The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday left Abuja on a short working visit to the United Kingdom. In the course of his visit, General Buhari is expected to hold meetings with key members of the British political establishment as well as interact with some global institutions with stakeholder interest […]
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has called on officers of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the country to eschew all forms of injustice and carry out their duties professionally during the forthcoming elections. Amosun, while receiving the newly redeployed Commissioner for Police to the state, Mr. Valentine Ntomchukwu in his […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City – As the new dates for the Nigeria’s general elections approaches, the Edo State Government has raised the alarm of what it described as an alleged “evil plot” by anti-democratic elements to“unleash terror” on innocent citizens of the state. Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Mr. Louis Odion, […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Lagos – A dispatch rider with a courier firm in Lagos was killed by a fast moving train late Thursday morning at Fagba junction in Ifako Ijaiye Local Government area of the State. Eyewitnesses told AFRICAN EXAMINER that the dispatch rider was coming from new Oko Oba side, heading towards Iju road. […]
The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) has condemned in strong terms the criminal, barbaric and undemocratic assault on the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship rally in Okrika, Rivers State on Tuesday by some hoodlums which resulted in the death of a police man and injuries to several others as well as destruction […]
The family of Papa Joseph Adeleye Obutu of Iju Itaogbolu in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State has announced the passing away of their loving and inspirational father. According to a statement signed by Soji Adeleye for the family, Papa Adeleye Obutu passed to the great beyond on February 9, 2015 at a […]
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has lamented the non-collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by Lagosians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that only 62 percent of Lagosians have collected their PVCs so far. At an emergency party stakeholders meeting at the APC Lagos secretariat […]
I am not dead, I am alive, says Hon. Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, an All Progressive Congress (APC) Lagos West Senatorial candidate in the coming election. Earlier in the day, there have been rumours of his death on social media, but Adeola, popularly known as YAYI, deunked rumour of his death. In actual sense, Adeola is […]
Lagos State has thrown away international plea that it should expunge death sentence from its criminal law as the government insists on retaining it in the law to serve as deterrent to murders and armed robbers. The international communities have been advocating the abrogation of death sentence from nation’s criminal system and have been mounting […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – As part of its humanitarian services, a non governmental organization, NGO South Sahara Social Development (SSSD) Tuesday put smile on the faces of over 1000 in the streets of Enugu as it provided them assorted food for their meals. The exercise, according to the organization is aimed at touching human […]
The Nigerian Defence headquarters has hinted that over 300 terrorists have been killed while a few captured, as well destroyed several weapons and equipment, belonging to insurgents. Similarly, the Defence Wednesday, in a post pointed out that mopping up operation of some communities where terrorists have been cleared in the course of ongoing air and […]
Today is one of my saddest days as a politician. The day had started on a pleasant note when as part of my campaign rally in Okrika I visited the Okrika Grammer School, my alma mater where I met with the principal and interacted with the students. From there I proceeded to pay a courtesy […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Deputy presidential candidate of All Progress Congress, APC,Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has lamented the present Nigeria’s dwindling economy saying the nation is dangerously sliding into a failed state. He also decried the alarming rate of culture of impunity under the Peoples Democratic party, PDP government, under president Goodluck Jonathan’s watch. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over a strange directive ordering the withdrawal of Customs, Immigration and other security personnel from the country’s border posts in Kebbi and Katsina States wondering what purpose such a directive was meant to serve. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Ahead of the 2015 general elections an unknown gunmen have killed the Barkin Ladi Ward of Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Plateau State. AFRICAN EXAMINER ONLINE gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon. The APC Chieftain late Samuel Doro was said to have been shot at a close range […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia – The youth wing of the apex Igbo umbrella body, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his consistent negative remarks against President Goodluck Jonathan. Obasanjo, had for some time now launch a protracted media attack on Jonathan, accusing the president of shifting the general polls […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Nigeria Prosperity Project (NPP) has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop over-heating the already charged political atmosphere and offer useful services as a patriot and statesman that Nigeria can rely on in times of trouble. The non- governmental organisation decried Obasanjo’s unrelenting attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan and his […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt – The political aspiration of the opposition All Progressives Congress, (APC), gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, received a major boost weekend as 3,000 Pastors from various churches in the State endorsed his candidature. Apart from endorsement, the Pastors also pledged to mobilize and sensitize their members to […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has cautioned personnel of the force against the use of firearms during the forthcoming general elections “except in extreme circumstances”. In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Saturday, said Mr. Abba gave the warning when he addressed senior officers in his office. Mr. Abba said […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Some Aspirants and community representatives in Plateau state have complained that after years of executing water projects for which the government took a loan of N8 billion, there is still no tap water in the state. Speaking at a ‘State-Level Citizens Engagement Meeting’ in Jos, organized by an NGO, Community Action […]
