(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will be the courageous leader that Nigeria needs to tackle its challenges. Tinubu, who is a presidential aspirant, stated this on Wednesday during a one-day forum organised by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The call of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, over the raging killings across the country has sparked social media reaction. African Examiner recalls that the forum in a statement on Wednesday stated that President Buhari does not have the answers to the security questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja-Kaduna train that was bombed by terrorists on March 28, 2022, in Kaduna State as well as passengers who boarded the train were all insured but not against terror attacks, senior officials of the Federal Government have stated. It was learnt that N50 was paid as a premium to two indigenous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to resign for failing to provide security in the country. The forum made the demand in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. It said it was disappointing that after nearly seven years of being in office, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, cautioned Vice President Yemi Osinbajo concerning his presidential ambition. Primate Ayodele heaped praises on Osinbajo for finding courage to declare his intention, however, he stated that the former Lagos State commissioner can never become Nigeria’s President. In a statement issued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has enjoined Nigerians ahead of the 2023 presidential elections to question aspirants concerning their major past achievements before vying for the number one political position in the country. Obi, who is also a presidential aspirant, announced this on Monday during a meeting with some stakeholders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have reportedly hijacked two commercial buses with passengers in Rivers State. The buses are heading to Kalabari riverine axis in Degema, Asaritoru and Akukutoru Local Government Councils from Port-Harcourt were allegedly hijacked along Degema/Buguma/Abonnema Road on East/West road. Rivers Police Command was yet to confirm the incident but locals said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu on Tuesday formally resigned from the Senate. Senator Abubakar Kyari representing Borno North also resigned from the Upper Chamber. Adamu and Kyari, in separate letters read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor, said their action became necessary following their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Candidates who sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations conducted between 2021 and 2022 by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) but whose results were withheld over suspected cases of irregularities and now exonerated will have their results released “latest by Friday, April 15, 2022.” The acting head of the public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun state Governor Adegboyega Oyetola yesterday urged security operatives in the state to fish out killers of chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) of Atakumosa East local government area of the state, Chief Gbenga Ogbara. African Examiner gathered that the APC chair was killed in the early hours of yesterday when gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Clearing agents operating in the nation’s maritime sector may withdraw their services following the reintroduction of a 15 per cent National Automotive Council levy on imported used vehicles by the Nigeria Customs Service. NAC had in 2011 proposed 35 per cent duty differentials between imported fully-built units and locally assembled cars. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and Presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the presidential declaration of vice president, Yemi Osinbajo saying that he has no son grown up enough to contest the party’s presidential ticket. Tinubu made this known shortly after a meeting with members of the Progressives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are reacting on social media to the declaration of Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo that he would be contesting the 2023 presidential election. African Examiner writes that Osinbajo announced his declaration in a short broadcast shared via his Twitter handle after a series of speculations about his political intention. This development has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has debunked media reports alleging that the Federal Government wants to hand over Ajaokuta Steel Plant to a British firm for rehabilitation. The minister said at no time did he say that the Federal Government was handing over Ajaokuta to a British firm for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that if he is elected president, he will complete the works which President Muhammadu Buhari began. Osinbajo disclosed this when he announced his intention to run for office of the president on Monday adding that his plan is to establish the “Nigeria of our dreams in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has stated that former Lagos governor and APC presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, has political structures and the capacity to win the 2023 presidential election. Igbokwe, who is an aide to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stated that every eligible Nigerian including […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife. The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Colleagues of Osinachi, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters, Abuja, accused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday officially declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. He made the declaration in a short broadcast shared via his Twitter handle after months of intense speculations. Osinbajo said, “In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The alarming spate of insecurity facing South East states of Nigeria, particularly Imo and Anambra has continued, as unknown armed men on Sunday attacked and set on fire the country home of Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General of Imo State, Cyprian Akaolisa. African Examiner learnt that his father’s house in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance has stated that the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, will not yield to criminal elements desperate to blackmail and sabotage the efforts of the governor at curtailing insecurity in the state. The party stated that irrespective of what the criminal elements are doing, it stands by the […]
