The minister of petroleum resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has announced the postponement of the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Gas Revolution Industrial Park in Delta state due to unresolved community feud. A statement signed by the permanent in the ministry, Dr. Jamila Shu’ara says a new date will be communicated to both the investors […]
By Niyi Adeyi President Goodluck Jonathan has formally presented the new N100 commemorative notes in the country’s capital, FCT Abuja, with the confirmation that it was meant to commemorate 100 years of the Nigeria’s amalgamation. Both the President and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hailed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiative, despite complaint […]
The Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has said the future of journalism belongs online. Adeyeye said based on the realisation, the time had come for professionals to take over online journalism from quacks and blackmailers. Adeyeye spoke when he received the executive and members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, a […]
Africa Union’s efforts at containing the dreaded Ebola virus in West Africa has been boosted with the Dangote Foundation pledging a sum of $3 million to a fund established by African business leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is in addition to previous interventions in Nigeria where the Foundation owned by the business mogul, Aliko […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the bombing of the Government Technical Science College, Potiskum by a yet to be unidentified suicide bomber dressed as a student of the school. The former Vice President said in a statement by his media office in Abuja on Monday that the latest […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Two weeks after, more reactions are still trailing the defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and his refusal to vacate his seat, as a Plateau Federal Lawmaker, Hon. Bitrus Kaze, representing Jos South/Jos East Constituency said the fate […]
Public servants under the employ of the Lagos State Government are gearing up for a showdown with Governor Babatunde Fashola over poor wage structure and refusal of the governor to approve upward review of their salaries. The workers, under the aegis of Lagos State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (Trade Union Side), JNC, have started […]
By Ayo Balogun and Funmilayo Omidiji Three days after the commencement of the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) in Lagos State, residents in the State have complained about possibility of being de – enfranchised as the exercise is still being dragged, leaving many eligible voters scampering to collect their voting material. In most […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri, Students of various Federal institutions in Imo State disrupted commercial and social activities in Owerri, and environ, as they protested their non inclusion in the state government free education scheme and payment of bursary Friday. The aggrieved students in their thousands, were demanding that the state government, as a matter of […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Uyo, Three persons were on Friday trapped to death while more than 20 were seriously injured during the formal opening of the new Akwa Ibom ultra modern International Stadium, in Uyo the state capital. African Examiner reports that apart from the stampede, security agents at the gate dispensed teargas canisters on fans, […]
Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) says there is a grand conspiracy between the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and President Goodluck Jonathan to rig election in Lagos State due to the flop of the Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) distribution in the state. At a news briefing […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Barely three weeks to the gubernatorial primaries ahead of the the 2015 general election there are indications that the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State, is overheating the polity, as aspirants battle to pick the governorship ticket of the State. Key party elders are accusing the leadership of the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Presidency needs a refresher course in “history” if it is not aware that a leader has had cause to resign in the course of a war being fought by his country in order to change the course of that war. In a statement issued […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Impeachment of Enugu Speaker, Eugene Odo, thickens, as he adjourns plenary till December The plot to Impeach Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Eugene Odo has reached advance stage, as over 20 out of the 24 member Assembly have signed the Impeachment notice to be served on the embattled […]
The much publicised collection of the Permanent Voters Card, PVCs, in Lagos State, Nigeria has flopped as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC did not show up in all polling units as at 1:45pm on Friday. Thousands of Lagosians who trooped to their various polling units very early in the morning were […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen The renewed bomb explosion in the Northern part of the country continues, as not less than 13 persons were feared dead Friday and another 40 victims sustained injuries in a twin blast which rocked a commercial bank premises in Azare, Katagum Local Council of Bauchi State. AFRICAN EXAMINER […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen Not less than eight people were killed in early Friday morning during a triple bomb blast that rocked Gombe transport Line, in the state capital. The eruption which occurred during the early morning rush hours also injured about 35 victims. There is no confirmation yet on who was responsible for the […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babaunde Fashola has lamented the exclusion of nine Local Governments in Lagos from collecting their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The distribution of 4.8 million PVCs begins in Lagos today and will end on Sunday, with only 11 LGs expected to get their PVCs. […]
It was harvest of encomiums and commendations at the launching of a book written by the Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to Canada, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher. President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria shall never break despite political and security challenges noting that this is the time that Nigerians need peace and political understanding best in order to […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital has declared as null and void the suspension of the Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Lar University, Bokkos, (Plateau State University), Prof. Danjuma Sheni. Following the judgement, Governor Jonah Jang is expected to appear in Court on Monday, November, 17 […]
