IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The old students affairs building at the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, has been gutted by mystery fire. However, the Nsukka division of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, says it has commenced full-scale investigation into the inferno, which occurred on Tuesday. Confirming the incident to our Correspondent in Enugu, the state Police […]
Kayode Adelowokan Ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa scheduled to hold in Abuja, Nigeria from May 7- 9, 2014, the Nigeria government has promised to go ahead with the hosting of the Forum despite the bomb attack on the outskirt of the city that left 75 people dead. The Minister of Finance and […]
Mona Ogbeidi A ferry has capsized and sank in a fog off South Korea’s coast, allegedly leaving about 293 people, who are mostly students on a high school trip missing. According to reports from a South Korean spokesperson, this morning, about 459 people were on board the ferry, including 325 students, 15 teachers, 89 other […]
Kayode Adelowokan It was a day of applause and praises from shareholders of Guaranty Trust Bank plc on Monday as it held the 24th Annual General Meeting with dividend payout of N1.70 per share, an increase of 10% over N1.55 paid in2012 and share price appreciation of 17% in 2013’. Its gross earnings at N242.67 […]
Oyewale Oyelola Critical appraisal of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy since independent clearly shows that Africa is the main focus of the country’s external relations. Nigeria being the gaint of Africa and most populous black nation with over 140 million citizens believe peaceful and prosperous Africa means peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. Since the first republic, Nigeria ’s […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for accusing the opposition party, All Progressives Party (APC) of culpability in the bomb blast, which killed over 75 people in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday. The PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, immediately after the blast […]
Rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa says the Lagos State Government masterminded his attempted assassination because of his fight for the abrogation of toll collection on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge. But the Lagos State Government has branded Adegoruwa a liar, saying government could not have had a hand in his attempted murder on Sunday, […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Proceedings at the on-going National Conference in Abuja took a different turn on Tuesday as the news of the abduction of 200 girls in Borno State reached the delegates, an action they condemned with all alacrity. All the female delegates who attended the session were dressed in black attire as a sign […]
The Federal Government is to pay the hospital bills of victims of Monday’s bomb blast in Nyanya, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammad Sani-Sidi, has said. Sidi at a new Conference in Abuja said, “I wish to use this medium to convey our heartfelt sympathy to families of those who lost their […]
Written by Obinna Akukwe Muslim-Muslim ticket in the forthcoming 2015 Nigeria’s presidential polls may be good option for the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) if they intend to get more votes than the 12 million they garnered in 2011. Many Nigerians have condemned the Muslim -Muslim ticket but they forgot that APC is neither a […]
Kayode Adelowokan Less than 24 hours after the horrific terrorists’ attack on Abuja Nyanya bus park killing over 200 people, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have abducted 200 students in a raid at a Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States. African Examiner learnt the […]
Enugu state Governor Sullivan Chime, has commiserated with the families of victims of last Monday‘s bombing in Nyanya, Abuja that claimed scores of human lives. At least, 71 people were confirmed dead in the barbaric act, while many others sustained various degrees of injuries. Chime in a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chukwudi […]
By Mona Ogbeidi The Nigerian Senate has condemned the bomb blast, which occurred in the early morning on Monday at the Nyanya motor park describing it as callous and wickedly acts. The blast which led many dead and others injured has been blamed on the boko haram insurgency, which has sprawled through the north eastern […]
By Mona Ogbeidi The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has described the Nyanya bomb blast which resulted to the death of many innocent Nigerians in the early hours of Monday morning as a monumental Disaster. The CAN President who condemned the insurgent, wondered the manner of heartlessness that trailed […]
Minor fire incident was recorded on Monday at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja destroying parts of the media center and the office of the national publicity secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh. The fire was reportedly caused by some electrical faults at about 8.15 p.m and was promptly put off by men of the Federal Fire […]
The bomb blast in the Federal Capital Territory early Monday morning that killed 72 people and wounded several others dominated discussions as delegates resumed sitting at the on-going National Conference holding in Abuja, Nigeria. As soon as the opening prayer was said and delegates took their seats, Conference Chairman and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, […]
Rights activist, Bamidele Aturu has called for mass action against terrorism in the aftermath of Monday’s bombing of the Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja, Nigeria which left over 72 people dead. Aturu, in a statement said the dastardly bombing and murder of Nigerians in the early hours of Monday by terrorists had proved conclusively that the […]
…As Group Wants Him To Declare His Interest IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Ahead of the 2015 general election in Nigeria, presidential campaign posters of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar have flooded every nook and crannies of Imo and Enugu States. However, African Examiner investigation revealed that the very attractive and colourful posters with inscription,”the Alternative Candidate, […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed to bring to Justice the perpetrators of the horrific Monday morning attack at a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of about 20 kilometers from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, The police boss stated this while he visited the venue of the attack to access the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that the unlawful and unnecessary killings of many Nigerians today at the Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja show that the measures the government is taking to tackle the Boko Haram phenomenon are inadequate and simply not working. The organization urged President Goodluck Jonathan to […]
