IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The police in Enugu have arrested a widow and mother of four, Mrs Juliet Nwachukwu over her alleged involvement in gun running. According to the police, the widow’s arrest followed the raid of a gun manufacturing company located at Ihuoha Amansiodo Oghe, in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The state […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A 70 year old man, has been arrested for raping a 13 year old in Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau State. The man whose name has been withheld was said to have raped the girl on Thursday, April 10, 2014. African Examiner gathered that the suspect who is in police net […]
Oyewale Oyelola Former Governor of Ogun state and delegate at the ongoing national conference, Aremu Olusegun Osoba has called for devolution of power from Federal government. Osoba made this call in his address at fund raising dinner for building of Nigerian Guild of Editors held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. He said there must be […]
Oyewale Oyelola The State of Osun government has alleged the striking lecturers in four higher institutions in the state of toying with future of students. Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Education; Alhaja Mulikat Bello said this in an online interview with African Examiner correspondent on the ongoing strike. Her words: “We are worried […]
The family of Henry and Charles Okah has replied Chief Edwin Clark over his comment that their sons were culpable in the recent kidnap of his son, Ebikeme and threatened to sue Clark over the accusation. The Okah’s family outrightly denied the comment made by Clark, saying it was not possible for their sons who […]
As the controversy and uproar continues to rage over the rumored endorsement of one Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as the next governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by the State Governor, Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu Orji, facts have emerged on how and the reason why the governor and his family allegedly settled […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos At least, 186 suspected hoodlums were on Friday arrested by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit in Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria. The taskforce officials raided nooks and crannies of Oshodi at the early hours of Friday and loaded suspected hoodlums in a Black Maria and took them to the […]
A woman has abandoned her 10 months old baby behind the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Lagos Government Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The baby was dumped by the mother on the bare floor as she was nowhere to be found. Passer-by saw the baby sleeping under the tree and raised the alarm which attracted help. […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has urged the Federal Government to address the endemic corruption bedeviling the country. This came on the heels of the summoning of the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery, over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted Nigerians as very corrupt people. Mugabe was reported to have said […]
Kayode Adelowokan AIICO Insurance Plc has partnered Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) to provide a seamless service that would enable the public renew their life policies for free This is according to a statement from the company said the public can now renew their life policies at all GTBank branches in Lagos for free, adding that […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha A gallant police man attached to one of the new generation banks in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, on Thursday shot dead two notorious robbery suspects while trying to rob a woman. An eye witness who gave his name as Chris, told African Examiner that the two suspects met their […]
Oyewale Oyelola The PDP flag bearer for August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun state; Senator Iyiola Omisore has called on Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Prof Attahiru Jega to remove Ambassador Olutoyin Akeju as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun state. Omisore made this call while receiving his Certificate of Return as PDP […]
The federal government of Nigeria has summoned the Zimbabwe’s Head Chancery in Nigeria Stanley Kunjeku to protest President Mugabe’s depiction of Nigerians as corrupt. Reports say during the occasion of his 90th birthday, President Robert Mugabe has thrown a punch on Nigeria describing Nigerian as corrupt people. However, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick the ongoing hullabaloo about the rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP which the masterminds said has seen the country emerge as the largest economy in Africa. In a statement issued in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday by its Interim National […]
Yoruba group, the coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) has warned all delegates from the South West geo-political zone to see the pursuit of the interest of the Yoruba people as sacrosanct and pursue it vigorously, warning that dire consequence awaits anyone that betrays it. The group stated that several conferences of the Yoruba […]
No fewer than six people have been electrocuted at Oworonshoki area of Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday after they stepped on naked falling electricity cable. Tears flowed freely when a woman with three children and another pregnant woman with a child were brought dead after they stepped on 11 KVA high tension electricity wire that fell […]
Kayode Adelowokan The American Consul General in Nigeria, Jeffrey Hawkins, Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, are some of the participants expected at the Oyo State Economic Summit which hold on April 14 and 15, 2014 in Ibadan. In a release issued by the State Commissioner of Trade […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, has emphasised the need to integrate the private sector as a full partner in global development, particularly given the constraints on official development assistance in the current fiscal climate. Elumelu disclosed this while giving his keynote address […]
Kayode Adelowokan No fewer than 54 persons have been confirmed dead in cholera outbreak that struck Bauchi State in the last two months. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sani Malami, disclosed this on Thursday that the victims died at home because they were not taken to the hospital for medical attention. Malami said though […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged 13 aggrieved PDP governorship aspirants in Ekiti State to support and work for Fayose’s victory in forthcoming governorship election slated for June 21. The President held a closed-door meeting with the feuding party stalwarts at the Aso Rock Villa, from Wednesday to the early hours of Thursday. President Jonathan intervened […]
