Kayode Adelowokan The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has warned the Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, to watch his utterances over threat to secede from the present Nigeria if the country disintegrates. The Lamido of Adamawa who is one of the thirteen persons and number […]
…Assures on Warri’s transformation Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at the weekend stressed the need for the various ethnic groups in the country to forge a common front towards making Nigeria a great a prosperous nation. Besides, he disclosed that the state government would soon tackle the traffic and sanitation problems in some part […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that 21 deaths were recorded as a result of the shootout during an attempted jailbreak at its headquarters in Abuja on Sunday. A statement signed by Marilyn Ogar, the services’ Deputy Director of Public Relations said two operatives of the DSS sustained serious injuries during the incident. […]
The Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, is currently embroiled in crisis as staffs of the agency are calling on Governor Babatunde Fashola to remove the Chairman of the organization, Tunde Fowler. Fowler was said to have resigned last week to pursue his governorship ambition, but he has denied his resignation through series of paid adverts […]
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on n Sunday attacked a security location in Ngelzarma community of Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. According to witnesses, the sect members first launched attack on a military check point in the town at about 6:00pm local time. There was gun battle […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Following the demise of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (retired), Hamma Misau, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has described his death as a colossal loss to the nation at a time that the decision to reshape the country is ongoing. Misau who was a delegate representing Association of Retired […]
Otunba Gani Adams, national coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), said if a delegate in the conference will get N12m then the delegates should justify the money they are to be paid through quality contributions and final reports that will eventually emanate from the conference. Adams also spoke on various issues like resource control […]
Agabus Pwanagba The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governors and Stakeholders in the North-Eastern region, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that they would deliver the zone to the in the 2015 polls. They gave the assurance on Saturday during the PDP North-East zonal rally held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium Bauchi. Governor Isa Yuguda of […]
The management of TALEVERAS has reacted to an erroneous news report in a Nigerian news daily of March 25, 2014, which it said wrongly published that the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) credited the group with 152,308,878 litres of undelivered gasoline under the federal government’s Crude Oil Swap Arrangement. This is totally false. What […]
Patrick Osadebamwen, Abuja National President of the National Council of Nigeria Youth (NCNY), Comrade, Henry Nwabueze, Thursday alleged that the Council last week rejected $360,000 bribe to protest against the Minister of Petroleum, Dieziani Allison Madueke. He said certain vested interest group invited him to a hotel in Lagos and offered him $10,000 per state […]
A delegate at the ongoing National Conference in Nigeria, retired police AIG Hamma Misau has died at the National Hospital in Abuja. Mallam Misau died on Thursday night of an undisclosed illness at the age of 67. Mallam Misau became famous after a photo of him taking a nap at the conference was shared on […]
The United Kingdom Commercial Court in London has ruled in favour of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a suit filed by IPCO Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IPCO Group, a turnkey contractor and investor in energy infrastructure projects, over a dispute that arose from a contract to build an oil terminal in Port […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government says it will immediately appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos which stopped the state government from collecting tolls on the N29 billion Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge. At a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, Nigeria, State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye said […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Outspoken Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. (Dr) Mathew Hassan Kukah, Thursday criticised the Federal Government’s military option to end the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in parts of Northern Nigeria. He said “we must appreciate the fact that the crisis dragged on because of wrong diagnosis borne out of ignorance, stereotyping […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos A Ghanian political analyst, Nana Akufo-Addo, has blamed many of the problems of Africa today on the hangover of colonialism, maintaining that there is need to also accept that Africa’s failures are largely the result of the failure of its leadership. Akufo-Addo who was speaking on Tuesday during the 2014 edition of […]
Oyewale Oyelola Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday sacked seven commissioners from the State Executive Council. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson stated that the governor said the sacking of the commissioners was with immediate effect. The governor said the development was inline with the […]
…As Witnesses Catalogue How He Stole Billions of Naira After what seems like a relief from his chains of legal battles home and abroad over allegations of fraudulent practices in his capacity as the Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, Dr. Erastus Akingbola who was found guilty of stealing and diversion of billion of depositors […]
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, weekend intensified its awareness campaign against Prostate Cancer through an initiative tagged ‘Cycling for Prostate Cancer’. The cycling event, which is the fourth edition of the Foundation’s annual prostate cancer awareness initiative, held in conjunction with ‘Jogging to Bond’; the employee […]
Oyewale Oyelola Senator Iyiola Omisore, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2014 gubernatorial election in Osun state has urged the party National Working Committee to conduct a ree and fair primary election that will be acceptable to all. Omisore stated this on Tuesday at PDP National Headquarter after submission of his nomination form. In […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The family of the late Taraba’s Secretary to the State government (SSG) Mr Jonah Agyo has rejected moves by the acting state governor Garba Umar to involve in the funeral of the late Politian, who passed away on Monday. A close family source told African Examiner that, although Agyo died of natural […]
