From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja The Department of States Service (DSS) has described the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuke Amaechi’s recent accusation of corruption in the Nigerian Military as self seeking and against the collective well being of the country. DSS Deputy Director of Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar in a statement Monday in Abuja. She warned […]
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, MFR, has condemned in its entirety, a story credited to him by an online medium, that he (Emir) endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) gubernatorial flag bearer, Sen Simeon S Ajibola. The spokesperson of the monarch and Magaji Nda of Ilorin, Alhaji Salihu Woru Mohammed described the story […]
Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki – The Ebonyi State Police Command Sunday confirmed the arrest of a 45- year-old-man identified as, Nwofu Igbo, who allegedly killed his son in Nwofe Community in Izzi council Area of the state. The command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chris Anyanwu, made the confirmation in a chat with newsmen in Abakaliki, […]
By Ayo Balogun – The controversies surrounding the alleged missing $20 billion oil money has failed to abate, as the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has joined other stakeholders in demand for the release of its forensic audit outcome. While noting the request was made in the spirit […]
As the search for the missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 progresses early hours of Monday, strong indication has emerged that the passenger aircraft is likely at the bottom of the sea. The head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Bambang Soelistyo revealed at a press conference in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital that the hypothesis was […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka – A female Pastor in one of the new generation churches and some of her members alleged to belong to a syndicate group which specialises in child trafficking, are now in police net for attempting to buy a baby yet to be born. The Pastor, whose name was given as prophetess Kanu, […]
Concerned elders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State have kicked against the wrongful substitution of Alhaji Gambo Lawan as the party’s governorship candidate for Borno State in the 2015 election. Lawan, who is former Chairman of the Grassroots Democratic Movement and ex-Chairman of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, had picked the party’s governorship […]
President Goodluck Jonathan left Abuja Sunday afternoon for a brief private visit to the United Kingdom, President Spokesperson Rueben Abati has said. A statement issued by the president spokesperson stated that “the President was accompanied on the trip by some of his principal staff and personal aides.” “He is expected back in Abuja Monday ahead […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam, Lafia – Except last minutes fence-mending, the immediate past Information Minister, Labaran Maku is finally set to part with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and cross carpet to another opposition, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to actualize his political ambition. Maku, like some of his counterparts who recently resigned […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja – Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan has sought the prayers of the citizens, for positive outcome of his administration efforts. The President in his remarks Sunday, at the Christ Apostolic Church Area 1, Durumi FCT, Abuja noted even with lack of immediate results, his government would sustain the tasks before it, […]
The search for missing AirAsia plane (Airbus A320-200), has been suspended till Monday. The aircraft, which had 162 passengers on board got disappeared owing to bad weather Sunday. Search which stopped 5.30pm on Sunday according to an Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa, was expected to continue early Monday, around 7.00 am or earlier, depending […]
The search is on for AirAsia Flight 8501, which lost contact with air traffic control in Indonesia, the airline said Sunday. Flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m. Sunday (7:24 p.m. Saturday USET), AirAsia said “At the present time we unfortunately have […]
The former football star George Weah has won a landslide victory in Liberia’s senate elections, in polls disrupted by the Ebola outbreak. Mr Weah got 78% of the vote for the Montserrado county seat, which includes the capital Monrovia. He beat Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took nearly 11%. Low […]
Senator Ita Solomon Enang was born on August 23, 1962. He hails from Ididep, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Enang became a councilor in 1987, and a member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 where he […]
By Chuks Akunna – My first encounter with Igwe Peter Nwokike Anugwu, Eze Ukwu of Mbaukwu, Anambra State was on July 10, 2003. Earlier that day, a detachment of armed policemen had abducted my boss, the governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige. They were led by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. […]
Ignatius Okpara, Awka – Tragedy struck on Friday at Umuele Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, as four children of same parents were roasted to death by a mystery fire that razed their three-bedroom apartment. African Examiner gathered that their parents were not around when the disaster occurred on the ground floor of a storey building […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Minna – Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has described the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan as a lover of the country and called on Nigerians to lend their support to him in his re-election bid. Babangida made the statement Saturday, when Jonathan visited him at his Hilltop palace in Minna, the Niger […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of trying to suppress the audit report on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money, stating that the deadline for the release of the report, as set by the government, has come and gone. In a statement issued in […]
It may be the thinking of some Christians in Nigeria that God doesn’t want Buhari to be president. That could be for a reason- his fanatic religious overtone. Many also have the belief that given the chance, he will turn Nigeria into an Islamic state. Some Muslims as well think that nobody else should bear […]
