Mona Ogbeidi A strong earthquake has hit Tokyo early Monday morning, causing a major damage and few injuries. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the quake at 5:18 a.m. local time (2018 GMT Sunday) had a magnitude of 6.0 and was centered 160 kilometers (99 miles) under the seabed near Izu Oshima Island south of […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Owing to the growing flight delays and cancellations without any compensation by the management of Arik Air, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) has summoned the management of the airline to an emergency meeting. One of the latest disappointments was the more than 14 hours delay of Flight W3 077 (FNA/BJL) Freetown […]
Ayo Balogun Dr. Leke Pitan, former Commissioner for Health and Education in Lagos State has formerly declared his ambition to contest the 2015 governorship of Lagos State. At a media interaction in Lagos, Nigeria, Pitan expressed confidence in the ability of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win all elective positions in the state […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has expressed grave concerns over the intermittent encroachment of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) into matters within NCAA’s regulatory purview. This is according to a statement by the General Manager Public Affairs NCAA, Fan Ndubuoke, who said that the agency was getting worried over the usurpation of […]
Ayo Balogun and Mona Ogbeidi The Northern State Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has released the names of 165 Christians and 15 Muslims girls abducted by Boko Haram at Chibok school. In the list released by NOSCEF, 90 percent of the captive by Boko Haram in the Chibok School were Christian girls. In a statement from […]
Minister of State (Power), Hon Mohammed Wakil has cautioned politicians and Nigerians in general against politicising national security, describing the trend as partly responsible for the security challenges facing the nation. Addressing 1992 graduands of University of Maiduguri in Abuja on Saturday, Wakil lamented “attempt by some Nigerians to play politics with insurgency in the […]
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead. He died at the age of 96, according to his family. He was said to have died around 3:30 pm on Sunday in Abuja. The former jurist has been sick and is said to have suffered partial stroke and has been bedridden. A statement […]
Kayode Adelowokan President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to parents and guidance of the 234 abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno State of the country to cooperate with the presidential committee set up to know the identity of the school girls and their quick rescue. President Jonathan, who made the appeal during a presidential media chat […]
The artificial fuel scarcity that started in entire Imo State two months ago like a child’s play has worsened, as heavy long queues have returned again to filling stations in different parts of the state. A litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol is sold for between N150 to 200 per litre in different areas […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As security operatives in Nigeria continue with the search for the over 200 female students of Chibok secondary school in Borno state, recently adopted by suspected members of Boko Haram, the South- East Governors Forum Sunday suggested that identities of the missing students be made public. African Examiner recalled that the missing […]
The State Security Service (SSS) has prevented the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from traveling abroad. Mr. Sanusi was stopped at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, in Kano, on his way to France for an onward journey to Mecca for the lesser Hajj. The SSS operatives also seized […]
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs, has described as baseless rumours that the emergence of Abia State Governor of Ukwa-Ngwa extraction would lead to the seizure of properties of non-indigenes in Aba. Abaribe, a governorship aspirant made the declaration in Umuahia in continuation of his consultation with the people […]
Oyewale Oyelola Lagos Lawyer and human right activist Femi Falana (SAN) on Sunday rejected membership of Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the abducted chibok school girls in Borno state, North-East Nigeria. Federal government in its effort to rescue over 200 girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State kidnapped by Boko Haram appointed […]
The death toll of the last Thursday’s bomb explosion in Nyanya has increased to 20 with the death of another victim at Asokoro District Hospital on Saturday Minister of State for Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan confirmed this during his tour to the hospitals where victims are currently receiving treatment in Abuja. Victims of May Day […]
Oyewale Oyelola Egyptian on 26 and 27 of May 2014 will go to polling stations to elect their president for the second time with three years after revolution. El-Sisi, former head of Egyptian Military and Hamdeen Sabahi, a former presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election were announced as the official candidates by the Presidential […]
After several months of hostilities that led to waste of hundreds of lives and destruction of properties worth millions of naira, the Alago and Eggon tribes who are the principal actors have, alongside other ethnic groups in Nasarawa South, agreed to allow peace to reign for the interest of development. They agreed on Friday to […]
Oyewale Oyelola Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has attributed the Boko Haram insurgency to unemployment blaming government for failing to live up to their responsibility of creating jobs. The first daughter of former president Olusegun Obasanjo stated this in 860-words open letter to Boko Haram. According to her, “the truth is that you have succeeded because the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Mr. Samuel Uba, a 65 year-old man in Kalabari Beach (KB) in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, on friday narrowly escaped lynching by angry youths for being responsible for the pregnancy of his 17 year old daughter, Anna Uba. African Examiner gathered that the alleged randy father hails from Ibiasegbe […]
Oyewale Oyelola Federal government in its effort to rescue over 200 girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State kidnapped by Boko Haram has appointed Retired General Ibrahim A. Sabo as the Chairman of the fact finding committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan. According to the list of committee members released by […]
Oyewale Oyelola The death toll of May 1 bomb blast in Nyanya near the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has increased to 19 while 60 injured are still receiving treatment in various hospitals in Abuja. Nigerian Police Force Spokesman, Frank Mba disclosed this on Friday while addressing Journalists at the bomb blast scene. “Right now 19 […]
