By Ignatius Okpara, Awka Tragedy struck on Wednesday in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, South East Nigeria, as a truck loaded with sand rammed into three mobile policemen and crushed one of them to death, while the two others sustained various degrees of injuries. The sad event occurred at New Tarzan Junction, along […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that his government would ban the use of Hijab if the deadly Boko Haram sect continues to use young hijab wearing girls as suicide bombers in the northeast region. The president stated this on Wednesday during his first presidential media chat. […]
The Federal Government (FG) has declared Friday, January 1, 2016, as public holiday to celebrate the New Year. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Okon Akpanyung, the Minister, Lt-Gen. (rtd), Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau implored Nigerians to continue to promote the unity of the country. He urged Nigerians, irrespective of their […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, last Sunday visited the troubled Southern Ijaw area of the state as guest of two notorious militant leaders, General Africa and Ogunbos, who were believed to have spearheaded the violence which marred the last governorship election in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The convoy of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday apprehended two Airforce cadets in Mile 12 area of the State while dehumanizing an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV. The cadets – Peters O. Solomon and […]
By Niyi Adeyi As the Federal Government (FG) just announced the new pump fuel prices, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on FG to be guided by the rule of law, constitute and convene the board of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in accordance with the law without further delay. PPPRA Executive Secretary, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled sacked senator from Anambra Central senatorial district, Uche Ekwunife, has denied rumours in some quarters that she has concluded plans to dump her party, the opposition People’s Democratic party, PDP for the ruling All Progress Congress APC. The Senator, who was recently sacked by the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command says it has arrested two additional suspects in connection with the recent alleged murder of an Enugu lawyer, Ejimofor Ozongwo. Ebere Amarizu, the command’s spokesman, who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu said the suspects were “nabbed by the operatives of […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A robbery suspect and ex-convict, Wasami Dennis, 32, has made a confessional statement to the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), that it was easier for him to operate in Ghana than Nigeria because Ghanaians are not security conscious unlike Nigerians. He made this confession when the […]
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again faulted the N6.08 trillion 2016 Federal budget as presented last Tuesday, by President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that it is a huge fraud, with the proposed N1.84 trillion borrowing. PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh while speaking with the newsmen in Abuja Tuesday, said with the colossal borrowing, Nigeria was […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the Sunday and Monday’s Boko Haram attacks in Borno and Adamawa States as disheartening and an indictment on the All Progressives Congress (APC) federal government, saying that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed must explain to Nigerians how the same […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow, Wednesday, December 30, 2015, host the first Presidential Media Chat. Buhari SA on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina in a statement issued Tuesday, indicated the session will be on air live, on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Deputy President of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has commiserated with the Chicason Group of Companies and the people of Nnewi over the recent fire incident that claimed eight lives and destroyed valuable properties at one of the Group’s subsidiaries in the ancient town of Anambra State. He described the incident as a […]
Following a media report that he is hiding in the US so as to escape being prosecuted over his involvement in the misappropriation of $2.1 Billion arms purchase scandal, by the immediate past administration, former Minister of State For Defence II, Musiliu Obanikoro has taken a swipe on the news website title and warned it […]
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina has lost his elder sister, Professor Foluke Ogunleye. Late Ogunleye who hailed from Ipetumodu in Osun State, South West, Nigeria and once Head, Department of Dramatic Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, died early last Sunday in an auto crash, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state police command has arrested the town union president of Okwojo, Ngwo community in Udi council Area of Enugu state, Denis Ozongwu, and three other natives of the area over their alleged involvement in the killing of a prominent lawyer, late Barr. Ejimofor Ozongwu. The deceased, who hails from same […]
Barely 24 hours after attacks on some villages in the city, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, had Monday again become the target of the deadly suspected Boko Haram terrorists, when they hit the ancient city with explosion, in which not less than 20 people died, while several others severely injured. The explosion which was mistaken […]
The Federal Government (FG) Monday assured Nigerians that it will not sell the National Theatre for whatever reason, instead, will make it to remain as a national monument. However, the Government FG affirmed it is “not averse to a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement that will add value to the iconic (National Theatre) complex”. The Minister […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam Suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram and soldiers, Sunday evening launched attacks and counter in some communities, including Aladuwari village, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The first attack by the insurgents in the village, about two kilometers away from Maiduguri, occurred around 6pm. Two hours later, two suspected female […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the repeated clashes between the Nigerian Shiites and soldiers, as well as its emerging international dimensions, the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to drag the country into the Saudi Arabia led Muslim/Arab coalition against ISIS. While noting that Nigeria […]
