Minister of State (Power), Hon Mohammed Wakil has cautioned politicians and Nigerians in general against politicising national security, describing the trend as partly responsible for the security challenges facing the nation. Addressing 1992 graduands of University of Maiduguri in Abuja on Saturday, Wakil lamented “attempt by some Nigerians to play politics with insurgency in the […]
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead. He died at the age of 96, according to his family. He was said to have died around 3:30 pm on Sunday in Abuja. The former jurist has been sick and is said to have suffered partial stroke and has been bedridden. A statement […]
Kayode Adelowokan President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to parents and guidance of the 234 abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno State of the country to cooperate with the presidential committee set up to know the identity of the school girls and their quick rescue. President Jonathan, who made the appeal during a presidential media chat […]
The artificial fuel scarcity that started in entire Imo State two months ago like a child’s play has worsened, as heavy long queues have returned again to filling stations in different parts of the state. A litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol is sold for between N150 to 200 per litre in different areas […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As security operatives in Nigeria continue with the search for the over 200 female students of Chibok secondary school in Borno state, recently adopted by suspected members of Boko Haram, the South- East Governors Forum Sunday suggested that identities of the missing students be made public. African Examiner recalled that the missing […]
The State Security Service (SSS) has prevented the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from traveling abroad. Mr. Sanusi was stopped at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, in Kano, on his way to France for an onward journey to Mecca for the lesser Hajj. The SSS operatives also seized […]
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs, has described as baseless rumours that the emergence of Abia State Governor of Ukwa-Ngwa extraction would lead to the seizure of properties of non-indigenes in Aba. Abaribe, a governorship aspirant made the declaration in Umuahia in continuation of his consultation with the people […]
Oyewale Oyelola Lagos Lawyer and human right activist Femi Falana (SAN) on Sunday rejected membership of Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the abducted chibok school girls in Borno state, North-East Nigeria. Federal government in its effort to rescue over 200 girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State kidnapped by Boko Haram appointed […]
Chief Mrs. Odochi Orji, Osinulo Maranma is indisputably the first lady of Abia State by the strong implication that she is a better and spiritual half of Chief T.A. Orji Ochendo. Before her were six predecessor-ladies who occupied the position of the first lady, namely: Mrs Grace Ajobena-1991-92, Chinyere Onu-1992-93, Chinyere Ike Nwosu-93-94, Florence Ejoor-94-96, […]
The death toll of the last Thursday’s bomb explosion in Nyanya has increased to 20 with the death of another victim at Asokoro District Hospital on Saturday Minister of State for Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan confirmed this during his tour to the hospitals where victims are currently receiving treatment in Abuja. Victims of May Day […]
Oyewale Oyelola Egyptian on 26 and 27 of May 2014 will go to polling stations to elect their president for the second time with three years after revolution. El-Sisi, former head of Egyptian Military and Hamdeen Sabahi, a former presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election were announced as the official candidates by the Presidential […]
After several months of hostilities that led to waste of hundreds of lives and destruction of properties worth millions of naira, the Alago and Eggon tribes who are the principal actors have, alongside other ethnic groups in Nasarawa South, agreed to allow peace to reign for the interest of development. They agreed on Friday to […]
Oyewale Oyelola Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has attributed the Boko Haram insurgency to unemployment blaming government for failing to live up to their responsibility of creating jobs. The first daughter of former president Olusegun Obasanjo stated this in 860-words open letter to Boko Haram. According to her, “the truth is that you have succeeded because the […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Mr. Samuel Uba, a 65 year-old man in Kalabari Beach (KB) in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, on friday narrowly escaped lynching by angry youths for being responsible for the pregnancy of his 17 year old daughter, Anna Uba. African Examiner gathered that the alleged randy father hails from Ibiasegbe […]
Oyewale Oyelola Federal government in its effort to rescue over 200 girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State kidnapped by Boko Haram has appointed Retired General Ibrahim A. Sabo as the Chairman of the fact finding committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan. According to the list of committee members released by […]
Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents. A jury in California delivered its verdict in a federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants. During the month-long trial, Apple accused Samsung of violating patents […]
Socio-political groups in the South, particularly the South-West and South-South, have raised the alarm that the North is bent on truncating the ongoing National Conference. The groups, including the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere and the Ijaw National Congress raised this fear while commenting on a 47-page document circulated by northern delegates on Tuesday. Among others, […]
Oyewale Oyelola The death toll of May 1 bomb blast in Nyanya near the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has increased to 19 while 60 injured are still receiving treatment in various hospitals in Abuja. Nigerian Police Force Spokesman, Frank Mba disclosed this on Friday while addressing Journalists at the bomb blast scene. “Right now 19 […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A Member of the national Conference and the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams says that 150 delegates at the ongoing National Conference do not believe in the country’s liberation and are the ones who destroy the nation’s entity. Adams spoke at his 44th Birthday celebration held […]
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the closure of all schools and government offices in the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja ahead of the World Economic Forum, WEF, as a result of frightening insecurity in the capital. A statement issued by Anyim Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday said […]
