LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multi-talented singer, Darey Art Alade has released a new video – “Pray For Me”. The video relates a story of victory against all odds. It shows an exchange between a young man and his estranged father after leaving his family to chase his city dream. Ironically, the struggling lad later […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Male lecturers in tertiary Institutions in the country who are fond of sexually molesting female students would now be in soup as Senators has recommended 5- year jail term without any option of fine for any one found guilty of the offence. This followed the passage of […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has denied linking the cause of accident last Sunday in Kaduna, which claimed the lives of six Medical Doctors and their driver from Ekiti State to over speeding. While reacting to a media statement credited to Dr. Ekundare Folu of […]
A suspected militant, Jasim Khadijah of the so-called Islamic State (IS) believed to be responsible for a fatal attack on US troops in Northern Iraq has been killed in a drone strike. US Military Officer, Col. Steve Warren Sunday indicated that Khadijah was a rocket expert who controlled fatal attacks. It would be recalled in […]
By Ayo Balogun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has promised that the Government White Paper on the civil disturbances that occurred at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) on October 12, 2015 which led to the killing of the Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Company, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu, would soon be released. Governor […]
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, […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has re-committed his life to the service of God and humanity, stressing that life is only meaningful only when it is dedicated to the service of God and mankind. According to him, turning 50 years was not by his own power but “by the grace of God and […]
About 24 hours after, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have released 10 United States (US) sailors who were being held for entering the Arab Nation territorial waters. The state television Wednesday confirmed the development US officials confirmed to the Reuters news agency that the sailors were detained Tuesday after one of their two vessels broke down […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to former National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Haliru Mohammed Bello and his son, Abba, in the money laundering suit preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed in his ruling Thursday […]
By Ayo Balogun Apparently reacting to the altercation and mild drama which ensued last weekend between the master Don Jazzy and street king, Olamide aka Badoo, organizers of the Nigerian locally organized music awards – Headies has expressed its displeasure on the development and condemned act it considered “improper” and the “use of profanity on […]
The Federal Government (FG) Monday assured Nigerians that it will not sell the National Theatre for whatever reason, instead, will make it to remain as a national monument. However, the Government FG affirmed it is “not averse to a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement that will add value to the iconic (National Theatre) complex”. The Minister […]
By Ignatius Okpara Participants at the Enugu State launch of a research document on societal expectations of men and women – a DFID funded programme, have expressed worry over some extreme demand of Igbo tradition and culture, such as high cost of funeral ceremonies and marriages. They noted that such social responsibilities had remained a […]
– Advocates For States’ Assemblies, LGS Autonomy By Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged State Houses of Assembly in the country to support moves to grant financial autonomy to them and local governments. Speaking when he received members of the Bauchi state House of Assembly in his […]
