(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has been declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state. Mbah scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday directed all workers to protest at all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide starting next week over the current cash crunch in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who gave the directive at an ongoing press briefing at Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has berated the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, for trying to treat his principal just like the retired military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) did to MKO Abiola, whose presidential election victory got cancelled 30 years ago. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spotify, an online streaming platform, has revealed top 10 exported Amapiano tracks on its streaming line. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Managing Director for Spotify in Sub-Saharan Africa, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amapiano is a sub-genre of house music that emerged in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 3.4 million children across Ethiopia are out of school, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in a report. The UNOCHA Ethiopia Situation Report released on Monday, said more than 3.4 million children including 1.7 million girls have no access to school due to conflict […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disbursed N12.65 billion to the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), its flagship agriculture intervention scheme from January till date. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he read the communique issued at the end of the 290th meeting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – America readied itself Monday ahead of the possible historic indictment of Donald Trump over a hush-money case, with the former president calling for mass demonstrations if he is charged. Trump supporters were scheduled to protest in New York later Monday as Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg weighs charging the ex-president over a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu better known as Burna Boy will perform in the final of the 2023 UEFA Champions League in Istanbul, Turkey. UEFA revealed this in a statement on its platform on Thursday, saying the Grammy’s award-winner singer will co-headline the competition’s final kick-off show by Pepsi, at the Atatürk […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday said his re-election for a second term has reaffirmed that Lagos has chosen competence and experience, on the march to true greatness. Sanwo-Olu said this at the Lagos House Marina, while giving the victory speech for his re-election, following the official announcement by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded the collation of results of the Enugu State Governorship Election and adjourned until Monday for declaration of the winner. The INEC Returning Officer for the Election, Prof Ofo Iwe made the announcement on Sunday night after concluding the collation of results from the 17 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos state. The Returning Officer for the election, Prof Adenike Temidayo Oladiji said Sanwo-Olu scored 762,134 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Viviour who garnered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Nweke, in Ezza North Local Government Area during Saturday’s election. The Police Public Relation Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, revealed this to the pressmen in Abakaliki on Sunday. Onovwakpoyeya said the deceased was beaten to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the March 18 Governorship election in Oyo State. The State Returning Officer, Prof. Adebayo Bamire, also the Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, made the declaration on Sunday afternoon at the INEC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incumbent governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has taken an early lead in the governorship election in the state. The results of 18 of the state’s 33 local governments have been formally announced by the electoral commission, INEC, at the collation centre in Ibadan, the state capital. Mr Makinde’s PDP has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian celebrities, Peter of P-Square, aka Mr. P and Falz, have berated the Nigeria Police concerning their conduct in the ongoing governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. The African Examiner writes that there were reports that the 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election was marred by violence and intimidation. Some thugs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The labour Party LP Gubernatorial flag bearer in Enugu State, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga has raised the alarm over the disruption of voting processes in some polling units in the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly elections in the State. He hinted that one supporter of his party in Uzo- Uwani local government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Ekiti Deputy Governor, Bisi Egbeyemi, is dead. He died at age 78. Egbeyemi was a deputy governor to Governor Kayode Fayemi. He served between 2018 and 2022. The former deputy governor died around 8 pm on Friday after a brief illness. He was said to have died at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voting in today’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections have commenced in parts of Enugu state amid tight security in every nook and crannies of the state. Accreditation began at 9: 15 am in some polling units located at Enugu South and North local government areas of the state At Eha-Amufu in […]
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), says African countries have made commendable progress in implementing the regional integration agenda and promoting intra-regional trade. Mr Stephen Karingi, ECA’s Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, in a statement, however, said more work was needed to accelerate the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Karingi said efforts should also be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Most of Britain’s passport office workers will go on strike for five weeks starting in April in a pay dispute, potentially disrupting the delivery of passports ahead of the summer holiday period. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working across most of the UK’s passport offices […]
