By Niyi Adeyi – An Ikeja High Court Tuesday, ordered the remand in prison of nine suspects and charged one, over torture, attempted murder and sodomy of three female accused of stealing pepper at Oba Morufu International Market in Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb. The accused were arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye on an amended 19-count […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – A detachment of Police has sealed off and taken over the entrance of Enugu State House of Assembly. The two factional lawmakers led by the substantive Speaker, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh and his rival, Hon. Chinedu Nwamba, have also entangled in one another, in a seemingly show of supremacy. The […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Federal Capital Authority has spent a whooping N 750 Million to supervise the installation of traffic lights donated by the Chinese Government. The African Examiner online learnt that the Chinese Government donated the traffic lights for the areas not covered in FCT before free of charge. Our source however disclosed […]
By Muhammad Ajah – If it were that man learns from events of every day, by now some churches or spiritual houses of many Nigerians and Africans would have been deserted by their followers. This is simply because the prophets of those acclaimed houses of worship have proved beyond doubt that their gods or their […]
By Our Reporter – Some victims of bloody Boko Haram insurgents’ who have been held hostage for some months, but rescued last week by the national troops have started recounting their dreadful experience, raging from random killing, stoning to death, hunger among others when still being held. Among those who were liberated narrated that, the […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The lingering fuel scarcity across the country has hit harder, in Enugu State and its environs, as a litre of the commodity is now sold between N120 and N140 in some of the petrol stations selling. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent who monitored the development in some parts of the state Monday, […]
By Uche Igwe – Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein Since the first part of this article was published last week, many persons have contacted me from far and wide to respond to its contents. It is interesting that many people felt that what I […]
The substantive Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh, has decried the rumour making the round that he has been impeached by the factional members (G-9) led by Hon. Chinedu Nwamba. Odoh described the speculation which was circulated on social media Monday afternoon, as legislative recklessness and impunity on the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – The ruling PDP has attributed the alleged crack in its leadership – the National Working Committee (NWC) to handiwork of some fifth columnists, attempting to pull it down, urging members across the country to close ranks and work together with their leaders at all levels. The National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh […]
By Abdul Gafar Bello – The Defence Headquarters has described as false and gross misrepresentation of the facts, some media reports that the Military who were on a revenge mission were responsible for the weekend massive killing of civilians in a Plateau village. In a post on its official blog Monday, Military posited that the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Tragedy struck at Pakoku area of Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria at the weekend as fire burns a three-year old boy to death. The little boy, by the name Abiodun Alabi was said to have been sleeping inside his parent apartment with a lit candle which caught fire and burnt the boy to […]
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Barely 48 hours after the the Taroh community in Wase LGA in the Southern Senatorial District of Plateau State in which over 500 people were killed by security operatives in a night raid that lasted for hours, no fewer than 30 persons have been confirmed dead in another fresh attack […]
*As Assembly Breaks Into 2 Factions FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The lingering political war between governor Sullivan Chime, and members of the Enugu state House of Assembly worsened on Monday as 14 out of the 24 lawmakers, commenced the impeachment process of the governor. The group, led by factional Speaker, Eugene Odoh, said they […]
The Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has admonished Nigerian journalists to continue to support democracy, in order to move the nation forward. With this year’s World Press Freedom Day coming barely three weeks to the historic inauguration of General Muhammadu Buhari as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A man who specialises in supplying fuel and food to terrorists was Sunday morning nabbed in Daban Shata, suburb of Baga Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria. The hint was made public late Sunday in a post on Defence Headquarters official blog. The post indicated that the Military intelligence had been trailing […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau If I was initially puzzled by the very offensive and shocking so called correspondence by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to the country’s (Nigerian Auditor General) rejecting the forensic audit report on the missing $20 billion oil revenue which took it – PWC, so long a time to prepare […]
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam – The Kebbi State government has condemned last Thursday impeachment of the Speaker of State House of Assembly, Alhaji Hassan Shalla. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Garba Rabiu Kamba in a statement over the weekend, described the development which he indicated was carried out by a faction of the house, […]
By Niyi Adeyi – Lagos – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commiserated with the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Saad Abubakar; the entire Nigerian Muslim community and the Abuja Muslim Jamaah (community) on the demise of the Chief Imam of National Mosque, Abuja, Alhaji […]
The killing at the weekend in parts of Plateau state by armed men in military fatigue of over 500 villagers has drawn strong condemnation from a pro-democracy civil society group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA ). Against the backdrop of recent mass killings by suspected armed hoodlums especially in the North Central region […]
An ex-staff of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Mohammed Khalid Yakubu, who last Wednesday accused the Management of the hotel of wrongful termination of his appointment based on his political affiliation, has withdrawn the accusation. Yakubu has, instead, commended the Management of the hotel for the steps taken to address his issue, saying he has discovered that […]
