Governor, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has signed the bill creating additional 19 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state into law. The assent followed the bill passage by the State House of Assembly members. In his remarks while endorsing the bill on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the state’s capital, Dr. Fayemi said the […]
…Blasts Ex- Senate President for Double Standard From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As the Impeachment process of the Enugu state Deputy Governor, Sunday Onuyebuchi progresses, a socio cultural organization, under the aegis of Enugu Rescue Group, (ERG), on Wednesday flayed the state People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Stakeholders statement which asked embattled Onyebuchi to resign. African Examiner had […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia A police Inspector, identified as Sunday Mefo, attached to the Patrol and Guard (P&G) Unit of the Aba Central Police Station (CPS) in Abia State command, on Tuesday accidentally shot himself dead. According to a police source who pleaded anonymity, unfortunate incident occurred at about 10p.m as Mefo tried to check the […]
Another twin bomb blasts have killed 8 worshippers Tuesday night in two different Shia mosques in the Potiskum town, Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria. The eruptions were linked to the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists. The first explosion scattered an open-air Shia mosque and targeted at followers of the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum around 7:55pm […]
The National Leader of ACCORD party and Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has distanced himself and his party from purported impeachment move against the state’s incumbent Governor, Senator Abiola Ajumobi. The Former Governor had therefore called on his party’s legislators in the state’s House of Assembly to desist from the move and […]
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged Nigerians to work collectively to solve socio – economic and political challenges confronting the country. Fashola who made the statement in his goodwill message after his Salaah prayer on Monday said the citizens needed to work together and support the government in her efforts to improve the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Four women in Afikpo North council Area of Ebonyi state have lost their lives, in a boat mishap which led to their drowning in a river. Secretary to Oziza Traditional Council of Elders in Afikpo, Chief Okpani Egwu, who confirmed the ugly incident to African Examiner on Sunday, said “it happened at […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has called on Muslims to pray for peace and unity of Nigeria as they celebrate this year’s Ramadan and Eid-Fitri festivities. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji said that the one-month holy prayer embarked upon by Muslims apart from the potency of […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos In its efforts to boost cultivation of Cassava, the Plateau State Government said it will establish 100 hectares of seeds multiplication farms in the state’s three senatorial districts. State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Stephen Barko, disclosed this in Jos the state capital on Saturday, in a meeting with some […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu on Saturday struck out four suits filed against the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) challenging the candidature of Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano at the November 2013 governorship election. The suits were filed by the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. The petitioners are Mr Tony Nwonye, […]
Following the death of Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian who died of Ebola Virus Disease in Lagos, the state government says it has set up treatment centre for possible cases of infection with the disease, saying there is no cause for alarm as government is on top of the situation. Briefing newsmen on Friday evening in […]
…As State Lawmakers Resolve To Serve Him Notice Via Substituted Means Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Following his alleged disappearance from the state, the Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday during its plenary session, resolved to serve the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi,his impeachment notice via substituted means. African Examiner reports that the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia As part of measures to rid Abia of kidnappers, the state Governor, Thodore Orji on Wednesday ordered the demolition of a bungalow building belonging to a suspected Kidnapper, one Ogbuonye Ogbonna. The kingpin, African Examiner gathered had been involved in series of kidnapping cases in the state. Security Adviser to Abia State […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Plateau state Chairman Council of Chiefs and Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Gyang Buba has charged the newly posted security Chiefs to Plateau State to be impartial and exercise high level of professionalism. The Royal father gave the advise in Jos on Tuesday when both the new Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Oki, […]
By Chief (Sir) Don Ubani, ksc, JP Right from the earliest history of man, leadership has been a characteristic feature of human enterprise. Where any society is, by way of its socio-econo-political development, depicts a clear measurement of the potency of its leadership. It, therefore, follows that the gap between two human societies is a […]
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated a three-man Tribunal of Inquiry to probe the burning of BRT buses by irate military officers at Palmgroove, Ikorodu Road, Lagos, Nigeria early this month. On July 4, scores of soldiers unleash mayhem on passers-by and motorists on Ikorodu road and succeeded in burning about 11 BRT buses […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the suspension of the embattled Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Dr. Haruna Dabin, a youth group, Transformation Youth Vanguard has said the action is an ethnic agenda ploy by Governor Jang. The group in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator, James Nuhu, and made […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Police in Imo on Saturday with the help of some vigilante members, uncovered a kidnapper’s underground eight-bedroom den in a deserted building at Umuchima village in Okwu Community in Ikeduru council area of the state. The building was used by suspected kidnappers to harbour their victims. Abdulmajid Ali, the state Commissioner of […]
Support has come the way of the recent Edo state flood victims in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, as Federal government has promised them financial assistance to make up for the various degree of losses suffered during the disaster. The Assistant Zonal Coordinator, South-South, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Godwin Tepikor, dropped […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka, No fewer than 50 adult women in Anambra State have been diagnosed with cervical and breast cancers. National President of Anambra State women based in the United states of America, USA, Dr. Uche Umeh, dropped the hint on Saturday at the ongoing health summit for women at the Women Development Centre […]
