A thirteen-man cult group, one of them has the same name with the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, was on Tuesday paraded by the state police command. The governor’s namesake, Fashola, a 22vyears old Disc Jockey (DJ) who hails from Ogun State however deny being a member of the cult. He accordingly stated that the […]
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to radical Islamist insurgents who are killing civilians almost daily, and the run-up to elections next year risks aggravating the violence further. Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed thousands since it launched an uprising in 2009 in a bid to carve […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has reminded the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he still remains the party’s legal national secretary despite the crisis rocking the party. Oyinlola, who joined the Baraje’s camp that defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), said if anybody is […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Ecobank Nigeria has projected Power sector funding of at least $5 billion per annum over the next five years starting from 2014. This is according to the bank’s policy to support the growth and development of the Power sector in Nigeria, being its own contribution to the sector’s transformation initiated by the […]
As Boko Haram Members continue to pound the north with attack and bombings, a device suspected to be a bomb was on Tuesday detected inside the premises of a FirstBank branch in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The development which almost paralyzed commercial activities in the state led to the untimely closure of most of […]
By Femi Fabiyi & Akintokunbo A Adejumo Politics is likened to a basket of investment portfolio. As Investors focus on financial returns on their investments, so do political god-fathers expect some sorts of dividends for investing in a candidate. Culture, on the other hand is a creative character that forms the gestures and values embedded […]
Just few weeks after Stella Oduah was booted out of office as minister of aviation, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked head of Nigerian aviation agencies. A statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced Engr. Saleh Dumona (Director Projects, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as […]
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Hon. Yusuf Nuhu, a member of the state House of Assembly, by unknown gunmen. The spokesman of the command, Haruna Mohammed, told newsmen in Bauchi that Nuhu, who represents Lame constituency in the House, was abducted on Monday night in Zalau village. Mohammed said that a […]
Aliko Dangote foremost Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist has endowed Dangote Foundation with N200 billion. Speaking in Lagos, Mr. Dangote noted that, “Dangote foundation is now 20 years old. This initial endowment will assure that Dangote Foundation has secure and steady funding to carry out its mission as we significantly scale up our work. The reconstituted […]
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi Nigeria is a leading world exporter of petroleum and has been doing so almost since her independence from Britain in 1960. One school of thought has it that the then British Government did not realize the amount of fuel available in Nigeria soil or indeed the financial implication of fuel in […]
News Analysis by African Examiner’s Ignatius Okpara in Owerri Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent speech in Owerri, the Imo state capital, calling on the people of the area to embrace the ruling peoples Democratic party PDP, Imolites have insisted that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) remains their party in 2015. They maintained that APC, […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The people of Egwu Achi community in Oji River council Area of Enugu State have appealed to Governor Sullivan Chime to dethrone and prosecute their traditional ruler Igwe Victor Meniru over alleged high handedness, intimidation, impersonation and vandalization of property belonging to the community. The people who made the demand Monday during […]
An address delivered by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, CON, Governor, Rivers State, to the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday, March 3, 2014 In the last few days, Abuja has been celebrating a hundred years of our unification. Nigeria at one hundred years old is a milestone and should provide us all a time […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has flagged off a N150 million Empowerment initiative for transporters in the State through the provision of Taxis, Buses and light trucks. Speaking at the flag off of the first phase which was the distribution of 100 taxis procured at a cost of N50million to taxi operators, Governor Ahmed […]
By Josephine Babatunde These days, it is common to glean in the newspapers and on the social media stories that look like President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is persecuting the suspended Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. It is true that Sanusi did not help matters with the way he was going about his […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to witness long queues at petrol stations in the states while motorists from Oyo state travelled out of the state to get black market. The spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, however described the reappearance […]
Scores of parents and old students of Unity Schools in Nigeria on Monday stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor in Ikeja, Nigeria to protest the massacre of 59 students in Yobe State by Boko Haram recently. The protesters were all dressed in black attire chanting different dirge and urged the Federal Government, State […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Honourable Justice Legbo Kutigi (rtd) as the Chairman of the National Conference while Prof Bolaji Akinyemi will serve as the Vice Chairman. Dr (Mrs) Nanadi Azenge is appointed as the Secretary of the Conference. A statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim […]
The 2014 Forbes Billionaires’ List, which was released recently, ranked the President/Chief Executive, the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, 23rd in a list of 1,645 richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of $25billion. This is an improvement on his 43rd position in 2013 (with networth of $16billion), and places him among the […]
By Kayode Adelowokan The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter has described the rumour that it has merged with Labour Party of Nigeria (LP) as a mere speculations. The party chairman said this while receiving about 2,000 defectors from other political parties into the PDP in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the […]
