(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has opened up on the rumored attacks of Igbo traders in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that there have been rumors that thugs were attacking the businesses of Igbos in Lagos after the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), announced that Peter Obi, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, stated that the viral audio clip where he, his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, revealed plans to scuttle the forthcoming election is “utter rubbish”. Atiku, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has stated that it has retrieved 700 permanent voter cards from foreigners residing in Jigawa State. This was disclosed in a statement by the comptroller of the Jigawa State command of the NIS, Ahmad Dauda Bagari. The statement, signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSI Nura […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders ahead of the general election. The presidential and national assembly elections have been fixed for February 25. In a statement on Thursday by Tony Akuneme, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, the NIS comptroller-general, said the border closure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigerians prepare for the forthcoming elections, presidential candidates from 18 political parties on Wednesday signed a peace accord. President Muhammadu Buhari was around during the event alongside members of the National Peace Committee. Some of the leading candidates in attendance are Bola Tinubu (All Progressives Congress, APC), Peter Obi (Labour Party, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that the forthcoming general election is a “make-or-break moment” for Nigeria. Obi, in a post on his official media accounts on Wednesday, stated that Nigeria needs a leader who has the means of moving the country forward. “We are currently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has stated that it is not certain that Nigeria is prepared for the upcoming general election. Falana said this when he appeared on Arise TV programme on Tuesday. The African Examiner writes that Nigerians have been struggling with the scarcity of naira notes which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has refuted the post on her Instagram and Facebook page claiming that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, directed Deposit Money Banks to collect the old N500 and 1000 notes. Aisha blamed the post on hackers who hacked her account adding that the post has been deleted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has stated that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. El-Rufai stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, appointed Emefiele as CBN governor during an interview with BBC Hausa as he reacted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The viral video of the General Overseer of House On The Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin sharing a cryptic message on the outcome of the forthcoming election has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Pastor Paul, while addressing his members in a Sunday sermon stated that the results of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye, aka Mr P, has berated governors of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, for asking the Supreme Court to declare President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on the naira swap as unconstitutional. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari had on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh protests have erupted in Sagamu, Ogun State due to the naira scarcity, with videos emerging online showing two banks set ablaze. The African Examiner writes that videos emerged online on Monday, showing many residents watching Keystone and Union banks being set ablaze as some youths held planks in protest. On Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated that the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards an interim government is not absolutely true. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement on Friday stated that President Buhari won’t stampede democracy he has helped to keep alive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira swap policy has failed woefully due to the present hardship in the country. Akeredolu, in a statement released on Saturday, enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the policy to prevent a major chaos in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to end the validity of the N1,000 and N500 old notes irrespective of the suffering Nigerians have faced in the past couple of weeks. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari in a national broadcast on the morning of Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it has arrested and detained about 800 Nigerians for various offences which border on irregular migration. This was announced in a statement signed by the Head of, Public Relations Unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Gabriel Odu, on Friday. The Saudi authorities stated that 45,458 illegal migrants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old naira notes still remain legal tender in Kaduna State. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday night, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to make use of the old naira notes alongside the new notes. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America on Thursday in Abuja stated that it would return to Nigeria a sum of $954, 807 seized from the late former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. The decision of the American government to repatriate the money to Nigeria was announced by the USA Ambassador to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed executives of commercial banks to make the old 200 naira notes available. Emefiele stated this to State House correspondents shortly after he attended a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Naira […]
Emefiele Is Frustrating Us, Governor Akeredolu Speaks On Naira Redesign Policy (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has stated that the rating of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is no longer as it used to be due to the effects of the naira redesign policy on Nigerians. Speaking on the policy on […]
