The plenary session of the on-going National Conference in Abuja drew to a temporary close on Thursday as delegates get set to move into committee sessions when they return from the Easter break. The list of 20 Standing Committees and their chairmen, co-chairmen and deputy chairmen was announced on Wednesday and made available to all […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday said 24 candidates scored 250 points and above in the universities matriculation examination held nationwide on April 12. According to the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, said this while addressing journalists at a news conference on the release of the results in Bwari, Abuja, said […]
Agabus Pwanagba Unknown Gunmen in a convoy of three Hilux vehicles stormed Misau Town, in Bauchi State, in a bid to unleash Mayhem on the Populace in the area. African Examiner gathered that it took the effort of a combined security forces comprising the Police and Military who were on red alert, that engaged the […]
Kayode Adelowokan A Lagos based lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, has bemoaned the attempted assassination on the life of Barrister Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, after he challenged the illegal toll at Lekki toll gate. Rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Monday alleged that Lagos State Government masterminded his attempted assassination because of his fight for the […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has censured President Goodluck Jonathan for leading a rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano, barely 24 hours after a bomb blast claimed the lives of no fewer than 89 people in Abuja. The rally was organised to welcome former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, […]
Mona Ogbeidi Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured all Nigerians and persons living in the country that the Federal Government remains mindful of its responsibility for the safety of their lives and properties in all parts of the country. The President also promised to continue to do everything possible to protect them from the scourge […]
Kayode Adelowokan Ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa scheduled to hold in Abuja, Nigeria from May 7- 9, 2014, the Nigeria government has promised to go ahead with the hosting of the Forum despite the bomb attack on the outskirt of the city that left 75 people dead. The Minister of Finance and […]
Oyewale Oyelola Critical appraisal of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy since independent clearly shows that Africa is the main focus of the country’s external relations. Nigeria being the gaint of Africa and most populous black nation with over 140 million citizens believe peaceful and prosperous Africa means peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. Since the first republic, Nigeria ’s […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Proceedings at the on-going National Conference in Abuja took a different turn on Tuesday as the news of the abduction of 200 girls in Borno State reached the delegates, an action they condemned with all alacrity. All the female delegates who attended the session were dressed in black attire as a sign […]
The Federal Government is to pay the hospital bills of victims of Monday’s bomb blast in Nyanya, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammad Sani-Sidi, has said. Sidi at a new Conference in Abuja said, “I wish to use this medium to convey our heartfelt sympathy to families of those who lost their […]
Kayode Adelowokan Less than 24 hours after the horrific terrorists’ attack on Abuja Nyanya bus park killing over 200 people, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have abducted 200 students in a raid at a Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States. African Examiner learnt the […]
By Mona Ogbeidi The Nigerian Senate has condemned the bomb blast, which occurred in the early morning on Monday at the Nyanya motor park describing it as callous and wickedly acts. The blast which led many dead and others injured has been blamed on the boko haram insurgency, which has sprawled through the north eastern […]
By Mona Ogbeidi The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has described the Nyanya bomb blast which resulted to the death of many innocent Nigerians in the early hours of Monday morning as a monumental Disaster. The CAN President who condemned the insurgent, wondered the manner of heartlessness that trailed […]
Minor fire incident was recorded on Monday at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja destroying parts of the media center and the office of the national publicity secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh. The fire was reportedly caused by some electrical faults at about 8.15 p.m and was promptly put off by men of the Federal Fire […]
The bomb blast in the Federal Capital Territory early Monday morning that killed 72 people and wounded several others dominated discussions as delegates resumed sitting at the on-going National Conference holding in Abuja, Nigeria. As soon as the opening prayer was said and delegates took their seats, Conference Chairman and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, […]
…As Group Wants Him To Declare His Interest IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Ahead of the 2015 general election in Nigeria, presidential campaign posters of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar have flooded every nook and crannies of Imo and Enugu States. However, African Examiner investigation revealed that the very attractive and colourful posters with inscription,”the Alternative Candidate, […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed to bring to Justice the perpetrators of the horrific Monday morning attack at a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of about 20 kilometers from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, The police boss stated this while he visited the venue of the attack to access the […]
…Ijebu North Holds Parallel Congress Delegates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, received the beating of their lives at the weekend as soldiers attached to OP-MESA residing inside Ilese barracks were invited to the venue of the congress by a faction loyal to the Governor […]
Early morning rainstorm has wreaked havoc in Lagos, Nigeria, destroying multi-million naira worth of properties in various areas in Lagos. Roofs of houses were blown off by the rainstorm with water gushing into people’s houses at will and destroying their properties. Areas affected are Ebute-Metta, Ikorodu, Ikoyi and Itire. In Ebute-Meta, the houses destroyed by […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Nnewi A Joint security Task force in Nnewi North Council Area of Anambra State, on Saturday set ablaze the camps of members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). The team, comprising the army, police, State Security Service (SSS), Navy and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) […]
