(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Enugu State from taking part in the 2023 elections. The case was instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial district candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chika Idoko. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old naira notes still remain legal tender in Kaduna State. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday night, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to make use of the old naira notes alongside the new notes. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure aimed at achieving a free open defecation Enugu state, WaterAid Nigeria, and her implementing Civil Society Organization (CSO), South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO partner, have enjoined Monarchs in Igboeze North Council Area of the state, and the local government leadership to enact sanitation bye laws prohibiting the […]
….Seeks 1 Billion For Damages (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Governorship flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Dr. Peter Ndubusi Mbah, has filed a libel suit against the Embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the Lagos based Daily Independent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court of Nigeria has adjourned hearing in a suit seeking to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the policy on the newly redesigned naira notes. The apex court adjourned the suit to February 22, 2023 for further hearing. The original suit was filed by 3 states – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A University Lecturer, (Dr) Mrs Rejoice Okocha, has stressed the need for Nigerian women to rise up and join politics so as to contribute their quota in addressing the leadership challenges confronting the nation, saying no country, including Nigeria can, achieve it’s development dream without Women participation. She maintained that for Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, says the Supreme Court ruling on the implication of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) re-designed naira notes and cashless policy has saved Nigeria from political and economic shutdown. Tinubu in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based law firm, A.O. Omotayo and Associates has petitioned the Rivers State Police Command over unlawful, illegal invasion and locking up of the Port Harcourt branch of MAYFRESH Mortgage bank limited by its landlord Chief C.U Nwadike. The petition signed by the lead Counsel of the law firm, Olu Omotayo, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Various Nigeria’s Consumer protection and regulatory Agencies on Thursday took awareness creation on the services they offer to Nigerians to the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, Enugu Campus, where they interacted with the law students of the institution. They equally educate them on how to seek redress when their rights are violated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Abia state Prof Uche Ikonne, is dead. His death was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by his son Dr Chikezie Uche-Ikonne. The statement reads: “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Governorship ambition of the people’s Democratic party PDP flag bearer in Enugu, Dr. Peter Mbah has received further boost, as a highly revered first class Monarch in the State, Igwe Charles Egbo Nwoye, endorsed him. Our Correspondent reports that Igwe Nwoye, who is the Traditional ruler of Amuri Ancient kingdom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umana, has charged that the members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to establish a template for effective take off in the task to make a positive impact on the lives of the people of the Niger Delta […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that there’s nothing bad in the country having a budget deficit. Tinubu disclosed this on Friday at a presidential dialogue organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). The African Examiner recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to shut down the entire health sector of Abia over unpaid salary arrears. Dr Isaiah Abali, the Chairman of NMA, in Abia, made this known during a protest organised by the association at the Government House on Thursday in Umuahia. African Examiner reports that more […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to consider the requests for assistance made by Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, during his visit to the Presidential Villa. The governor, elected on platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said he had come to appreciate the President for providing a level playing field […]
….We Are Not Bothered By Allegation, Says Agballa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pioneer Deputy Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adolphus Ude, has raised alarm over what he called “a desperate plot by desperate politicians” to terminate his life “for speaking the truth”. Ude, who is the Leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has told South-east residents to vote for him because he is their only route to “national cake.” Mr Tinubu spoke during his campaign rally in Enugu on Wednesday. “It is only when you invest that you can harvest. It is only […]
… Boycott of rally, a validation of our thesis that Agballah is a clergy without congregation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the APC presidential rally held Wednesday in Enugu as a “monumental flop which starkly underlines an outright rejection of the party by the Enugu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZK) Awka, Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets (seven babies), two boys and five girls. But regrettably, one of the girls did not make it alive as others who are now bouncing. The lecturer who is attached to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Responding to a distress call in the early hours of today, 12th, January 2023, over an attack at the Ihiala Council area headquarters of Anambra state, a joint Police/Military Operatives neutralize one of the attackers, recovered several dangerous weapons . The State police public Relations officer PPRO DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed […]
