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Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, last Friday, was allegedly detained in London by UK immigration officials. According to reports, Obi was detained for hours, and interrogated by the officials, after his British Airways plane landed in Heathrow Airport on Friday morning. Prof Chinyere Okunna, a Mass Communications scholar, […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of Peak Milk has apologized to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), concerning the controversial Easter advert. The African Examiner recalls that last week, Peak Milk commemorated Good Friday using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote its Peak milk brand […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Anthony Victor, aka Victony says his accident two years ago was a “blessing in disguise”. The African Examiner recalls that in April 2021, the singer was involved in a ghastly accident that left one dead and three injured. The “Soweto” crooner subsequently underwent his first surgery in the same year. […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has stated that Dino Melaye does not have the wherewithal to be a governor.Wike made this known on Tuesday during a media chat in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers. The African Examiner writes that Dino Melaye, a former senator, is among those jostling to replace Governor […]
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Monday, April 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala has reacted to the demand made by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, to debate with Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. The African Examiner recalls that Datti Baba-Ahmed during an interview had stated that the country has […]
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Monday, April 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the presidential advisory committee against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has stated that the February 25 presidential poll is the “best election” Nigeria has ever organised. The African Examiner writes that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was announced winner of the presidential election by the Independent National […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party candidate for the just-ended gubernatorial election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, stated that what happened in the state was a war, not an election. Speaking on Arise Television’s morning show on Friday, Rhodes-Vivour also disclosed that the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must improve in […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Spokesperson for the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo (SAN), Festus Keyamo has slammed popular novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, concerning her letter to President Joe Biden of the United States regarding the Nigerian presidential election conducted on February 25.Keyamo, in an article, described Adichie’s letter as “petty” accusing the […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has opened up to criticism directed at him by Obidients, supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, after he expressed displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the party, Datti Baba-Ahmed. In a statement titled “Fascism On Course”, Soyinka stated […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that Rivers State “made the right choice” by voting for Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded presidential election. The African Examiner writes that Tinubu won Rivers, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) state, because of the face-off between Nyesom […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, is sad concerning the state of the country as he stated that Nigeria is currently more divided and corroded than what leaders of thought had in mind. Obasanjo who was a guest of honour at a public lecture series tagged, “From Elections to Governance and Performance” […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stated that the audio call featuring him and David Oyedepo, the founder of Winners Chapel, is fake. Obi made this known on Wednesday in a post on his official Twitter handle saying that “at no time did he ever say, think, […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has come under severe criticism on social media after he shared his views on the statements made by the Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed concerning the swearing-in of President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Soyinka, speaking in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, frowned […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the emergence of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a result of the consequence of the “EndSARS movement”. The African Examiner recalls that the EndSARS movement was a peaceful protest against police brutality, held across Nigeria in October 2020. Soyinka, […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi has stated that the last elections have dangerously divided Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines. Sanusi disclosed this on Tuesday at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who marked his birthday recently. He regretted […]
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) delayed the uploading of results to its portal because of suspected cyber attacks in the presidential poll. Mohammed stated that the allegation of fraud as told by the opposition is because of ignorance of how the […]
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has converted to Islam and also disclosed her reason for doing so.. The African Examiner recalls that her husband, Kazeem Adeoti, gathered friends, relatives, and colleagues for a lecture on Ramadan and following the success of the event, the actress was interviewed by journalists and she confirmed […]
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Human Rights Commission has stated that 88 lives were lost in the just concluded 2023 elections. The Commission also disclosed that 450 human rights-related incidents and complaints from the general polls including 22 hate speeches by political actors. The African Examiner recalls that NHRC had on February 24 launched its […]
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State says it has expelled the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, from the party. Omo-Agege was expelled for alleged anti-party activities and other undisclosed offenses. The expulsion letter dated March 31st was signed by the Chairman, Ulebor Isaac. According to the letter, the party unanimously agreed […]
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeoma Kalu, the wife of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, is dead. She died at the age of 61. The lawmaker announced this in a post on his official Facebook page on Monday, April 03, 2023. In the post, Senator Kalu stated that his late wife was a virtuous […]
