By Femi Kehinde, Lagos The Great Nigeria House, a 25-storey building along Martins Street, off Balogun, on the Marina, Lagos Island is on fire. It housed banks and other businesses. As at the time of at the time of filing this report, properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed. The Federal and State Fire Services […]
Femi Kehinde The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Haruna Tsokwa, is dead. He took ill last Thursday and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Assembly Spokesman, Tanko Kaura confirmed the death of the Speaker. Kefas Sule, special assistant media to the Acting Governor, Garba Umar also confirmed that, “He […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer in the forth-coming Nov 16 Anambra governorship election, Dr Chris Ngige has insisted on a full public enquiry in the Saturday’s mass killings in Uke, Idemili North LGA. Such investigation according to the organisation, must not be handled the way the […]
By Kayode Ojo The recent scandal involving the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a private entity named NYSC Foundation has effectively confirmed that Nigeria’s biggest challenge is, perhaps, not corruption but barefaced impunity. According to a report in THISDAY newspapers of Sunday, October 20, 2013, the Foundation has since 2007 been […]
Britain has scrapped a plan to force people from Nigeria, Ghana, and certain Asian countries to pay a cash bond in return for a visitor’s visa after it caused an outcry at home and abroad and exposed a rift in the governing coalition. In a move that political rivals said showed Prime Minister David Cameron’s […]
TheAfrican Examiner, Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised community based socio cultural groups, the private sector, political Organisations and governments at all levels to aggressively promote youth empowerment in order to avert youth restiveness in the society. Governor Ahmed gave the charge in a message to the Igbomina Summit organized by the Omo […]
The African Examiner Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condoled the government and people of Anambra State over the unfortunate deaths of 27 worshipers that occurred last Saturday, when a stampede broke out at a crusade organised by Rev. Father Emmanuel Obinma of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry. In a letter of condolence to […]
Agabus Pwanagba the North-East Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party {PDP} has assured the National Chairman of the Party Alhaji Bamanga Tukur of their support and loyalty. This was made known in a press statement signed by the Zone’s Publicity Secretary of the Party Alhaji Sani Alamin and made available to African Examiner in Bauchi […]
Agency Report The nPDP has condemned in strong terms, a second attempt by the police to disrupt its G7 caucus meeting which took place on the eve of 3rd November, 2013, at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, where the faction had assembled to review progress reports, accept the reports of committees and […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State should be held responsible for the stampede at a vigil in Uke that left over 30 people dead, for turning a house of prayer into a house of politics. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria says false alarm led to the stampede at the Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Uke, Anambra State. About 30 worshippers died in the stampede with several others injured. A statement signed by Rev. Fr. Uche Pius Ukor explained that in the early hours […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says the setting up of a panel by President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the N255 million car scandal has effectively blocked and undermined the mandate and work of appropriate anti-corruption agencies on the matter, and implicitly grants amnesty for corruption. The organization […]
The African Examiner Some Islamic groups have called on the Federal and state governments to declare Muharram 1, the first day of the Islamic Hijrah Calendar 1435, as a public holiday. The groups, in separate Hijrah 1435 A.H messages, said such a declaration would be in line with the rule of law, fairness and justice […]
Agency Report Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in the town of Kidal, French and Malian officials said. The French government confirmed that 58-year old Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, 51, both journalists at RFI radio, had been found dead. “The French president … […]
The Centre For Media Law and Research has congratulated the members of the Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA) for their initiative to regulate the working ethics of the profession. CMLR, in a statement by its Executive Director, Gbolahan Gbadamosi, therefore promised to partner with the association in order to make its members more proficient in […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu After several years of job Embargo, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state, has approved waiver for employment in the state civil service. In a fresh move to reposition the state’s economy, the State Executive Council had on on Friday voted for a waiver to employ civil servants in the area. The waiver […]
Agency Report The foreigners registration office (FRO) has begun verifying the passports and travel documents of the 52 Nigerians arrested on Thursday for holding up the NH-17, damaging public property, and clashing with the police, following the murder of countryman Obodo Uzoma Simeon. The police department too is expected to soon begin combing operations to […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu It was indeed a black Saturday in Anambra state, south east Nigeria as about 30 woshippers lost their lives in an early hour stampede at a prayer house in Uke in Idenmili – Anambra central senatorial district of the state. The ugly incident our correspondent gathered occurred as a result of […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has congratulated Dennis Okike for emerging victorious at the just concluded 10th edition of the Gulder Ultimate Reality Show. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji who expressed joy over Okike’s victory thanked him for doing his state proud at the competition. According to […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state Independent Electoral Commission ENSIEC Saturday disobeyed a court order restraining it from conducting the November, 2nd 2013 local government elections in two council areas of the state, as it went ahead with the exercise in all the 17 council areas of the state, amid voter apathy and violence in […]
