President Goodluck Jonathan has just appointed Mr. Danladi Irmiya Kifasi the new Head of Service (HOS) of the Federation. According to a tweet by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Kifasi’s appointment was a replacement to the immediate past HOS, Mallam Bukar Goni Aji who just retired from the service. […]
The global war against deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has taken another far reaching dimension as nine Chinese Ebola control experts just arrived West Africa sub region to support in the ongoing local onslaught against the ravaging virus. Earlier, the Chinese authorities have indicated interest to send her specialists with EVD medication to the most […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has just disqualified trio of former Green Eagle’s striker and Captain, Chief Segun Odegbami, NFF ex-Scribe, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi and acting head of the glass house, Victor Umeh from contesting the exalted position of the body’s Presidency. African Examiner Sports Correspondent reported that the proprietor of Giwa’s club side, Chris […]
The embattled Enugu State Deputy Governor who is responding to allegations of gross misconducts, Sunday Onyebuchi, slumped later this morning in Enugu, the state capital while responding to questions from the investigative panel. Our Eastern Correspondent reported that Onyebuchi who was in the company of his wife, Nneka, another defence witness as well as his […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed October 11, 2014 for the Adamawa state governorship election. The former governor, Murtala Nyako was impeached on July 15 after a heated battle with members of the State House of Assembly over allegation of corruption and mismanagement of government funds. The state Residential Electoral Commissioner, Kasim Gaidam, […]
The deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has claimed another life in Lagos, this time, it is a staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This has brought to three persons that have died of the deadly Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria. ECOWAS on Tuesday announced the death of the staff, Jatto Abdulqudir, 36, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the recent Ebola virus scourge that is bedeviling some West African countries, and with a few cases in Nigeria, a group under the named Bagos Foundation has flagged off an awareness campaign in Jos the Plateau State Capital. Chairman of the group Dachung Musa on Tuesday in Jos lamented how some […]
Two children have been burnt to death at Mafoluku area of Lagos, Nigeria, says the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe. Fadipe says the two children, aged 2 each got burnt when a storey building they reside at No.43, Salami Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos got razed down by fire around 8:38pm on […]
Former Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari’s suit in a Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the state’s Acting Governor, Umaru Finitiri be sacked and he sworn in, as the Governor, suffered another set back today as parties to the suit failed to appear in court and complained of not being properly served. While the Independent […]
Pop star Rihanna is ready to invest in a Premier League club with the Liverpool her team of choice. Chris Brown’s ex has been advised to buy Liverpool by her close friend and Chelsea star Didier Drogba. While it seems highly unlikely Liverpool’s current owners – the Fenway Sports Group – would sell given the […]
Efforts geared towards fighting dreaded Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) has been intensified in the country as designated centre for the suspected victims has been opened in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed announced this Tuesday while inaugurating a 25 – member committee during an interactive forum to work on the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The Nigerian Customs Service’s Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone C, Owerri, has confiscated contraband goods worth N252 million in the last one month in the South- East and South- southern zones of the country. Area Comptroller in charge of the zone, Dimka Victor David, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, warned […]
Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, a social and political commentator on Nigerian issues, shares his life and work between London, UK and Nigeria. He is a graduate of Agriculture from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1979) where he was Commissioner for Health, Independence Hall, in 1976/77; and a Master’s degree in Food Science from the University of […]
Nigeria’s hip hop and Yoruba wrapper star, Abolore Akande popular called 9ice’s has expressed interest to venture into politics in his Ogbomoso home stead, Oyo state, South Western Nigeria. Akande, the ‘Gongo Aso’ initiator as posted on his Instagram portal had indicated interest to contest for a seat in the nation’s lower – House of […]
By Godwin Adindu THERE is a yellow rainbow across the skyline of Abia State, a syndrome pervading the state. The colour, yellow, is ubiquitous in all nooks and crannies and has transformed into a mental construct. There is yellow everywhere. Governor Theodore Orji has painted Abia yellow with his Youth Empowerment Programme. For a visitor […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Terrorism simply refers to any act of violence, intimidation, terror campaign from any source, bombing and all similar insurgencies. To that effect we can assert that Nigeria has got her plates very full of any class of violence right now in the society. Boko Haram has […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Governor Theodore Ahamefula Orji, of Abia state, on Monday tongue lashed the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in the state, Chief Chikwe Udensi, over his recent media comments that civil servants in the state were presently being owed five months backlog salary arrears. Orji, who is also the chairman of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 20-year-old suspect identified as Chukwuma, who allegedly majors in killing of women as well as having intercourse with them. African Examiner gathered that the suspect recently allegedly killed three women along farm pathways in the state and had sex with them. The State Police […]
…As Jonathan Meets With Governors, Health Commissioners On the virus The United States Of America (USA) has agreed to make available sample doses of her ZMAP experimental drug to Liberia to treat its doctors who have been infected with deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Liberian President, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced on her official website […]
The death has occurred of the United States (US) comedy icon, Robin Williams. Wiliams died at the age of 63 in his San Francisco Bay Area home late Monday. The death confirmation was made in his sheriff’s office where the preliminary investigation linked it to suicide due to asphyxia. The late stage and screen comedy […]
