*Says He Lack Leadership Qualities By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki, 2-4-2016 At last, the immediate past octogenarian governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Martin Elechi, has opened up on why he backed a former Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu to succeed him, rather than his then Deputy, and incumbent governor of the state, Dave Umahi. Elechi, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of four persons in an auto crash that occurred along Udi-Oji River on the Enugu-Onitsha old road. The state police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu, said that the incident happened at […]
A South African anti-apartheid veteran, Ahmed Kathrada has called on the embattled President Jacob Zuma to resign from office. The ruling ANC stalwart who was jailed alongside late Nelson Mandela, held that Mr. Zuma’s resignation would end a “crisis of confidence” in the government. Following Zuma’s conviction Thursday, by South African apex court, the President […]
The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura has approved the appointment of Sole Administrators for 11 Local Councils of the North central State. Al-Makura made this known Saturday, in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Lafia, the State capital, by his Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aliyu Tijani-Ahmed. The appointment, the […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria By defination after a typical economic recession the shape of its recovery may be dictated by its causes and its remedies. There are many recovery shapes. We can fortunately have a type of economic recession and recovery that resembles a V –shape in charting. Specifically, a […]
Christians believe that Easter Sunday is Resurrection Day. For them, it is an annual celebration. In Lahore, Pakistanis of all faith trooped to a park to celebrate the day. As mainly children and women queued to buy tickets for a train ride at the park, a suicide bomber walked towards them and detonated a bomb. […]
Washington, DC – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government is determined to significantly reduce the very high bill for importation of food products to Nigeria. At a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mr. Lars Rasmussen in Washington DC, President Buhari also reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the rapid diversification […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Despite the continued detention of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, his members have announced the resurgence of the Radio Biafra on air. The outlawed controversial station hit the air waves after the Federal Government blocked it last year. According to a statement issued by the group’s spokesman, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent report of the Auditor General of the Federation confirms what we already know: corruption is an over-pampered and highly indulged Nigerian. Corruption runs through the Nigerian system and have a mind of its own, retains full control of things and hold on tightly to how things are done, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unidentified man has jumped into a canal in Lagos and died in the process. The incident occurred at Cele Bus Stop on Mile 2 Expressway on Friday afternoon as the victim was said to have strangely jumped into the canal in broad daylight. Director, […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hundreds of students of Coroner School, Lagos escaped death as a tanker conveying diesel lost control and ran inside the school premises. Management of the school will be thanking God as the incident occurred around 10pm on Thursday when the students had closed for the day. […]
Youthful Nigerian music star, Davido was almost mobbed by the crowd Friday in Lagos Island. Davido who was in the Island for the shooting of his latest song, however saved the situation himself, when he sought refuge in one of the buildings on the streets he was spot and began to throw money at the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that incoming recruitment of 10,000 policemen would address the challenge of youth unemployment in the country. Mr. President made the assurance Friday at a ceremonial parade to mark the 2016 Police Week in Abuja. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), indicated that the […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau A fortnight ago, my focus was on the persistent fuel scarcity; the fear on whether the abnormality has come to stay (as experienced in the electricity supply) and more painfully, the stress and pressure many Nigerians have been exposed to, over a month ago, the current scarcity […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Thursday in Yenagoa assured that government would assemble all its security infrastructure and personnel towards ensuring that Bayelsa remains one of the peaceful states in the country. Dickson made the commitment during the decoration of the newly promoted Police Officer of the State […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment […]
