By Femi Fani-Kayode Last year on June 3rd 2012, there was a plane crash in Nigeria in which over 163 people were killed. The plane was owned by Dana Air. The day before that on June 2nd 2012 a Nigerian cargo plane owned by Kabo Air left our shores and flew to Accra, Ghana where […]
By Femi Kehinde, Another Plane crash was averted on Friday when a Saudi bound Kabo Air plane carrying 400 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III international Airport in Sokoto. This is coming a day after the crash in Lagos of an Embraer aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines carrying the […]
Written by Femi Kehinde The immediate past Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Tonye Harry, is dead. He slumped while exercising in a gym this week. Harry was the Deputy Speaker to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, when he was Speaker in the Rivers House of Assembly. He represented Degema Constituency. He was in the Assembly for […]
By Femi Kehinde No fewer than 40 armed hoodlums (a.k.a. Omo Onile) today invaded Agufoye village, site of the proposed new 3-kilometre Church auditorium of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), and chased away workers on the site of the proposed new church building. Witness account stated that trouble started when some people fraudulently obtained […]
Femi Kehinde The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Fagge has said that the union had a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the federal government for it to spend over N3 trillion to turn around the fortune of all federal and state universities and also to better the lot of […]
By Femi Kehinde, Professor Wale Oladipo has been sworn-in as substantive National Secretary of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party in connection with last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Prof. Oladipo replaces Chief Remi Akitoye who has been in acting capacity as national secretary since June 20. He was nominated as national […]
Femi Kehinde The Conference of National Political Parties (CNPP) today blast Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, calling on her to resign forthwith for mismanaging the economy. In a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Osita Okechukwu, CNPP said, “Otherwise, if not for corruption, what is the economic sense […]
By Femi Kehinde Contrary to the insinuations by some Northern Governors that President Jonathan signed one-term pact with them, the President yesterday denied ever signing agreement with anybody. “I have not signed agreement with anybody. If I have signed agreement, they would have shown you.” He stated this at the periodic presidential media chat […]
By Femi Kehinde The deputy governor of Kogi State Yomi Awoniyi escaped unhurt on Sunday in an accident which involved his convoy on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. This came barely a year after his boss; Capt. Idris Wada was involved in a ghastly motor accident on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road. The deputy governor attended a wedding ceremony of the son of his predecessor in […]
By Femi Kehinde, Lagos “I offer an unreserved apology if the actions taken had been misunderstood”, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) said while offering an unreserved apology for alleged ‘deportation’ of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State. Governor Fashola was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation […]
Femi Kehinde, Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau who was declared dead by the Nigerian JTF, is reported to have posted a new video to claim that he is alive. In a tweet sent via the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) official twitter handle (@BBCHausa), the news agency claimed “the leader of jama’atu […]
By Femi Kehinde, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu as the governorship candidate of the PDP in November poll in accordance with the latest order as delivered by the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, in Suit No. FHC/PH/CS/296/2013 – Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu vs. Dr. Tony Nwoye & 3 Ors. […]
Femi Kehinde The new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) led by Abubakar Baraje has warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to seek re-election in 2015. The faction said doing so would be against the interest of the country and its people and it decided to advise Jonathan after reviewing the state of the nation and the pulse of […]
By Femi Kehinde The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Muazu Usman Gangara, and his deputy, Hon. Dogara Mato, has been impeached. This is coming several months after the move to impeach them commenced. They were removed on Tuesday from office. Meanwhile African Examiner gathered that the 18-member of Kaduna state House […]
Femi Kehinde, The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has dissolved the state executive council. In a statement issued by the Director, Cabinet office, Mr. Dotun Omokemi, the decision was taken after the state executive council meeting held on Monday. Governor Ajimobi said there was the need to inject fresh blood into the administration, […]
By Femi Kehinde Alhaji Abubakar Murtala of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the State House of Assembly bye-election in Ringim Constituency of Jigawa state held on Saturday. The INEC Chief Returning Officer, Alhaji Umar Sani, said that the PDP candidate polled 22,431 to defeat his close rival of All Progressive […]
By Femi Kehinde, Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, told Southwark Crown Court today that former Governor James Onanefe Ibori of Delta State stole $500 million in eight years while in office. Ribadu continue his testimony in London Court against Ibori who is serving a 13-year jail sentence in the UK. The […]
By Femi Kehinde President Goodluck Jonathan has scaked Mrs. Joy Emordi of her appointment as Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters with immediate effect. In a statement made available to African Examiner and signed by Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President similarly terminated the appointment of Dr. […]
By Femi Kehinde – Gunmen believed to be the dreaded Boko Haram exchanged gun fire with security forces near Apo legislative quarters Abuja at about 2.30am today, shooting sporadically, witnesses said. Spokeswoman for the Department of State Services, Marilyn Ogar, in a statement said security forces headed to a purported weapons cache behind the building […]
