(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has denied the Thursday’s story that reported him as saying “Hell Does Not Exist.” In an alleged interview for Italian journal La Repubblica, the pope told atheist journalist Eugenio Scalfari that bad souls “are not punished” and that “There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls.” The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Bayelsa High Court, Yenagoa Division has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Diepreye Sunday Olayo to death by hanging. Justice Emmanuel Ogola found Olayo guilty for the murder of Being Ilebiri on September 6 2011 along Ebis Mechanic road, Amarata, Yenagoa. Olayo a member of Greenlanders cult group was said to have shot […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ….Recover 148 Arms, 206 Cartridges in One month (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent directive given to all state Commands of the Nigerian police force by the Inspector-General, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to commence recovery of prohibited firearms in their areas of jurisdiction, has started yielding positive result in Enugu, as the Command […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has carpeted the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on his continuous complaints about alleged corruption in the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government, saying; “Nigerians are now more interested in what the government has done to make life more meaning for them and not what […]
Photo: PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has listed names of some members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who allegedly looted the national treasury when the party was in power. At a media briefing in Lagos, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in attacks on a Zanfara State village yesterday, the police said. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village and killed 15 people,” Zamfara State police spokesman Muhammad Shehu was quoted as saying by French News Agency, AFP. His account was corroborated by Gado Anka, a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disturbed by the rumour making the rounds in some quarters of Enugu, state, South -East Nigeria, over alleged extortion of money by Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC before registering voters in the state, leadership of the electoral body in the state says it has put […]
…Says Rejection Of Crash Victims Is Criminal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps in Plateau State would be deploying 900 personnel to man the roads during the forthcoming Easter celebration, the Sector Commander, Patricia Emeordi, has said. According to her, the Command has stationed eight patrol vehicles and two ambulances for emergencies on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Executive Council (SEC) says henceforth all pregnant women in the state will be given adequate attention by the government until they safely put to bed. This was one of the major decisions reached at the end of the 92nd meeting of the council presided over by Governor Henry Seriake […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid Nigeria, an affiliate of WaterAid, the international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), currently working in 34 countries around the world, has urged the Nigerian government to urgently declare a state of emergency in the water and sanitation sector. WaterAid Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to set up […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world Football Governing body FIFA has named a total of 36 referees, 63 Assistant referees and 99 match officials’ for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In a statement issued Thursday by the body’s Referees Commission; among the match officials who represent 46 countries is Felix Brych of Germany. The veteran […]
…Says Bayelsa Home to all Nigerians (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians must embrace peaceful co-existence and promote unity in order to achieve national integration and faster pace of development. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Daniel Iworiso-Markson gave the advice when the leadership of the Supreme Council for Non-Indigenes in Bayelsa State paid him […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Police Boss, Ibrahim Idris (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More drama has unfolded as Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi State has given the Inspector General of Police IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris 48-hours ultimatum to produce the six suspects connected to his alleged arms case, but purportedly escaped from Police custody. Melaye, who is said to […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a brief disagreement among members of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee FAAC, over the revenue remitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, the Federal Government (FG) Wednesday distributed the sum of N647.39bn among the three tiers of government. The State […]
Photo: Dino Melaye …Police Declares Dino Melaye Wanted KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate removal of the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ali Janga. Similarly, IGP directed the redeployment of the Commander, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state, the Divisional Police Officer […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of preparation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s two –day visit, the Lagos State Government has declared Thursday, March 29, a work free day. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan made the declaration in a statement he signed Tuesday. He explained the measure was to enable residents come […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of protesters have stormed the Siberian city of Kemerovo, to express their dissatisfaction at Russian officials over the Sunday leisure complex fire incident which killed not less than 64, including 41 children. President Vladimir Putin arrived in the city earlier and blamed “criminal negligence” for Sunday’s blaze. Reports indicate that relatives […]
Photo: Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister …Over Dubious Disclosures On Subsidy Payments; Bleak Easter For Civil Servants (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are indicators that the forthcoming Easter celebration by federal and state civil servants may be bleak following a fresh scam uncovered in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) subsidy payment. A civil rights organisation, Coalition for […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is another Easter week and you know that you’re supposed to be rejoicing over Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and his miraculous resurrection. However your response has been the “wearing your usual plastic smiles” around in all the activities. You are indifference, […]
Photo: Reuben Abati (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was in Morocco recently, about 20 years after I last visited Timbuktu, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat and Laayoune. I was quite impressed to see how Morocco with its colour-coded cities remains very much an organized, efficient and a comparatively competitive country. The trip this time began from the Lagos […]
