By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner Nigeria Bureau, Lagos At the risk of evoking many uncomplimentary reactions from the readers, I take pains to first clarify that today’s editorial commentary is not aimed at holding brief for any political party or an attempt to run down, neither any party, nor personality. Instead, the piece was conceived and written out […]
Oyewale Oyelola In the bid to ensure the release of over 200 chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram Insurgency group in April, 2014 , the federal government delegation led by Principal Secretary to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ambassador Hassan Tukur is currently meeting with Boko Haram representatives in Saudi Arabia. Amb. Tukur confirmed this to Voice […]
Two Nigerian students who applied for college education in a Texas school have been reportedly denied admission because of Ebola. According to news reports, Navarro College wrote to the students that they could not be admitted because Nigeria is one of the countries where there has been an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Christian Association […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As the 2015 general polls draw closer, there are strong indications that Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha may soon dump the opposition All progressive Congress (APC) for the ruling People’s Democratic party, PDP. The politician, who is currently the chairman of the APC governor’s Forum, AFRICAN EXAMINER’s correspondent gathered, has been […]
An American student who helped in a research to monitor the Ebola outbreak has been quarantined in Connecticut, US. Hospital officials said the patient was quarantined as a precaution after developing Ebola-like symptoms. Officials said that the patient was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Hospital Chief Medical Officer Thomas Balcezak said Thursday afternoon that the […]
By Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Disturb by the galaxy of star adorning the race for Presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2015 general election, the executive governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso stormed the National Assembly yesterday even as the Senate President, David Mark, pointedly told him not to count […]
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose has approved the appointment of key aides. Dr Mrs Modupe Alade as Secretary to the state Government, Mr Idowu Adelusi as Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Barr Owoseni Ajayi as Special Assistant to the Governor on Legal Matters, Mr Kayode Oso as Special Assistant to the […]
States in the Nigerian federation will not be able to get their monthly allocation for the month of September from the Federation Account as the Federal Government says there is not enough fund in the account to pay States. This was disclosed by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday at the celebration of […]
Customers in Nigeria can now send funds to more than 200 countries and territories at FirstBank branches Lagos, Nigeria – October 16, 2014 – First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), Nigeria’s largest banking institution, and MoneyGram International, a leader in money transfer and global payment services, Thursday announced the launch of outbound remittance service in […]
Oyewale Oyelola American Artiste, Alicia Key has joined the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners in New York, United states to demand for the release of abducted chibok school girls. The grammy award winner said she joined the campaigners in solidarity for group calling for freedom of the girls who have being in custody of Boko haram insurgency group […]
By Ola Adekanbi When the Indian sage, Mahatman Ghandi said that “Politics without principle is one of the seven social sins”, he philosophically perhaps have Adebayo Alao Akala and his likes in mind as grave sinners. No matter how elastic one choses to go in political forgetfulness and forgiveness, one perhaps can not but remember […]
About six serving members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have defected to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The Honourable members are from Ikole 1 and II and other constituencies of the state. The newly sworn in Governor, Ayodele Fayose disclosed this in his address at the ceremony which […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has broken has silence on the recent defection of the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi from the state ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), to the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), describing it as a non-issue. The Governor observed that Obi, who […]
Oyewale Oyelola, Ilorin Hip pop artiste Anthony Olarewaju Awotoye popularly called Tony Tetula has joined All Progressives Party to contest for a seat in kwara state House of Assembly in next year general elections. Tony Tetula who has submitted letter of intent to Kwara APC secretariat to represent Irepodun state constituency in the state house […]
The Nigerian football Federation has fired Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles coach at an emergency meeting of the federation. A statement signed by executive committee member of the federation, Sulaiman Yahaya-Kwande, reads: “The Committee, unanimously, praised the excellent contributions of the technical crew of the Senior national team, Super Eagles, led by Mr. Stephen Keshi, […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has restated the readiness of government to handover grant aided schools to proprietors who express the desire to wholly run the schools just as it is ready to fully take over those schools whose owners are desirous of handing them over to government. Governor Ahmed who stated this in […]
The Nigeria Defence Headquarters has announced a three – day bilateral defence meeting between the country and Cameroun on Wednesday in Abuja. This move, it indicated was a further international step in contacts by Nigeria in the efforts to stamp out the scourge of terrorism in the sub-region. In a statement by its Director of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia The Abia state Police Command on Wednesday paraded some of the notorious armed robbery suspects that have been terrorizing Ikwuano area of the state and environs. The robbers were paraded by The state Commissioner of Police CP, Adamu Ibrahim. According to the CP, the suspects were apprehended by the Police during […]
By Madubuko Hart To score a cheap political goal, the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), in some national papers has blatantly, blamed the government of Abia State for the outage of electricity caused by the sealing of the offices of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in the state. The opposition political party said that it was […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja. Indication emerged yesterday that the parameters upon which the 2015 budget profile would be based when finally submitted to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan were yesterday stated in the 2015 -2017 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Strategy Paper (MTEF) already forwarded to the Senate. In the 22- page MTEF document, […]
