Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia An insane young lady in her 20s on Sunday created a scene in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, as she gave birth to a set of female twins on a heap of refuse dump along the road and stoned one of them to death. African Examiner findings revealed that […]
The race for 2015 elections in Lagos is getting hotter as the chairmen of the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs in the state embarked on massive grassroots empowerment of artisans and market men and women with tools for their trade. At least, 3,000 artisans and market men and women were giving […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka As the deadly Ebola disease presently ravages in some African countries, the Anambra State government on Friday announced indefinite ban on corpses from elsewhere to the state. The state Governor, Dr. Willie Obiano, announced this shortly after the corpse of a native of the state who died in Liberia was deposited […]
Ignatius Okpara, Benin The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly, on Thursday took a new twist as the lawmakers, declared the seat of one of its members, Abdul Razak Momoh, representing Etsako 1 constituency vacant. Speaker of the House, Uyi Igbe, who made the pronouncement during their plenary at the old assembly complex […]
The Ogun State Government has recorded a 67.17 percent performance of the 2014 budget as against the 61.26 percent last year in the half year review. Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo disclosed this while briefing the press on the mid-year performance of the 2014 Budget. She attributed the improved performance to the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Not happy with the spate of teenage female suicide bombers in the north, a group named Centre for the Advocacy of Justice and Rights has expressed worries that the abducted Chibok girls may be those who are being used as female bombers. As a result, the group appealed to the security agencies […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Barely 48 hours after a police inspector attached to the Aba Central police Station CPS shot himself to death in the Abia commercial city, another inspector, identified as Samuel Amaefula, serving at the Osisioma Police Station in the area on wednesday slumped and died. African Examiner reports that Inspector Amaefule, who was […]
…As President plans to save Al-Makura The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has called for the dissolution of the investigative panel set up State chief Judge to look into the allegations against the State Governor, Tanko Al’Makura. The panel, headed by Yusuf Usman, was set up by the Nasarawa State Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman Dikko […]
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 […]
