By Oghenekevwe Laba As stakeholders in the Nigerian petroleum industry decried high rate of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the country, the Federal Government has embarked on all-encompassing war against the menace, which is costing the nation over N960 billion ($6 billion) annually. The Federal Government, which had earlier warned foreign countries to […]
By Femi Kehinde Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he will not make further comments beyond the contents of his last letter to President Jonathan or react to the said letter/response from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. President Jonathan sent an 11-page reply to Obasanjo’s letter and refuted all allegations leveled against him and his administration by Obasanjo. […]
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Ignatius Okpara, Enugu People of Enugu North Senatorial district, (Nsukka), Saturday joined the three workers’ union in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, to demand for the immediate re-instatement of the former pro-chancellor, Dr. Emeka Enejere as well sack of the Vice chancellor, professor Bartholomew Okolo. African Examiner reports that throughout last week, activities in […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Wonder they say shall never end, as heavily armed bandits numbering over ten on Saturday invaded St. Eugene Catholic Church, Osusu, Aba in Abia state, where they carted away over N10 million naira. African Examiner gathered that the money taken away by the armed robbers in two ‘Ghana must go bags’ were […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has blasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo describing allegations raised in his controversial open letter, which included alleged missing of $49.8 billion crude sale as false and untrue. Addressing the issue of the missing funds in his long response to Obasanjo’s letter, Jonathan wondered why Obasanjo would believe and rehash such allegation adding […]
Full Text of Jonathan’s Response to Obasanjo’s Controversial Letter December 20th 2013 His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, Abeokuta. RE: BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE I wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it. You will recall that […]
The Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has enjoined Nigerians to embrace the love of Jesus Christ and shun bitterness in their relationship towards one another, as Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In a statement made available to our correspondent and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, […]
The General is at it again! When he is not openly criticising the man he facilitated to the ascendancy to Aso Rock with his utterances, he is hobnobbing with state governors eyeing President Goodluck Jonathan’s seat and opposed to his second term aspiration. But his latest offering in the form of a narcissistic missive is […]
By Johnson Johnson As time goes on, it is becoming clearer that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lost direction and focus, thereby making it difficult for it to investigate cases dispassionately without witch-hunting and grandstanding. Ethics and professionalism in the handling of investigations or prosecutions are now history. This worrisome development appears not […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The fifty million naira ransom earlier demanded by abductors of Mrs Uche Sam Oraegbunam, wife of the Anambra state chairman of the Labour Party LP has been reduced to three million Naira, African Examiner has gathered. Our correspondent gathered that family members are now making frantic efforts on how to secure her release from […]
… Arrest 2 Notorious Suspected Kidnappers IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state police command on Saturday through its Men in Udenu local government council Division, in collaboration with operatives of department of state security service, SSS in the area, raided a suspected baby making factory and arrested its operator. According to the state police public […]
After six years of online publishing, the African Examiner, Nigeria’s reliable online daily news service has opened its Nigeria bureau office in Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. At the opening of the new corporate office, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Mr Sunday Fase, who was in Nigeria to open the office said “the office would further enhance our operations […]
By Chijama Ogbu It is often surprising how Nigerians are easily taken in by spurious claims and allegations. The reaction of many Nigerians to the recent allegation by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) kept away $50 billion of oil proceeds between January […]
The gale of defections from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Rivers State took a frightening dimension on Thursday as virtually the entire populations of Opobo and Nkoro gathered at the Primary School field, Opobo Town with their symbolic brooms and declared their switch over from PDP to the […]
By John Ainofenokhai Permit me to go straight to the point by calling on Nigerians, in the light of the recent defection of 37 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives to the All Progressive Congress (APC), to draw attention to Section 68 (1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended which states: “A member of […]
By Sylvester Okoro In the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent London visit, where he presided over the Honorary International Investors’ Council meeting, Nigerians have the right to ask what benefits his foreign trips have brought to the country (and by extension her citizens). As a concerned Nigerian, this writer is only interested in an […]
Bayern Munich capped a memorable 2013 by lifting the Club World Cup after a routine victory over Moroccan champions Raja Casablanca in Marrakech. The German side added the trophy to the Champions League,Bundesliga, German Cup and Uefa Super Cup titles won in a silverware-laden year. Raja hoped to become the first African side to win the tournament, but were brushed […]
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers paid yet another glowing tribute to Luis Suarez as he inspired the 3-1 win over Cardiff which lifted the Reds to the top of the table. Suarez, who signed a new long-term contract with the Anfield side on Friday, scored two and set up Raheem Sterling in a one-sided first half […]
