The stage is set for a titanic encounter between traditional rivals, Nigeria and Ghana in what promises to be a thriller as the two West African giants battle for a spot at this year’s African Nations Championship grand finale in South Africa. To reach the semi-finals, Stephe Keshi’s team has scored 12 goals in four […]
No fewer than 24,000 Ogun State women are to benefit from the N400m micro-credit revolving loan scheme which the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in conjunction with ECObank Plc is disbursing. Commissioner in charge of the Ministry, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi who made this known in a chat with newsmen in Abeokuta indicated […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The harmonization committee and interim executive council of All Progressives Congress (APC) Oyo State chapter were on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, inaugurated, with the state Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, charging party members to be more united for the progress of the party. The two bodies were inaugurated by the National Vice Chairman, […]
…As Amosun Receives World Bank Officials The United Kingdom Trade and Investment Office and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) have reiterated their determination to partner with Ogun so that the gateway state can become the economic hub of Nigeria and West Africa. Officials of the foreign firms expressed the view today at Ota, during […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday directed the joint committee on Police and Human Rights to investigate the arrest of 320 suspected boko haram members in Rivers state. The resolution of the House was sequel to a motion sponsored by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Suleiman Kawu who condemned the action of the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as quite misleading Tuesday’s media reports that its Senators flouted the party’s directive to its members in the National Assembly to withdraw co-operation with the Executive until the restoration of law and order in Rivers. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Deputy Gov. Enugu state Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi on Tuesday described the evacuation of his poultry from his official residence in the Government House by officials of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA and Ministry of Environment as a wicked act and a clear exhibition of impunity by a […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has extended US$700 million (N113 billion) in funding to different investors towards the acquisition of power assets in Nigeria’s recently privatized power sector. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO), UBA Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, said this while speaking on the sidelines of […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government on Tuesday says its current debt profile as at the end of 2013 is now N435 billion, saying it is still well below the international borrowing benchmark adopted by the Federal Government. Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi, who disclosed this in Lagos, Nigeria at the […]
The trial of a suspected fraudster, accused of $1.69 million fraud, Fred Ajudua, was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of the EFCC counsel, Mr Wemimo Ogunde (SAN). Ajudua was scheduled for a re-arraignment on Monday as the case has been re-assigned to a new judge, Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High court, […]
In what seems to be counter productive for those who is attempting to stage-manage the return of the ailing governor Suntai Danbaba back to the office, the governor himself has admitted he’s not fit to return to office. The video below said it all:
By Chima Ubeku At the 10th Gani Fawehinmi lecture held recently in Lagos,delivered by Suspended but now retired President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal Justice Ayo Salami,he was quoted as saying“…Nigerians do not naturally want the truth to be told. Whoever dares to tell the truth is marked for destruction…” Justice Ayọ Salami (Lagos, […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The police in Imo have arrested the General Overseer and Head of Messiah House of Prayer church, Amaimo Umuofo Amauda in Ikeduru council area of the State Pastor Mike Osuji, for allegedly raping a 13-year old girl. This followed a petition written to the Owerri Police Area Command by the lawyer to […]
(Reuters) – Suspected insurgents armed with guns and explosives killed at least 62 people in northeast Nigeria, including at a church service, in a region where Islamist sect Boko Haram is resisting a military crackdown, witnesses said on Monday. They killed 22 people by setting off bombs and firing into the congregation in the Catholic […]
By Theophilus Ilevbare “Corruption is not the cause of all the problems confronting Africa. In terms of security, Boko Haram is the biggest challenge we (Nigeria) have at the moment.” – President Goodluck Jonathan “For Mr. President to have said that corruption is not our number one problem that must be the misstatement of the […]
By Eddie Onuzuruike The inspirational words of the Holy Bible ring louder and louder as we ponder the dictates of Romans Chapter 13 verse 7: ‘render therefore to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.’ In the agrarian culture and tradition of […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A recharge card thief arrested by the police in Dass area of Bauchi State has reportedly died at the General Hospital in Dass where he was receiving treatment as a result of alleged drug overdose. According to information obtained from the police, the deceased was identified as Mutaka Adamu, a resident of […]
A Pro-Jonathan group, National Unity Group on Monday emerged in the House of Representatives to suppress the growing number and influence of members of All Progressive Congress (APC). African Examiner gathered that the emergence of the group was sequel to the recent threat issued by the leadership of APC to block the 2014 budget and […]
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Rep. Suleiman Abdurahman Kawu Sumaila (APC, Kano), has faulted the election timetable recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) advising that elections should hold same day. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, Kawu further noted that fixing the election for […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has thrown its weight behind the decision of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to order its lawmakers in the National Assembly to prevent the passage of President Goodluck Jonathan’s appropriation bill. The governor was reacting to the high level of criticism of the APC for asking its lawmakers to […]
