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Sunday, April 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has invited the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Yunusa, over the declaration of the election held Saturday. The commission disclosed this on Sunday via its Twitter handle. It noted that the process has clearly not been concluded before he made the announcement. “The attention of the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, April 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was on Sunday morning declared the winner of Sokoto South senatorial district election. Tambuwal, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, defeated the current serving senator, Danbaba Dambuwa, with a total margin of 4,976. Announcing the results at about 11:55 am on Sunday at […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, April 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wide-spread violence has compelled INEC to cancel Saturday’s Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency rerun election in Akwa Ibom. Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, told newsmen in Uyo that the rerun election in the area was abysmal. He said the election was cancelled in all the 17 polling units because of […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.04% in March 2023 compared to February 2023 headline inflation rate which was 21.91%. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Saturday, the March 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.13% points when compared to February 2023 headline […]
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea’s miserable form in the Premier League continued on Saturday when they crashed to Brighton at Stamford Bridge. The Blues were coming on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League midweek. But Frank Lampard’s men, who took the lead, surrendered to Brighton 1-2. It was Brighton’s […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voting has ended in 206 polling units across 15 local government areas of Kano state where supplementary elections took place on Saturday. While party agents, election observers, and related bodies are following up the process at different collation centres in the state for transparency, security presence has been heightened in a bid […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for Bayelsa State. He was declared the winner of the APC election held on Friday and Saturday across 105 wards via the direct primary option in the oil-rich state. While declaring the results at […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians have reacted to a video that showed beautiful moments between popular Nigerian fuji singers, Wasiu Alabi Ajibola, aka Pasuma and Akorede Babatunde Okunola, a.k.a Saheed Osupa. The African Examiner recalls that a video call uploaded on Saheed Osupa’s Instagram page showed him consoling Pasuma on the death of his mother, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze has reaffirmed that Germany will continue to work together with local leaders and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Mali after withdrawing its troops next year. The minister said as Germany prepares to withdraw the Bundeswehr from Mali by next year, the ongoing development aids in the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United have been hit by a double defensive injury blow after Lisandro Martinez was ruled out for the rest of the season and Raphael Varane sidelined for the next few weeks. Both players were hurt in Thursday’s 2-2 draw against Sevilla in the Europa League quarter-final first leg at Old Trafford, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Thousands of voters are expected to hit the polls today as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducts supplementary elections across 23 states. On the heels of the February 25 presidential/National Assembly elections, and the March 18 governorship/state assembly elections, INEC fixed Saturday, April 15 for governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stated that quick action is needed to protect the children suffering as a result of the conflicts in north-east Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, UNICEF stated that 96 out of 276 girls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno are still […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incident between Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane has been “dealt with” after the Senegal star was fined and suspended by Bayern Munich, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. Mane was suspended for this weekend’s Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim after reportedly having a physical altercation with Sane following Tuesday’s Champions League defeat […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has commended members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their large turnouts in the ongoing governorship primaries in the state. The African examiner reports that the APC is holding their governorship primaries across the 239 wards of Kogi. Bello gave the commendation on Friday, while speaking […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mike Igini, the former Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has alleged that the United Kingdom, UK, introduced Nigeria to election rigging. Igini made this assertion when he fielded questions concerning the conduct of the just concluded 2023 general elections on Arise Television’s Morning […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated his position on who will emerge as his successor. Gbajabiamila, in a tweet on Thursday, refuted a report claiming he was in opposition to the purported ambitions of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase and others in the running for the office […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has distributed materials for Saturday’s re-run election in six local government areas of Zamfara. The Residents Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Saidu Ahmad made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Gusau. He said the election was for Zamfara Central Senatorial District and two […]
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Friday, April 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested no fewer than 93 suspects for various crimes in the state between January and March. Mr Adamu Salihu, the NSCDC state Commandant, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, April 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has stated that doctors are driven out of the country by poverty and insecurity. The African Examiner recalls that a lawmaker, Ganiyu Johnson, had sponsored a bill to amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004 with a view to addressing the brain drain in the health […]
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Thursday, April 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2 million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022, report says. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement on Thursday, […]
