Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, February 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chrisland schools have opened up concerning the sad development that led to the death of a student. The African Examiner writes that a student of Chrisland School, Whitney Adeniran, during its inter-house sports event held at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, reportedly slumped and died. The father of the deceased, Michael Adeniran had […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, Politics
Saturday, February 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has stated what his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi must do to gain electoral victory in the forthcoming presidential election. According to Kwankwaso, the chances of Peter Obi winning the presidential election depend on a merger with him. The […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, February 10th, 2023
The defection of the budget commissioner comes barely 48 hours after over 40 special advisers dumped the governor’s APC to join the PDP. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara State Commissioner for Budget, Alhaji Aliyu Mafara, on Friday, resigned his position, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that he has no business with the head of Lagos Parks and Garden, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. Agbaje made this known on Friday while speaking during the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security meeting at INEC […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, February 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of old Anambra State, and one time Minister of Youth and Sports, Senator Jim Nwobodo has condemned in its entirety what he referred to as campaign of calumny by opposition politicians in Enugu State. Speaking with Newsmen at his Amaechi country home in reaction to the certificate forgery allegation against the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Enugu, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, February 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The hammer of the opposition people’s Democratic party PDP has fallen on ex- governor of Enugu state, and incumbent Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial district in the Nation Assembly, NASS, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party on Friday expelled him and six others over alleged anti […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti, has stated that he was foolish when he was campaigning for Tinubu in 1999. The African Examiner writes that Bola Tinubu is a former governor of Lagos State and a presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. In a recent video, the son of the legendary singer and […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the February 25 and March 11 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the NUC noted that the directive is based on the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it is investigating the events surrounding its Twitter account liking a post relating to a presidential candidate. The African Examiner writes that on Wednesday, INEC’s official Twitter account liked a post in which Seun Kuti, son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, condemned Peter Obi, the […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mike Ozekhome, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has opened up concerning the judgement of the Supreme Court on the February 10 deadline for the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes. The African Examiner writes that the apex court had on Wednesday restrained the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has tasked the supreme court to reject a suit filed by three states contending the February 10 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to end the use of old naira notes. In a preliminary objection filed on Wednesday through his lawyers, Mahmud Magaji and Tijanni Gazali, […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) says Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering in absentia, has finally been remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos. EFCC Spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the Court of […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, assured Nigerians that the elections will be held as scheduled. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen days to the conduct of the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that the two major encumbrances faced by the commission have been resolved. For this reason, the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the February 25 and March 11 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed the action to be taken if hoodlums snatch the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) on election day. According to the electoral body, the BVAS, the technology that will be used for the accreditation […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old Naira Notes from Feb. 10 A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, stopped the move in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The three states had specifically applied for an […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has apologized to Nigerians for the over three months of pains caused by the nationwide fuel scarcity. “I apologize for the situation. On behalf of all of us, the stakeholders in the oil and gas industry. Definitely, not surely exclusive. Having said this, it is […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori, has pledged to run a detribalised government, elected as governor of the state. Oborevwori, also the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, made the pledge during an interactive session with members of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Delta council, in […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the state government has re-issued the approval for the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in the state to host its presidential campaign rally. The Rivers State Government had on January 31 withdrawn the initial approval of […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, attended a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Yakubu was accompanied by 11 INEC National Commissioners. In his address, the INEC Chairman noted that the meeting was because of the apex […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babatunde Fashola has denied promising that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will fix power supply issues in six months. Several reports claimed that the Minister of Works and Housing promised in the lead-up to the 2015 election that if voted in, the APC would solve Nigeria’s power challenge. The reports went further […]
