(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC early hours of Sunday declared Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Saturday Ekiti Governorship election. The Chief Returning Officer of the election and Vice Chancellor VC of the University of Ibadan UI, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, announced the official […]
…As NBC Shuts Down State Radio, TV Stations EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The results of the Saturday Ekiti Governorship election are being collated and with the APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in the early lead. As at midnight, (Sunday), Fayemi’s party – the All Progressives Congress APC has been declared the winner in seven […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has just been elected the Chairperson, the board of the African Export-Import Bank. Mrs. Adeosun was elected during the Annual General Meeting AGM of AFREXIMBANK which held in Abuja Saturday. AFREXIMBANK is marking its 25th anniversary, with meeting in Abuja. The Minister succeeded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has alleged that Saturday’s gubernatorial election was largely compromised by personnel of the Nigerian police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor, who addressed newsmen shortly after casting his vote at about 1.20 p.m. at his Polling Unit 001 in Afao-Ekiti, alleged that policemen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will Sunday depart Nigeria for the Netherlands where he is scheduled to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. In a statement issued Saturday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina President Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a massive turnout of voters in Ekiti as the accreditation and voting process got underway in Saturday’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) monitoring the election across the three senatorial districts of the state report that many voters had arrived their polling units as early as 6.30 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The PDP candidate in Ekiti Governorship election Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, has reportedly tried repeatedly without success to cast his vote, as his PVC is rejected by the card reader. Prof Eleka hails from the Ikere Council area of the State. The incumbent Deputy Governor’s PVC was first rejected by the card reader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Friday narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to armed groups in South Sudan. Adopting a resolution by a vote of nine in favour and none against, with six abstentions, the 15-member body obliged all UN Member States to immediately to take necessary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A dozen boys, members of a youth football club with the intimidating name, The Wild Boars, ventured into the six-mile Tham Luang Cave. The cave is in the 1,275-kilometre long Doi Non Mountain Range in North Thailand. The boys are aged 11-16 with Wiboonrungrueng Chanin, being the youngest. With them was their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Saturday ahead of 2019 polls. The National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, made this known in Abeokuta while addressing journalists after a meeting between the executive members of the party in […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met with the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Senior Pastor of the popular Latter Rain Assembly Lagos, Tunde Bakare. The agenda of the meeting which held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja behind the closed doors was not made public. Still, the exclusive meeting, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the Kaduna State APC Friday reached the peak, as factional members including a serving Senator, Shehu Sani under the name, Akida and Restoration group announced their exit from the ruling party. The Chairman of the group, Matamaiki Tom-Maiyashi announced the decision at the groups’ press conference in Kaduna, the […]
…Says Rule On 13 Percent Derivation Not Implemented (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday faulted in strong terms the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the intensified call for the restructuring of the country. The Governor said that Buhari’s comment that those pushing for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Abia and Imo states resident in Enugu State under the platform of “Abia/Imo People’s Forum” have unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office for entrenching peace and good governance in the state. The non-indigenes led by the forum’s chairman and patron, Apostle Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa and […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended a 38-year-old man identified as Eze Collins Nwankwo for sexually abusing two sisters of same parent. According to the Police, the victims are between the ages of 7 and 10 years. The suspect who resides at No 3 Nome Close Sunrise Estate […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing plot by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state to remove his embattled Deputy, Prince Eze Madumere from office, Wednesday gained more ground, as the State House of Assembly sent a request to the Chief Judge of the state, asking him to appoint a panel of investigation in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea are set to announce the departure of the Manager Antonio Conte after two years in charge. The club have refused to comment on the status of the 48-year-old, who won the Premier League title in his first season and the FA Cup in May. But Chelsea player Cesc Fabregas has thanked […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Thursday afternoon commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for this Saturday’s Ekiti State Governorship election. Reports confirmed that the materials which were being moved from the Ado, the State capital branch of the Central Bank, (CBN) to the headquarters of each of the 16 […]
By Niyi Adeyi EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Saturday, July 14 Governorship Election of Ekiti State has taken a new dimension as the Police authority has announced the planned withdrawal of the security details of the VIPs, including the Governor Mr. Ayodele Fayose’s and the APC candidate Dr. Kayode Fayemi. A Deputy Inspector […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Nigerian Law School, the Body of Benchers and the Council of Legal Education for deeming it right to grant redress by calling Amasa Firdaus to bar with her hijab. The group in a press statement signed Wednesday by its director and founder, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said the […]
