improve in his understanding of intricate issues concerning the Military operations against the insurgents. The call which was made […]
From Funmilayo Omidiji, Abeokuta – Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has withdrawn his membership of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The former Head of State on Monday during the declaration at his Abeokuta hilltop mansion, Ogun State, torn his PDP membership card. Chief Obasanjo who had been in the last one year, critical […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Nigeria Prosperity Project (NPP) has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop over-heating the already charged political atmosphere and offer useful services as a patriot and statesman that Nigeria can rely on in times of trouble. The non- governmental organisation decried Obasanjo’s unrelenting attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan and his […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt – The political aspiration of the opposition All Progressives Congress, (APC), gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, received a major boost weekend as 3,000 Pastors from various churches in the State endorsed his candidature. Apart from endorsement, the Pastors also pledged to mobilize and sensitize their members to […]
The National Christian Elders Forum on Sunday dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming elections, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), by a group describing them as “unaccredited and unrecognized.” The Secretary of NCEF and delegate to 2014 national conference, Pastor ‘Bosun Emmanuel, in a statement issued […]
From Agabus Pwanagba – The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 10 people and 31others injured, in an attack carried out by a female suicide bomber. The onslaught took place at the Damaturu Central Motor Park near a divisional police Station, which was burnt down on January 9, by the Boko Haram […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused those who are mortally afraid of the 2015 general elections of sponsoring the circulation of leaflets urging the people of Gombe to stay away from the polling booths on election days or they will be in trouble. In a statement issued in Lagos on […]
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam – Barely after 24 hours after the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents laid siege on the State capital and fierce exchanges with the Military, Gombe State Government has announced a 24-hour curfew on Gombe city, the State capital of the North Eastern State. Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Media, […]
By Ayo Balogun – Again, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blasted President Goodluck Jonathan doubting his commitment to conduct a free and fair election and to handover power if he losses next month’s presidential elections. Speaking to newsman in Otta, Obasanjo accused the president of planning to unleash the tactic of infamous ex-Ivorian leader Laurent […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has cautioned personnel of the force against the use of firearms during the forthcoming general elections “except in extreme circumstances”. In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Saturday, said Mr. Abba gave the warning when he addressed senior officers in his office. Mr. Abba said […]
In another few days, March, 28th, to be exact, you – yes, YOU – will, most likely be going to join other Nigerians, at your neighbourhood poling station, for the purpose of casting your vote, for the President of your choice. That is, if you are a bona fide Nigerian citizen; eighteen years of age […]
