Oyewale Oyelola Emir of Shonga, Dr Haliru Ndanusa Yaya (OON) has expressed optimism that Boko haram insurgency can not lead to Nigeria division because Nigerians love their country. Dr Haliru Yaya made this call in his address as the guest speaker at the just concluded 33rd National Conference of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria […]
Oyewale Oyelola The kingmakers in Kano on Saturday night submitted names of three candidates to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to pick the new emir of Kano. African Examiner gathered that the four Kano kingmakers under the chairmanship of Madakin Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Nabahani Ibrahim selected the three potential emir after their meeting on Friday night. Ex-CBN […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday stepped up its wining drive at the coming Ekiti gubernatorial election as President Goodluck Jonathan led the big wigs of the party to the state to canvass for votes for its candidate and former Governor of the state, Mr Ayodele Fayose. According to Newsport Nigeria, the mammoth crowd […]
Oyewale Oyelola A former Liberian President, Professor Amos Sawyer has urged politicians to use state resources for the benefit of the citizenry. Professor Amos Sawyer made this call while addressing governors at one-day retreat of the Nigeria Governors Forum tagged ‘Life after Office’ held in Port Harcourt on Friday. He urged political and public office […]
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, has urged the media to be cautious in its reportage of national security issues to avoid more crises in the country. African Examiner source indicated Manko gave the advice at his investiture as Chief Patron of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria in Lagos. He said the media had the […]
The former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of Information Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili is dead. She died at the age of 59. Isaac Umunna, Media Advisor to Prof. Dora Akunyili confirmed that Akunyili died in an India Hospital. Late Akunyili has been sick […]
Oyewale Oyelola As the nation continues to mourn the death of late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero who died on Friday at the age of 83 years, the ouster Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is leading other princes of the emirate in the succession race. African Examiner investigations revealed that […]
A religious group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has blasted Nigeria’s military for attacking and confiscating copies of some Nigeria newspaper publications, which are been transported to vendors in the north. The group in a statement signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola said such military action against newspapers brings to the memory the dark […]
The Nigerian Army on Friday commenced a nationwide special training programme on combating insurgency for its officers and men. The Commandant, Infantry Corps, Armed Forces Command and Staff College of the Nigerian Army, Jaji, Maj.- Gen. Mohammed Abubakar, made the disclosure in Kaduna. Abubakar spoke at the inauguration of 1 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters Training […]
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has expressed deep regret at the death of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero (CFR), who died at the age of 83. The governor expressed his condolences to the government and people of Kano State, the State Emirate Council and Nigeria in general on the exit of the […]
One of the campaign promises of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is free education at all levels if voted into power by the Nigerian people. Of course, this campaign mantra is catchy and will in no doubt attract many voters for the party but with the latest development at the Lagos State University, LASU, school […]
Policemen in Lagos, Nigeria have stopped protesting students of the Lagos State University (LASU) from shutting down the office of the Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola for the second time in two days. Hundreds of the students had on Thursday shutdown the governor’s office, converting the entrance to his office to prayer ground and even […]
Angry students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) disrupted activities within the institution as they protested vehemently against the N30,000 late registration fee imposed on the students by the management of the school. The students brave the heavy rainfall in the day to protest what they called outrageous fee when their normal school fee is […]
Oyewale Oyelola One of the delegates at the ongoing national conference has called for stiffer punishment for tax evaders in the country. Hajia Bola Shagaya stated this in a media chat at the conference venue in Abuja on Wednesday. Hajia Bola Shagaya, a Nigerian businesswoman and fashion enthusiast said Nigerians and corporate organisations would stop […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero has died at the age of 83. Family source confirmed to African Examiner that the Emir died Friday in Kano. The late monarch became the Emir of Kano in 1963 at the age of 33. African Examiner learnt he will be buried today in Kano according […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has rejected Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), directive which stipulates 48 hours notice ahead of live broadcast by electronics mass media. NUJ National President, Mallam Mohammed Garba, who pronounced the opposition during a press conference in Enugu, submitted that the new rule amounted to “unbridled censorship […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka The police in Ogidi Anambra state have arrested two young ladies identified as Chioma from Umudioka in Dunukofia council area, of the state and one Amaka for allegedly engaging in lesbianism. The suspects, according to a police source, were caught while indulging in the unholy act in a beer parlour belonging to […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday fired at the five governors who decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ended up in the opposition camp and said the PDP has not missed any one of them. Jonathan said none of the governors now in APC can win election in their wards needless talking about wining […]
It was drama on Thursday as aggrieved students of the Lagos State University (LASU) shutdown Governor Babatunde Fashola’s office in Ikeja, Lagos as they demanded immediate reversal of the obnoxious fees students were made to pay in the school. Despite assurance by the Lagos State Government that Fashola will approve a reduction in the fees […]
Amidst persistent violence, incumbent Bashar al-Assad of Syria has won the just concluded country’s Presidential election. Al-Assad won with about 90 per cent of the total vote cast, in a poll reportedly held only in the government stronghold areas. Although, the guurdian reported that the Western analysts has described the fresh election as a “farce” […]
