By wale Oyewale The trial of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto by International Court of Justice for crime against humanity after the duo accused of pitting their communities against each other in campaigns of ethnic cleansing and murder in early 2008 that left a good 1,300 people dead. Although, many international […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Outspoken Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. (Dr) Mathew Hassan Kukah, Thursday criticised the Federal Government’s military option to end the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in parts of Northern Nigeria. He said “we must appreciate the fact that the crisis dragged on because of wrong diagnosis borne out of ignorance, stereotyping […]
The African Examiner The Rivers state government has taken a swipe at the National Judicial Commission (NJC) describing the purported suspension of the state Chief Judge Honourable Justice P.N.C Agumagu as illegal. A statement issued by Mrs Ibim Seminatari, Rivers state commissioner for information also accused the commission of being biased and influenced by one […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos A Ghanian political analyst, Nana Akufo-Addo, has blamed many of the problems of Africa today on the hangover of colonialism, maintaining that there is need to also accept that Africa’s failures are largely the result of the failure of its leadership. Akufo-Addo who was speaking on Tuesday during the 2014 edition of […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has notified the Nigeria Stock Exchange of the resignations of two Non-Executive Directors of the bank, who are, Emmanuel Nnorom, and Abdulkadir Bello. This is contained in a notice to the Exchange that in a letter dated March 25, 2014, signed by Bili Odum, group […]
Oyewale Oyelola Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday sacked seven commissioners from the State Executive Council. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson stated that the governor said the sacking of the commissioners was with immediate effect. The governor said the development was inline with the […]
The Area One Shopping Plaza in Abuja is up in flames after what people in the neighbourhood described as bomb exlosion. The incident which occurred at about 5.15 pm on Thursday has attracted the attention of fire fighters, police and men from bomb disposal unit of the police who are now fighting to rescue lives. […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Bauchi State Government has inaugurated a 27-man committee to review the salary package and the over bloated workforce in the state. The State Head of Service, Mr Abdon Dala Gin, while inaugurating the committee in Bauchi on Thursday, said the committee will examine the huge wage bill and identify reasons for […]
The north, south divide apparently characterising debates at the ongoing Constitutional Conference is set to douse all expectations on the outcome, unless urgent steps were taken to halt the trend. There are facts that the north had resolved to stick to three-quarter majority as a voting procedure for decision taking. Newspot Nigeria can reveal that […]
…As Witnesses Catalogue How He Stole Billions of Naira After what seems like a relief from his chains of legal battles home and abroad over allegations of fraudulent practices in his capacity as the Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, Dr. Erastus Akingbola who was found guilty of stealing and diversion of billion of depositors […]
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, weekend intensified its awareness campaign against Prostate Cancer through an initiative tagged ‘Cycling for Prostate Cancer’. The cycling event, which is the fourth edition of the Foundation’s annual prostate cancer awareness initiative, held in conjunction with ‘Jogging to Bond’; the employee […]
Leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc has declared its 2013 financials recording an upsurge in its Nigerian sales volume to the tune of 13.3million tonnes leading to a 40.6 per cent increase in profit before tax over the previous year. The company declared a profit before tax of N190.8 billion for the year. The audited […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday ordered the Lagos State Government to stop collecting toll on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, built at the cost of N29 billion. The court described toll collection on the bridge as illegal and unconstitutional and granted the relief being sought by the claimants. A […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A member of the Special Task Force (STF) attached to Sector 7 in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, Officer Damudu Bzigu has been accused of raping a 4-year-old girl. African Examiner gathered that the victim Helen Kim told her parents that a police officer raped her in his home […]
Oyewale Oyelola Senator Iyiola Omisore, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2014 gubernatorial election in Osun state has urged the party National Working Committee to conduct a ree and fair primary election that will be acceptable to all. Omisore stated this on Tuesday at PDP National Headquarter after submission of his nomination form. In […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The family of the late Taraba’s Secretary to the State government (SSG) Mr Jonah Agyo has rejected moves by the acting state governor Garba Umar to involve in the funeral of the late Politian, who passed away on Monday. A close family source told African Examiner that, although Agyo died of natural […]
Kayode Adelowokan Top on the agenda, the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria on Wednesday deliberated on two bills that will check sharp practices by the private sector and improve services in the postal sector in line with the reforms taking place in the economy. The council in a meeting that appeared to be the shortest, […]
Oyewale Oyelola Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has started the distribution of Certificate of Occupancy to those who applied during the Ogun Home owner’s programme. Governor Amosun while addressing cross section of Home owners in Government House, Abeokuta said the scheme was introduced to allow home owner to regulaize their home with Ogun state […]
The US has begun forfeiture proceedings on the proceeds of corruption owned by former Nigerian Military Head of State, late General Sanni Abacha. This is according to a statement by the country’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, on Wednesday that his office had received requests for Mutual Legal Assistance for […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received and adopted the report of the Ekiti state governorship primary election. African Examiner gathered that after a thorough consideration of the report, the Committee approved the result and upheld the nomination of Ayo Fayose as the candidate […]
