Tragedy struck again on Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Nigeria as two buildings collapsed leaving three people dead and several others injured. A four year-old girl, an 82 year-old man and a middle aged Igbo trader were among those killed when the dilapidated 3-storey building collapsed on another six bedroom bungalow structure beside it. […]
Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has pulled out of today’s All Progressives Congress, APC primaries in the Delta Central Senatorial by-election, Delta State, Nigeria, describing the primaries as fraudulent. Keyamo, in a letter to the Chairman, APC Delta Central Senatorial Bye-Election Primaries’ Committee, said he had taken a painful but necessary decision not to participate in […]
By Eric Ojo Irked by the Federal Government’s recent move to monitor internet users in Nigeria through an Internet Surveillance scheme, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has enjoined Nigerians to rise up to the challenge of protecting their privacy against such unchecked surveillance in the cyberspace. The group also joined a huge international coalition in calling […]
The African Examiner, USA Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday flagged off statewide registration of about 20 million Lagosians in a bid to capture their data for policy formulation and planning for the populace. The governor urged residents in the State, irrespective of state of origin, to get involved in the exercise at any […]
By Eric Ojo, South-Africa Disturbed by the nefarious activities of those involved in illegal bunkering and oil theft in Nigeria, civil society organizations (CSOs) in the country have called for the prosecution of culprits by the relevant agencies of government as a deterrent to others. The CSOs said oil thieves whether small or big […]
No fewer than 1,246 Lagos State indigenes at the Lagos State University (LASU) have receivedN95.46 million bursary from the Lagos State Government. Those who benefitted from the bursary are the 2011/2012 set of indigene students as well as Law School and Maritime Academy students. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga disclosed […]
The African Examiner, The French Development Agency is to invest cumulative N16.45 billion in Lagos, Nigeria for waste treatment of shantytown and on the environment. This was disclosed by the French Minister for Foreign Trade, Mrs. Nicole Bricq, who led a delegate on a visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola at the State House, Marina, Lagos […]
Ignatius Okpara in Enugu …As PDP Primaries end amid Protest There are strong indication that scores of aggrieved members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) may soon dump the party for the opposition All Progressives Congress(APC), just as the party’s primaries has ended amid serious protest. Among those preparing to embrace the opposition political platform […]
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police monitoring team at Kam Salem, Obalende, Lagos, have launched a man-hunt for manager of the Ladipo branch Fidelity bank over an alleged N100 million fraud. However, the bank manager’s lover in whose account the fleeing suspect was alleged to have lodged some of the stolen amount had been arrested. […]
