President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that military troops be deployed to Nasarawa state to help police put an end to the lingering crisis in the state. The Director, Army Public Relations Department, Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru made this known at a news briefing in Abuja saying the troops, will join the police to stem the […]
The African Examiner Piqued by the recent unguided and gratuitous comments against Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) by Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Christian Youth Vanguard has warned that it will no longer sit back and tolerate insults directed at the leader of their faith. Mallam El-Rufai had granted […]
No fewer than 1,246 Lagos State indigenes at the Lagos State University (LASU) have receivedN95.46 million bursary from the Lagos State Government. Those who benefitted from the bursary are the 2011/2012 set of indigene students as well as Law School and Maritime Academy students. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga disclosed […]
Winners of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN have emerged after a rigorous search, scrutiny and selection process, a statement signed by Mr Laolu Akande, an Executive Director of the association has said The CANAN TOP TEN winners who would be honored on Sunday evening Sept 22 at Marriot Hotel, LaGuardia New York at an event […]
The African Examiner, There was an uproar on Tuesday in the Nigeria’s House of Representatives as lawmakers clashed over the visit of the Alh. Kawu Baraje led faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and their seven governors. Our correspondent reports that lawmakers loyal to both Tukur and Baraje’s PDP threw some punches and chairs in […]
The African Examiner, Oando Nigeria Plc has refuted the UK prosecutor’s claim on Ibori shareholding in Oando saying the claim is incorrect and misleading. In a swift reaction to media reports claiming that former Governor of Delta State, Chief james Ibori, hid some of his stolen assets in Oando Nigeria Plc, the company has stated […]
The African Examiner Worried by the low level of implementation of the 2013 budget, the House of Representatives has resolved that all its standing committees will proceed on a one-week oversight visits to Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The House said reports from the oversight by the various Committees will be […]
By Eric Ojo The Governor of Benue State, Rt. Hon. Gabriel Torwua Suswan has urged Nigerians to remain resolute in their stiff opposition against same sex marriage and girl child marriage in Nigeria. The governor said homosexual unions and same-sex marriages do not express full human complementarity and that they are inherently non-procreative and cannot […]
The African Examiner The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two bureau de change operators: Salihu Liman Mahmoud and Dan Asabe Ibrahim and two University of Jos undergraduates, Isaiah Friday and Azzaior Samuel over an alleged N2.05 billion fraud. The fraudsters, who specialize in breaking into the computer data base of financial institutions, […]
The African Examiner, The Federal Government generates N15 billion as tax from the British American Tobacco, BAT, says the tobacco company’s Managing Director, Mr. Keith Gretton. Gretton, who visited Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria on Monday said BAT had been a responsible corporate citizen as it had […]
African Examiner More facts have emerged on why Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna quit on Sunday as the New Peoples Democratic Party’s National Treasurer. In a statement by the Baraje led PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze disclosed that “PDP Sacks National Treasurer, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna for Being a mole and a saboteur. Eze continued: “We have read […]
By Eric Ojo As part of its international development assistance in Nigeria, the European Union (EU) is currently supporting the peace-building process in Plateau State through a programme aimed at conflict prevention and economic development. The programme tagged; “Support to Peace-Building and Conflict Prevention in Plateau State Nigeria”, is funded by the EU through its […]
By Eric Ojo The Federal Government has reassured Nigerians of its commitment towards ensuring that the cost of governance in the country is reduced in order to boost efficiency in service delivery. The Federal Government said it is already working on how to reduce the cost of governance by reducing the number of government agencies […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Less than 24 hours that a three-storey building collapsed in Enugu on Saturday, the city witnessed another tragic incident Sunday, as two teenage sisters drowned at the Asata River in the metropolis. The ugly incident, which occurred in the afternoon, created serious tension at the ever busy Independent Layout-New Haven Junction. Friends […]
The African Examiner The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the police for the blockage of the entrance to the Rivers state government house in Port Harcourt. The opposition party declared that President Jonathan who controls the federal police should be held responsible for what they described as act capable of derailing the nation’s democracy. […]
Beginning from Monday, Ondo State Government has declared a 7 days mourning in honour of the late former governor Dr Olusegun Agagu. Gov. Mimiko, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Eni Akinsola, ordered that condolence registers be opened at the Governors Office, Alagbaka, Akure. He also ordered that the state’s liaison offices […]
The African Examiner Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to pursue the murder case against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha at the Supreme Court to a logical conclusion. Fashola spoke at his administration’s 2,300 days in office Saturday at the Lagos Television Ground, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The governor said the first report in respect of […]
The former governor of Ondo state, south west Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Agagun is dead. Report reaching African Examiner says Chief Agagu who just returned to the country from United Statesdied Friday evening in his Ibadan residence after a brief illness. Chief Agagu was born 16 February 1948. He was Governor of Ondo State from May 29, 2003 to February 2009, when a court voided his 2nd term election […]
The Independent of London recently disclosed that the Federal Government has ordered 53 gold-plated iPhones via a Dubai-based business man, Mr. Amjad Ali of Gold & Co, to commemorate Nigeria”s 53rd independence anniversary. According to the report, each gold-plated iPhone may cost 50,000 British pounds or N12.2 million, totaling approximately N649 million. Each gold-plated iPhone is expected […]
The new faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje has claimed that the nine ministers sacked on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan were booted out of office because “they were either nominated by us or sympathetic to our cause.” A statement by the national publicity secretary of the new PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze dismissed […]
