The African Examiner Chelsea striker Willian was named as a replacement for Diego Costa by Luiz Felipe Scolari for the Brazil squad picked for next month’s friendlies. Willian made the cut after Atletico Madrid forward Costa’s decision to pin his national colours to that of world champions Spain. Scolari has also recalled AC Milan striker […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos At least, 25 students of Ogba Junior Secondary School, Lagos, Nigeria have collapsed after inhaling a chemical waste discharged into drainage near the school. The students were rushed to a hospital after they inhaled the emission from a toxic chemical. Officials of the Lagos State Government rushed the unconscious students to the Blue […]
The African Examiner Abia state Governor, Chief T. A. Orji has approved the waiver for employment in the state saying disengaged non indigenes are also free to reapply for positions. The decision to grant the disengaged workers the opportunity to reapply for positions was taken on Thursday during state executive council meeting presided over by […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has vowed to prosecute police and military officers violating the Road Traffic Law in Lagos southwest, Nigeria. Many of the police and military officers have been violating the law with impunity as they ride motorcycles below the approved 200cc on the prohibited routes, while some have […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) in collaboration with State Chairmen of political parties, have agreed to shift the forthcoming Local Government elections earlier fixed for 21st, December, 2013 to between January and February, 2014. This was made known in a Communiqué signed by the Chairman of PLASIEC, Peter Dalyop and 14 […]
The African Examiner, The Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura on Thursday slammed members of the outlawed Ombatse militia organization that reportedly killed many policemen in May adding that all the perpetrators and their sponsors must face justice. The governor also denied media reports that said he was rooting for amnesty for the militia, stressing […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state local government area polls fixed for next Saturday on Thursday suffered a major set-back as a High Court sitting in the state granted an order against the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC. If served, the order may restrain the state electoral body from conducting the elections in three […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos A 23-year-old man Olaide Dauda has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja for an alleged armed robbery. The suspect was docked before Miss Akinde on Thursday for a two-count charge of conspiring with five others now at large to rob one Garuba Gbadamosi with a locally made gun. […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The Managing Director of Tonad Publishing, Mr. Tony Iwena has been arraigned before Justice Atinuke Ipaye in Ikeja High Court on a 3 count charge of Issuing dishonored cheques. Iwena allegedly issued a Union Bank cheque of N3.5m, N4.5m and N5m on the 14th October 2010, 21st October, 2010 and 5th November, […]
The African Examiner Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has applauded the leadership of the Edo State Chapter of the party for the peaceful conduct of the members during the just concluded Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in the state. Chief Anenih commended the Edo State Chairman […]
By John Ainofenokhai If there is a governor in Nigeria who can honestly claim to derive his power from the people, Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, the comrade governor of Edo state could be the one. Before he was elected governor, he fought many battles with the Nigerian people against the forces of tyranny as a labour […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state police command says it has commenced full scale investigation into the alleged recent discovery of a human skull buried in an uncompleted building site in Nkanu west council area of the state. According to the state police public Relations officer PPR0, Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed this to newsme in […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Two armed robbery suspects were on Thursday remanded in prison custody by an Abia State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ugwunagbo Local government council area of the state, for allegedly attacking a police station in Aba. The court presided over by Grace Ukeje, said the suspects, Chineye Onyeibe (32) and Alozie Obioha […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu An Enugu High Court has ordered the Scroll Publishing Company, Publishers of the Scroll Magazine to pay Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state, the sum of N400 million as general and exemplary damages for a libelous article published against him two years ago. The Court Presided over by the Chief Judge of […]
By Oludare Sunday Fase (The African Examiner) Many Nigerians are not satisfied with the way President Goodluck Jonathan is handling the allegation of frauds as exposed in the fraudulent purchase of two BMW armored cars for N255 million for the minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah. Civil rights groups are not buying the idea of […]
By Nnaji Obed Asiegbu Aba remains the foremost commercial, industrial and entertainment city of Abia State. It is also the melting pot for all the Igbo race in their commercial and business adventurism. Hence His Excellency, Governor Theodore Orji has special interest in Aba, contrary to the erroneous impression created by some detractors that he […]
Chigozie Chikere The armoured car scandal at Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA is still raising dust and spreading rapidly at an unprecedented scale. The vigour with which proponents of the ‘Sack Oduah’ mantra are going about their vindictive campaign raises a series of questions bordering on Nigeria’s anti-corruption institution; its antecedents, the motive for the […]
By Yusuf Ozi-Usman The recent formation of Nigerian Online Publishers’ Association (NOPA) in Lagos came at the right time when mushroom online publishers with jaundice knowledge of journalism are springing up daily, thanks to access to the modern communication technology, even by nincompoops. As a matter of fact, at no time the popular communication dictum […]
…Describes Justice Salami as “finest Jurist of this generation” Ayo Balogun, Lagos National leader, All Progress Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has lamented that the nation is witnessing an era where justice has been placed on the auction box for the highest bidders. Tinubu spoke at the Book launch of Justice Ayo Salami on Wednesday […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Bamanga Tukur over his comment that President Goodluck Jonathan will rule beyond 2015, describing the comment as empty boast. The party said that only Nigerians could decide whether or not President Jonathan would rule beyond 2015, saying his statement that the President […]
