Former Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari’s suit in a Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the state’s Acting Governor, Umaru Finitiri be sacked and he sworn in, as the Governor, suffered another set back today as parties to the suit failed to appear in court and complained of not being properly served. While the Independent […]
Pop star Rihanna is ready to invest in a Premier League club with the Liverpool her team of choice. Chris Brown’s ex has been advised to buy Liverpool by her close friend and Chelsea star Didier Drogba. While it seems highly unlikely Liverpool’s current owners – the Fenway Sports Group – would sell given the […]
Efforts geared towards fighting dreaded Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) has been intensified in the country as designated centre for the suspected victims has been opened in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed announced this Tuesday while inaugurating a 25 – member committee during an interactive forum to work on the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The Nigerian Customs Service’s Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone C, Owerri, has confiscated contraband goods worth N252 million in the last one month in the South- East and South- southern zones of the country. Area Comptroller in charge of the zone, Dimka Victor David, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, warned […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Governor Theodore Ahamefula Orji, of Abia state, on Monday tongue lashed the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in the state, Chief Chikwe Udensi, over his recent media comments that civil servants in the state were presently being owed five months backlog salary arrears. Orji, who is also the chairman of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 20-year-old suspect identified as Chukwuma, who allegedly majors in killing of women as well as having intercourse with them. African Examiner gathered that the suspect recently allegedly killed three women along farm pathways in the state and had sex with them. The State Police […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A youth group within the Plateau’s chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) – Integrity Group has backed the party’s National Secretariat on the annulment of the election which produced Hon. Latep Dabang as the state’s Chairman and authenticated Hon. Amos Gombi as the new head. The group in a press […]
The results of May/June 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West Africa Examination Council, (WAEC) have been released with mass failure in two compulsory subjects – English Language and Mathematics. The Head, WAEC National Office, Yaba Lagos, Mr. Charles Eguridu while annoucing on Monday the latest result revealed that a […]
The Acting Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Suleiman Abba has just decorated three newly promoted Commissioners of Police, with a call that they should live up to the demands of the insignia of their new status. The new CPs included Aminchi Samaila Baraya, Alkali Baba Usman and Dan Bature. At a very brief ceremony on […]
Members of the National Conference 2014 resumed today after over three weeks of recess, with the copy of the drafted constitution distributed among the delegates as well as request for more days for members to study the proposed constitution. The secretariat of the CONFAB has in a statement penultimate last week, by its Assistant Secretary, […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following a petition by the Plateau Patriotic Front (PPF), indications have emerged that the State’s House of Assembly might have foreclosed its earlier plans to probe the State Government over allegations of financial misappropriation. It would be recalled that PPF had filed the petition to the leadership of the legislative House […]
A Nigerian man who was quarantined after he showed Ebola-like symptoms while travelling to Hong Kong has tested negative for the deadly virus. The southern Chinese city government said in a statement late on Sunday that the man, 32, had “tested negative for Ebola virus upon preliminary laboratory testing”. “In the past one month… he […]
Arsenal defeated EPL Champions, Manchester City 3-0 to win this year’s community shield, to collect their second silverware in 85 days after going nine years without one. The Gunners deserved their emphatic win in the traditional curtain-raiser to the new English season with goals from Santi Cazorla after 21 minutes, Aaron Ramsey, 42 and a […]
Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose has sent a message of congratulations to Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on his re-election as governor of the state. In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, Fayose said Aregbesola’s victory was a plus for democracy in Nigeria as it […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka Tragedy struck on saturday at Ekwulobia, Orumba North council Area of Anambra state, as a 38-year-old groom, Mr. Nzekwe Chukwuemeka Barthlomew, died in an accident on his way to the church for his weeding. The ugly incident happened few hours before the aborted wedding ceremony. African Examiner reports that the late Bartholomew […]
…Says Results Reaffirm FG’s Commitment To Fair Elections President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The President also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and national security agencies for ensuring that the elections were free, fair, credible and peaceful in […]
Sunny Ofili, Publisher of the Times of Nigerian, also double as the Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Information and Communications Technology, is dead. Reports say Ofili died on Saturday in a ghastly road crash on the Asaba-Benin Expressway. The Obi of Issele-Uku town of Delta State, HRH Henry Ezeagwunam […]
Nigeria took control of Group C at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 after defeating Korea Republic 2-1 in Moncton Saturday. USA based Courtney Dike scored the fastest goal in the history of FIFA women’s tournaments after she took advantage of Korea Republic’s lacklustre defending. Dike, who was starting her first match of […]
After accreditation of voters in the Osun governorship elections, voting has commenced in all the polling booths across the state. Governor Rauf Aregbesola who voted in polling unit 1, Ward 8 in the Ilesa East local Council area of the State urged the people of Osun State to be firm and proceed to exercise their […]
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday announced the indefinite shutdown of its clinic in the Muri Okunola area of Victoria Island, Lagos, following a suspected case of Ebola virus on admission at the clinic. It was discovered that the patient visited the First Consultant Medical Centre during the period the […]
