The Kwara State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union( NURTW) has endorsed the State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed for a secord term as the Excecutive Governor of the state. The Chairman of NURTW in the state, Alhaji Aliyu Isa Ore, made the endorsement on behalf of the union in a speech […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lafia Scores were on Wednesday feared killed while several others displaced in a renewed communal clash between the Alago and Eggon natives of Tudun Adabu area of Obi local government area of Nasarawa state. The skirmishes, which started Tuesday between the Eggon and Fulani herdsmen in Assakio, the seat of the Lafia […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Over 250 retirees from the 17 Local Governments areas of Plateau State have staged protest against the non-payment of their entitlements, including gratuities and pension from October, 2011 to date. The retirees who headed to the State House of Assembly turned out enmass, clad in black and lamented that every appeal […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Mass defection of aggrieved members of the ruling peoples Democratic party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress APC is looming in Enugu state. African Examiner gathered that scores of unhappy PDP members including some serving national Assembly (NASS) lawmakers are already into secret serious discussion with the opposition party, which is […]
The Kwara State Chapter of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has endorsed Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term in office. Speaking on behalf of hundreds of Musicians who stormed the Government House, Ilorin to call on the Governor to seek re-election, the Governor of the PMAN, Alhaji Saka Danfo appealed to Governor […]
Ignatius Okpra, Umuahia The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has suspended its 12- day old strike at the Abia state Polytechnic, Aba. African Examiner reports that the union had on August 12 embarked on an industrial action, following the failure of the governing council and management to pay lecturers’ their salary arrears. Chairman of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu To demonstrate their love as well as pay last respect to Nigeria’s late ex-minister of Information, professor Dora Akunyili, scores of Nigerians from different walks of life on Saturday defied a heavy downpour to attend the deceased wake-keep in Enugu. Present at the event were, Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime, represented by […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka Residents of Onitsha, Anambra state, south East Nigeria, have called on chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, professor Atahiru Jega, to investigate the alleged sale of permanent Voters card in the state. They made the accusation in Onitsha in an Interview with African Examiner’s correspondent. According to some residents of the […]
Factional deputy national chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance(PPA), Ogbuishi Benjamin Oborota, has described the recent press attack by former Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, on incumbent Governor Theodore Orji as “myopic and an afterthought”. Reacting to Kalu’s description of Orji as a chameleon, Oborota said the write up was “an expose to […]
Ignatius Okpara, Asaba Residents of Oko-Amakom community in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday staged a protest over alleged neglect and non-payment of compensation to them by the federal government on the 2nd Niger-bridge. The protestants, made up of mainly indigenes of Anambra and Delta States, had also kicked against what […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday swears in Hon. Justice Funmilayo Atilade as the new Chief Judge of Lagos State, saying the leadership of the State Judiciary would remain a critical arm to the success of government in maintaining Law and Order and protecting human life and property. Sixty-two-year old Atilade takes over […]
Over 5,000 people were displaced as fire razed 100 shanties, five buildings and a sawmill at Oko-Baba area of Lagos, South-West, Nigeria. Five bungalow buildings and a sawmill were also razed in the overnight inferno that started around 10:30pm on Tuesday. Officials of the Lagos State Fire Service battled for hours to put out the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu At least 10 people reportedly burnt to death in a fatal auto crash along the Obollo-Afor- 9th Mile Express Way in Enugu State. Our Correspondent gathered that the accident involved a bus belonging to a popular transport company – Peace Mass Transit in the area. An eye witnessed told African Examiner […]
The Kwara State Government says the state is currently free from the deadly Ebola Virus. This is consequent upon the receipt of negative test result on the only suspected case of the disease from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH ). Special Assistant, Information to the State Governor and member, Kwara State Committee on the Prevention & […]
The protest embarked upon by the students of Ogun State University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, against hike in their school fees continued early today as some of them besieged the Oke Mosan, Abeokuta suburb Governor’s office, demanding slash in the school’s tuition. The students under the leadership of the institution Students’ Union Government, Olusegun Ifede, started […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old security guard identified as Gideon Musa for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl to death in Enugu, the state capital. Our Correspondent learnt that the suspect, who is a security guard near the victim’s house, took the teenager to a nearby bush and raped […]
Three major Non-Governmental Organisations, Kwara North Youth Consultative forum, The National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), National Headquarters and Ilorin Emirate Students Union, National Headquarters, have endorsed the State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term in office. In separate statements, the organisations identified the people oriented policies and programmes of Governor Ahmed […]
The embattled Enugu State Deputy Governor who is responding to allegations of gross misconducts, Sunday Onyebuchi, slumped later this morning in Enugu, the state capital while responding to questions from the investigative panel. Our Eastern Correspondent reported that Onyebuchi who was in the company of his wife, Nneka, another defence witness as well as his […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed October 11, 2014 for the Adamawa state governorship election. The former governor, Murtala Nyako was impeached on July 15 after a heated battle with members of the State House of Assembly over allegation of corruption and mismanagement of government funds. The state Residential Electoral Commissioner, Kasim Gaidam, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the recent Ebola virus scourge that is bedeviling some West African countries, and with a few cases in Nigeria, a group under the named Bagos Foundation has flagged off an awareness campaign in Jos the Plateau State Capital. Chairman of the group Dachung Musa on Tuesday in Jos lamented how some […]
