The search for missing AirAsia plane (Airbus A320-200), has been suspended till Monday. The aircraft, which had 162 passengers on board got disappeared owing to bad weather Sunday. Search which stopped 5.30pm on Sunday according to an Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa, was expected to continue early Monday, around 7.00 am or earlier, depending […]
The search is on for AirAsia Flight 8501, which lost contact with air traffic control in Indonesia, the airline said Sunday. Flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m. Sunday (7:24 p.m. Saturday USET), AirAsia said “At the present time we unfortunately have […]
The former football star George Weah has won a landslide victory in Liberia’s senate elections, in polls disrupted by the Ebola outbreak. Mr Weah got 78% of the vote for the Montserrado county seat, which includes the capital Monrovia. He beat Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took nearly 11%. Low […]
Senator Ita Solomon Enang was born on August 23, 1962. He hails from Ididep, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Enang became a councilor in 1987, and a member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 where he […]
By Chuks Akunna – My first encounter with Igwe Peter Nwokike Anugwu, Eze Ukwu of Mbaukwu, Anambra State was on July 10, 2003. Earlier that day, a detachment of armed policemen had abducted my boss, the governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige. They were led by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka – Tragedy struck on Friday at Umuele Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, as four children of same parents were roasted to death by a mystery fire that razed their three-bedroom apartment. African Examiner gathered that their parents were not around when the disaster occurred on the ground floor of a storey building […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Minna – Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has described the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan as a lover of the country and called on Nigerians to lend their support to him in his re-election bid. Babangida made the statement Saturday, when Jonathan visited him at his Hilltop palace in Minna, the Niger […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of trying to suppress the audit report on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money, stating that the deadline for the release of the report, as set by the government, has come and gone. In a statement issued in […]
It may be the thinking of some Christians in Nigeria that God doesn’t want Buhari to be president. That could be for a reason- his fanatic religious overtone. Many also have the belief that given the chance, he will turn Nigeria into an Islamic state. Some Muslims as well think that nobody else should bear […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Following the outbreak of Hepatitis B in the camp of Internally Displaced Persons from the North Eastern zone of Nigeria, the Chairman of Stefanos Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo has called on Federal Government to come to the aid of 45 persons diagnosed with the ailment so as to avoid spread […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri – As the controversies over the Imo State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate rage, two of the key contenders, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume and Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, have engaged themselves in war of words and vowed not to shift grounds. After the primary election, both Ararume […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – There is no $30 billion missing from the Excess Crude Account as alleged, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said. Iweala who stated this in a statement by his media aide, Paul C Nwabuikwu wondered how such a huge amount could be missing from the Excess […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The South-east chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has applauded the people of South- east Nigeria for being the highest contributors to the Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign fund. The party in a press statement issued by its publicity secretary in the zone, Osita Okechukwu, made available to African Examiner on […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi – As the presidential election contest becomes fiercer, the candidates are busy perfecting their winning strategies to enable them occupy the Aso Rock Villa by next year. From all indications, the major contestants in the race are certainly those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin – THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Benin (UNIBEN) chapter, has raised the alarm over alleged harassment and assault of its members by some suspected hoodlums, over disputed landed properties. It said it has already filed an appeal against a court judgment issued on the said land which according […]
A 23- year old man has drowned in a swimming pool, Victoria Island area of Lagos on Christmas Day celebration, says the Lagos State Fire Services. The victim, Sodiq Ojomo was said to have drowned while attempting to swim at a swimming pool located in an eight storey building at 3/5 Durosimi Etti Street, Victoria […]
Fire has razed seven houses in Lagos, Nigeria on Christmas and Boxing Day, leaving properties worth millions of naira destroyed. Director, Lagos State Fire Services, Mr. Rasak Fadipe said fire destroyed seven rooms at Moboluwaduro Street and eight rooms at Modupeola Street in Ejigbo and a Club House at 73 Tokunbo Street, Lagos Island on […]
The 10th memorial anniversary services to honour 200,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami have held in some Asian and European countries. Indonesia Aceh province, Vice-President, Jusuf Kalla, Friday led others in paying tributes to the dead at the Siron mass grave. Indonesia is the worst hit country in the December 26, 2004 disaster. […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Again, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to show leadership by example rather than engaging in mere rhetoric, saying talk becomes cheap, the moment “words lose their meaning.” In a statement issued in Lagos Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC held […]
