Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A group under the aegis of Aviation Stakeholders Square-table (ASS) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to retain the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, so that she can continue “to carry out the transformation of the industry” in spite of clamours for her removal following the bullet proof car scandals. The call […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has charged the Super Eagles to go all the way and bring home the African nations Championship trophy for the first time. The Speaker said with the Eagles’ scintillating performances so far in the competition currently taking place in South Africa, the team has the […]
Ignatius Okpara South- east branch of Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, has demanded for urgent and unconditional release of members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, from Isi-Uzo local government area in Enugu state currently being detained in Enugu prison and the state police headquarters. The human rights organization, in a petition to Governor, Sullivan […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos A member House of Representative, representing Jos South-Jos East Federal Constituency, Plateau State, Honourable Bitrus Kaze, has joined forces with many other Nigerians to condemn the leadership of All Progressive Congress (APC) over directive to its members in the National Assembly. The APC leadership had directed its National Assembly Members to block […]
By Femi Kehinde Former Governor of Sokoto State and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Attahiru Bafarawa has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming barely twenty-four hours after former Kano state Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau visited him in Sokoto. In a statement issued by Yusuf Dingyadi, Media Aide to Bafarawa, “He […]
By Demola Aluko Nigeria has once again made history in African football as the Super Eagles staged the greatest come in the African Cup of Nations Championship after the team came back from three goals down at half to beat Morocco 4-3 in extra-time. Soccer fans inside the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday would imagine […]
The African Examiner President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their exhilarating comeback victory over their Moroccan counterparts this evening in Cape Town in the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Nations Championship. President Jonathan applauded “the indomitable spirit with which the Super Eagles fought back from being three goals down to […]
Agabus Pwanagba Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustaphaon has offered to partner with the Bauchi State Government to boost youth development. He stated this when he led the Unity and Development Initiative, an NGO, which he is the President, on a courtesy call to the […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Human Right Lawyer and Activist, Mr Ohemu Boniface has thrown his weight behind the anti-gay law recently signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. Boniface in a chat with Afircan Examiner in Lagos also blasted foreign countries that have threatened to withdraw aids given to Nigeria following the signing of the law […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Unlike other ethnic nationalities and zones in Nigeria that are busy articulating their common positions ahead of the proposed National conference, the Leadership of Ndigbo is now in a serious crisis as two Igbo groups are now agitating for recognition in the CONFAB. The two groups includes the apex Igbo socio cultural […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A chieftain of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Buruji Kashamu has insisted that he has no case to answer in the US saying the case against him has been pronounced as mistaken identity by British courts. In a statement made available to African Examiner and signed by his media Aide, Austin […]
By Ayo Balogun June 21, 2014: Ekiti governorship elections Aug 9, 2014: Osun governorship elections Feb 14, 2015: Presidential and National Assembly elections Feb 28, 2015: Governorship and States Assembly elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a timetable for the 2015 elections as well as the forthcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and […]
The Cross River State Government has signed a pact with a UK firm, Lilleker Brothers for the execution of N3,726,026,186.41 World Bank Assisted Second National Urban Water Sector Reform Project for Ikom water supply scheme. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the 500 cubic meters water scheme in Calabar, the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, who […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Three people are reportedly drowned and seven others rescued when a local passenger boat capsized at Apapa area of Lagos, Nigeria. The local boat was said to be conveying passengers from Irewe area, near Ijegun in the Satellite Town to Ojo area of Lagos when the incident occurred around 12.05am on Friday, […]
Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has written to the Controller-General of Prisons, Nigerian Prisons Services, alleging plot to kill Niger Delta warlord, Charles Okah in Kuje Prison through denial of medication. Keyamo said on 7 January, 2014, the Kuje Prisons Clinic issued a drug prescription for the treatment of the high blood pressure and hypertensive ailment […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter has accused Osun state government of diverting the state’s public resources to building a Christian Interdenominational Worship Centre. Reacting to newspapers publication, SPN said the state government has already committed N51 million to pay people whose farms are being taken over for the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the harassment of its Deputy National Secretary, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by the Department of State Security (DSS), describing it as a shameful overkill. The DSS on Friday stormed the residence of El-Rufai in Abuja without producing any arrest warrant. In a statement issued in […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Ahead of the proposed national conference, former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Oladipo Fashina, have said the parameters of ethnic nationality which the conference is placed will not work. Fashina told African Examiner in Lagos that many who are clamouring for national conference of ethnic nationality invariably are saying […]
The Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has come under severe criticisms for directing its lawmakers at the National Assembly to block the passage of the 2014 budget as well as the confirmation of the ministerial nominees and the service chiefs. At its National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, APC directed its lawmakers to block all […]
Governor Theodore Orji says the importance of an airport in Abia state cannot be overemphasized. He stated this at the Government house, Umuahia when he received at the Government house, Umuahia when he received a delegation of the NORINCO Group of China, investors interested in building an airport and seaport for the state. The governor […]
