By Our Reporters – The British Prime Minister, David Cameron and his Conservative Party are coasting to victory in the country’s general elections which commenced Thursday. With projections and partial results released Friday morning, there are strong indications that the Conservative will at a minimum, win overall majority in the Parliament. With emerging results, the Conservatives fall […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja – The spate of malnutrition amongst children in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has remained a source of worry to stakeholders in the health sector of the Nigerian economy in recent times. Due to its grave implications for the mental, physical, growth and development of children, malnutrition which manifests in some […]
The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, has condemned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Commission, INEC, for taking another incestuous step in rubbishing Nigeria’s democracy, particularly in Rivers State. PDP and INEC, Thursday, the campaign outfit alerted the public, sponsored some persons to the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, where they […]
*It is N250,000 to append his signature, 20% of every executed project, N6 million Naira for rectorship etc Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga is allegedly enmeshed in a multi-million scam involving the appointment of a new Rector for the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH). Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has raised the alarm over lots of sycophants already surrounding the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, warning the incoming president to beware. Akiolu spoke at the 2,900 days of Governor Babatunde Fashola in office held in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The monarch said “a lot of things […]
The chairman of Lee Engineering and Construction Company, Chief Leemon Ikpea, has called on the Nigeria Government to further strengthen the local content law to enable more indigenous companies, especially those in the oil and gas sector, participate in the development of the Nigeria economy. Speaking to a group of senior editors, in Houston, Texas, […]
*Asks Both National Assembly, Executive To Maintain status quo By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – Following a suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammad Adoke on the subject – 2015 Constitution Amendment Bill, the Supreme Court Thursday, stopped the National Assembly (NASS) from going ahead on assenting the bill, […]
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria As Nigeria rolls on to change its leadership from Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) to General Muhammad Buhari (GMB) on May 29, 2015 the question of what the future holds for Nigeria and its people become most paramount. Indeed the entire world is turning upside down and the […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The ever busy Agbani Road in Enugu metropolis, was on Wednesday thrown into anxiety, following the discovery of the dead body of a 65-year-old, woman, Agnes Elue, killed by her sales boy. A source in the area told African Examiner that trouble began when Agnes ordered her sales boy, identified […]
General polls to usher in new Prime Minister and new parliament are underway in the United Kingdom (UK). The elections which opened Thursday at 0600 GMT and expected to be rounded of 2100 GMT is being contested by the Conservative party, which formed alliance with the Liberal Democrats in 2010 polls and put an end […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City – Armed men suspected to be cultists have killed two middle age women and a 25 year old boy during their attack on the residence of some of their targets in Benin city, the Edo State capital. African Examiner gathered that the latest attack came following a recent call by […]
A fresh crisis is looming in Bayelsa State between loyalists of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and supporters of Governor Seriake Dickson over who should control the political soul of the state. Already, a socio-cultural organization, Niger Delta Solidarity Forum, has accused the First Lady and her godson/presidential aide, Waripomowei Dudufa, of planning to […]
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Ayodele Afollabi, Abuja – In what appears to be an unusual step to demonstrate his leadership style, the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has instructed police and military security personnel attached to him to respect traffic regulations during his movements. In a statement released by his media team in Abuja, General Buhari said law abiding would be […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Enugu State governor-elect, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has waded into the ongoing rift between governor Sullivan Chime and members of the state House of Assembly, calling on the two factions to sheath their swords and return to status quo for the amicable resolution of the contending issues. African Examiner reports that […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime has dismissed as “an exercise in futility” the moves by a faction of the State House of Assembly led by the embattled Speaker, Eugene Odoh and 14 others to commence impeachment process against him. He said that the action would not see the light of […]
EX-Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is seeking a return to the Government House on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it was learnt yesterday. The former Governor was impeached on December 9, 2005, two years into his second term in office, over allegations of acts of malfeasance. It was also gathered that an […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Senate has condemned the recent killings in Kadarko, Wase Local Government of Plateau State which claimed 87 lives and displacement of over 20, 000 people by allegedly armed men wearing Nigerian Army uniform. It has also mandated its committee on Defence, to liaise with the military high authorities to unravel […]
By Eric Ojo – Worried by security and safety concerns, the Federal Government has down-graded the Asaba Airport which was built and commissioned by the Delta State Government under the leadership of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. The down-grade of the Asaba Airport is coming at the heels of the failure of the Delta State Government to […]
Two weeks after 800 passengers perished in Malta when the boat they were traveling with, to Europe, capsized in the Mediterranean, dozens of migrants have again drowned in the sea after a boat sank in the south of Sicily. According to Save the Children aid Group, survivors of the ill fated boat fell into the […]
