Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(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 […]
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has opened up to the corruption perception index of Transparency International TI, which stated that Nigeria dropped four steps backwards in its anti-corruption war. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Mohammed, disclosed this as on Wednesday as he reacted to the statement of the corruption watchdog. According to Mohammed, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that nothing can stop the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode stated that the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party and other fifth columnists from the Presidential Villa scheming against Tinubu couldn’t […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday, February 01, 2023, stated that it is not “officially aware” of any persons in the Presidential Villa scheming the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25 election. The African Examiner recalls that Governor Nasir El […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Tasks Incoming Govt. On Improve WASH. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid Nigeria, and its non governmental organization (NGO), partner, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO have lamented the perennial water scarcity in Enugu State, that has lasted over two decades, calling on the incoming administration to make Water Sanitation and Hygiene WASH a topmost priority. […]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to transform Anambra into the country’s industrial hub, if given the mandate in the February 25 poll. Mr Tinubu said this when he addressed APC supporters at a presidential campaign rally on Tuesday in Awka. He also promised to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that commercial banks will still continue to accept the old naira notes from customers after the February 10 deadline. Emefiele stated this when he appeared before the House of Representatives committee on the CBN naira redesign policy on Tuesday, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Inaugurates 5,700 Hectares Hadeja Valley Irrigation Scheme (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Dutse, Jigawa State, urged Nigerians to maintain peace during the forthcoming general elections. Buhari spoke at a state banquet after inaugurating several projects executed by the Federal Government, the Jigawa State Government and the Malam Alu Farm Project, a private […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele is before the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives which is investigating the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had on Thursday stated that he will not hesitate to ask the Inspector General of Police, Usman […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, January 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Kano described Boko Haram as a fraudulent organization with links to international groups bent on destroying Nigeria. According to him, his administration has succeeded in decimating the terror group, limiting their capacity to inflict harm. A statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, January 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says it is an act of anti-party on the part of the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to tell lawyers handling legal suits on behalf of the PDP in the State to dissociate themselves from the cases. The Rivers State governor stated that […]
