Eighteen people have been evacuated from a shopping centre north of Paris, after up to three armed men entered the building early on Monday. A police source said they had been hiding in a canteen in the Qwartz centre in Villeneuve-la-Garenne. It was unclear whether anyone else was still trapped in the centre or whether […]
*1000 Representatives Drawn From 51 African Countries As part of Tony Elumelu’s $100 million commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs, representing 51 African countries from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Class of 2015, converged near Lagos, Nigeria for an intensive two-day bootcamp session, an unprecedented gathering of emerging African entrepreneurs, from […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – A Couple and their son on Sunday perished in a ghastly auto crash that occurred near the Anambra State Government House, Awka, along the Enugu Onitsha express way. The accident, involved a truck and a saloon car which was destroyed beyond recognition. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the couple, with their […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described as absolute falsehood claim that NLNG fund were depleted under President Goodluck Jonathan. Reacting to claim from the presidency that it would probe Jonathan administration over the accruals from NLNG, Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP said in a statement that no […]
By Ayo Balogun – The Rivers state APC governorship candidate for the April 2015 election, Dr Dakuku Peterside has taken a swipe at Governor Nyesom Wike, saying his government is full of vendetta and “brazen impunity against the long-term interest of the state.” At a press conference held over the weekend, Dr Peterside noted that […]
The Presidency over the weekend got a request – it should probe the whereabouts of about $4billion taxes and dividends paid by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd. The payments include Income tax, Education tax and dividends. NLNG Managing Director Babs Omotowa told The Nation last week that the company had paid over $30 […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Operators of commercial Tricycle, popularly referred to as (KEKE NAPEP), in Enugu state, have expressed worry over the alarming rate of extortion of its members by the police and unidentified persons hiding under government apron. Newly inaugurated leadership of the operators under the umbrella of Association of Tricycle Riders of […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria – In order to get a project done within some time, cost or space constraints, we must finish it within the expected set resources. Nigerians have been thus living in euphoria after the emergence of Buhari and Osibanjo in the presidency, and believing that the job can […]
By Ignatius Okpara , Enugu – The Nkerefi Community, in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, has been thrown into anxiety, following the gruesome murder of its traditional ruler, Igwe P.A Onuoha, and three others by unidentified armed men. Confirming the ugly incident to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu, the state Police Public Relations officer, […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Barely a week after two blast rocked the city of Jos, another bomb has exploded at an ECWA Church in Tudun Wada area of Jos North LGA Sunday morning. Confirming the incident, Plateau PPRO, DSP Emmanuel Abuh, said, ” Yes there was a blast at an ECWA Church at Tudun Wada […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has recalled all political appointees serving as envoys from their various duty posts across the world. Those affected are ambassadors appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Prominent among them are a former Foreign Affairs Minister , Chief Ojo Maduekwe (Canada); Chairman of the Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2011 election, Dr. […]
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter says its attention has been drawn to a press release by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, alleging partisanship by the Federal Government and the Nigeria Police in the decision by […]
Colonel Abubakar Umar (rtd) of the Movement For Unity and Progress has lamented the treatment meted to the former governor Sule Lamido and his son, saying their case is a bailable offence. His words: “The offence, for which Sule Lamido and his two sons were charged, is clearly a bailable offence. This is why it […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will only receive 50% of the salary paid to his predecessor. The President’s decision to take a 50% pay cut was conveyed to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation yesterday by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr. Nebolisa Emodi. “I write to forward the completed […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that what the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu interpreted as the worsening cases of Boko Haram attacks under the current Administration are actually the desperate pangs of a dying monster. In a statement issued in Lagos Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC said […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Enugu state police command says it has commenced full scale investigations into an alleged case of suicide of a woman, identified as Justina Chiwetalu of Umunna Ndiuno in Ezeagu Council Area of Enugu state. It said: “the finding is aimed at unravelling the circumstances surrounding the incident. The state […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – The world keeps moving. Days and times are counting. Nothing virtually in life is static. Painfully, the Nigerian ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts are somewhat over distracted, such that, the above reality is gradually being lost on them. Their recent conducts give impression that […]
By Eric Ojo – Following President Mohammadu Buhari’s decision to grant financial bailout to state governments that are unable to pay salaries of civil servants in their respective states, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said such intervention amount to tacitly endorsing fiscal rascality. According to the Presidential directive, the three tiers of Government are to […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has rejected the verdict of the Coroner which ruled against it on Wednesday. The Coroner in its ruling on Wednesday indicted SCOAN of complicity in the collapsed building in the church which killed over 120 people in September last year, calling for prosecution […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – A four-storey building has collapsed at Yaba area of Lagos, Nigeria with seven labourers escaping death. The labourers had gone on break when the building under construction at 38 Commercial Avenue, Yaba collapsed around 2.30pm on Thursday. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Kolawole Michael said that the […]
