…As Plateau Govt Re-Echoes Calls For State Police Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Senate Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence has assured the people of Plateau State especially communities who are facing security challenges that the Senate will make sure reports of commissions of inquiry are implemented. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Mohammed Magoro, […]
A Nigerian man arrested after tweeting from the scene of a deadly jailbreak has been released after nearly two weeks in custody, his family says. Yusuf Siyaka Onimisi – also referred to as Isiaka Yusuf – disappeared last month shortly after sharing pictures of the attack on Twitter. Twenty-one people were killed during the attempted […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha Parts of the popular Ose Okwuodu market in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anmbra state on Saturday razed by Mysterious fire, destroying over three hundred shops with goods valued about N100 million naira. Though, the cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained, but an eye witness said it started at […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The police in Enugu have arrested a widow and mother of four, Mrs Juliet Nwachukwu over her alleged involvement in gun running. According to the police, the widow’s arrest followed the raid of a gun manufacturing company located at Ihuoha Amansiodo Oghe, in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The state […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A 70 year old man, has been arrested for raping a 13 year old in Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau State. The man whose name has been withheld was said to have raped the girl on Thursday, April 10, 2014. African Examiner gathered that the suspect who is in police net […]
Oyewale Oyelola The State of Osun government has alleged the striking lecturers in four higher institutions in the state of toying with future of students. Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Education; Alhaja Mulikat Bello said this in an online interview with African Examiner correspondent on the ongoing strike. Her words: “We are worried […]
The family of Henry and Charles Okah has replied Chief Edwin Clark over his comment that their sons were culpable in the recent kidnap of his son, Ebikeme and threatened to sue Clark over the accusation. The Okah’s family outrightly denied the comment made by Clark, saying it was not possible for their sons who […]
As the controversy and uproar continues to rage over the rumored endorsement of one Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as the next governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by the State Governor, Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu Orji, facts have emerged on how and the reason why the governor and his family allegedly settled […]
A woman has abandoned her 10 months old baby behind the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Lagos Government Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The baby was dumped by the mother on the bare floor as she was nowhere to be found. Passer-by saw the baby sleeping under the tree and raised the alarm which attracted help. […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has urged the Federal Government to address the endemic corruption bedeviling the country. This came on the heels of the summoning of the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery, over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted Nigerians as very corrupt people. Mugabe was reported to have said […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha A gallant police man attached to one of the new generation banks in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, on Thursday shot dead two notorious robbery suspects while trying to rob a woman. An eye witness who gave his name as Chris, told African Examiner that the two suspects met their […]
Oyewale Oyelola The PDP flag bearer for August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun state; Senator Iyiola Omisore has called on Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Prof Attahiru Jega to remove Ambassador Olutoyin Akeju as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun state. Omisore made this call while receiving his Certificate of Return as PDP […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick the ongoing hullabaloo about the rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP which the masterminds said has seen the country emerge as the largest economy in Africa. In a statement issued in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday by its Interim National […]
Yoruba group, the coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) has warned all delegates from the South West geo-political zone to see the pursuit of the interest of the Yoruba people as sacrosanct and pursue it vigorously, warning that dire consequence awaits anyone that betrays it. The group stated that several conferences of the Yoruba […]
No fewer than six people have been electrocuted at Oworonshoki area of Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday after they stepped on naked falling electricity cable. Tears flowed freely when a woman with three children and another pregnant woman with a child were brought dead after they stepped on 11 KVA high tension electricity wire that fell […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged 13 aggrieved PDP governorship aspirants in Ekiti State to support and work for Fayose’s victory in forthcoming governorship election slated for June 21. The President held a closed-door meeting with the feuding party stalwarts at the Aso Rock Villa, from Wednesday to the early hours of Thursday. President Jonathan intervened […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court that an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, charged with N979.6 million subsidy fraud, has fled to Canada. The EFCC disclosed this in its response to an application filed by Ogunbambo’s counsel, Mr Raphael Oluyede, before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo. Ogunbambo is being prosecuted […]
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said it was better to bear the temporary pains associated with growth and development than to continuously live in deplorable conditions. Addressing traders at Slaughter Market, Refinery Road, Ekpan, the Governor observed that developmental projects, especially the ongoing removal of illegal structures will certainly cause some pains to […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state police command says it has arrested three persons in connection with the recent alleged murder of a 17 year old secondary school student, Ede chidiebere, by enforcement team of Enugu state Waste management Agency (ESWAMA) Ebere Amarizu, the state police public Relations officer PPRO, who disclosed this to African […]
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said he would not leave anyone in doubt in the event of his resolve to decamp from the All Peoples Congress (APC) into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The former Minister said this to dispel news reports that he had dumped the APC to join the PDP. According […]
