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Friday, February 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The author and global lead pastor of The Elevation Church, Godman Akinlabi,have stated that Nigerians should not give up on the country if their preferred candidate loses in the forthcoming elections. His statement comes days after Paul Adefarasin, the senior pastor of House on the Rock church, came under fire after he […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders ahead of the general election. The presidential and national assembly elections have been fixed for February 25. In a statement on Thursday by Tony Akuneme, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, the NIS comptroller-general, said the border closure […]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
…..Give Security Agencies 48 Hours To Fish Out Perpetrators (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legal practitioners, including Judges in the five branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Enugu State Thursday boycotted court sittings , as a way of in a expressing their anger over the gruesome murder of a former chairman of the Association […]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has not acted in breach on the order of the Supreme Court in the case filed by some governors over the naira swap deadline Malami spoke on Thursday when he featured at the 67th edition of the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have murdered Labour Party (LP)’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Oyibo Chukwu and his personal assistant. The Enugu Police Command spokesman Daniel Ndukwu confirmed the development in an early Thursday statement. He said the incident happened Wednesday when the assailants on a Hilux vehicle, attacked and set ablaze Chukwu’s campaign vehicle. […]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigerians prepare for the forthcoming elections, presidential candidates from 18 political parties on Wednesday signed a peace accord. President Muhammadu Buhari was around during the event alongside members of the National Peace Committee. Some of the leading candidates in attendance are Bola Tinubu (All Progressives Congress, APC), Peter Obi (Labour Party, […]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that the forthcoming general election is a “make-or-break moment” for Nigeria. Obi, in a post on his official media accounts on Wednesday, stated that Nigeria needs a leader who has the means of moving the country forward. “We are currently […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged candidates contesting elections at all levels to respect the choice of voters and accept the result of the elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The President, who witnessed the signing of the Second Peace Accord for the 2023 Presidential elections at the International […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned a case instituted by the state governments against the Federal Government challenging the implementation of the naira redesign. The apex court adjourned the case to March 3 for judgement. At the last hearing on February 15, seven states joined the three initial states as co-plaintiffs, while […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the movement of sensitive materials from the branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the local government area offices across the country ahead of the presidential and national assembly election on Saturday. In Lagos State, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, Mr […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has stated that it is not certain that Nigeria is prepared for the upcoming general election. Falana said this when he appeared on Arise TV programme on Tuesday. The African Examiner writes that Nigerians have been struggling with the scarcity of naira notes which […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has refuted the post on her Instagram and Facebook page claiming that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, directed Deposit Money Banks to collect the old N500 and 1000 notes. Aisha blamed the post on hackers who hacked her account adding that the post has been deleted […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has stated that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. El-Rufai stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, appointed Emefiele as CBN governor during an interview with BBC Hausa as he reacted […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal, state and local governments have shared N750.174 billion as Federation Allocation for January 2023. According to the figure released by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its meeting, the sum included the Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Electronic Money Transfer Levies (EMTL), Augmentation from Non- Mineral Revenue, […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye, aka Mr P, has berated governors of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, for asking the Supreme Court to declare President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on the naira swap as unconstitutional. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari had on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ade Omole, Director, Directorate of Diaspora, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says more than 1.6 million Nigerians with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are in the diaspora. He said this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat. Omole, who is also the leader of […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, has said some aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors that make up the G5 or Integrity Group will support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Saturday’s election. Specifically, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his counterpart of Enugu State, Okezie Ikpeazu, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, says he is ready to sacrifice his senatorial ambition in the National Assembly elections this Saturday, if it will ensure the victory of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Ortom, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is contesting the election in […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forms were purchased for the minister by a group of his friends at the […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Command in Kwara have paraded a 36 year-old medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi, over an alleged killing of four persons in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Paul Odama, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Monday at the headquarters of the command in Ilorin. He said one of […]
