Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, were absent from Tuesday’s National Council of State meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although Amaechi, through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said he could not attend the meeting because he was out of the country, […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 4., 2104 – “Nigeria, March/April 1978: The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary institutions’ students. At the time also, students pay […]
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Feb. 2, 2014 – During each monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Port Harcourt, I am amazed at the quantity of ‘pure water’ sachets and plastic bags that are raked out from various drainages in the city. I immediately conducted a quick investigation into this menace. I was shocked […]
By Femi Kehinde After two weeks of nationwide consultation with his supporters, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has resigned fromPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and formally joined APC. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar In a statement made available to African Examiner and titled: After consultation, it is time to move to APC. Let the bridge-building continue, Atiku said he has […]
Over 100 people were arrested in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, during a protest against this summer’s World Cup which will be hosted in the country. Around 2,500 people took to the streets on Saturday for the demonstration which ended in clashes with police late in the night. In some of the most dramatic […]
Views: 1853 A British man sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly claiming to be the Prophet Muhammed has appealed the sentence. Muhammed Asghar, 69, who is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, was handed the sentence a week ago by a court in Rawalpindi after he was accused of claiming to be the Prophet Muhammed in […]
By Nwabueze Jonathan Emenike | Guinea, West Africa | Feb. 2, 2014 – “Someone asked me, ‘how can I find a good business opportunity?” I replied, ‘go and look for adversity.’ If you can handle adversity, you will find opportunity. Adversity and opportunity are two inseparable twins.” This is credited to Ajaero Tony Martins in […]
Views: 55,650 A 20-year-old Nigerian boy by name Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr. has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon after his mother was found dead in their palatial home in Forest Hill, Baltimore, USA. A Baltimore Sun report said he was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing his […]
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have kicked against the sequence of elections in the timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission, for the 2015 elections. The state chief executives, who registered their displeasure with the timetable, said they were against the proposed plan to conduct […]
THE Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the defection of two senators from the party to the All Progressives Congress will not affect its fortunes in the state. Two senators, Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South-East; and Senator Wilson Ake, representing Rivers West, defected from the PDP to the APC. But the […]
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