Femi Kehinde Five assistant inspectors general of police (AIGS) and two commissioners of police (CPS), has been redeployed to zonal and state commands by the inspector general of police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar. Force spokesman, Frank Mba, in a statement said the former CP Anambra State, AIG Ballah M. Nasarawa, who was recently promoted to Assistant […]
Press Statement by New PDP: We have read from some of the national dailies of the alleged summoning of the PDP National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, New PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, National Deputy Chairman, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja, and the National Vice-Chairman, North West, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure, by the PDP Disciplinary Committee said […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Mr. Oyebode Atoyebi, has been accused of involving in 57 illegal cash transactions which amounted to money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday During the trial on Thursday, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Maj Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha on Thursday preached peace to youths and other members of the public in Plateau. Al-Mustapha who preached the gospel of peace while addressing thousands of youths at Hill Station Hotel in Jos, said that both Muslims and […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally petitioned the INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega seeking the cancellation of the November 16 Governorship Election in Anambra State and the organization of a fresh election, instead of the Supplementary Election being planned by the electoral body. APC is also demanding that the Anambra Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), […]
Femi Kehinde President Goodluck Jonathan on Thurday falls ill in London and could not be present at the opening of the meeting with Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’ Council (HIIC). According to Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Dr. Reuben Abati, President Jonathan has since been examined by competent medical practitioners and advised to […]
The body of 26-year-old Adaobi Michaella Obih was found on Tuesday November 19th at an apartment at Riverstone Apartments in Columbus, Indiana. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. A spokesman for the Columbus Police Department said her neighbour, 36-year-old Ryan Allen Klug, who lives in the same apartment complex, is a person of […]
Press Statement The continued refusal of The Presidency to recognise Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is, to say the least, unfortunate, dangerous, unjustifiable, regrettable and unacceptable. The Presidency had reiterated this position while justifying the absence of President Goodluck Jonathan at the retreat recently organised […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative (CYFI), a dynamic, youth-based fellowship program launched in late 2011 by the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, is now accepting applications for its 2014 program year. CYFI is a year-long program in which outstanding young Nigerians are selected as fellows and grouped into teams to design and implement a project […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos United States Consul General, Jeffrey Hawkins, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to be equipped for the next general election in 2015. Speaking on Tuesday at the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship annual lecture for 2013, titled: “The Democratic Journey in Nigeria: Learning from the American Experience”, the Consul General said that “The […]
… decries Gov Obi’s ethnic card politics Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has decried the ethic card politics being allegedly thrown up by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state as a result of the stalemated governorship election in the area last Saturday, just as it called for the immediate resignation of […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Joint Action Front (JAF) has accused the Federal Government of killing former president of the Academic Staff of Universities Union(ASUU), late Professor Festus Iyayi, who died in ghastly motor accident on November 12th 2013, along Lokoja–Abuja road involving the convoy of Kogi state governor, Mr. Idris Wada. The group disclosed this […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election observers who were illegally arrested in Imo State two days before last Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, even after INEC has publicly said they are duly certified election observers. In a statement […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has dissolved the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants. Governor Orji who announced the dissolution on Tuesday during a banquet at the Government House, Umuahia, thanked the former aides for their diligence and support to his government. The governor who said that he meant well […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu At least fifty former workers of Non-Consolidated Banks in Nigeria have lost their lives following the failure of the nation’s apex Bank Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ngerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), Ministers of Finance, among other concerned authorities to facilitate payment of their terminal benefits since they were relief of their duties […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has presented a budget of N210.21 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval for the 2014 fiscal yeat. The budget is N1.57 billion less than that of the 2013 budget. The budget comprised N117.51 billion Capital Expenditure and N92.70 billion Recurrent expenditure. The breakdown of […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his personal assistant, Mr. Atoyebi Oyebode, for allegedly receiving over N600m from the Lagos State House of Assembly without passing through a financial institution could not continue at a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, due to the absence […]
The African Examiner President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja early Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside over a three-day meeting of Nigeria’s Honourary International Investors’ Council. Issues on the agenda of the meeting include generating long-term affordable finance for Nigeria’s real sector, developing Nigeria’s private equity and venture capital sectors to attract […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday took a swipe at the members of the National Assembly, admonishing them to put their house in order and act in unison, over the 2014 budget. This knock came as the president again refused to show up at the annual budget presentation where he was expected to […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leader (CACOL) has condemned, in strong terms, the arrest of some election observers in Imo State last week. The civil society activists under the aegis of Justice and Equity Organisation (JEO), who were officially, accredited as observer in the Anambra Governorship elections of 16th November, 2013, by Independent […]
