(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has refuted claims that the Financial Times’ Africa Editor, David Pilling, made in an article on the Buhari regime published January 31, 2022. In an open letter to The Editor, Financial Times, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said, “The caricature of a government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received a comprehensive report on the coup attempt to remove President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. African Examiner reports that the attempted coup was, however, not successful as it was aborted by loyalist forces. The Nigerian leader was briefed on the sidelines of the African Union Summit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has stated that if the necessary action is not taken, the average inflation rate would not reach the single-digit as projected by the CBN. According to the World Bank, the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any concise effort in 2021 towards curbing the rising inflation and an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other aspirants cannot outspend him in the upcoming presidential primaries of the ruling party. Kalu made this known while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today saying that Tinubu isn’t […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has refuted claims that he is supporting the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu describing it as a loose talk. Fayose in an interview stated that he might consider joining the 2023 presidential race if the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) zones its presidential ticket to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with the former Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Okorocha said he was in the Villa to seek President Buhari’s intervention over his ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits on Thursday, murdered a village head, Jafaru Rabi’u, and kidnapped a yet-to-be-identified lady at Daddara Liman, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday night. Mallam Yunusa, a resident in the area, stated that the terrorists also killed four other people at the nearby Daddara village located within the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, on Thursday, berated the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for ignoring the southeast for the 2023 presidency. Adeyanju claimed that the APC and PDP are not thinking about the southeast for the 2023 presidency. In a tweet, the convener of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Actors’ Guild of Nigeria has disclosed that the Nollywood stars who met with presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, were not representing the interest of the guild. This was contained in a statement signed by the AGN National Taskforce chairman, McSmith Ochendo, on Wednesday. It could be recalled that in a video that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate and Revolution Now convener, Omoyele Sowore, says the presidential ambition of chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi is dead on arrival. It could be recalled that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, repeated gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. As of the time of filing this report, it is not yet clear those responsible for the gunfire, as soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is reportedly presiding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has officially declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023.Okorocha, who is presently a senator, represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate.While declaring his intentions to run for the office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan radio presenter, Maureen Imbai, aka Black Cinderella, has called out Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, for embarrassing Kenyans. Black Cinderella, took to her Instagram story on Monday to berate the Zazzu crooner concerning a video posted by the latter, where he was jeering at a lady in Kenya […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 127,491 candidates who applied to join the police will from Tuesday arrive at the various state police command headquarters nationwide to begin their physical screening. The applicants comprise 104,403 from the North and 23,088 from the Southern part of the country. A breakdown of this number revealed that Abia State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), has stated that people in the south-east obey the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) because of fear of being killed. African Examiner recalls that IPOB had ordered a sit-at-home order every Monday across the entire southeast but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger state, has stated that some northerners made it impossible for former President Goodluck Jonathan to defeat Boko Haram. Aliyu disclosed this in an interview saying that it is unfortunate that insecurity has been allowed to increase. “When Boko Haram started and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohanaeze Ndigbo has berated those who it describes as desperate politicians from the North concerning their moves to retain power beyond 2023 adding that such plans will sink the country. The group in a statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General stated that those working against the gentleman pact of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has stated that he would talk about his intentions on the 2023 presidency to Nigerians during the Easter period. Ngige disclosed that he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country if he should run for Presidency in 2023. The former Anambra State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday issued another revelation about the 2023 Presidential race in Nigeria.Primate Ayodele disclosed that the Presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spoil the chances of the Southwest.In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications, says that the shortest way the southeast can produce the president of Nigeria is through an Atiku Abubakar presidency. Dokpesi disclosed this when he addressed journalists in Abia State. According to the media mogul, Atiku would be 80 years soon and Atiku is running for the […]
