…Trains Building Materials Dealers In Benin The nation’s foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement last week expressed its willingness to partner members of Lagos State Bricklayers Association(LSBA) towards eliminating the spate of collapse building in Lagos even as the cement company collaborated with Standard Organisation of Nigeria(SON) to train building materials dealers in Benin, Edo State […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Since the return of democratic structures in 1999, Plateau State have remained a theatre of sort, where a number of bizarre and extreme political measures have been experimented; churning outcome in unusual proportion which has continued to threaten and shake it right to its rocky crust. From the declaration of emergency rule […]
Committee sessions at the on-going National Conference in Abuja took off in earnest on Tuesday as scheduled. All the 492 delegates have been divided into 20 Standing Committees sitting at two venues. Ten of the Committees are sitting at the National Judicial Institute while the remaining 10 sit at the NICON Luxury Hotel, near the […]
Relatives of flight MH370 passengers have expressed outrage after the Malaysian government suggested it was considering issuing death certificates for those on board the missing flight, Skynews reports. “We, the families of MH370, believe that until they have conclusive proof that the plane crashed with no survivors, they have no right to attempt to settle […]
To end the current violent insurgency in the country, all hands must be on deck, so says the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed The governor made the charge while receiving a group of women protesting the kidnap of secondary school girls in Borno State at Government House, Ilorin on Tuesday. Dr Ahmed described the […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) concluded its review of the prices of stocks, as part of its plans to improve liquidity and deepen the market, with the announcement of a new security that will be joining the league of High Priced Stocks. The stock announced is Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc. Head, Market […]
By Oyewale Oyelola Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party’s Governors’ Forum and Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio at his first meeting with PDP National Working Committee described members of the party to the disciples of Jesus and vowed that all Judases in the party would be flushed out. “What the PDP is trying to do […]
Kayode Adelowokan The stage is set for the 2nd edition of the Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc Open Golf Tournament in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State. The event is scheduled to hold from April 25 – 27, 2014, at the Ibadan Golf Club, Onireke Reservation Area, Ibadan, Oyo State. The 3-day tournament is expected […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, revealed on Tuesday that the state government has contributed over N16 billion as counterpart funding to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) since 2007. Uduaghan also said that the state expended over N800 million monthly for the payment of pension to retirees under the old and […]
Though he is yet to formally declare to contest the 2015 governorship election, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe was Monday endorsed by traditional Prime Ministers in Abia South Senatorial District who also asked him to declare his interest without delay. Also, the Oha Ngwa clan residing in Kano stormed Abaribe’s country home in Ohuru, near Aba, urging […]
Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has called for a nationwide protest against Boko Haram over the sect’s abduction of 234 school girls at the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School, Borno State, Nigeria last week. Aregbesola, who spoke at a book the public presentation of a book authored by the Lagos State […]
Mona Ogbeidi The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has lamented the composition of the members of the National Conference Committee on Religion alleging that the leadership of the national conference favors Muslims more than their Christian counterpart. Making this declaration, through a statement sent to newsmen by CAN Director on national issues, Mr. Sunny Oibe, […]
Fresh crises have started brewing within the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) following the breakdown of confidence among members of the National Executive Committee (NEC). This is based on what many of the NWC members described as the unbecoming attitude of the National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on party matters. The new development […]
…Speaks On Confab Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The human right activist and Lagos base lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has censured Lagos state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola over his comment on the citizen of Minister of Trade and Commerce, Olusegun Aganga. Governor Fashola who was speaking on the number of ministerial representative the state is having at […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered 2.460kg of cocaine inside female shoes and voltage regulators at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The seizures were made in a consignment of female shoes from Brazil on board an Ethiopian Airline flight and a shipment of voltage regulators meant for […]
Mona Ogbeidi A human rights group, Women Arise has decried the spate of unwarranted Police brutality against unarmed citizens. While lamenting a disgraceful clip exposing an officer of the Nigerian Police Force, identified first as Tafa Muhammed, bullying on non-offending citizens, the President of the group, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin was delighted that the issue has […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the abductors of schoolgirls in Borno State to release them immediately and without conditions, in the spirit of the holiday season. In comments made by the party’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the dedication of the 150 million naira Catholic Church […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the attack by unknown gunmen in Government Girls Secondary School Yana, in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State last Sunday, which led to the death of a 5 year old girl and destruction of properties, the State Government has evacuated about 200 students from the School. African Examiner gathered that […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Following the threats posed by Boko Haram, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called on traditional institutions and residents of the Southwest to be on the alert in view of recent claims by the terrorist group that they are strategically positioned in the city. Afenifere said the recent claims by Boko Haram […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka A serving police sergeant (name with held) has been arrested by his colleagues in Anambra state for allegedly raping a 13 year old daughter of a popular pastor at Ukpor in Idemili Council Area of the state. African Examiner learnt that the young girl who is now two months pregnant opened up […]
