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Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation’s top campaigner, Richard Akinnola, has congratulated the former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, on his early lead and “presumed victory” at the ongoing All Progressives Congress presidential primary. So far, Tinubu has obtained over 890 votes to lead his closest contenders, Rotimi Amaechi and Yemi Osinbajo. Amaechi […]
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is leading in the ongoing presidential primary of the party in Abuja. Tinubu won 10 of the 10 boxes sorted so far, obtaining over 750 votes. He is trailed by former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has assured the delegates of the All Progressives Congress of solving the country’s challenges. Osinbajo disclosed this during the on-going national convention of APC in Abuja. Osinbajo, who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC tasked the delegates to vote for the aspirant […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has stepped down for the National Leader and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. He announced this while addressing delegates at the ongoing national convention of the party. “It gives me the honour to step down for my leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He is […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, Senator Kabiru Gaya, says the list of Presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress has been trimmed to just two – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State even as he stated that three aspirants had stepped down. Governor Simon […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors have proposed five presidential aspirants to participate at today’s primary. Plateau Governor Simon Lalong who confirmed the proposal to reporters in Abuja, said it was done based on the reality on ground and without bias and sentiments. The five, who are from the South, are: Asiwaju Bola […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress Presidential aspirants from the South-East have written a letter to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to allow the South-East produce the next presidential candidate of the party. In a copy of the letter obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the aspirants urged Buhari to intervene during the […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the popular Oja Oba Market in Owo, Ondo State, locked their shops Monday to mourn the victims of the deadly shooting at a church in the town on Sunday. Gunmen stormed Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, as worshippers were marking the Feast of Pentecost and opened fire on […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A section of delegates of the All Progressives Congress(APC) have called on National chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu announced Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the “consensus candidate” ahead of APC presidential primary on Tuesday. But outraged NWC members dismissed the statement as “your personal opinion”. Reacting, many said Adamu’s […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, on Monday, has pulled out of the race to secure the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. The former lawmaker announced his withdrawal during a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Monday. He said, “In the present circumstances, it does not make any […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again, cleared all doubts about his stand on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that he had “anointed no one,” The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the clarification when he met with […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The killing of over 50 parishioners of St Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday has made many Nigerians question the competence of the Directorate of State Services. African Examiner had earlier reported that unknown gunmen had attacked the church while the mass was still on and detonated explosives and thereafter […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission have blocked the main entrance into the National Assembly Complex. The workers under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) warned on Friday they will commence an indefinite strike on Monday. They accused the management of the National Assembly of […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits have reportedly attacked Genuine Estate after EFAB Queens in Gwarinpa, an estate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learnt they carried out the attack in the early hours of Monday armed with bows, arrows and machetes. An unconfirmed number of residents were said to have been kidnapped from […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday night met with all the aspirants for President on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, urging them to hold consultations, and come up with a formidable candidate before the party holds its primary election between June 6-8. According to a statement issued by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -No fewer than fifty worshippers were gunned down by unknown gunmen at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident has sparked reactions among social media users. Although, media reports had stated that over fifty persons died , some social media users are putting the […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Sunday morning apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, saying he did not mean to disrespect them. Shettima’s apology is coming almost 48 hours after his interview on Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ on Friday. The former Borno governor, who […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that his administration will hunt down the perpetrators of the attack on a church in the Owo LGA of the state. The African Examiner writes that St Francis Catholic Church in Owo was attacked by gunmen leaving many people including women and children dead. […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their support for the candidates from Southern part of Nigeria to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of their meeting ahead of the party’s presidential primaries in Abuja. […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has thrown its weight behind the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), following the scathing remarks of a presidential aspirant and the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had while speaking to the party’s delegates in Ogun State on Thursday claimed that […]
