Jacob Oyewale, Abuja As the abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno state by Boko Haram sect on April 14, 2014 continue to attract both local and international condemnation, the international communities have described the abduction as evil and attempt to stop girls education in northern Nigeria. The African Union delegates would on […]
Traditional rulers in the Borno State Emirate Council stayed away from the burial of the late Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Shehu Mustapha Idrisa Timta, who was killed by Boko Haram gunmen last Friday. The late emir was buried on Saturday. Newspot Nigeria’s findings revealed that none of the Emirs from Borno state turned out for […]
The River state government has berated the National Judicial Council, (NJC) over its moves “to go through the back door” to appoint Justice Daisy Wotube OKOCHA as the Chief Judge of Rivers State. A statement issued by Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Commissioner for Information and Communications, blasted the action of the NJC whom she accused of […]
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has said his administration is ready for downward review of the skyrocketed school fees of students of the Lagos State University (LASU), saying his government is not inflexible. There have outcry in several quarters over increment in school fees being paid by students which rose up by over 1,000 percent, […]
Agabus Pwanagba Due to Saturday’s heavy rainfall at Zadawa, district in Misau LGA of Bauchi State, about 150 houses have been destroyed as well as properties worth millions of naira destroyed. African Examiner gathered that the rain, which started around 4:00 pm in the area, lasted for about an hour. A resident of the area […]
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa on Sunday said that his administration was using security vote to pay over 1,400 youths engaged by the state government under the Nasarawa Youth Empowerment Scheme. The Governor disclosed this in Lafia while speaking to journalists shortly after inspecting some abandoned road projects initiated by the previous administration in Adudu, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, saying it confirms the terror group as the enemy of the whole of Nigeria, rather than a group set up by some imaginary opposition political party or elites to bring down the Jonathan […]
At least 14 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in north-eastern Nigeria, police say. The attack place in the town of Mubi in Adamawa state, close to the border with Cameroon. Adamawa is one of three states that have been placed under emergency […]
The governorship bid of Senator Iyiola Omisore remains potent and realisable with the grassroots support from the oppressed Osun voters and various stakeholders in the revival of that grand Osun dream, a pro – Omisore group,t he Omisore Collectives has declared. In a statement issued on Saturday over recent happenings within the Osun state chapter […]
CHRISTIANS under the aegis of TEKAN/ECWA, a branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have denied claims of marginalization by Muslims. In a statement released yesterday, the National Head of TEKAN/ECWA bloc of CAN, Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Dziggau accused Sultan Abubakar III of hiding the truth. We of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) find […]
By Tajudeen Balogun Following the arrest on Tuesday, 200 officers of the Federal Task Force, in Alausa Ikeja, the Lagos state government has appealed to the State Police Command to be more vigilant, check vandals and be at alert to foil attempt to unleash terror on residents of the state. The call was against the […]
Kayode Adelowokan A member of #BringBackOurGirls campaign and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has dismissed rumours by some people that she joined the protest to release the Chibok girls due to joblessness. Ezekwesili who was speaking during a youth conference in Port Harcourt, where she was the guest speaker, explained that her passion for […]
Greeting. I was astounded when I saw your picture at the beginning of the national conference, where you are a delegate. I was distressed to the marrow. I was thinking of what has happened to the once glowing Dora. You …were a woman whose beauty was the envy of any man. Many entreaties were made […]
President Yoweni Museveni attended the grand finale rally for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) woman flag bearer, Mrs Rebecca Nalwanga at Kalanga in Uganda last week. In condemning the Opposition in Uganda the President said that “some people have turned politics to a game of lies and un-seriousness”. In his characteristic manner, President Museveni took […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Erstwhile Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, has dispelled rumour making the rounds that she has passed on. African Examiner reports that the social media was awash on Friday with the news of the demise of the one time Director-General (D-G) of National Agency For Food Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC. […]
Oyewale Oyelola NIgeria’s Defense Headquarters has disclosed that a prominent political leader from one of the northeast states ravaged by members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, is sponsoring campaign aimed at attracting international condemnation and indictment of the Nigerian military of genocide in its operations in the Northern part of the country. This […]
Jacob Oyewale Bayelsa State government has disclosed that the government will partner with some Israeli to boost agriculture sector in the state. The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson stated this on Friday when the Israeli Ambassador, Mr. Uriel Palti paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Yenagoa. Governor Dickson said that […]
Senate Spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has declared that Abia State particularly Aba is strategic in industrial development of Nigeria. Abaribe also said it requires a clear headed personality to sustain the various legacy projects, which foundation have been laid by Governor T. A Orji. The senator who is aspiring to govern the state come 2015, […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Scores of Residents of Enugu State on Friday tongue lashed the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) for flooding the state with faulty machines in the ongoing fresh voter registration exercise. African Examiner investigation revealed that prospective voters in parts of the state have been facing serious challenges in getting registered, following the […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The lingering crisis bedeviling the Assemblies of God Church Nigeria Friday took another twist as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has begun a probe into the financial transactions of the church. African Examiner gathered that the development followed allegation of misappropriation of funds leveled against the embattled General Superintendent of […]
