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Registration: Lagos Vows To Jail Residents Who Present Fake Identification Means

Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has vowed to henceforth jail residents for one year if they present fake means of identification in the ongoing residence registration exercise. The government said this became necessary in view of the large number of Lagosians presenting fake means of identification to the Lagos State Resident Registration Agency […]

Yobe School Massacre: Nigerian Women Set For Massive Protest Against Boko Haram

Ayo Balogun, Lagos Thousands of Nigerian women are gearing up for what is dubbed ‘Mother of all Protest’ in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin and Abuja to protest against massive killings of school children and others in Yobe and some northern states. The protest has been fixed for Thursday, with all protesters to be in black […]

Governor Jang Signs Over N225 billion 2014 Budget into Law

Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has signed N225, 058,026,306 billion 2014 budget into law even as he noted monitoring is the major bane of any budgetary implementation. The budget, which is tagged “budget of continuity and inclusive growth” was signed into law on Monday at the Government House Rayfield in Jos. […]

Exclusive: Okorocha Abadons Presidential Ambition, Begs Imo People For Second Term

Ignatius Okpara in Owerri There are strong indications that Imo state Governor Rochas, Okorocha has dumped his 2015 presidential ambition so as to allow him concentrate on his second term bid. Close sources to the Okorocha’s led government who do not want his name in print told African Examiner in Owerri on Monday that the […]

Stop Politicising Workers’ Issues, KWSG Warns PDP

African Examiner The Kwara State Government has advised the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to stop politicising issues that concern the welfare of workers and indeed all Kwarans. It advised the party to provide credible alternative to government programs rather than playing to the gallery with weighty issues. “We reject the PDP’s attempt to […]

Oscars: ’12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Picture

The searing drama “12 Years a Slave” was named best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night. The story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, won just three awards, but they were all major: best picture, best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and best adapted screenplay […]

Police Confirm Abduction of 3 Polio Workers in Bauchi Village

Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three Polio workers on duty on Sunday in Darazo Local Government Area of the State. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Haruna Mohammed said three polio workers were abducted; two men and a woman, but a […]

Enugu Female Magistrate, Husband In Police Net Over Child Abuse

Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Mrs. Ifeoma Nneji, an Enugu magistrate, is now in police net with her husband, over alleged abduction of a 9-year-old child. According to the police, apart from the abduction offence, the magistrate, attached to Oji River Magisterial Division was also arrested alongside her husband, Mr. Ifeanyi Nneji by the Enugu State Police […]

Boko Haram kills 85 in Northeast Nigeria

(Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 85 people in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses and officials said on Sunday, in a further setback to President Goodluck Jonathan’s military campaign. Twin bomb blasts in the city of Maiduguri killed at least 46 people on Saturday evening while, around 50 km (30 miles) away, dozens of […]

Amaechi Releases 1 Billion Naira To Tackle Ogoni-Opobo Unity Road Project

Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said his administration has disbursed one billion Naira to contractors to effect speedy completion of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo unity road project. Amaechi disclosed this Sunday when he led his wife Dame Judith Amaechi and the Federal Lawmaker representing Andoni-Opobo in the National Assembly, Hon. Dakuku Adol-Peterside to inspect […]

APC Criticizes Federal Government Over Insecurity, Oil Theft in Rivers State

The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has blasted the federal government over what it called insensitivity of the federal government towards security issues and oil theft in Niger Delta Region. The party in a press statement issued on Sunday by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka noted that, “of particular worry to us is the Federal […]

APC Says Polls Indicate If Election Were Held Today APC Candidate Would Win

It’s a great exercise in Quackery -Presidency Ayo Balogun, Lagos “When asked, If the election were held today, would you vote for Goodluck Jonathan or the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, the APC candidate held a ten-point lead over the President. By a margin of 44% to 34% (with 22% undecided), the APC candidate […]

Mark Canvasses Tough Punishment For Kidnappers

President of the Senate Senator David Mark has renewed his call for draconian measures against kidnappers submitting that the perpetrators do not deserve to live among normal human beings. Senator Mark in apparent call for the application of Hammurabi’s ancient Mesopotamian law of ‘an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth’ said   “if […]

Why Sanusi Must Be Probed, By Buruji Kashamu

AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT, AGF, SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS, EFCC, ICPC, SSS, POLICE, SGF, COS  INTRODUCTION Expectedly, since the suspension from office of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a lot of reactions have greeted the action – some in support of the step taken by […]

Police Smash Calabar Based Child Trafficking Syndicates In Onitsha, Recover Four Children

Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The police in Anambra have apprehended a Calabar based woman child trafficker, and her syndicates in Onitsha.  African Examiner gathered that the woman whose identity was concealed by the police, had been in the unholy business of stealing and selling children for quite some time. It was gathered that after allegedly stealing […]

Gov Orji Responds Critics On Arochukwu-Ohafia Federal Road

Abia state governor, chief Theodore Orji says contract for the Arochukwu- Ohafia federal road has been awarded while work has commenced on the road. Governor Orji who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in his office was reacting to a statement credited to one Onwuka Ukwa of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in which he […]

Sultan To Nigerians: Support Your Delegates To National Confab

Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to support their representatives at the forthcoming National Dialogue. Sultan Abubakar who stated this during a visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, at his palace in Jos on Saturday, said people like the Gbong Gwom Jos with his wealth of experience will […]

Okonjo-Iweala’s Proposed Forensic Audit of NNPC Account Unconstitutional

It has emerged that the proposal by the finance minister for the forensic audit of the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation is against section 85 ( c ) of the 1999 constitution  which prescribes procedures for the auditing of federal agencies . Checks showed that the constitution does not allow the minister of […]

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