It was a sad day at the Ota tollgate, Ogun State, Nigeria when a tipper crushed two people to death and injured nine others. The tipper was said to have run into traders selling their wares by road side at the tollgate. The incident occurred on Thursday around 11 am. The truck was said to […]
By Leo Igwe Child witch hunting was the focus of a Town Hall Meeting held today at Mirage Hotel in Calabar Cross River State. The program was organised by Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission- a state agency that promotes human rights in the country. The theme of the event was Harmful Traditional Practices Against Children. […]
Ignatius Okpara, A professor of Political Science at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra state, Mike Oddih, has identified low capacity utilisation by industries, lack of investable funds among others as some of the negative impacts and factors hindering job creation and employment opportunities in the country. The university Don, spoke Thursday in Enugu, […]
Ignatius Okpara, Former -Biafran soldiers have threatened to stage a street-wide protest in Abuja if the federal government fails to pay them their entitlements. The ex-soldiers said they have decided to take their destiny in their hands, and would literally halt government and commercial activities in the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja by the time […]
A UN-backed special court in The Hague has rejected an appeal against war crimes convictions by lawyers representing former Liberian President Charles Taylor. It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. Taylor appeared impassive in court as the judge upheld his convictions and 50-year sentence. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding […]
A spokesman for Uganda’s police says officials have bolstered security in all sensitive national installations in the wake of the Nairobi mall attack. Ibin Ssenkunbi says the government has been reassuring the public that it has implemented measures to protect life and property. “We have increased our vigilances and provided security on all vital installations […]
By Femi Kehinde, Lagos “I offer an unreserved apology if the actions taken had been misunderstood”, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) said while offering an unreserved apology for alleged ‘deportation’ of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State. Governor Fashola was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation […]
The Group Managing Director of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, has been named Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 30 “CEO of the Year” by African Investor; one of the leading investment and specialist communications firm advising governments and businesses on investments in Africa. Mr. Oduoza received the award at the Africa investor (Ai) […]
The African Examiner, Though Nigeria military claimed it killed the leader of the notorious Boko Haram in a gun battle weeks ago, the sect leader Abubakar Shekau, however, resurrected in a video released on Wednesday claiming he is alive. In a swift reaction to the claim, the Army Public Relations Unit not only dismissed the […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele House of Committee on Labour, Productivity and employment has expressed displeasure over selective implementation of national budget. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Essien Ekpeyong Ayi during oversight visit to the ministry of labour and productivity in abuja, said the committee is not happy with non execution of some projects captured in […]
To mark its first anniversary, the Christian Association of Nigeria-American CANAN held a gala and award night in New York over the weekend, Empowered Newswire reports. Speaking at the event which was a roll call of eminent Nigerians in the United States, CANAN President Pastor James Fadele condemned the killings of Christians and innocent Nigerians […]
By Eric Ojo Stakeholders from various sectors of the Nigerian economy rose from a Town Hall meeting last week in Birnin Kebbi with a call for the urgent removal of immunity clause from the 1999 constitution in order to stem impunity in the governance of the country. Participants at the meeting which was organized by […]
Olubunmi Adedayo only son of Mrs Olayinka Adebayo, owner of popular fast food restaurant, Tastee Fried Chicken (TFC) is dead. Information reaching African Examiner said he died on Tuesday, September 24th in the US of heart disease. He was flown to the United States of America, but later died after a long battle with the […]
Tragedy struck again on Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Nigeria as two buildings collapsed leaving three people dead and several others injured. A four year-old girl, an 82 year-old man and a middle aged Igbo trader were among those killed when the dilapidated 3-storey building collapsed on another six bedroom bungalow structure beside it. […]
By Chinwe Ihejiofor The Nigerian Globacom sponsored Premier League is gradually winding up as it enters its 34th round this week, September 25th 2013 precisely. As it stands today in the domestic league table, Bayelsa United of Yenegua is topping with 55 points, followed by league returnee, Elkanami Worriors of Maiduguri 54 points, defending […]
By Dr Tunde Ali Our democracy is being tested. It consistently undergoes constructions, deconstructions and reconstructions. In the process, ideas battles with ideals, constructions feuds with confusion and opinions confronts ideology. Though the process is intriguing, its outcomes are short of the peoples’ expectations. Never-the-less, its progress could be surmise to be the necessary recipe […]
Ahead of the presentation by the Federal Government of Nigeria’s human rights report under the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nation (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva in October, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have urged the Council to put pressure on the government to end […]
The Society of the Rule of The Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN) has reacted to the statement credited to the retiring suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Salami that he was leaving the bench with his “head high” and that he had no regrets leaving the bench, asking him to rather; […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Victims of last Wednesdays mysterious fire that occurred at commercial shops located at No 20 Park road, Aba, destroying goods valued several million of naira, have sent a save our soul (SOS) message to the state government. African Examiner gathered that the source of the fire which consumed many shops was yet […]
Ignatius Okpara, A kidnap gang terrorising residents of Aba commercial city in Abia state and environs Wednesday met their waterloo as police in the area smashed the gang, killing two of them. African Examiner’s correspondent gathered that the gang was also behind the recent kidnap of a popular petroleum dealer based in the city. Addressing […]
