The African Examiner The National Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje on Tuesday resigned his position as Chairman, Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board to give him room and time to manage the nPDP adequately and avoid any insinuation or plot to use the appointment of his NRC Chairmanship to […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos A Stakeholders meeting to pave way for the construction of Africa’s largest Industrial Gas city in Ogidigben, Warri South West Local Government Area was held Monday in Warri with Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan asking for cooperation from all communities in the area to ensure that the project got underway smoothly. The multi-billion dollars […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Investors in Conoil Plc have reaped a return of 15 per cent in one week past as the equity continued to appreciate in value following impressive performance by the major marketing company. Conoil led gainers on at the trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday, appreciating by 10 percent to close […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos As part of the activities to commemorate the 2013 ‘Global Literacy Day’, employees of Skye Bank Plc have donated books worth millions of naira to a public school school in Rivers State, Community Secondary School, Nkpolu. The bank employees partnered with a non-governmental organization, Chamagne Foundation, to champion the worthy initiative. Speaking […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressive Congress (APC) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to begin the process of prosecution of the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Maduabuchi Obiano over his alleged involvement in multiple voter’s registration. APC’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo has officially written to […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently set up a judicial of inquiry without delay to review overhead and recurrent expenditures of all Federal ministries and ministerial departments, including presidency and legislature between 2009 and now. ARG said it had been following closely the ongoing debate […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A group under the aegis of Coalition of Human Rights Advocates on the Plateau (COHRAP) in its effort to ensure that persons who are abused in one way or the other, seeks synergy with journalists in the state to help bring to light those perpetrating such dehumanize act. The group through its […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan over his lukewarm attitude towards the fight against corruption in the country. This came on the heel of the sack of Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hammah by President John Mahama for allegedly making a statement that suggested that she […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Lagos The power tussle in Taraba State took another dimension on Tuesday as members of the State House of Assembly disregarded a court order restraining them from screening the new commissioner nominees and went ahead to screen them. The Lawmakers had resumed sitting on Tuesday, sitting one hour ahead of the stipulated time […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos A Lagos High Court, Ikeja was on Monday informed of how three officials of defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) and Nulec Boss defrauded Sir Daniel Chukwudozie of Dozzy Oil Limited to the sum of N855million Mr Orji Chukuma testified as a first prosecution witness through his counsel, Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Drama ensued on Tuesday at the Ikeja Magistrate Court, as policemen were seen beating up a suspect within the court premises. The suspect Akinade Kamila, a diesel dealer is allegedly owing a business partner a sum of N1 million, being money given to him to buy black market diesel in Warri, Delta […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The remains of the renowned economist and revolutionary activist, Comrade Adewole Babarinde Omojola Ajibola, will be laid to rest on Friday, November 15, 2013 at Ikoyi cemetery. Baba Oluwide Omojola, 75, died on Saturday, October 19, 2013 in Akure, Ondo State, a day after he presented copies of the PRONACO People’s Constitution and other […]
By Femi Kehinde Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola Oyinlola has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as the National Secretary of PDP and reflect the development in its records. The Court of Appeal judgment had reinstated him as the National Secretary of the party. Oyinlola, was suspended from […]
Kayode Adelowokan Former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Festus Iyayi has died in a ghastly motor accident. He died in an head on collision with the convoy of Kogi State governor, Alhaji Idris Wada while he was on his way to the national congress of ASUU in Kano. Chairman, Academic […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu At least four persons were allegedly shot dead Monday in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, when members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB clashed with a joint security team. But Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of MASSOB, who spoke through the Director for Information, […]
The African Examiner A muslim group known as Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has blasted the National Conference committee led by Senator Femi Okunrounmu for sitting on Fridays at both its south west meetings in Akure and Lagos state saying that both timings coincide with Muslim‘s jumat prayer service. The group stated this in a press […]
MURIC Press Release: The Presidential Committee on the proposed National Conference has held two sittings in the South West to date (one in Akure, Ondo State and the other in Lagos). It was not an accident that Friday was picked on both occasions while the time for starting the sittings was 1.30 pm. We assert […]
By Kayode Ojo It is an unfortunate reality of our times that many Nigerians have become experts at disapproving. Indeed, they are lacking in the simple yet humane act of giving credit where it is due. A major case in point is the often unreasonable denigration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) by bitter men […]
By Ugochukwu Emezue CHIEF Theodore Ahamefule Orji, the governor of Abia State is by all standards a man born with silver spoon in his mouth. His late father, Chief Tom Orji Ikoro, a man of value, was a Warrant Chief, an equivalent of modern day first class traditional ruler. Chief Theodore Orji is therefore of […]
The African Examiner Investors that take position on UBA shares now have the chance of making as much as 45% return over the next 12 months writes US based Investment banking giant, JP Morgan, in its latest analysis of Nigerian banks. “UBA offers an attractive 45% upside potential over 12 months, among the highest in […]
