By Josephine Babatunde In the past few days, the federal government, and its head, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, have been receiving encomiums from all shades of groups in the country for signing the same sex prohibition bill into law. Amongst these have been religious groups and opinion leaders, but curiously, Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives […]
A civil rights organization, Anti-Corruption Network has faulted president Goodluck Jonathan over ministerial nominees saying some of the nominees have questionable character. As a result, the group has threatened to march on the senate during the nomination confirmation process. The Executive Secretary of ACN and former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Six suspected armed robbers were on Wednesday paraded at the Lagos police Command, Ikeja for robbing members of a church of their church offering on cross over night on December 31st, 2013. According to Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Ngozi Braide, Adewale Osoja, Ahmed Boladale, Abbey Edward, Bala Yahaya, Hasan Ado […]
…As NGO Trains Five Communities On Procedures For Filing Cases IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu President, Customary Court of Appeal, Enugu State, Hon.(Mrs) V.N. Nebo has frowned at the neglect of customary courts in Nigeria, including Enugu. She regretted that governments had over the years, continued to lay much emphasis on the conventional or regular courts, while […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia The Commissioner of Police, Abia state, Alhaji Usman Tilli Abubakar Tuesday disclosed that his Command rescued a total of 44 pregnant teenage girls as well as apprehended 23 child traffickers in parts of the state in the year 2013. He said that the 44 pregnant teenagers and 8 babies delivered in some […]
The government of Osun state is facing seven day ultimatum to release information on the state of indebtedness of the state in compliance with the spirit and letters of the Freedom of Information Act,2011. This is sequel to conflicting reports about the debt profile of the state. While opposition People’s Democratic Party alleged that the […]
African Examiner The nominee for Osun state was a black horse who was never publicly mentioned during the scheming for the ministerial list until few days ago. Adesiyan, a member of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun state is regarded as one of the top leaders of the party in the state. Adesiyan ,an educationist, […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, asking it to commence probe of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Bartho Okolo. The human rights organisation, in a petition addressed to the EFCC and obtained by African Examiner on Monday accused the […]
The situation, which resulted into rowdy session for about 20 minutes, was however averted by Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House who confirmed to be in possession of the court order restraining the House from changing its leadership. Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) t on the floor of the House of […]
Collins Okorie, Abuja Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives has stressed the need for finnacial autonomy for the judiciary ahead of the 2015 general elections. To achieve this, Tambuwal emphasised the need for synergy between the House and the Senate. “Also critical in the consideration of the 2014 budget is the funding of […]
Breaking: Jonathan Appoints Tukur as Chairman of Nigeria Railway Corporation President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). It would be recalled that President Jonathan had promised to give Tukur a higher task when he resigned […]
…Condemns The Tissue Of Lies By The Rivers Police Command The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, says it is saddened by the repeat violence at the rally organised on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 by the Save Rivers Movement (SRM). The party in a statement today by its spokesman Eze Chukwuemeka Eze said: “Just […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele , Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the names of 12 ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. The senate President David Mark read the names of the nominees on the floor of the senate as the National Assembly resumed its plenary session for the year 2014. The nominees are: 1. […]
Steve Orji, United Kingdom Anyone who has worked in the public or private sector in Nigeria would have had a taste of “ethnic victimisation”, however short-lived. In my case as a serving National youth Corp member, in Delta state, my first taste of it gave me a rather rude shock. It took place in a […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Against the backdrop of recent threat by some Northern Elders to drag immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika to the International Criminal Court, ICC, Anglican Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Rt. Rev. (Dr) Emmanuel Chukwuma has warned against such act, saying if not shelved, may lead to tribal war […]
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The new Chief of Defence Staff in Nigeria, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, has promised to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria by April. Speaking at the handover ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, Air Marshall Badeh ordered the new Service Chiefs to end the activities of […]
Members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) have described as unprecedented the institution and implementation of some economic policies of the federal government which have helped in reviving the hitherto moribund manufacturing sector of the economy. They said that the commitment to the effective implementation of the policies has led to phenomenal increase in the […]
By Hamisu Abubakar Prior to his predicted ouster last Thursday, erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, was seen–rightly or wrongly – as the clog in the wheel of the party’s progress. The all-powerful governors within the party never hid their distaste for his style of leadership and they never refrained from […]
…Wants Igbos To Embrace APC IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has announced free medical services for all pregnant women in the State as a demonstration of his love for the people, specially women and children. He made this known Monday while addressing a large crowd of Imo people who came to […]
