Oyewale Oyelola The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has petitioned the Chairman of the Police Service Commission over allegations of rape made against the DPO Adekunle Awe of the Onikan Police Station by a detainee, Miss Idowu Akinwunmi. This petition signed National Coordinator of NOPRIN, Okechukwu Nwanguma stated that, Miss Adewunmi, 31, made […]
The Federal Government has reassured the international community of the safety of all participants during the World Economic Forum Africa meeting scheduled to hold in Abuja next month. The Supervising Minister of National Planning, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda who made this known at a briefing in his office on Thursday also thanked the international community for […]
The Military authorities in Nigeria has retracted claims that it aided the release of nearly all the secondary school girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram members in Chibok, Borno state last Tuesday. The retraction by the military came some few hours after a parent of an abducted girl claimed the Defense Ministry lied that most […]
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Our lovely world is undergoing series of happenings and many of us feel that if there was a creator of this wicked universe he must have been dead. We hear of killings, bombing and not only in Nyanya Abuja Nigeria, kidnappings every day, wars and rumours of […]
The Nigerian Government has on Thursday released a list of names and contacts of 126 persons receiving treatment in various hospitals after a powerful explosion occurred in Nyanya, Abuja, on the morning of Monday, April 14. The authorities report that over 75 people were killed in the blast at the crowded bus park in Abuja’s […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of aiding and abetting terrorism in the country through “omission and commission.” In a statement issued by Mr. Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of PDP on Thursday in Abuja, the party said that APC demonstrated this when it shunned a […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Kogi State Governor Capt. Idris Wada has dissolved the state’s Executive Council. A statement signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi, indicated that the dissolution was conveyed at the end of the weekly EXCO meeting Wednesday in Lokoja. The statement added that the governor thanked the former […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Over Seven hundred and fifty-nine million naira (N759,000,000) has been approved by the Enugu State government for various projects including the installation of Close Circuit Television CCT cameras in strategic places, especially the nearly completed multi million naira new workers secretariat buildings in Enugu. This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Kwara State Police command in its bid to ensure security of lives and properties during Easter period has deployed officers to churches in all the 16 local governments area of the state. The Kwara state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose .O. Aisabor disclosed this while addressing newsmen in State Police headquarter, Ilorin […]
Kayode Adelowokan The President’s meeting with security chiefs and PDP governors has ended at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting examined recent security events and developments in the country. Although, the outcome of the meeting was not made public, those present include the governors of Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Benue, Delta, Abia, Enugu, Anambra […]
A former head of state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the PDP to retract its wild accusation linking him with the Boko Haram terrorist acts, tender an unreserved public apology to him or face a legal action. In a statement he personally […]
Ignatius Okpara A humanitarian organization, Christian Foundation for Social Justice and Equity has commiserated with families that lost their loved ones in last Mondays deadly twin bomb explosion around Nyanyan, in Abuja. African Examiner reports that he barbaric act reportedly occurred around 6am when a vehicle laden with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in the […]
Agabus Pwanagba Unknown Gunmen in a convoy of three Hilux vehicles stormed Misau Town, in Bauchi State, in a bid to unleash Mayhem on the Populace in the area. African Examiner gathered that it took the effort of a combined security forces comprising the Police and Military who were on red alert, that engaged the […]
Kayode Adelowokan Reactions have continued to trailed the roaring level of insecurity in Nigeria following the Monday, April 14, 2014, bomb blast that hit the most populous Nyanya motor park in Abuja, security analysts have hulled the blame on Federal Government for its clueless attitude to the country’s security matters. Giving figures of the victims […]
Kayode Adelowokan A Lagos based lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, has bemoaned the attempted assassination on the life of Barrister Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, after he challenged the illegal toll at Lekki toll gate. Rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Monday alleged that Lagos State Government masterminded his attempted assassination because of his fight for the […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has censured President Goodluck Jonathan for leading a rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano, barely 24 hours after a bomb blast claimed the lives of no fewer than 89 people in Abuja. The rally was organised to welcome former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, […]
Ayo Balogun, Abuja Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to victims of Monday’s bomb blast at the Nyanya Municipal Motor Park in Abuja who are currently receiving treatment in hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory, describing the devastation caused by the blast as a killing too many. […]
Mona Ogbeidi Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured all Nigerians and persons living in the country that the Federal Government remains mindful of its responsibility for the safety of their lives and properties in all parts of the country. The President also promised to continue to do everything possible to protect them from the scourge […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan is exhibiting the traits of an insensitive and utterly hardhearted leader by returning to his illegal campaign trail, barely 24 hours after 75 of his compatriots died in a bomb blast in Abuja, and as news broke that 200 school girls have been abducted by […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Catholic Archbishop of Jos and Chairman Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has appealed to politicians in the Country to put aside their personal interest and proffer lasting solution to the Boko Haram insurgency bedeviling the North-East and other parts of the country. Kaigama was reacting to the Nyanya […]
