Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A member of the Special Task Force (STF) attached to Sector 7 in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, Officer Damudu Bzigu has been accused of raping a 4-year-old girl. African Examiner gathered that the victim Helen Kim told her parents that a police officer raped her in his home […]
Oyewale Oyelola Senator Iyiola Omisore, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2014 gubernatorial election in Osun state has urged the party National Working Committee to conduct a ree and fair primary election that will be acceptable to all. Omisore stated this on Tuesday at PDP National Headquarter after submission of his nomination form. In […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The family of the late Taraba’s Secretary to the State government (SSG) Mr Jonah Agyo has rejected moves by the acting state governor Garba Umar to involve in the funeral of the late Politian, who passed away on Monday. A close family source told African Examiner that, although Agyo died of natural […]
Kayode Adelowokan Top on the agenda, the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria on Wednesday deliberated on two bills that will check sharp practices by the private sector and improve services in the postal sector in line with the reforms taking place in the economy. The council in a meeting that appeared to be the shortest, […]
The US has begun forfeiture proceedings on the proceeds of corruption owned by former Nigerian Military Head of State, late General Sanni Abacha. This is according to a statement by the country’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, on Wednesday that his office had received requests for Mutual Legal Assistance for […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received and adopted the report of the Ekiti state governorship primary election. African Examiner gathered that after a thorough consideration of the report, the Committee approved the result and upheld the nomination of Ayo Fayose as the candidate […]
Nigeria’s senate has confirmed Mr. Godwin Emefiele as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Mr Emefiele replaces the embattled Mallam Sanusi Lamido, who was suspended recently by President Jonathan over allegations of fraud and abuse of office.
Developments at the National Conference are unsettling the presidency, a key figure in government has told Newspot Nigeria, as delegates to the conference continue to bicker over the stipulation by President Goodluck that resolutions would be passed by 75 percent of the delegates when they cannot do so through consensus. To put a quick end […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Following the Tuesday’s strange fire that gutted the Lagos office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the apex bank has assured its stakeholders and the general public that its records are intact. The fire incident, which started at about 5:10pm with thick smoke emanating from the first floor of the building after […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu South East Governors Forum Tuesday met in Enugu resolving to jointly tackle security challenges in the zone. Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Abia state Governor, and Chairman of the Forum, chief Theordor Orji, said they agreed on how they could jointly as governors, and chief security officers of their […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia For imposing illegal levies on residents and businessmen in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state, the Governor Theodore Orji led government Tuesday announced the suspension of two commissioners engaging in the act. The suspended commissioners are Emesobum Ikechukwu of Transport Ministry and his Commerce and Industry counterpart, Chisom Nwamuo. In a […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja There are indications that the short supply of petrol across Nigeria may still linger for a while as Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) attributed the current fuel scarcity to the late payment of importers. The new Executive Secretary of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) Faruk Ahmed stated this during […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Plateau State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested 25 persons among which 5 are females for suspected drug trafficking offences and over 5000kg canabis intercepted in the State, between January and March, 2014. The State Commandant of the Agency, Anthonia Madubuike disclosed to journalists […]
The minister of state for power, on Mohammed Wakil has alerted the public over what he called infrastructure terrorism now afflicting critical national infrastructures and sabotaging government programmes in some sectors of the economy. Speaking at a press briefing on the state of the power sector at the ministry of power headquarters yesterday, Wakil defined […]
A group of concerned citizens of Nigeria under the aegis of Abuja activists flooded Ministry of Interior on Tuesday demanding for immediately removal of the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro. The protest followed the recent lost of lives of nineteen young Nigerians at the last Immigration recruitment exercise nationwide. They painted the front of the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The killing of a student of Solomon Lar University (Plateau State University), Bokkos, Plateau State by unknown gunmen led to a mass protest by student on Tuesday morning, which cause pandemonium in Bokkos town and environs. A source told African Examiner that three students were shot late Monday night around their hostel […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos An unidentified fire fighter has collapsed as thick smoke envelops him while fighting to put out the fire that gutted the Lagos office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Marina, Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday. Properties estimated millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno. Thick smoke of fire was seen […]
The Presidency on Tuesday refuted reports quoting President Goodluck Jonathan as ‘’confirming’’ in Amsterdam that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) wrongly withheld 10 billion Dollars from the Federation Account. Dr Reuben Abati, the Senior Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity, made the denial in a statement in Abuja. The statement described the report […]
Oyewale Oyelola The striking lecturers in four higher institutions owned by Osun state have vowed not to return to class until government meet their demands. The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Osun State Polytechnic, Iree who doubles as Public Relations Officer of The Council of Academic Staff Union of Osun State Owned Tertiary […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said no fewer than 100 communities had been displaced by herdsmen in Benue. The North-Central Zonal Coordinator of the agency, Mr Abdusalam Mohammed, said this on Monday in Makurdi when he presented relief materials to displaced victims at the St. Mary’s Primary School, Makurdi. Mohammed, who led a […]
