(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked claims that it intends to field former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2023. There has been a rumour that some Northern APC Governors visited Jonathan and urged him to contest for the party’s ticket in 2023. Reacting, , the interim committee Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has refuted claims that he made a sick Umaru Yar`Adua as his successor saying that he checked his medical records and saw that Yar`Adua had a kidney transplant and was as good as a normal person. The former president disclosed this during an interview Responding to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State has frowned at the governor of Imo State. Sen.Hope Uzodinma, concerning his comments about the All Progressives Congress, APC, taking over Anambra State with “seen and unseen forces”. Uzodinma in an event in Awka meant to kickstart Anambra APC programme had made the statement. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, prevented former Lagos state governor and national chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu from being the running mate of President Buhari in 2015. Oyinlola disclosed this during an interview with The Punch saying that the idea of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieut.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military will soon put an end to the insurgency ravaging the North East and operations of the terrorists will be a thing of the past. He disclosed this during the Pulling Out Parade held in his honour at the Mogadishu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government says its planning a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and other major cities in Nigeria due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. The government is disturbed that with more than 127,000 confirmed cases so far, Nigerians are still not abiding to safety protocols. The National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 19 Northern States Governors have decided to take the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccine arrives the country. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, disclosed this while addressing a webinar organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, where the safety and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to take charge of the security challenges in the state. The monarch disclosed this when he appeared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nolly wood popular actor Ernest Azuzu is dead According to reports, the actor slumped and died on Tuesday evening. His death was confirmed by the President Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, on Wednesday. Rollas said: “Yes, Ernest Asuzu is dead. I am trying to reach his wife to get the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other agencies to probe the tenure of the sacked service chiefs for human rights abuses and extra judicial killings. President Buhari had sacked the service chiefs after many Nigerians have agitated for their sack. Fayose took to his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that the Service Chiefs have resigned their appointments and thus proceeded on retirement from service. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja. The statement says those retired are the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has revealed how national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, held a secret meeting with Sunday Igboho in 2009. African Examiner recalls that Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, has been in the news recently over the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday has enjoined the United States President, Joe Biden, to impose sanctions on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration due to alleged corruption and rights violations. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has opened up concerning the rumour of his alleged plan to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Okorocha was reported to have stated that some aggrieved members of the APC may join another force before 2023. However, the Imo West Senator when he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group says that President Buhari hasn’t done anything for the group but created enemies for them. The National Secretary of the group, Saleh Alhassan, made this known in an interview, saying that the herdsmen were being marginalised in the country under the administration of President Buhari. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to talk to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his 2015 campaign promises on restructuring. The PDP is challenging the APC after the spokesperson of the senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stated that restructuring as promised by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has opened up concerning the tension in Oyo State. The monarch who spoke on Saturday at a Church service in Ibadan urged both farmers and herders to live in peace. He was represented by Mogaji Okiti-Aresa, Chief Adeshina Olatunji. According to him, blaming a particular […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has sparked reactions on social media as he gives reason why the pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. African Examiner reports that the pigeons did not fly after President Buhari released them from the cage. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has kicked at the situation where Nigerians pay high taxes and still provide basic infrastructure for themselves. The former Nigeria’s minister of agriculture disclosed this on Thursday at the first national tax dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). Adesina satted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two time presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted after his son, Bolu Okupe, disclosed that he is an homosexual. African Examiner reports that Bolu Okupe had made a shocking revelation saying that he is gay. He took to his social media account on Wednesday to announce this. Reacting, Doyin Okupe, stated […]
