Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with President Goodluck Jonathan over the demise of his Special Adviser on Strategy and Documentation, Mr. Oronto Douglas. In a condolence message to the President and made available to the media by the Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign in Abuja, General Buhari […]
*Bans Movement Of Motorcyclists In Omoku Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says the renewed upsurge in militancy in parts of the state ahead of Saturday’s Governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections is as a result of the quest of Mrs. Patience Jonathan to control […]
By Ayo Balogun – Son of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II, (Musiliu Obanikoro), Ibrahim Babajide drew large support Thursday in Ikoyi area of Lagos State, as he rounded off his campaign, for the State House of Assembly under the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibrahim who is otherwise called […]
The Chairman House Committee on Diaspora Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa has urged residents of Lagos State to go out en-mass and vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday, as well as all APC’s House of Assembly candidates. Following the emergence of APC as the ruling party […]
The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr Oronto Douglas, is dead. Douglas, 49, a presidency source said, passed on at the State House clinic at 4:58 a.m Thursday. Oronto Douglas, who passed away after a protracted battle with cancer, was President Jonathan’s personal aide for close to a decade. […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Enugu state chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria has embarked on an indefinite strike. African Examiner gathered that the judiciary workers downed tools to press home their demand for the implementation of an Abuja Federal High Court judgment, which ordered the federal and state governments to comply […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – A notorious armed Robbery kingpin identified as Emeka Odo alias (LANDLORD) who has been a thorn on the flesh of motorists and residents of obolloafor in Udenu council Area of the state and environs was on Tuesday lynched to death by angry mob. The mob African Examiner gathered pounced on […]
*Say No Regret Voting Against Buhari FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Deputy senate president, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, and South-East caucus of the peoples Democratic party PDP, says the Igbos have no apologies voting against the president- Elect, and candidate of All progressive Congress APC, General Mohammadu Buhari during the March 28th presidential poll. Ekweremadu […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos has asked Ndigbo in Lagos to ignore and forget the unfortunate statement credited to the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu when he addressed some Igbo Chiefs in Lagos over the weekend. In a statement signed by Mr. Joe Igbokwe, the State Publicity Secretary of […]
*Asks Them To Vote For Ambode Ayo Balogun, Lagos – President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari stormed Lagos on Tuesday to drum support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, saying that Lagos is too important for the party to lose to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Speaking at the campaign rally held at […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – As the gubernatorial draw closer, the Plateau State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says despite the gang up of the oppositions All Progressives Congress ( APC), Labour Party (LP) and the Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP), yet, they cannot claim to having strong grip of the North central State, to guarantee […]
By Akin Soneyin, Ado-Ekiti – The impeachment drama of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, recorded a major casualty Tuesday as a pro-governor Protester was killed by unknown gunmen in Efon Alaaye. Identified as Modupe Olaiya, the protester, our source in Ado Ekiti, the State capital, indicated was shot dead, as he and others resisted […]
The Middle Belt Progressive Forum has thrown its weight behind Senate Minority Leader, Senator George Akume as the preferred candidate for the position of Senate President. The National President of the forum, Alhaji Hamid Usman told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that his group welcomed the decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The police in Enugu has arrested a teenager, Ifeanyi Ihejika, for allegedly killing his cousin, Izuchukwu Ihejika. He blamed the gruesome act on Satan. African Examiner reports that the incident took place in Amankpunato village, in Oji River Council Area of Enugu State, on Easter Sunday. It was gathered that […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The State of Israel has expressed her willingness to assist Nigeria in the fight against corruption, terrorism and in the development of agriculture sector. In a congratulatory letter signed by President Reuven Rivlin and delivered to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja, the Israeli leader noted that the […]
Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has again condemned the relentless murder and attack on members and supporters of the APC in the state. Peterside who said this is Port Harcourt, decried the never-ending circle of deaths and intimidation that now characterise the lives of APC faithful […]
After cross carpeting to the opposition APC, the ruling PDP has expelled Jigawa State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud, over an action considered anti-party. In a statement issued Monday by his Galagamma, ward, Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Kafinta, in Dutse, the State capital, decision for Mahmud’s expulsion, was taken by the stakeholders in his ward, having […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin- City – The Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has suffered another set back, as its candidate in the July 2012 gubernatorial election, Major-General Charles Airhiavbere, (rtd) and others have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). African Examiner recalled that last month, scores of PDP chieftains and […]
Vigilant youths in Bori, the Khana Local Govt Area of Rivers State, have caught some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) thumb printing at the Commission’s office, three days after the declaration of the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The youths who allegedly acted on a tip off were able […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia – A mysterious midnight fire has consumed at least 27 shops, as well as assorted goods valued several millions of naira in an Umuahia market, in Abia state. Sources say the inferno, which may have been caused by a power surge, began at about 11.30pm at the market located on Oba […]
