Nigeria has now recorded ten (10) confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Out of these, four (4) have died and six (6) are currently under treatment. (It is important to note that the number of confirmed cases remains ten (10) as at today and not eleven (11) as earlier announced this morning. We regret […]
Gold medal winning members of the Nigerian wrestling team to the ongoing Glasgow Commonwealth Games have been promised handsome rewards by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State. The Governor, who made the pledge when he visited the wrestlers at their games village camp in Glasgow, Scotland, reassured them of the total support of the government […]
Men of the Nigerian Army on Monday raided several mosques in Aba, Abia State. They arrested the Chief Imam of Aba Central Mosque, Alhaji Bashir Idris and fourteen others. Although the Chief Imam and twelve of those arrested were set free after rigorous interrogation that lasted hours at the 144 Battalion, Asa in Ukwa West […]
Fervent debates flourished during the plenary session of the National Conference on Monday as conferees commenced debate on the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power. The slim-volume submission, loaded with serious issues, focused principally on devolving power from the centre to the federating units; and the issue of resources. The report was however […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed August 16, for the Abia State House of Assembly Aba South Constituency bye-election. The hint was dropped at a parley between political parties, other stakeholders and the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Jacob Jatau in Umuahia. INEC source told African Examiner that […]
CHRISTIANS under the aegis of TEKAN/ECWA, a branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have denied claims of marginalization by Muslims. In a statement released yesterday, the National Head of TEKAN/ECWA bloc of CAN, Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Dziggau accused Sultan Abubakar III of hiding the truth. We of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) find […]
Nigerians are likely to join the rest of the world in the visit to space by 2025. This is because the Nigerian Government has put strategies in place for the development of space technology by the country. Disclosing this in Lagos on Monday was the Head of Space Education Outreach Programme of the African Regional […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the death of a former Governor of the State, Alhaji Adamu Attah as painful and tragic. Governor Ahmed in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba also described the demise of Alhaji Adamu Attah, who was the governor of Kwara State between 1979 […]
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has lamented over the death of Second Republic Deputy President of the Senate, Senator John Wash Pam. Reacting to the news of the demise of the elder statesman, Senator Mark described Wash Pam as a democrat per excellence and one of the pillars of today’s democracy in the […]
Arguments upon arguments; motions upon motions is what can best describe the process that led to another adjournment on Monday of deliberation on whether legislation on mining of mineral resources should remain the exclusive right of the Federal Government. Another crucial issue, shot down by the Committee on Devolution of Power after a lengthened argument, […]
A medical team of the Kwara State Association in North America (KSANG) have arrived Ilorin to provide free medical services, including surgery to patients as part of efforts by Kwarans in the diaspora to support government’s healthcare services through 500 meters access to quality primary healthcare. Addressing the team, which comprises pharmacists, consultants […]
Press Release: More than ten people died in stampedes which occurred at different recruitment locations around Nigeria on Saturday, 15th March, 2014. The exercise was organized by the immigration department. Several others were also injured and are receiving treatment in various hospitals. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) consoles the families of the victims and prays […]
Muric Press Release: Reports from the three states under emergency rule as a result of Boko Haram onslaughts indicate that the morale of soldiers in the areas is very low courtesy of poor welfare package and lack of motivation. This logically explains the recent allegation that soldiers flee on sighting Boko Haram fighters who are […]
Press Release: The Broom initiative, a think-tank group of professionals has expressed grave concern over what it called the unabated executive lawlessness of the President Goodluck Jonathan led government, urging him to stop or Nigeria will sink further. A statement signed by the group leaders, Hon. Micheal Ighoma and Hon. Ibrahim Mohammed in Abuja faulted […]
… Says FG Will Continue To Vigorously Prosecute War Against Terror President Goodluck Jonathan has received with immense sadness and anguish, news of the callous and senseless murder by terrorists of scores of students at a college in Yobe State in the early hours of today. On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President […]
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) received with shock and utter dismay, the embarrassing and shameful suspension of the Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday, 20th February, 2014. President Jonathan’s action to say the least smacks of impunity, intolerance of dissent, and contradicts the so-called anti-corruption hype and […]
SAM NDA- ISAIAH AND HIS OPEN SHOW OF PARTISAN SUBJECTIVITY TOWARDS THE PERSON OF THE PETROLEUM MINISTER Having carefully considered the open personal war which Sam Nda-Isaiah, the publisher of Leadership Newspaper, has declared against the Honorable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, we are worried that the dedication of his entire newspaper to […]
INTRODUCTION Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is quick to point a finger at people, forgetting that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. He fittingly plays Pontius Pilate who seeks to avoid personal responsibility for the execution of Jesus Christ yet he was liable. At other times, he plays the ostrich, living in self denial. […]
Good day and compliment of the season to you sons and daughters of Oyo State. Precisely on the 3rd of February, 1976, thirty-eight years ago, our state, Oyo State was created by the then military government led by Late General Murtala Mohammed, the then old western state was divided into Ogun, Ondo and Oyo states […]
This morning at the 62nd National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton, President Barack Obama restated the resolve of the US government to support the Nigerian people in the ongoing effort to end terrorism. “I’ve pledged our support to the people of Nigeria, who deserve to worship in their churches and mosques in peace, free […]
