By Akin Soneyin – The strange disease which broke out and killed not less than 20 persons in Irele community of Ondo State, South West Nigeria, has been attributed to violation by certain youths to god of the land – Malokun. In his account regarding the root cause of the deadly disease, the Oyewoga of […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Lagos – There was an early morning disaster Saturday,as a building in Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi Lagos, gave way, leaving no fewer than four persons severely injured, while many other victims are still trapped in the rubbles The Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye hinted that the house […]
From Collins Amadi – The opposition All Progressive Congress (apc) and 12 other political parties in Bayelsa and Rivers States have opted out of today’s rescheduled state House of Assembly elections. The parties explained that the boycott was due to alleged agreement between the INEC and the ruling PDP to compromise the poll which is holding […]
Former governor of Kwara state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that he never collected any money from the Minister of Petroleum, Ms Deizani Allison Madueke to fund the campaign of the president-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). His reaction reads below: The attention of Senator Abubakar Bukola […]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says is to petition the State Election Tribunal to reclaim its mandate which was stolen by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police during the governorship polls of April 11. Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies […]
By Tom Garba, Yola – The Governor-elect Jubrila Bindow and Eleven National Elect of 2015 general elections in Adamawa State has received certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission,with a charge to them that much are expected by the electorate. The Adamawa State supervising National Commissioner of INEC Dr Nuru A. Yakubu ,who […]
Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the High Court of Lagos has sentenced five kidnappers to nine years imprisonment having been convicted of the crime of kidnapping on Friday at the court in Igbosere. Those sentenced were part of the seven defendants in the matter of The State vs Esther Faith Philips and Six Others charged for […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Regrettably, the heartbreaking and depressed story of the abducted Chibok girls Wednesday (this week) entered into 355 days – a year! On their travails and unpredictable end, the families (of the girls); the country and the world are disturbed and continued to lament. As the country is […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa over unabated Xenophobic attacks on citizens of other African countries living in the country. Members of the House warned that Nigeria will no longer tolerate killings of its citizens. The resolution followed a […]
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has inaugurated a 9-man commission of inquiry to commence investigations into the Politically Motivated Killings in Rivers State. Members of the commission include; Professor Chidi Odin-Kalu as chairman, Sir Samuel Egbe secretary and Professor Nlerum Okogbule. Others are; Professor Owunari A. Georgewill, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Asaba – At least, two persons, including a pregnant woman were on Wednesday sent to their untimely graves when a suspected rival cult groups clashed in Agbor, Delta State. African Examiner gathered that the cultists threw the entire community into tension after they killed and dumped their victims’ corpses along the roadside. […]
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – The All Progressives Congress [APC] in Rivers State says it finds it curious that the governorship candidate of the PDP, Barr. Nyesom Wike has been moving from one media house to the other dismissing the very credible reports on the April 11 electoral debacle in Rivers State by international election observers. […]
A US-based group, Socio Political Awareness Forum, SPAF has condemned in strong terms, the recent and unfortunate trend of xenophobia in the Republic of South Africa. Rising from an emergency meeting from its Milwaukee WI, USA base, the group expressed its total dismay at the spate of killings in the former Apartheid thorn zone, stating […]
Ahead of May 29 handing over, the Speaker of Kwara State Assembly and Member-Elect of House of Representatives, Razak Atunwa has called on the president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari to change history and set a new record by involving high number of young people in his government. Atunwa who made this call in a statement signed […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday has urged the United Nations to focus more on helping Nigeria with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of persons and communities affected by terrorism in Northern Nigeria rather than deploying an international force to the country. Speaking at an audience with the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and […]
The federal government of Nigeria has condemned the Xenophobic violence target at foreign workers especially those African descent. A statement issued by the public communication division of the ministry of foreign affairs in Abuja said Nigerian would not tolerate any attack on its nationals in South Africa. The statement President Zuma to put in place […]
From Akin Soneyin – At least, 12 people have died of a strange disease outbreak in Ode Irele, the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State, South Western Nigeria. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, while briefing journalists in Akure, the state capital, confirmed that the casualties were recorded Tuesday in […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – Even when the new session of the National Assembly is almost 50 days away, the struggle for the speakership position has heightened as the South West Reps Caucus demanded for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is just as the Kano state All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the incoming Administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. President Jonathan also called on all Nigerians to do their utmost best to help the incoming President succeed in leading the country to greater heights of accomplishment. At separate […]
South African President Jacob Zuma has condemned the xenophobic attacks on foreigners, in which not less than five people have died since it started. President Zuma described the attack as “shocking and unacceptable”. No fewer than 5,000 people involved in a rally, held in the country’s coastal city of Durban Thursday, against the foreigners. The […]
