President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Mohammed Kari as the new Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). In a statement issued Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina, Buhari said Kari’s appointment, which is for a term of four years in the first instance, was […]
By Ayo Balogun – Two people have been killed as rival cult groups clashed in Lagos, Nigeria. The cultists clashed at the early hours of Friday at Ebute Metta area of Lagos. The clash of superiority was between the Eye and Black Axe Confraternity. The clash led to the death of Gbolahan, popularly called ‘Sepe’ […]
By Ayo Balogun- Three siblings of the same parents have been roasted in an overnight fire which erupted at a mechanic village in Isolo area of Lagos, Nigeria. The fire was said to have erupted around 2:30am behind Jakande Estate, Oke Afa in Isolo while people were sleeping. It was gathered that there were houses […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Awka – Another serious crisis has enveloped the Anambra state chapter of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as two factions have emerged in the state. The political feud reared its ugly head barely six days after the state congress was held in Awka the state capital. A faction of the party […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the DG of DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, is not a card-carrying member of the party, saying nothing short of producing Mr. Daura’s membership card or evidence of his membership registration will convince discerning Nigerians that he is indeed a member of the APC […]
Written by Obinna Akukwe, @ObinnaAkukwe – Dayo Olutayo, Senior Pastor of Good Tidings Bible Church International (GTBCI) has displayed traits and unction which qualifies him to be addressed as possessing an apostolic dimension of divine favor. Dayo Olutayo is the controversial in-law to Bishop David Oyedepo, by reason of being the younger brother to Faith […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has congratulated the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering the comprehensive probe of the N4trillion debt by 28 Ministries and their departments and agencies handed over by the immediate past administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. “We are […]
A United States Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama where President Goodluck Jonathan’ s former aide, Mr. Kignsley Kuku is undergoing surgery yesterday confirmed that the operation was successful. Mr.Kuku who presided over Jonathan’ s Amnesty program for the Niger Delta militants, an initiative that was alleged to have marred with allegations of monumental frauds and embezzlement, […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – Life is dynamic and full of many intrigues. Human being involves in most activities of the life as well as determines their outcome. Still, there is ironical dimension to strength and limitation of man. For instance, man is deceived; thinks his scope of knowledge is broad, […]
A bomb explosion has rocked Gamboru market on Friday morning in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. African Examiner gathered that the explosion occurred near the entrance of Gamboru Market where operatives of commercial tricycles park to pick passengers. “We heard the blast at about 6:30am this morning and shortly afterwards, we saw people running from […]
By Ayo Balogun – Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd) has offered a hint as to why the Nigeria’s military is struggling in the fight against the deadly Boko Haram insurgency in North-east Nigeria. The former military boss, at his pull-out-parade on Thursday, claimed that successive governments in Nigeria […]
An Orthodox Jew who stabbed marchers at a Jerusalem gay pride parade 10 years ago launched another knife attack at the same type of parade in the same city Thursday, stabbing and wounding six people who were on the streets for the event, police said. Video aired on Israel’s Channel 10 shows what appears to […]
By Eric Ojo – Mr. Michael Zenner, the German Ambassador to Nigeria, has harped on the need to provide basic and further training to health workers in Nigeria in order to improve their competence in the control of Ebola and other highly contagious diseases. Ambassador Zenner said that strengthening the capacities of medical workers and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and President Paul Biya have agreed to work towards the completion of the demarcation of the land border between Nigeria and Cameroon before the end of the year. According to a communiqué issued Thursday at the conclusion of President Buhari’s official visit to Yaounde, both leaders welcomed the progress made thus far […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has begun investigation of alleged financial impropriety levelled against the administration of the Immediate past governor of Enugu state, Barrister Sullivan Chime, by some citizens of the area. A Source at the commission, who craved anonymity revealed on Thursday, that the anti-graft agency’s […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – Senators revealed on Thursday that a whopping sum of N585 billion was lost by the federal government of Nigeria from 2011 to 2014 to indiscriminate waivers granted on importation of rice and other agricultural products. This shocking revelation was made on the floor of the senate when a motion on Indiscriminate […]
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has uncovered an insidious plan by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and elements of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to blackmail Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State and portray him as a corrupt and put him in bad […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation by the PDP that the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, is a card-carrying member of the party (APC), describing the accusation as absurd and frivolous. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
By Oludayo Tade – The reversal of the unpopular policy of reassigning candidates by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) by the Federal government is commendable. While announcing the reversal, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, MacJohn Nwaobiala claimed the policy had been discussed with ‘parents and other stakeholders’ before JAMB commenced implementation. […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the slow pace and shoddy work at the ongoing construction of late Dr. Sam Onwu Diagnostic Centre, Enugu. The governor, who was conducted round the multi million naira complex project by the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Patrick […]
