Justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati of the Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned ruling to March 13, 2014 in the All Progressives Grand Alliance former National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh and Secretary Alhaji Sani Shinkafi’s application for stay of execution of the judgment that removed them from office. The ruling was earlier slated for 26th February. Umeh and […]
Press Release: The Broom initiative, a think-tank group of professionals has expressed grave concern over what it called the unabated executive lawlessness of the President Goodluck Jonathan led government, urging him to stop or Nigeria will sink further. A statement signed by the group leaders, Hon. Micheal Ighoma and Hon. Ibrahim Mohammed in Abuja faulted […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Operatives of the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Enugu state police command Tuesday invaded a kidnappers hide out located in a forest within the state, and rescued some of the victims unhurt as well as arrested a member of the syndicate. The state police public Relations officer PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has thrown its weight behind the plea for the reduction of the Lagos State University (LASU) tuition fee. Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights lawyer made this plea to Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, in a statement on Sunday. The Coalition Chairman, Comrade Debo Adeniran, who […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA in AWKA The Anambra state governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Awka, Tuesday ruled that it cannot entertain issues concerning the alleged involvement of the Governor-elect, Chief Willie Obiano, on multiple registration. Besides, the tribunal also struck out the petition of Dr. Chike Obidigbo, who is contesting the All Progressives Grand Alliance ticket with […]
“What I see is fantastic, rapid development in Abeokuta. The roads, the bridges, the flyovers are very, very impressive. I have just told the Governor that we need his expertise to come help develop us in the United States.” United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle described the infrastructural development under the Senator Ibikunle Amosun […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the killing of dozens of students at the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State as ignoble, wicked and horrendous. In a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal tasked security agencies to […]
… Says FG Will Continue To Vigorously Prosecute War Against Terror President Goodluck Jonathan has received with immense sadness and anguish, news of the callous and senseless murder by terrorists of scores of students at a college in Yobe State in the early hours of today. On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President […]
….As President Jonathan Commends Dangote The Dangote Cement has slashed cement price in an ongoing promo at the Kaduna 35th International Trade Fair. Customers will have the opportunity of buying the discounted product at the company’s pavilion, Cement Regional Sales Manager Obasola Alo said. The new promo liberalises the extant policy where customers who intend […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos President of Aviation Roundtable, Captain Dele Ore has warned against the use of the open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan as an avenue by some self-seeking experts to advance their selfish desire to lobby for the position of aviation minister. According to him, “Our letter is now fraudulently being used to promote […]
The possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and dissenting Governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) returning to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan is zero, the spokesman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has said. Addressing a PDP Grand Rally in Owerri, Imo […]
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to honour the purported delegates’ list sent to him by the self-acclaimed South West leaders. The group had alleged that some South-West leaders had sent in the list of 15 nominees from the Region to represent it at the forthcoming […]
(Reuters) – Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram stormed a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight and killed 29 pupils, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground, police and the military said on Tuesday. “Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes,” Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai said […]
An Indian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Raju Bhuvaneswara Basina, has been arrested by officials of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for operating without a practice licence. The 53 years old Doctor was arrested by the Police from Apo Resettlement Division on Monday in Abuja at Asokoro District Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, following a […]
By Femi Kehinde, Lagos The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Samuel Adesina Ajayi, is died. He reportedly died Monday night at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos. African Examiner gathered that the late Adesina who represents Odigbo Constituency 2 in the State House of Assembly has been battling with cancer for several month […]
By Kareem Saheed Availability and Affordability of kerosene and its numerous woes seem to be the topic of 8 in 10 discussions in recent times. A statement of fact is that in an ideal situation, Kerosene should be cheap and readily available for fueling homes in a country with vast petroleum resources and its Governments […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Ten heavily armed unknown gunmen have kidnapped the adopted father of President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Inengite Nitabai, in his country home, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. African Examiner gathered that Nitabai, who is said to be the compound chief of Jonathan’s family, was abducted by the kidnappers about 9pm on monday. Our correspondent learnt […]
The American University of Nigeria has advanced to the regional finals of the Fifth annual Hult Prize. The winners will receive US$1,000,000. The Hult Prize is the world’s largest student competition for social good. This year there were more than 4,000 applications from which the AUN team emerged among the best 400 and were offered a […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele, Lagos The Nigerian Governors Forum has condemned the suspension of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria describing it asvdiversionary tactics to cover up alleged missing oil funds. In a communiqué read by the chairman of the forum and the Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi, the forum supported […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha has described former Governor of the state, Achike Udenwa, senator Ifeanyi Ararume and others who defected from All progressive Congress APC to PDP last Saturday as “expired politicians”. African Examiner reports that Udenwa, Ararume, senator Chris Anyanwu, representing Owerri east and others formally defected from the opposition […]
