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Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICANEXAMINER) – Inspector General of police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has vowed to unmask the Fulani herdsmen who allegedly attacked and killed scores of people at Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani council area of Enugu state on Monday. The police boss, who addressed members of the affected community Wednesday […]
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, leaders of the National Assembly (NASS) have reached truce with President Muhammadu Buhari on the 2016 budget tussle. The agreement to resolve the contentious aspects of the Appropriation Bill was reached last night at a meeting held inside the First Lady’s Conference Room, between Mr. […]
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector- General of police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has arrived the Akanu Ibiam international Airport, Enugu enroute to Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani council area of Enugu state which was attacked Monday by Fulani herdsmen. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent who was at the airport, observed that […]
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll in Monday’s attack on Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani council area of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen has increased to over 40, just as Enugu state government donates 5 million naira to affected area. This followed Tuesday’s discovery of more dead bodies in […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group in the South West ,the Ibile Political Forum ,has faulted agitation by some leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the South West for the chairmanship of the party. Aside supporting the zoning of the chairmanship to the North,the group in a statement by its […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has again reiterated his desire for a military led patrol of the Nigeria maritime domain to curb the rising incidences of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The DG maintained that the […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
– Threatens Counter Attacks By IPOB, MASSOB By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ArchBishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion, Rev. (Dr) Emmanuel Chukwuma, has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency declare a state of emergency on the menace of Fulani herdsmen in some […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun Barely eight hours after parading a vandal for stealing bridge reinforcement and railings on Ijora Bridge, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), of the Lagos State Police Command have again arrested two men for similar offence on the First Mainland Bridge. The men identified as Godwin Nwankwo, 23 and John Omeoha, […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has ordered arrest of those engaging in the illegal business of hawking petrol along the streets and highways. The Police Boss in statement issued in Abuja Tuesday, expressed concerned over the hazards emanating from the activities of black marketers, especially those who sell […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Protesters calling for resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki from office in the face of his ongoing trial at the Code of Tribunal ( CCT) on alleged false assets declaration and those against the move, on Monday besieged the main entrance of the National Assembly at different times to carry out […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said a total of 1, 340 beggars, destitute and mentally challenged persons were rescued off the streets of Lagos in the last one year, just as it said about 73, 664 patients were screened and helped to trace their homes through various media platforms. […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, has faulted the ongoing trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Akintola insisted that Saraki is being persecuted through the CCT trial because of his emergence as the Senate president. The legal giant spoke in Ilorin, the […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has described the death of six doctors from Ekiti state in a ghastly auto crash as tragic and loss to the nation. The medical doctors died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna road on Sunday, 24th April, 2016, while on their way […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Twenty people have been killed Monday by the suspected Fulani herdsmen who lauched another offensive on Nimbo community in Uzo- Uwani council area of Enugu state. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the dead bodies of the victims have been deposited at the Shanahan General Hospital in Nsukka town. Our correspondent learnt that […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has lost six of its members in a fatal auto crash along the Abuja-Kaduna express way. The sad incident was confirmed in a statement issued Monday and signed by the NMA National President and Secretary General, Dr. Kayode Obembe and Dr Akinwumi Alayaki respectively. Afected members […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the abduction of three staff of Osun State Government last week Friday and appealed to the Federal Government (FG) to expedite action on steps aimed at alleviating poverty in the country The group in a statement issued in Lagos Sunday by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said its […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
Ex-Lagos State Deputy Governor during the Lateef Jakande admistration, Chief Rafiu Jafojo has died at the age of 80 in Lagos. The remains of Jafojo will be commited to mother earth today at his resident in Ikeja, in accordance to Islamic rite. The former deputy governor was born on December 6, 1935. His parents were […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the Enugu State Government for its alleged diversion of bail-out fund received from the federal government for the payment of workers salary arrears. Recent reports by the Independent Corrupt Practices And other Related offences […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Relations, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the approval of the 300 million Diaspora Bond unanimously supported by the House of Representatives as a good development. In a statement issued in Abuja, the SSA, however, encouraged all Nigerian patriots in […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER – My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, “My Candid Letter to Saraki.” I take everything you said in that article to heart and I must commend you for your candidness indeed and the sincerity of your intentions. As you said in your […]
