The site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 (Boeing 777) crash on Thursday is currently playing host to the team of the international investigators, from the Organization for the Security and co-operation in Europe (OSCE) after being given access by the rebels in eastern Ukraine. Not less than 30 of OSCE staff have arrived via helicopter […]
Arsenal and Liverpool are the last two clubs left in the battle for Loic Remy after Spurs pulled out of the race last night. Advisers for the France international, 27, have made it clear that he wants to play in the Champions League next season. Spurs, in next season’s Europa League, will not try to […]
An early morning disaster has again been recorded in Damboa community of Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria as suspected insurgents stormed the enclave and opened fire on the residents. The assailants, source told our Correspondent, besieged the community very early and unleashed terror on the natives. Damboa has been under persistent insurgents’ attack in recent […]
Following the outbreak of law and order owing to planned impeachment of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, of Nasarawa by the state’s House of Assembly, security has been beefed up in Lafia, the state capital and other local government areas in the state. The new development our Correspondent gathered was sequel to pro –Al –Makura protests […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Less than one week the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) burst a baby factory in Aba and rescued about 19 pregnant teenagers, its operatives on Thursday nabbed two suspects in connection with the operations of the illegal baby home. The suspects, named Jonathan Nwogu […]
Mazi Odera I wanted to keep quiet and rejoice like others ,but how can we all keep quiet in midst of this great injustice ?,sure,they removed Stella Oduah and replace her with another Anambra person ,But this appointment of Mr. Osita Chidoka (Ike Obosi) worries me,inshort it pains me like the menace going on in […]
By Tajudeen Balogun July 17, 2014 It is doubtful whether before now her name rings bell to many Nigerians, hence the poor visibility (probably) in this part of the world. Yet, the national dailies were awash with her arrival to the country last weekend, her visit and the mission. The 17 years old Pakistani child […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria On 13 Jul 2014 the Pakistani teenager, Malala Yousafzai met with President Jonathan of Nigeria and a number of other girls who escaped from their captors from Sambisa Forest. She came to rally her support on a cause to rescue the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko […]
Mesut Özil is not just a World Cup champion after Germany’s victory in Brazil. The Arsenal play maker is also a world-class philanthropist for what he’s doing with his winnings. Özil, who had already committed to funding surgery for 11 sick children, bumped that number up to 23, he announced on Facebook. “Dear fans, Prior […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation which to the country being suspended by FIFA has been laid to rest after all as a High court sitting in Jos on Thursday vacated an order, which restrained the Nigeria Football Federation from functioning pending the hearing of a suit challenging the validity of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), has picked holes in the recent calls for the transfer of all serving Police Commissioners from the Northern part of the country from the South-East, describing such request as unconstitutional. African Examiner investigations revealed that the Professor Ben Nwabuze – led Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT) had […]
The Lagos state female and male public servants have further benefitted from the service, as Governor Babatunde Fashola on Thursday approved various maternity leaves for them after delivery of a new baby. The policy provides between three and six months, covering the first to third delivery. Head of the state Civil service, Mrs. Josephine Williams […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the outgoing ambassadors of Germany and Serbia, Ms. Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel and Mr. Rifat Rondic respectively for their efforts to strengthen and enhance bilateral relations between Nigeria and their countries. The President at separate audiences with the envoys at the Presidential Villa, on Thursday thanked them for doing their best to […]
…As Assembly Announces Grounds for Sack The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Thursday further justified its impeachment plan as it announced charges of financial gross misconduct, awards of bloated contracts and violation of constitution against the embattled Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, in Lafia, the state capital. The house resolve however elicited another anti- impeachment […]
A surface-to-air missile struck a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 people that went down today in Ukraine near the Russian border, a U.S. official told ABC News. The official said U.S. intelligence and analysis of the situation determined that it was a single missile that struck the Boeing 777 aircraft while at cruising altitude. It […]
A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane has crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. According to Interfax, the Boeing 777 plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it went down. Reports say the Boeing passenger liner came down close to town of Shaktarsk region of Donetsk, where the Pro-Russians rebels are fighting with the […]
After its national body made similar denial some days ago, the Imo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has reaffirmed it has no link with the dreaded Boko Haram as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The clarification was given on Thursday by the State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, during a breakfast meeting with […]
Efforts to douse tension and stop vicious killing in the Palestinian-Israel offensives progress as President Mahmud Abbas is billed to meet with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today (Thursday). The parley was brokered after the two parties – Israel and Hamas agreed to suspend the hostilities Thursday on humanitarian grounds. The mediation is coming […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned prospective voters in the State of Osun that without permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), they will not be allowed to exercise their voting right in the August 9 gubernatorial election. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Olusegun Agbaje gave the warning Wednesday, insisting that PVCs was the […]
By Tajudeen Balogun The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the late advance by President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with the representatives of the parents of the kidnapped Chibok Secondary school girls after meeting with the Pakistani teen education crusader, Malala Yousafzai, describing move as a “compound embarrassment”. The party expressed this in a […]
