By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the 2019 general elections are here. Expectedly, Nigerians have come out in their numbers to vote for candidates of their choice. The first leg of the rescheduled polls is the Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections. With a total of 84, 004, 084 registered voters, out […]
African Examiner’s Election Coverage (Presidential & National Assembly) _______________________________________________________________________________ INEC Officially Declares Buhari As President-Elect as PDP Kicks (Feb. 27, 2019) By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has polled the highest number of votes in the last Saturday Presidential election. Following this, the Chairman of Independent National […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States (US) has denied statement credited to her Secretary of State, Mr. Mike Pompeo, quoting him as accusing the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as being corrupt. Following this, the statement which went viral on the social media Wednesday, quoted Pompeo as saying that he refused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his hometown of Daura in Katsina State, North West Nigeria, preparatory to his participation in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections slated for Saturday. Buhari arrived Daura helipad at exactly 4 p.m. in company of some of his close relations and aides. The aides included […]
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano Police Command says it has arrested a member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency, Abdulmumini Jibrin-Kofa over Thursday’s clash between supporters of PDP and APC. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the arrest of the lawmaker in an interview with the NAN in Kano Friday. He said Jibrin-Kofar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has included Zamfara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9, 2019 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. The Commission made this known Friday in a tweet from its verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria indicating that the action was “in compliance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the reported mass arrest and deportations of Nigerians from Ghana as worrisome In a statement by her Media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said the information on the renewed harrasment, arrest and deportation of hundreds of Nigerians […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday released the final breakdown of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) collected ahead of Saturday’s rescheduled Presidential election, showing Lagos and Kano taking the lead. INEC boss Prof Mahmud Yakubu in his daily briefing confirmed that a total of 72.8 million PVCs have been collected […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Saturday’s presidential\ National Assembly elections, the All Progressive Congress( APC), Enugu state chapter Thursday raised the alarm over alleged missing of result sheets meant for some local government areas of the state. It said the development remains a source of worry to the party, calling on […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry at the huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country intended to influence the general elections beginning this Saturday. The President who expressed the concern at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Wednesday, accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Thursday reacted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on dealing summarily with ballot snatchers or arsonists in upcoming elections is not a license to kill. NLC National President Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated this in a statement issued by the union in Abuja. Waba said NLC insisted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the March 9, 2019 Gubernatorial Elections, the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) Governorship candidate in Benue State, Rev. Frederick Ikyaan, has promised to establish three new specialized universities to address the peculiar and critical needs of the state if elected into office. In a statement issued in Makurdi on Thursday, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders and leaders of Ogbia have endorsed the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming general elections to reciprocate the magnanimity òf the PDP and the country to the area. The forum of Ogbia political leaders from Constituency 1, Jonathan’s constituency also resolved to endorse the Senatorial […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Lawrence Eze of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that he remains the candidate of the party for the Enugu East Senatorial district in the Feb. 23rd National Assembly NASS election, despite a federal High court judgment which sacked him on Tuesday. The Engineer turned politician […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malam Atahiru Madami, the Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has said that both Presidential and Senatorial election result sheets meant for the state were found in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Madami said this on the sideline of the distribution of sensitive materials to each of the 16 local government areas […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has declared that those who seek to undermine the country’s democracy by interfering in the electoral process must be considered as “enemies of Nigeria’’ therefore, must be dealt with appropriately. While noting that the military is mandated to defend Nigeria’s territorial […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform (CODER) has been granted accreditation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the 2019 Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly elections. To fulfill its mandate, CODER has trained 380 Field Observers and deployed them to their assigned states since Thursday, February 14, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tension in Izzi west constituency of Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria and home town of Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, over the burning of 30 residential buildings by suspected political thugs in pre-election related violence in the locality. Our Correspondent learnt that the attack followed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani has run into hot waters over his alleged mismanagement of funds made available to the Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for party agents, candidates, as well as other logistics for the postponed Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls. Reports say also that stakeholders […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suggested to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow either KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers to verify all the sensitive electoral materials that were returned to the various Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices across the nation after the deferral of the general elections […]
