(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has assured the delegates of the All Progressives Congress of solving the country’s challenges. Osinbajo disclosed this during the on-going national convention of APC in Abuja. Osinbajo, who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC tasked the delegates to vote for the aspirant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has stepped down for the National Leader and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. He announced this while addressing delegates at the ongoing national convention of the party. “It gives me the honour to step down for my leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, Senator Kabiru Gaya, says the list of Presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress has been trimmed to just two – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State even as he stated that three aspirants had stepped down. Governor Simon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly appointed Director General (D-G)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Projects Development Agency (PRODA), Engr.( Dr) Peter Ogbobe, has said he is going to do everything within his power to bring back the Organization’s lost glory. African Examiner reports that the Research institute which is a Parastatal under the federal Ministry of Science […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stated that he knows a name that could change Nigeria for good. Adeboye disclosed this on his Facebook page, as he attached an image of himself with a text – Jesus. “I know a name that can change […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors have proposed five presidential aspirants to participate at today’s primary. Plateau Governor Simon Lalong who confirmed the proposal to reporters in Abuja, said it was done based on the reality on ground and without bias and sentiments. The five, who are from the South, are: Asiwaju Bola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress Presidential aspirants from the South-East have written a letter to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to allow the South-East produce the next presidential candidate of the party. In a copy of the letter obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the aspirants urged Buhari to intervene during the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The accreditation for delegates participating in the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential election is ongoing. The accreditation is being held at the International Conference Center in Abuja. Journalists were not allowed into the venue of the accreditation. However, a member of the committee and a chieftain of the party in Delta, Barry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the popular Oja Oba Market in Owo, Ondo State, locked their shops Monday to mourn the victims of the deadly shooting at a church in the town on Sunday. Gunmen stormed Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, as worshippers were marking the Feast of Pentecost and opened fire on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said there was no bandit attack in Gwarimpa Estate but a robbery attack contrary to reports in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, said the clarification became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria in South Africa has signed a partnership agreement with the Kogi State Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC), to promote access to justice. The PDCRC is a hybrid institution that provides legal aid for indigent individuals in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A section of delegates of the All Progressives Congress(APC) have called on National chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu announced Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the “consensus candidate” ahead of APC presidential primary on Tuesday. But outraged NWC members dismissed the statement as “your personal opinion”. Reacting, many said Adamu’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has again, been declared the winner of the PDP primary rerun for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket in the 2023 general election. Banky W had a landslide victory, polling 24 votes out of 29 votes cast by delegates at the primary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, on Monday, has pulled out of the race to secure the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. The former lawmaker announced his withdrawal during a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Monday. He said, “In the present circumstances, it does not make any […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Kwara has confirmed the killing of two people by unknown gunmen and abduction of others along Obbo Ayegunle-Osi road in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command Spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, on Monday in Ilorin. “Information received on June […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again, cleared all doubts about his stand on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that he had “anointed no one,” The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the clarification when he met with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Enugu Command has arraigned one Pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie and three others who are currently at large, Mr. Azubuike Ifeanyi Bright, Mrs. Amarachi Blessing Iro and Mr. Kelechi Patrick Iro, before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a seven […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to videos emerging in the online space that Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was involved in an accident along Airport road, Abuja, on his way to commiserate with the Ondo State government and families of victims of Sunday’s attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The killing of over 50 parishioners of St Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday has made many Nigerians question the competence of the Directorate of State Services. African Examiner had earlier reported that unknown gunmen had attacked the church while the mass was still on and detonated explosives and thereafter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission have blocked the main entrance into the National Assembly Complex. The workers under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) warned on Friday they will commence an indefinite strike on Monday. They accused the management of the National Assembly of […]
