AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has tasked Nigerians to hold him responsible if he fails to live up to expectations if elected as president. Obi stated this as he addressed a town hall audience in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Friday, February 3, 2023. The former Anambra State governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Actors Guild of Nigeria has berated Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, for calling Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate a “Nollywood actor”. The African Examiner recalls that in a recent interview, Governor El-Rufai had dismissed the chances of Obi winning the 2023 presidential election. “Peter Obi is a Nollywood actor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano has stated that Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), introduced the naira redesign policy because he failed in his presidential bid. Ganduje stated this while speaking with BBC Hausa on Friday after a meeting of the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele on Friday insisted that the apex bank will not extend the deadline for swapping old naira notes with the newly redesigned ones. He made this known during a special briefing at the CBN office in Lagos, saying that the CBN and other stakeholders are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ibadan took to the streets on Friday to protest against the lingering fuel and naira scarcity in the country. According to available information, the protest started around the state secretariat and the government house spread to Iwo road, Gate, and other busy areas around the state. Commercial activities were grounded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he has faith, trust, and confidence in the judiciary to right the wrongs as the chamber of justice and remedy. A statement by Mallam Rasheed Olawale, spokesperson to the governor, issued on Friday in Osogbo, said Adeleke made the remarks while receiving Unit-to Unit Ambassadors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday announced the suspension of his political campaign until further notice due to the current currency crisis and fuel scarcity. Governor Abiodun stated that this was done in order to identify with the plight of the people of Ogun State battling hardship due to the problems, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, have arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA, in possession of suspected counterfeit one hundred and eighty (180) pieces of the Central […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria to change high value Naira notes with new ones. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, media and civil society stakeholders have launched a new tracking group that will play the role of a watchdog over the conduct of the elections. Dubbed, “Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD)”, the group is a coalition of organizations from various sectors working collaboratively to engage […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has defended his administration’s action to cancel the approval it earlier granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council to use a stadium in the state for its rally. The State Government January 11 approved the use of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for the PDP presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Police Officers who were attacked, seriously wounded and disarmed by unknown gunmen in Abia State, have cried out over their continued detention for about five months without trial, Petitions the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Akali Baba. Counsel to the detained officers, Barrister Godwin Onwusi , raised the alarm on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has accused a Labour Party chieftain, Prof Pat Utomi, of “invading” its office in the Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area and holding an illegal press conference inside its conference room INEC Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in the state, Olusegun Agbaje, said he didn’t expect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, has described the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as “a Nollywood actor” that has zero chance of winning the 2023 presidential polls El-Rufai made the comparison in an interview on TVC program, Journalists’ Hangout, on Thursday, February 2, 2023. The Kaduna Governor, who spoke on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to make use of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo to share the election materials. The African Examiner writes that the National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has fixed February 15, 2023 for judgement in the suit seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearers in Enugu State from participating in the 2023 polls. The matter was instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial District candidate of the African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has tasked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to resign as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate. In a letter dated February 2, 2023, and addressed to Okowa, the elder statesman advised the Delta State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to consider postponing the old naira regime after the expiration of the February 10 deadline. In a statement issued by his campaign organization, Abubakar said the vote riggers are seeking to push the CBN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom, has stated that political campaigns should be hinged on addressing issues affecting the country and not about attacking individuals. Emmanuel stated this when he inaugurated the newly appointed permanent secretaries, chairpersons and members of boards and commissions, and the transition committee in Uyo, the state capital […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has refuted claims that its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso is in talks with his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. NNPP stated that Atiku should respect his age as Kwankwaso would never form an alliance with him. The National Chairman of NNPP, Professor […]
