Governor, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has signed the bill creating additional 19 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state into law. The assent followed the bill passage by the State House of Assembly members. In his remarks while endorsing the bill on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the state’s capital, Dr. Fayemi said the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has launched a 64-page electronic passport, stating that the key issue about the new travel document was about good image and security. The President who performed the official launch during the weekly Federal Executive Council Meeting stated he was always sympathetic with frequent Nigerian travelers who compulsorily and repeatedly change their passports. […]
…Blasts Ex- Senate President for Double Standard From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As the Impeachment process of the Enugu state Deputy Governor, Sunday Onuyebuchi progresses, a socio cultural organization, under the aegis of Enugu Rescue Group, (ERG), on Wednesday flayed the state People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Stakeholders statement which asked embattled Onyebuchi to resign. African Examiner had […]
The Ogun state Police Command has confirmed the death of 4 people of the same family due to suffocation from generating set carbon emission in their Ogere abode the Eastern part of the State. The Command in a press report said the family comprised a father, mother and their two sons with ages ranging between […]
The Commonwealth Games Federation, CGF, has queried the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, over the inconsistency in the use of jerseys by Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. An official of Team Nigeria, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that the federation warned Nigeria to either desist from such or face […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia A police Inspector, identified as Sunday Mefo, attached to the Patrol and Guard (P&G) Unit of the Aba Central Police Station (CPS) in Abia State command, on Tuesday accidentally shot himself dead. According to a police source who pleaded anonymity, unfortunate incident occurred at about 10p.m as Mefo tried to check the […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has commiserated with the former Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on the death of his son, Hamza in a ghastly automobile accident. Governor Ahmed in a statement described the death of Hamza as painful, unfortunate and shocking because he was a young man with huge potentials to […]
Another twin bomb blasts have killed 8 worshippers Tuesday night in two different Shia mosques in the Potiskum town, Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria. The eruptions were linked to the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists. The first explosion scattered an open-air Shia mosque and targeted at followers of the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum around 7:55pm […]
As the 35 years statutory years of the present Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Abubakar lapses, the Police high hierarchy and President Goodluck Jonathan have made up their mind on the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 7 Mr. Suleiman Abba as the successor to the outgoing Police Boss. Lead to this emerged yesterday […]
By Damola Awoyokun It is the patriotic duty of every Nigerian to dance on the grave of General Sani Abacha. Contrary to the Levickian PR his supporter Prof G.G. Darah did for him in his article Dancing on Abacha and Yar Aduas’ Graves (The Guardian, 17-18th July 2014), Abacha remains the most despicable leaderNigeria ever had. He killed Ken Saro […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship flagbearer for forthcoming governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore will on Wednesday tour the four local government areas in Ile-Ife. African examiner gathered that Omisore will formally receive royal blessing from Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade before going to all the wards in Ife zone. […]
The attempt to snuff life out of one of Nigeria’s most revered former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, in a fiendish operation which would have passed for a routine Boko Haram attack if their hand had performed their enterprise, would have thrown Nigeria in turmoil of unimaginable proportions as President Jonathan submitted days ago. […]
A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone on Tuesday died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders have said Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan fell ill early last week while overseeing Ebola treatment at Kenema Government Hospital, about 185 miles east of Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown. […]
By: Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Nigeria has been facing series of insurgencies and common crimes with a very significant rise in this democratic Fourth Republic. The type of crimes on the rise in Nigeria would include kidnapping, armed robberies, killing for rituals, baby factories and general child trafficking, religious and political […]
…As LASG Apologises For Error Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu says the country’s Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie did not have any contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man who died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos. This is coming as the Lagos State Government apologises for the mixed up and blamed […]
…Says It Will Demand EU Collaboration Apparently worried about the fierce and bloody fight between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters, the United States (US) has decried the escalation and frown at the Russian authorities’ support to the rebels in Ukraine. US President, Barrack Obama in a national broadcast on Tuesday afternoon frowned […]
The abducted wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister (VPM), Amadou Ali, has been successfully rescued by the troops. The victim who was kidnapped with a community leader, Seini Boukar Lamine by members of Boko Haram, in the Northern town of Kolofata on Sunday was rescued in an operations that lasted for several hours and led […]
Another eight people have been reportedly killed in Katarko village in the outskirts of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital. The killing suspected to have been carried out by the Boko Haram Haram insurgents allegedly blew off a bridge, linking Damaturu to their stronghold-Buni Yadi, the capital of Gujba Local Government Area of the state. This […]
Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, who died in Lagos was an American citizen on his way home to the United States, it has emerged. Sawyer worked for the Liberian government and was visiting his sister there when he developed symptoms while on a plane to Nigeria. The deceased’s wife, Decontee, 34, who like Mr Sawyer said […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a condolence message to the Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on the death of his son, Hamzat early Tuesday morning in an auto crash in Abuja. The President lamented that he received the news with a deep sense of grief and shock. Mr. President in […]
