The Nigerian Government has pledged to effectively deploy science and technology in addressing the huge developmental challenges facing the nation. Speaking at a meeting of National Council on Science and Technology, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Monday, minister of science and technology, Dr. Ogbonanaya Onu, said the neglect of the sector by successive […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has granted bail to the Chairman of DAAR Communication Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who is being tried over money laundering in the sum of N200m ( Two Hundred Million Naira). Dokpesi, who is being arraigned alongside his company, DAAR Investment and Holdings Limited last Wednesday, had pleaded not […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen National Security Adviser (NSA) to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Col.(rted) Sambo Dasuki and two others have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, over money laundering, diversion of public funds, breach of trust and other criminal charges. The former […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The fire outbreak which occurred Sunday afternoon in the transmission room of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) was not sabotage, so confirmed the management of the public broadcasting empire. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this Monday after his inspection Monday of the establishment in Abuja. “These things should be […]
Reactions have been pouring on the deadly clash Saturday, between the soldiers and Shiite members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in Zaria, Kaduna State, North West, Nigeria. Many of the Movement members of the organization were allegedly killed, when army opened fire on them, while holding a peaceful procession on the streets of Zaria […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Awka Tears flow freely on the cheeks of sympathizers at the weekend in Obosi, Idemili North council Area of Anambra state, as a 77 year old woman identified as Mrs. Grace Orizu, was roasted alive when her son’s five-room bungalow was allegedly set ablaze by suspected arsonists. The ugly incident which took […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The quest of the Igbo people of Nigeria to be an independent country is not new. Their demand came up strong in 1967 when Col Ojukwu was a military governor of the then Eastern Region of Nigeria. At the time Lt .Col Ojukwu led his people […]
The Federal Government (FG) said poor state of the country’s economy, especially the depreciation in the Naira exchange rate, is the direct consequence of the incomprehensible mismanagement of the economy and the mindless looting of the national treasury under the immediate past Administration. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in a […]
I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing metaphor for the state of higher education in Nigeria. Great Ife as that university is known to its staff, students and alumni, is probably Nigeria’s first model university in every respect. […]
The Restoration Campaign Organization, an organ of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State as expressed dismay over a letter written by the candidate of the All Progressives (APC) candidate in the December 5 election, Chief Timipre Sylva to the Independent National Electoral Commission, describing it as mischievous. The group urged Sylva to stop his […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate has defended the alleged plan to purchase some 2016 CRV model vehicles as reported by an online medium stating that the project vehicles that are to be purchased are meant for the execution of committee assignments. In a statement by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the […]
Following the victory that has been recorded by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in the governorship election, there is intense pressure from Bayelsans and stakeholders asking the All Progressives Governorship (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva to accept defeat and congratulate the governor. The latests are coming from the various ward agents for the over 500 APC […]
The power, impact and influence of China was evident last Friday in Johannesburg when it met over forty African leaders. It is instructive that a single country which in the 1980s was still considered a Third World country, could convene what was virtually a meeting of the African Union (AU) and so many Heads of […]
By Niyi Adeyi The Federal Government (FG) has pledged to encourage and assist Nigerian youths to upgrade from being job seekers to job creators. In achieving this, the government has pledged it would sustain and improve ongoing programmes started by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, […]
Scores of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria members were Saturday feared dead in a deadly clash which broke between the group and soldiers. The clash occurred at the Husainiyya Zaria base, Kaduna state of the Muslim organization and left about 20 persons dead, according to eye witness accounts. It was gathered that the soldiers first […]
About two weeks after the December 5 governorship election, fake naira notes used by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to entice voters, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can authoritatively on Saturday reveal that the fake monies estimated at about N2 billion are now in circulation in Bayelsa State. According to the PDP, the printing and […]
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the holding of a Special Games for physically challenged athletes in the State from Year 2016 as a way of giving them a sense of belonging in the society. The Chairman of the State Sports Commission and Special Adviser on Sports to the Governor, Mr. Deji […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Thisday newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena is in trouble following a disclosure that he received additional N120 million payment in March 2015 on behalf of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and 12 newspapers who asked to be compensated for “unlawful seizure and stoppage of circulation […]
(NAN) – The Northern Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) on Friday, said it would begin oil and gas exploration in the north- east in the first quarter of 2016. Chairman of the company, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, stated this while briefing journalists at NNDC’s 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kaduna. Dalhatu said the company was collaborating […]
Security operatives denies Sylva access to Aso villa as President Buhari condemns electoral fraud, violence in Bayelsa governorship election Efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva to have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari was rebuffed on Thursday, sources said This was as a result of the disposition […]
