The Ondo state government has said it did not hire the aircraft of Associated Airline that crashed last week in Lagos while carrying the body of former Governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, to Akure for the commencement of the burial rites. The clarification was contained in a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, is not under pressure from any quarter to resign his appointment. The story of the purported resignation, as published in the Nigerian Pilot Newspaper of Tuesday, October 8, 2013, is not true, and for all intents and purposes, is part of a larger campaign to […]
By Eric Ojo The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), a coalition of civil society groups, has applauded the fast growing online news media industry in Nigeria for their objectivity and uncompromising disposition towards issues of national interest. The group, a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organizations, said its support for online media publishers was […]
…Says they had consensual sex The Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola Alli, the traditional ruler who was alleged of raping a Youth Corps member, Miss Helen Okpara has been discharged and acquitted by an Osun State High Court. Justice Oyejide Falola of an Osun State High Court, Osogbo ruled that Helen failed to tender enough […]
By Femi Kehinde Online publishers in Nigeria have come under an association in a bid to sanitise the industry. The Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA), already registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The meeting was attended by online publishers from various parts of the country. They […]
A hit and run car has crushed a man to death on Gbadaga Expressway in Lagos, Nigeria at the early hours of Tuesday. The man, identified as Oguntimehin Oluwayemi was said to have been crushed to death while trying to cross the expressway when the fast moving car crushed him to death and did not […]
The African Examiner, President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Tuesday in Abuja that the Federal Government will fully explore the option of creating a special intervention fund that will facilitate the rapid establishment of more centres of medical excellence across the country. Speaking at an audience with a delegation from the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), President Jonathan […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu … Appoints 13 Imo indigenes as Commissioners At last, Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has bowed to pressure from the state House of Assembly after months of conflicts between him and the lawmakers over his earlier plan to appoint non-indigenes as commissioners in the state. The Governor, who agreed to shelve the […]
By Eric Ojo Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a Lagos-based non-governmental organization (NGO), has appealed against the ruling of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja calling on the National Assembly to amend the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to limit those who can request information under the law. In a four-ground “Notice […]
The African Examiner, Indigenous investors who have made fortunes in other sectors of the economy are now increasingly investing in agriculture under the new dispensation of agricultural transformation agenda. The new commercial farmers, seeing the prospects in the agricultural sector, are putting huge investments into agribusiness investments. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Police in Aba city, Abia state, Monday invaded a kidnappers hideout at Umudaba village in Osisioma council area of the state, where they shot dead one of the hoodlums during exchange of gunfire, while three others fled with bullet wounds. The four-man gang, operating in a Hilux van with an undisclosed […]
By Ruth Bamidele A female Pilgrim, Adama Habibu, from Bauchi state has fallen from the 11th floor of a building and died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The Vice Chairman, Bauchi State Hajj Alhaji Yahaya Miya confirmed the incident at the Hajj camp in Games village during a chat with newsmen, before the departure of the sixth set […]
The African Examiner …Inaugurates Conference Advisory Committee Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan says the proposed National Conference will not break up Nigeria as being speculated in some quarters, even as he officially inaugurated the National Advisory Committee (NAC) on the conference. Speaking on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria during the inauguration of the NAC, the presidents said […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Says His projects will take more than 8 years to complete Contrary to his one tenure promise during his campaign in 2011, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has indicated interest to run for a second term in office in 2015. He said the ongoing projects embarked upon by his administration in […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria’s minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, has assured that the severance allowance of all PHCN staff will be paid by Federal Government before end of of this month. Nebo, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday at Nsukka shortly after attending a thanksgiving service marking the end of the 2013 […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the presidency of using Rivers State as a testing ground for creeping fascism ahead of the 2015 elections, saying it is imperative for all Nigerians to pay a close attention to the apparently-instigated ugly developments in the state. APC, in a statement issued in Lagos […]
By Our Correspondent The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has begun investigation into the near mishap of Kabo Air B747 in Sokoto at the weekend. Another plane crash was averted on Friday when a Saudi bound Kabo Air plane carrying over 500 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in charge of (Financial System Stability), Dr. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has said that the nation’s economic performance has been rather weak. He stated this Saturday in a lecture he delivered at the Golden Jubilee Ceremony of the pioneer Graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka […]
By Umar Ndukwe In what seems to be a breakout from the ‘microphone saga’ last two years in Ebonyi State, in which Muslims in the state were allegedly banned from using the loud speaker to call for their prayers, there is another lingering religious upheaval latently engineered by a group of people in Ezi Egwu […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has kicked against the proposed plan by president Good Luck Jonathan to convene a National Conference, describing it as diversionary. It therefore, called on the senate president and chairman of the National. Assembly(NASS), David Mark, to bail out President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerians in general by […]
