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 […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Abia State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW Chief Sunny Nwakodo. African Examiner learnt that the Abia NURTW helmsman was driving to his country home at Ndume, which is in the outskirts of Umuahia, the state capital, on Friday evening, when the hoodlum […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised politicians to shun all forms of violence and refrain from luring youths into thuggery. Governor Ahmed, who gave the advice at the Ansarul Islam Society Ramadan Lecture held at Ansarul Islam Primary School, Okekere, Ilorin, stressed that politicians must realise that power radiates only from God and […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Less than one week the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) burst a baby factory in Aba and rescued about 19 pregnant teenagers, its operatives on Thursday nabbed two suspects in connection with the operations of the illegal baby home. The suspects, named Jonathan Nwogu […]
The Lagos state female and male public servants have further benefitted from the service, as Governor Babatunde Fashola on Thursday approved various maternity leaves for them after delivery of a new baby. The policy provides between three and six months, covering the first to third delivery. Head of the state Civil service, Mrs. Josephine Williams […]
The Lagos branch of the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), joins the state’s Muslim community in two years remembrance prayer and lecture anniversary for the missing frontline broadcaster, Alhaji Aremu Gawat. MMPN in a release issued on Wednesday by its Coordinator, Alhaji Warith Solanke, revealed the anniversary lecture would be delivered by the Chief […]
The Abia state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ken Nwosu who was attacked and shot last Thursday night by gunmen is dead. The news about the demise was broken in a release issued on Tuesday in Umuahia, the state capital, by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Eze Chikamnayo. Chief Chikamnayo stated that the Abia […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Operatives of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps NSCDC in Abia state command have rescued a total of Nineteen pregnant teenagers, following the raid of a baby factory located at Umunkpeyi in Isiala Ngwa South council area of the state. Parading the girls and some staff of the baby factory in […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Plateau state government has vowed to sustain punishment against the individuals or organizations that default laws guiding payment of taxes and levies in the state. The State Chairman, Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) of the revenue agency, Samuel Pam disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Jos, the state capital on […]
The investigative panel probing alleged financial misappropriation against the Adamawa state Governor, Muritala Nyako and his Deputy, Bala Ngilari, is expected to submit its findings to the state House of Assembly today and determine the next step. However, African Examiner source in Yola, the state capital indicated that the Governor and his deputy decision to […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka Tragedy struck on Monday at Nnanka community, in Orumba North council area of Anambra state as Six people were electrocuted by a 33kv high-tension wire. African Examiner reports that the ugly incident which threw the entire community into mourning occurred during the burial ceremony of an illustrious son of the area, Sir […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Ten persons have been reportedly killed during an early morning attack, in the Zama Dede and Ganlang villages of Pilgani District in Langtang, Northern part of Plateau State African Examiner gathered that the attackers who were suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed the villages around 2am midnight on Monday and started […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As the 2015 general elections approach, a group – Coalition of Concern Plateau Northern Youths, has urged the state Governor, Jonah Jang to support the proposed zoning of the governorship slot. In a press statement signed by the group’s Chairman, Mafeng Gwallson and made available to African Examiner in Jos on […]
