(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Education minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has stated that the level of decay in the Nigerian system may prevent Nigeria’s next president from achieving quick results. Ezekwesili disclosed this when she appeared on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm, scheduled to air on Tuesday noon. In an excerpt of the interview, the former education minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says one-year imprisonment or a fine of N500,000 awaits whosoever is found guilty of buying votes in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The INEC Commissioner in Jigawa State, Professor Muhammad Lawal Bashar, made this known during an interview with newsmen. The Commissioner stated that the electoral commission […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has informed Nigerians that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would change the country if elected in 2023. Buhari also stated that Tinubu’s presidency would make sure that the nation moved ahead “from what has so far been achieved throughout the country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement credited to a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, about northerners not voting for politicians who won’t grant amnesty to bandits wreaking havoc across the region as bandits are warriors who shouldn’t be killed but negotiated with has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that the cleric, in one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, has stated that irrespective of the many lofty promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, he is leaving Nigerians “far more vulnerable” than when he came into office on May 29, 2015. Bishop Kukah disclosed this in his 2022 Christmas Message titled, ‘Nigeria: Let […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that Nigerians will not spend the next Christmas on petrol queues if he is elected as president. In a statement on Saturday, Phrank Shaibu, media aide to Abubakar, quoted the former vice-president as saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says his best efforts to change the fortune of Nigeria haven’t been enough to satisfy some Nigerians. President Buhari stated this in a documentary aired during a private dinner organised by his family and close associates to mark his 80th birthday at the State House Banquet Hall on Friday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he didn’t find it funny in the viral joke that alleged that a certain Jubril from Sudan replaced him. The President made this known during an event organised by his family and close associates to mark his 80th birthday on Friday. Speaking in a documentary played at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A boat mishap at a jetty in a Badagry community in Lagos State has led to the death of a 32-year-old man. The mishap, according to sources, occurred at the jetty on Thursday night when two boats, one coming from Badagry and another coming from Lagos, collided. Mr Victor Idowu, a resident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore has refuted claims that the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka is dead. African Examiner writes that they were rumours on social media, particularly Twitter, claiming that that the novelist had passed away. However, Sowore who took to his Facebook page to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jason Njoku, the media entrepreneur, says inherited wealth is a burden and he and his actress wife Mary Njoku have decided not to leave too much wealth for their children Njoku took to his Twitter account on Friday saying that when wealth is inherited, it usually comes with a huge burden and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has enjoined the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to step down for the presidential candidate of the APC as the action of the former Anambra State governor is isolating the Southeast at the centre. Garba stated that Obi was isolating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – CBN Deputy Governor Aisha Ahmad, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has stated that she does not know the quantities of new notes the CBN printed and released for circulation. Ahmad stated this as she responded to questions when she appeared before the House of Representatives to talk […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A commercial bus driver was killed yesterday when twin 20ft containers fell on vehicles plying the ever-busy Cele bus stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, in Lagos State. Officers of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have been deployed to the scene. “On arrival […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council Spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, has stated that Doyin Okupe resigned as campaign Director-General of the Labour Party flag-bearer on personal grounds. Tanko made this known when he spoke on telephone with Daily Post on Tuesday. He stated that Okupe accepts that the interest of ‘Obedients’ across the world […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the date for registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The registration would be from Saturday, 14th January, to Tuesday, 14th February 2023. The Board disclosed the dates for its activities for 2023 following a management meeting on Tuesday. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 213 bodies of terrorists and their collaborators have died and their bodies were recovered in Zamfara State as of Tuesday. This development is coming after exchanges of gunfire between Nigerian troops and terrorists in some communities. According to available information, the armed forces lost 10 personnel and some civilians were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday says that the auctioning of the 5G spectrum alone generated $547m. He also heaped praises on the contributions of the digital economy in driving growth, creating employment and generating 594 per cent of its revenue target for 2019, adding that it has opened more avenues for development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says that the commission would need over 100,000 vehicles and about 4,200 boats to carry materials and personnel to different polling units across the country for the 2023 general elections. Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 as he assured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the President of South Africa under the platform of the African National Congress. This was reported by AriseTV on Monday. Ramaphosa defeated his closest rival, a former health minister, Zweli Mkhize with 2,476 votes. African Examiner writes that Ramaphosa’s re-election is coming after the opposition tasked […]
