Below is the full list of delegates to the proposed national confab: DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ELDER STATESMEN S/N DELEGATES 1. Dr. Tunji Braithwaite 2. Chief Ayo Adebanjo 3. Chief Richard Akinjide 4. Chief Olu Falae 5. Erelu Olusola Obada 6. Chief Afe Babalola, SAN 7. General Ike Nwachukwu 8. Iyom Josephine Anenih 9. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Hundreds of women in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday protested the killings of 59 school children in Yobe State and the abduction of 25 girls in Bornu State by Islamic sect, Boko Haram. They were all dressed in attires as they mourned the demise of the students that were. The protesters, carrying placards […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Igwe Remigius Nwodo, the traditional Ruler of Obollo Orie Autonomous community in Udenu council area of Enugu State, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Obollo-Afor Magistrate court for allegedly defrauding some members of his community. The 79-year-old monarch was arraigned on two count charges for allegedly stealing the sum of N312, 000.00 […]
The new Minister of State for Power, Hon Mohammed Wakil has noted President Goodluck Jonathan’s vision for the power sector as working and progressing, describing the ongoing transformation and progress so far attained in the Nigerian power sector as unprecedented and unrivaled in Nigerian history. Speaking while resuming work at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan’s comment that state governors who cast aspersion on him and the Federal Government are not helping the development of their states. The President, who said that the best thing for state governors to do was to take their cue from Governor […]
Following the recent shake-up in the Nigeria Aviation sector and the sack of the minister, Mrs. Stella Oduah, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has urged the new Executives to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. Deputy General Secretary, ATSSSAN, Comrade Olayinka Abioye, told African Examiner that the removal of […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Human rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives (YCRI) has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in the unending killing of innocent Nigerians and destruction of valuable properties by the Boko Haram. According to YCRI in a letter by its Director, International Relations, Comrade Efemena Agadama to the Chief Prosecutor, […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the ongoing debilitating fuel scarcity that has further compounded the pains inflicted on the citizens by an “incompetent government.” In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Less than 48 hours after newly elected council chairmen were sworn in, with Riyom producing the only female chairperson, 10 people are reportedly killed on Tuesday night in Gwong and Gwarim, and many houses razed, all in Rim District of Riyom LGA of the State, when unknown gunmen attacked their villages. A […]
United States of America has frozen over $500 million of dollars and seized several properties belonging to the former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha. In a document made available to African Examiner, Gen. Abacha, his son Mohammed Sani, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and former Nigerian Finance minister Anthony Ani conspired to loot Nigeria money using phony […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi. Mr Abdulahi’s sack was announced just before the commencement of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. He was absent at the meeting. African Examiner gathered that the political rivalry between PDP and APC in Kwara state may have caused Mr Abdullahi his job as […]
Ignatius Okpara in Owerri The police in Imo on Tuesday killed a notorious criminal and suspected kidnapper whose gang have been terrorising Owerri, the state capital and environ for quite a long time. A team of policemen who gunned down the hoodlum, trailed him to a hotel in Owerri, located around Works Layout, (name withheld). […]
The former Governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose has kicked against the adoption of consensus candidate in picking the candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for the June 21 governorship election in the state. Fayose who spoke in an interview in Abuja, argued that the idea of consensus candidate emphasizes the weakness of those […]
A thirteen-man cult group, one of them has the same name with the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, was on Tuesday paraded by the state police command. The governor’s namesake, Fashola, a 22vyears old Disc Jockey (DJ) who hails from Ogun State however deny being a member of the cult. He accordingly stated that the […]
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to radical Islamist insurgents who are killing civilians almost daily, and the run-up to elections next year risks aggravating the violence further. Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed thousands since it launched an uprising in 2009 in a bid to carve […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has reminded the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he still remains the party’s legal national secretary despite the crisis rocking the party. Oyinlola, who joined the Baraje’s camp that defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), said if anybody is […]
As Boko Haram Members continue to pound the north with attack and bombings, a device suspected to be a bomb was on Tuesday detected inside the premises of a FirstBank branch in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The development which almost paralyzed commercial activities in the state led to the untimely closure of most of […]
By Femi Fabiyi & Akintokunbo A Adejumo Politics is likened to a basket of investment portfolio. As Investors focus on financial returns on their investments, so do political god-fathers expect some sorts of dividends for investing in a candidate. Culture, on the other hand is a creative character that forms the gestures and values embedded […]
Just few weeks after Stella Oduah was booted out of office as minister of aviation, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked head of Nigerian aviation agencies. A statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced Engr. Saleh Dumona (Director Projects, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as […]
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Hon. Yusuf Nuhu, a member of the state House of Assembly, by unknown gunmen. The spokesman of the command, Haruna Mohammed, told newsmen in Bauchi that Nuhu, who represents Lame constituency in the House, was abducted on Monday night in Zalau village. Mohammed said that a […]
