IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The pan Igbo- socio cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has demanded the payment of N2.4 trillion as reparation and restitution from the federal government over what it called “the killings, violations, atrocities and injustices against them in Nigeria since 1966.” Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Enugu, on behalf of Ohaneze, Minister of Aviation […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has warned motorists and drivers against patronizing touts in order to obtain fake drivers’ licenses, number plates as it will start arresting those without new number plates from July 1. The Corps Secretary, Commander Kayode Fanola, disclosed this while addressing Journalists in Abuja on the need to […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that it will do everything possible to protect and preserve human life and dignity in a nation bound by the principle of freedom, justice, peace, unity and the rule of law. The party disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while presenting its Code of Ethics to the public. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos …School, Shopping Mall Shut Pandemonium struck on Thursday afternoon at the Ogba Junior Grammar School, Lagos, Nigeria as 13 students collapsed after inhaling toxic gaseous substance released into the school’s premises. It has not been unraveled how the dangerous chemical substance found its way into the school premises housing students less than […]
Below is the full list of delegates to the proposed national confab: DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ELDER STATESMEN S/N DELEGATES 1. Dr. Tunji Braithwaite 2. Chief Ayo Adebanjo 3. Chief Richard Akinjide 4. Chief Olu Falae 5. Erelu Olusola Obada 6. Chief Afe Babalola, SAN 7. General Ike Nwachukwu 8. Iyom Josephine Anenih 9. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Hundreds of women in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday protested the killings of 59 school children in Yobe State and the abduction of 25 girls in Bornu State by Islamic sect, Boko Haram. They were all dressed in attires as they mourned the demise of the students that were. The protesters, carrying placards […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Human rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives (YCRI) has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in the unending killing of innocent Nigerians and destruction of valuable properties by the Boko Haram. According to YCRI in a letter by its Director, International Relations, Comrade Efemena Agadama to the Chief Prosecutor, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Less than 48 hours after newly elected council chairmen were sworn in, with Riyom producing the only female chairperson, 10 people are reportedly killed on Tuesday night in Gwong and Gwarim, and many houses razed, all in Rim District of Riyom LGA of the State, when unknown gunmen attacked their villages. A […]
United States of America has frozen over $500 million of dollars and seized several properties belonging to the former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha. In a document made available to African Examiner, Gen. Abacha, his son Mohammed Sani, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and former Nigerian Finance minister Anthony Ani conspired to loot Nigeria money using phony […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA in Abakaliki Armed hoodlums suspected to be working for the peoples Democratic party PDP in Ebonyi State, on Tuesday unleashed terror on some members of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in Azuinyaba in Ezzaegu community in Ishielu council area of state. African examiner gathered that a group of young men armed with […]
A thirteen-man cult group, one of them has the same name with the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, was on Tuesday paraded by the state police command. The governor’s namesake, Fashola, a 22vyears old Disc Jockey (DJ) who hails from Ogun State however deny being a member of the cult. He accordingly stated that the […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has reminded the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he still remains the party’s legal national secretary despite the crisis rocking the party. Oyinlola, who joined the Baraje’s camp that defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), said if anybody is […]
As Boko Haram Members continue to pound the north with attack and bombings, a device suspected to be a bomb was on Tuesday detected inside the premises of a FirstBank branch in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The development which almost paralyzed commercial activities in the state led to the untimely closure of most of […]
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Hon. Yusuf Nuhu, a member of the state House of Assembly, by unknown gunmen. The spokesman of the command, Haruna Mohammed, told newsmen in Bauchi that Nuhu, who represents Lame constituency in the House, was abducted on Monday night in Zalau village. Mohammed said that a […]
Aliko Dangote foremost Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist has endowed Dangote Foundation with N200 billion. Speaking in Lagos, Mr. Dangote noted that, “Dangote foundation is now 20 years old. This initial endowment will assure that Dangote Foundation has secure and steady funding to carry out its mission as we significantly scale up our work. The reconstituted […]
An address delivered by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, CON, Governor, Rivers State, to the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday, March 3, 2014 In the last few days, Abuja has been celebrating a hundred years of our unification. Nigeria at one hundred years old is a milestone and should provide us all a time […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has flagged off a N150 million Empowerment initiative for transporters in the State through the provision of Taxis, Buses and light trucks. Speaking at the flag off of the first phase which was the distribution of 100 taxis procured at a cost of N50million to taxi operators, Governor Ahmed […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to witness long queues at petrol stations in the states while motorists from Oyo state travelled out of the state to get black market. The spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, however described the reappearance […]
Scores of parents and old students of Unity Schools in Nigeria on Monday stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor in Ikeja, Nigeria to protest the massacre of 59 students in Yobe State by Boko Haram recently. The protesters were all dressed in black attire chanting different dirge and urged the Federal Government, State […]
The 2014 Forbes Billionaires’ List, which was released recently, ranked the President/Chief Executive, the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, 23rd in a list of 1,645 richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of $25billion. This is an improvement on his 43rd position in 2013 (with networth of $16billion), and places him among the […]
