The Cross River State Government has signed a pact with a UK firm, Lilleker Brothers for the execution of N3,726,026,186.41 World Bank Assisted Second National Urban Water Sector Reform Project for Ikom water supply scheme. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the 500 cubic meters water scheme in Calabar, the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, who […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Three people are reportedly drowned and seven others rescued when a local passenger boat capsized at Apapa area of Lagos, Nigeria. The local boat was said to be conveying passengers from Irewe area, near Ijegun in the Satellite Town to Ojo area of Lagos when the incident occurred around 12.05am on Friday, […]
Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has written to the Controller-General of Prisons, Nigerian Prisons Services, alleging plot to kill Niger Delta warlord, Charles Okah in Kuje Prison through denial of medication. Keyamo said on 7 January, 2014, the Kuje Prisons Clinic issued a drug prescription for the treatment of the high blood pressure and hypertensive ailment […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter has accused Osun state government of diverting the state’s public resources to building a Christian Interdenominational Worship Centre. Reacting to newspapers publication, SPN said the state government has already committed N51 million to pay people whose farms are being taken over for the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the harassment of its Deputy National Secretary, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by the Department of State Security (DSS), describing it as a shameful overkill. The DSS on Friday stormed the residence of El-Rufai in Abuja without producing any arrest warrant. In a statement issued in […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Ahead of the proposed national conference, former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Oladipo Fashina, have said the parameters of ethnic nationality which the conference is placed will not work. Fashina told African Examiner in Lagos that many who are clamouring for national conference of ethnic nationality invariably are saying […]
The Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has come under severe criticisms for directing its lawmakers at the National Assembly to block the passage of the 2014 budget as well as the confirmation of the ministerial nominees and the service chiefs. At its National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, APC directed its lawmakers to block all […]
Governor Theodore Orji says the importance of an airport in Abia state cannot be overemphasized. He stated this at the Government house, Umuahia when he received at the Government house, Umuahia when he received a delegation of the NORINCO Group of China, investors interested in building an airport and seaport for the state. The governor […]
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Iranian Embassy has agreed to collaborate to promote trade between both countries. This was disclosed by the Executive Director/CEO of NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo while receiving the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria HE Saeed Koozechi in his Abuja office on Thursday January 23, 2014. Mr. Awolowo said the […]
By Our Correspondent Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor Ade Adefuye says that the bilateral trade between Nigeria and US rose from about $18 billion in 2010 to $48 billion in 2013. The feat, according to him was sequel to the remarkable improvements in US-Nigeria relations. Adefuye disclosed this during an interactive session with […]
By Our Correspondent The House of Representatives on Thursday, resolved to investigate the irregularities in the resettlement of displaced persons from the disputed Bakassi Peninsula. To the extent, the House directed its Committee on Special Duties to investigate the activities of the Presidential Committee on the Resettlement of Bakassi people vis-à-vis the omission of persons […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The President of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Dachollom Datiri has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan for appending his signature to the anti-gay bill, saying if put on referendum, the public would have overwhelmingly supported his stand. Rev. Datiri stated this at the headquarters of the Church in Jos on […]
The National Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Senator Annie Okonkwo over what it described as anti-party activities during the Anambra 2013 governorship and local government elections. The party’s NEC on Thursday in Abuja set up a panel to investigate the former Anambra state lawmaker. The committee has three weeks to […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned the Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. John Obafunwa and its Governing Council, Mr. Bode Agusto to appear before the House on Friday as a result of students’ rampage in the institution on Thursday. LASU students had gone on rampage on Thursday over the […]
PDP Says “It’s A Direct Call To Anarchy” By Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC has asked all its members in the National Assembly to block all the executive bills and legislative proposals including the 2014 Appropriation Bill. This was part of the outcome of the party’s interim National Executive Committee meeting which […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has faulted President Goodluck Jonathan over his statement yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to the effect that corruption was not the cause of all the problems confronting Africa. The president had said that, “In terms of security, Boko Haram is the biggest challenge […]
Elders of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun State have commended president Goodluck Jonathan for the nomination of Mallam Abdul- Jelili Oyewale Adesiyan as a minister from Osun state,describing the choice as “appropriate, politically correct and in conformity with the wishes of Osun people.” In the same vein, a religious organisation, Islamic Political Committee of […]
The Kwara State Governor, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of 500 civil servants in the first phase of a quarterly employment drive that will see the engagement of 2000 youths by the end of the year. Governor Ahmed, who announced the decision in Ilorin today, said the office of the Head of Service […]
Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, have gone on rampage destroying the school properties, burning tyres on the expressway and disrupting the schools second semester examination. The students were disenchanted with the management of the school for deciding to close the registration portal against about 1,292 students of the institution who had not yet […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has cautioned the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Director General of the Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogu, against feeding the public with false information on the issue of wages of civil servants, lest they incur the […]
