The death toll in late Saturday Ecuador earthquake has risen to 233. Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa confirmed the latest on casualty via his twitter handle, while flying back from a visit to Italy which he cut short to attend to the disaster. About 10,000 troops and 3,500 police have been deployed to the affected areas, […]
The Ondo state government may have recorded a major breakthrough in its quest for economic stability as arrangements have begun for the exploitation of its Bitumen, being one of the Mineral resources the state has in commercial quantity. Briefing newsmen on the development in Akure on Sunday, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, said […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Communications has hinted that the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) will soon introduce banking services to rural areas in Nigeria. As parts of the measures to make headway in the new approach, the Ministry had finalised arrangement to appoint a new Post-Master General. Communications Minister, Mr. Adebayo […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A family has urged Nigerians to come to its aid in the treatment of one of its children, Tolulope Boluwatife Adelusi. Adelusi, 7, is said to suffer from cerebral palsy, He was said to have been presented to the hospital with spastic quadriplegia at 15 months. The doctor said there […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria It may not have come to the minds of many Nigerians that what we currently have ongoing in the Senate arm of Nigeria Government is nothing but a film show. The principal actors are beginning to unmask but we need to wait to the end of […]
At least, 41 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.8 magnitudes in Ecuador. Vice-President, Jorge Glas confirmed that the quake struck at 18:58 local time on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern coastal town of Muisne. Consequently, severe damage has been reported in many areas, with a bridge destroyed at South as […]
The Federal Government (FG) has announced that about 200,000 television households in Jos, the Plateau State capital, will receive free Set-Top Boxes (STBs) for the Pilot Scheme of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) on April 30, 2016. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, drpped the hint Friday when he led members of the […]
Aston Villa have been relegated to English football’s second tier for the first time since 1987 after defeat at Manchester United. Marcus Rashford scored the only goal, sweeping Antonio Valencia’s cut-back past goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Villa were second best for much of the game, although Rudy Gestede’s volley did hit a post late on. It […]
Ethiopia says armed men have killed 140 people near its border with South Sudan and abducted at least 39 children. Ethiopia’s Communications Minister Getachew Reda said the attackers were members of South Sudan’s Murle tribe. He said security forces were chasing the attackers and had killed 60 so far. Ethiopia is hosting thousands of South […]
Zambia’s ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party has dismissed a political report by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU), published by the British-based magazine The Economist, predicting that main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development, (UPND) will win the August 11 presidential election. In its analysis, the Economic Intelligence Unit said recent […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia The election petition tribunal for the Abia North senatorial re-run poll held on March 5th 2016, has commenced sitting in Umuahia, on the petition filed by Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) against the peoples Democratic party PDP candidate, Chief Mao Ohuabunwa and Independent National Election Commission […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has identified the huge infrastructural deficit in the country as a major impediment to the nation’s economic growth. Speaking while receiving a delegation of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), who paid him a courtesy visit at the weekend in Abuja, Saraki said it is only when […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is an on-going struggle for the soul of Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country which has become a model of how to rescue millions from abject poverty. The battles may well turn bloody because it is not strictly a fight over constitutionalism, corruption or the economy; it is primarily, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, at the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF/World Bank on Friday, explained why the Federal Government is not excited about calls to apply for loan facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tackle some of the current economic challenges that Nigeria is facing due […]
Leo Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – What’s really going on in Zambia? What is this prayer thing all about? I mean, what has come over President Lungu and his government. It seems prayer is the ‘solution’ to every problem this country is facing. Is this due to lack of political ideas or vision? This […]
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has charged all Nigerians to oppose the move by the Senate to amend the law setting up the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in a bid create soft landing for the embattled Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki in his corruption case. Mr. […]
The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has faulted media reports over non payment of salaries of civil servants in the state for two months, describing them as the height of mischief and irresponsibility, According him, the journalists who authored the stories were playing out the script of some disgruntled politicians, “who have decided not […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described cultural festivals as veritable platforms to promote peace and unity, especially in a country like Nigeria blessed with rich diversity. The Minister made the remark in Jos, the Plateau State, Friday at the 2016 Nzem Berom Festival with the theme “A Cultural Brand for […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau It is very sad that Nigeria is again being embroiled in another avoidable and needless controversy within the government circle. Indeed, it is disturbing and regrettable that even, the present ruling ‘house’ in the country is divided within itself! So sad that Nigerians, 11 months after liberating […]
Apparently to douse debate which has trailed his regular trips outside the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has justified his one week official visit to People Republic of China. A release from the Presidency affirmed that President Buhari was satisfied with the trip, especially for yielding additional investments exceeding $6 billion to Nigeria. Mr. President believed […]
