Patrice Loko, Jos The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, RT. Hon. John Clark Dabwan may be removed from office when the House resumes sitting next week Tuesday, strong indications have shown. A reliable source in the House of Assembly who does not want his name in print told our correspondent that all […]
Written by Femi Kehinde The immediate past Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Tonye Harry, is dead. He slumped while exercising in a gym this week. Harry was the Deputy Speaker to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, when he was Speaker in the Rivers House of Assembly. He represented Degema Constituency. He was in the Assembly for […]
…As Lagos Assembly Describes Crash as National Disaster Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has ordered investigation into the Associated Airline plane crash that killed 14 people on Thursday in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The president said the investigation must ascertain the cause of the crash and the actions to be taken to nip in the bud such […]
By Our Correspondent in Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria has mourned victims of the Associated Airline Plane crash in Lagos this morning. The Associated Airline, with the Reg. No SCD 361 crashed shortly after take-off at about 9.30 am local time. The plane had 15 passengers and seven crewmembers on board. The […]
By Our Correspondent, Death toll in today’s plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria has risen to 15 as five people, including the son of the former Governor of Ondo State, Feyi Agagu survive the crash. Feyi and four others were rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, at the initial moment for medical treatment. It […]
By Our Correspondent Disappointment is the word to use to capture the mood of the anti-Amaechi folks who have been spreading rumours around Port Harcourt and indeed the whole country that the Supreme Court will remove the governor from office today (Thursday). Even when the governor travelled to New Jersey, United States last week to […]
By our correspondent …Agagu’s son, wife, other relations may have died in the crash It was another black day in Lagos as 20 people have been confirmed dead as an Akure-bound plane conveying the body of late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu crashed in Lagos, Nigeria. An eye witness disclosed that the […]
Alarmed by the attack on Nigerian Embassy in Moscow by some Niger-Delta students on government scholarship, the Federal Government says it has withdrawn the scholarship of six students who participated in the violence. African Examiner gathered that the students are Niger-Delta students sponsored by the amnesty office in the presidency to attend Peoples Friendship University […]
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has denounced claims by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that Governor Babatunde Fashola owned 60 percent shares in the N30 billion Intercontinental Lagos Hotel unveiled three days ago. APC described the Bamanga Tukur faction of Lagos PDP as a band of irresponsible characters that excelled […]
By Femi Kehinde No fewer than 40 armed hoodlums (a.k.a. Omo Onile) today invaded Agufoye village, site of the proposed new 3-kilometre Church auditorium of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), and chased away workers on the site of the proposed new church building. Witness account stated that trouble started when some people fraudulently obtained […]
Ruth Bamidele Governor of River state and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi has called on Rivers people to join forces with his administration to resist the attempt by the police to turn Rivers State into a Military State. Amaechi spoke Tuesday, during the 53rd National Day Anniversary celebration held at the Liberation […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says Nigeria has recorded a total of 1,397 road traffic crashes involving commercial buses between January to June this year, saying 1,437 persons lost their lives in the crashes. To check the ugly trend, the corps, has vowed to enforce what it called “speed limit governors”, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the interest of national peace and security, following what is undoubtedly a resurgence of deadly attacks believed to be perpetrated by the sect. In a statement issued in Warri, Delta State by its Interim National Publicity, […]
The African Examiner The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has welcome President Goodluck Jonathan’s Independence Day announcement of a national conference for the nation. According to a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, the group has been asking for a Sovereign National Conference and would cooperate with and support the Advisory Council set up […]
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out very strongly to accuse the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola of high level of corruption in governance, saying the governor has significant shares in the N30 billion Intercontinental Lagos Hotel unveiled last Sunday. The party, in a statement signed by its spokesman, […]
Femi Okurounmu was elected Senator for the Ogun Central constituency of Ogun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He held office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. Okurounmu was earlier Commissioner of the Ogun State Ministry of Works. After taking his […]
US President Barrack Obama has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the 53rd independence anniversary saying, “a warm friendship connects the Nigerian and American people.” In a statement made available to African Examiner, Secretary of state John Kerry said: “On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people […]
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has announced an Advisory Committee mandated to establish modalities for a national conference aimed at resolving issues that currently cause friction in the polity. Announcing this on Tuesday at a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 53rd independence, President Jonathan said that the committee, which will have Dr. Femi Okurounmu as its […]
Kano State has the highest number of hard drug traffickers in Nigeria, says the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Ahmadu Giade. Giade disclosed this on Monday while on a visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The NDLEA boss told newsmen that Kano State has […]
By Femi Kehinde, Professor Wale Oladipo has been sworn-in as substantive National Secretary of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party in connection with last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Prof. Oladipo replaces Chief Remi Akitoye who has been in acting capacity as national secretary since June 20. He was nominated as national […]
