Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Two men, Adekunle Adetowubo and Olugbenga Adetayo on Wednesday bagged nine years imprisonment each by a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for defrauding Guaranty Trust Bank of $27,000. The duo were sentenced by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo after pleading guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy and stealing preferred against them by the […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has dissolved the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants. Governor Orji who announced the dissolution on Tuesday during a banquet at the Government House, Umuahia, thanked the former aides for their diligence and support to his government. The governor who said that he meant well […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu At least fifty former workers of Non-Consolidated Banks in Nigeria have lost their lives following the failure of the nation’s apex Bank Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ngerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), Ministers of Finance, among other concerned authorities to facilitate payment of their terminal benefits since they were relief of their duties […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has presented a budget of N210.21 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval for the 2014 fiscal yeat. The budget is N1.57 billion less than that of the 2013 budget. The budget comprised N117.51 billion Capital Expenditure and N92.70 billion Recurrent expenditure. The breakdown of […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has presented cheques of N26,550,000 to three property owners whose properties were demolished as a result of the construction of the Okota-Itire Overhead Link Bridge across the Oshodi Apapa Expressway at Cele Bus Stop, Lagos, Nigeria. Presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries in Alausa, Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his personal assistant, Mr. Atoyebi Oyebode, for allegedly receiving over N600m from the Lagos State House of Assembly without passing through a financial institution could not continue at a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, due to the absence […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) has called on the Federal Government to overhaul the internal security mechanism of the country following the security challenges bedeviling the Northern part of the Country. President of COCIN, Dr. Soja Bewarang stated this on Tuesday at the opening of the 83rd General Church Council, […]
The African Examiner President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja early Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside over a three-day meeting of Nigeria’s Honourary International Investors’ Council. Issues on the agenda of the meeting include generating long-term affordable finance for Nigeria’s real sector, developing Nigeria’s private equity and venture capital sectors to attract […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday took a swipe at the members of the National Assembly, admonishing them to put their house in order and act in unison, over the 2014 budget. This knock came as the president again refused to show up at the annual budget presentation where he was expected to […]
By Sheddy Ozoene Professor Chinua Achebe, the famous author of Things Fall Apart will probably not be happy in his grave today. In twice rejecting the award of national honours in 2004 and 2011, the Nigerian literary icon said he was protesting against the handling of governance issues in the country, especially in his native […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leader (CACOL) has condemned, in strong terms, the arrest of some election observers in Imo State last week. The civil society activists under the aegis of Justice and Equity Organisation (JEO), who were officially, accredited as observer in the Anambra Governorship elections of 16th November, 2013, by Independent […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has challenged the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to prove his sincerity by instituting a probe into that shameful incident disruption of the November 3, 2013 Meeting of the G7 Governors at the Kano State Government Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The party said in a […]
Hard-line academic and stoic nationalist, Comrade Adewole Babarinde Ajibola (also known as Baba Omojola) has been laid to rest. His memories, however, will not go unsung, people say. The widow of the late socialist and human rights fighter, Dr. (Mrs.) Yewande Ajibola, shared some untold stories in this interview with KAYODE ADELOWOKAN. Excerpt; It is […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Following the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the governorship election in Anambra State is inconclusive, the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that the conduct of last weekend’s governorship election in Anambra State is an indication of danger lurking in the […]
By Eric Ojo, Pretoria Poor water, sanitation and hygiene is costing Nigeria about N455 billion, amounting to 1.3 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) each year, WaterAid Nigeria has said. WaterAid Nigeria, an affiliate of WaterAid International, a civil society organization (NGO) with presence in 27 countries across Africa, Asia and the […]
No fewer than two soldiers and two suspected terrorists were killed Tuesday morning as multiple explosions and sporadic gunshots rocked Gayawa village, Ungogo Local Government area of Kano state. African Examiner gathered that Joint Task Force, JTF, operation was on the heels of terrorists at their hideout. Details later…
By Nnaji Obed Asiegbu Governor Theodore Orji on Wednesday, last week won the maiden edition of BusinessDay “Good Governance Award” in healthcare development and security, making him the best performing Governor in the country in those two sectors of the economy. That Governor Orji won the prestigious awards, organized by BusinessDay, the foremost business media […]
By Abiodun Babatunde These days, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, especially its head and chief proponent, Professor Attahiru Jega, will find it difficult to wear genuine smiles in public, because of the monumental failure called Anambra. With years of preparations (from the last elections that brought in sitting Governor, Peter Obi), what the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to urgently begin a thorough and efficient investigation into allegations of corruption following a shortfall in the remittance of accrued funds for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) projects of over N500 […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Worried by reports of collapse buildings and bridges across the country, and also the infiltration of quacks into the profession, the Nigerian Society of Engineers has taken practical measure to check the norms. The team, led by Engr. Marfem Danladi Bongkat, is in Jos to undertake an assessment tour of various projects […]
