Oyewale Oyelola reporting from Ilorin An Overland Airways ATR 72 turbo-prop engine plane on Saturday evening crashlanded at the Ilorin airport and veered off the runway hitting the pavement. An eyewitness said the incident happened around 4:45pm while the plane was coming from Abuja. African examiner correspondent reports that the overland plane tyre busted after […]
It was again a sad Friday for many Muslim faithful in Kano, who had thronged to observe the weekly congregation prayer (Jumah) as many feared killed in a fatal eruption at the city’s Central Mosque. The explosion, our Correspondent’s sources indicated occurred around 2. 30pm at the time the worshippers were inside the mosque, listening […]
By Madubuko Hart Opposition politicians in Abia State are looking for trouble in the name of playing politics; they are diagnosing the politics in that state incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies, all in a bid to smear the image of Governor Theodore Orji and mislead the general public. One wonders from where they got […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned Friday’s bomb blasts at the Kano Central Mosque. The former Vice President also condemned previous bomb blasts in Kontagora (Niger) and Maiduguri, capital of Borno. In a statement in Abuja by his media office, the former Vice President said he was devastated personally by the […]
It was drama on Friday as Governor Babatunde Fashola, his wife, Abimbola and others who registered at the governor’s polling unit could not get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the computer containing their database has crashed. The governor arrived at his Ward G3, polling Unit E002, State […]
Oyewale Oyelola Kano state Governor and All Progressive Congress presidential Aspirant, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has endorsed his Deputy, Dr.Umar Ganduje as APC governorship candidate for February 2015 governorship election. Kwankwaso made the disclosure on Friday while addressing newsmen in Kano after stakeholders meeting of the party that lasted for seven hours. The governor said […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen It was again a sad Friday for many Muslim faithful in Kano, who had thronged to observe the weekly congregation prayer (Jumah) as many feared killed in a fatal eruption at the city’s Central Mosque. The explosion, our Correspondent’s sources indicated occurred around 2. 30pm – exactly the time the faithful were […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to jail the Inspector General of Police, Mr Sulaiman Abba for disobeying an order issued by the court. Justice Ahmed Ramat Muhammed of the same court had recently issued an interim order that status quo […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos It is over week today the senior National team – Super Eagles painfully crashed out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) competition, having ended up in draw in their last qualifying match in Akwa Ibom, with the underdog (at least to Nigeria may be?), […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As the battle for the governorship of Plateau State continues to gather momentum ahead of the 2015 polls, a group under the aegis of Equity and Justice Forum, has called on the National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to dissolve the State Exco of the party, for what it describe as […]
Going by the timeline of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), campaigns for presidential and National Assembly elections should commence this month as well as those for governorship and state houses of assembly elections while those of the National Assembly, presidential and governorship as well as State Assembly elections should hold next February. Since the […]
London, England, November 27, 2014 — United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, swept the global banking awards in London Thursday, winning in five categories to become one of the highest single winning bank brands at this year’s awards. During the event, organized annually by The Banker magazine, UBA […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City A 15- year old boy was on Thursday sent to his untimely grave in Benin- city, just as his mother, and three other family members sustained various degrees of injuries, following the explosion of a lamp with Adulterated kerosene. The ugly incident occurred in the night at their residence at Ukpebo […]
From Ignatius Okpara Police in Rivers State have apprehended a final year student of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, while undergoing cult initiation. The initiation exercise, the police said, was taking place in a nearby bush close to the back gate of the university before the security operative swooped on them. A […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate has described allegations of corruption levelled against the National Assembly by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as unfortunate and a deliberate attempt to denigrate the National Assembly. The former President had on Wednesday described the National Assembly as peopled by rogues, thieves among other not too decent phrases use by him. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Less than one week after a fatal road crash which claimed the lives of over 15 persons along the Enugu Onitsha old road, another fatal road accident occurred Wednesday in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria, leaving seven persons dead, while several others sustained injuries. The accident, which involved a Hiace commercial […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does not recognize Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for weaving a web of lies to cover up the real reasons the police invaded the National […]
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta to urgently and transparently investigate allegations of corruption in Lagos State Councils and to bring to justice suspected perpetrators. The petition followed a government audit of 57 […]
At least, 250 residents, 73 armed robbers and eight policemen have been murdered in Lagos in the last one year, says the Lagos Commissioner for Police, Kayode Aderanti. While speaking at the 8th Town Hall Meeting on Security held at the City Hall, Lagos Island, Nigeria on Thursday, Aderanti disclosed that 280 people were murdered […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified issues surrounding its gubernatorial choice, as it has just confirmed the party’s caucus has agreed to field Dr. Amaopusenbo Dakuku Adolphus Peterside, as its standard bearer in the next governorship election. In a statement issued Thursday by the State’s Publicity […]
