(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded election, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that drinking whiskey at 11:30 am on a Monday has affected the manner he thinks. Abubakar stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has stated that the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress is not the will of God. Obi made this known on Monday when he appeared on Arise Television saying that God’s wish was for the Independent National Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate in the just-ended 2023 election, Peter Obi, has stated that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State came against him in the February 25 presidential election. Obi also berated those who alleged that he got votes in Lagos because of the presence of Igbos. The former Anambra State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has no involvement in politics, especially as regards the March 18 governorship election in Lagos State, the bank stated on Monday in Abuja. Its acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isa AbdulMumin, made the declaration in reaction to a newspaper report entitled: “Emefiele launches fresh plot against president-elect, Tinubu.’’ The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The website of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has gone down as the agency begins its recruitment exercise. Checks by many users on Monday found that the agency’s website indicated ‘500 internal server errors. The African Examiner recalls that the agency’s recruitment application started on Sunday and was expected to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has stated that it has seized 150 smuggled drums of petrol in Akwa Ibom. Speaking during a press briefing on Saturday, Yusuf Imam, the NSCDC commandant in the state, stated that the civil defence corps arrested two suspects on Thursday and seized five engines […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party has stated that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission nationwide as the electoral body is allegedly undermining its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Dr Yunusa Tanko, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has reacted to the call made by the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi for residents of the state to vote massively for his party’s House of Assembly candidates in the forthcoming election. The African Examiner recalls that Obi had on Friday night met […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is going after the footsteps of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Arthur Nzeribe, for calling for the cancellation of a free and fair election. Fani-Kayode, a Tinubu, Shettima Presidential Campaign Council member, made this known on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, says that lovers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo are oppressors and they must end up in hell. Seun made this assertion when he uploaded a video lamenting the corruption and manipulation of Nigeria’s natural resources for selfish interest as he pointed out that Obasanjo’s administration was the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has called for the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses that refuse to accept the old naira notes. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made this known in a statement saying that the Yahaya Bello administration joined other states to pursue the case in court in order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has warned members of his constituency to vote only for the candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, or risk not getting any dividends of democracy from him. In a video that has since gone viral, Soludo was seen telling members of the Igbo-Uwku/Aguata 2 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Fuji artist, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka KWAM 1 De Ultimate, has opened up on why he declined to kiss his wife at his 66th birthday party. The African Examiner recalls that a video in which the singer publicly refused to kiss his wife sparked social media reactions. Reacting to this development, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo-Olu, has tasked the youths to drop the question about “who ordered the shooting” and put themselves in his shoes. It could be recalled that over two years ago, soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos and Babajide Sanwo-Olu has opened up on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Appeal Court on Wednesday rejected the request made by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used in the presidential election should not be reconfigured ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections this weekend. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that he did not express opposition towards the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded presidential campaign period. Wike made this known during the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun state, has tasked Igbos residing in Lagos not to make the state’s gubernatorial election “an ethnic issue”. Osoba made this known in an interview with TVC on Monday. The African Examiner writes that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos and APC candidate, and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate in the just-ended February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has visited Jennifer Efedi who hoodlums attacked in the election. One of the spokespersons for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Ndi Kato, made this known on Monday on her Twitter handle. The African Examiner recalls that Efedi was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has opened up concerning the effects of her dad’s death on her. Omotola, speaking in an exclusive interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, stated that she never had the chance to develop a close relationship with her late father adding that before his death, she barely even […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that his party protested at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja due to the commission contravening all the provisions of the current Electoral law. The African Examiner recalls that Atiku led a protest […]
