BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is in a new phase, a difficult period when thieves and looters makes it look like it pays to steal, consider it acceptable to stand up to the state and plead innocent despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, feels good to brag about what they have stolen and show […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday appealed to all geopolitical zones in the country to contribute equitably to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in order to ensure national stability. Saraki made the appeal when the Chairman of the National Executive Council of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), former Inspector General of […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday summoned the former Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi to appear before it and explain how he allegedly diverted the N852, 000,000 Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) fund. This followed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by the Leader of Government Business, Mr Tunji Akinyele urging […]
By Ayo Balogun As death toll of the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area Tuesday rises to 30, the Lagos State Government has halted further development of the Lekki Gardens’ Construction and issued 24-hour ultimatum to all directors of the Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited to report themselves to the police or face immediate arrest. Still, […]
By Ignatius Okpara The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) has begun a four week National survey in Anambra State. According to the officials, the exercise is part of the committee’s mandate to curtail proliferation of illicit small Arms and Light Weapon across Nigeria. Manager of the programme, Mr Dickson Orji, disclosed […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Federal Government (FG) has announced Friday, March 18, 2016 as burial date for the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. James Ocholi, his wife, Blessing and their eldest son, Joshua. The three died in a fatal auto crash last Sunday evening on their way to Abuja, along […]
The need for necessary authorities in Nigeria to revisit issues surrounding the suspended implementation of the speed limiter installation for vehicles in the country has been advocated. Chairman of the Petroleum Tankers’ Drivers (PTD) association, a subsidiary of the National Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas (NUPENG), Mr. Salimonu Oladiti made the advocacy after an […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kwara State government has directed state and local government workers and pensioners that are yet to provide their Bank Verification Number (BVN) for the ongoing staff verification exercise to do so within seven days or risk nonpayment. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who gave the directive on Tuesday during a meeting […]
Oil workers have shut down the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) nationwide until further notice following the unbundling of the corporation. This decision was reached at a meeting of the Group Executive Councils of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of […]
By Tom Garba,Yola BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North East of Nigeria have said to have manhandled the District Head of Gulak in Adamawa state, Muhammadu Bello Ijadi Sumda, beating him to a state of coma. Eyewitnesses said on Saturday soldiers had molested some civilians an hour […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) on Tuesday added a new dimension to election re-run held in Abia North Senatorial district in Abia state, describing it as “robbery”. In the re-run election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and ordered by the court, the PPA candidate and former governor […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would no longer tolerate the illegal activities of land grabbers otherwise known as Omo-Onile, just as it warned that anyone found using such to disturb public peace and illegally disposes people of their property would be prosecuted in accordance with relevant criminal […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African President, Jacob Zuma has said that being the two largest economies on the African continent, there is need for Nigeria and South Africa to forge a strong strategic partnership, that would insulate their economies from the volatility of the global economy. Zuma who made […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday called for the immortalisation of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi (SAN) who died in a ghastly road accident which also claimed the lives of his wife and son. This was a fallout of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has restated the country’s commitment to ensure safety standard in the nation’s maritime sector. The Minster who stated this in his address at the regional training on Ports State Control (PSC) for West and Central Africa in Lagos, said because merchant ships often trade […]
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Government has vowed it will apply all relevant laws to ensure more voluntary tax payment and warned that evaders and defaulters would be prosecuted. State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said this Tuesday at a press conference held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the Voice of America (VOA) to ensure a more balanced coverage of the Boko Haram insurgency by its Hausa Service Alhaji Mohammed made the appeal in Abuja Tuesday while receiving a delegation from the African Division of the VOA, led by its Director, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Death toll has risen to 10 in the 5-storey building which collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos, Nigeria this morning. Also, the number of those rescued is now 10 while rescue operation is still going on as at 4:21pm on Tuesday. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old Pastor, David Ibe of the Christ Command Mission, Onicha Igboeze, in Onicha Council Area of Ebonyi State, for allegedly raping a 23-year-old girl, Nnennaya Okute. According to the Police, the Pastor committed the illicit act at last weekend, in an uncompleted building […]
By Collins Amadi The alleged abductor of Ese Oruru, Yinusa Dahiru (Yellow) has been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Yinusa and 14-year-old Ese were moved last week from Kano to the police Force headquarters in Abuja. The accused was slammed with a five count charge, including: […]
