(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has called on the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to zone the presidential position to the southern part of the country. Akeredolu made call in a statement, tagged “Our Party, APC, Must Tread The Path Of Equity”, which was made available to newsmen on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, has stated that the northern region will benefit more if a southerner emerges president in 2023. Ndume disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television adding that the next president of the country should come from the south in the spirit of justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media aide to former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Victor Oshoike, has stated that the former Edo State governor will announce his intention to contest the presidency on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Oshioke stated that Oshiomhole will make an official declaration at 3pm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Olawale Oluwo, a former commissioner in Lagos, has stated that Akinwunmi Ambode, a former governor of the state, will announce plans ahead of the 2023 polls “within the week”. Oluwo, who is the chairman of the Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Group, disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on a programme ,ARISE Television. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt on Monday evening. The incident occurred at the Port Harcourt airport with no life lost and no passenger injured. A statement by Dana Air spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi will formally declare his intention to run for the position of President of the country on Wednesday in Abuja. His Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, made this known in a statement issued to journalists on Tuesday. According to him, Wednesday’s declaration, tagged, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has stated that former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, should have let the Igbo to leave at the outset of the civil war in 1966. Clark disclosed this in an interview on Arise TV as he kicked against the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has alleged that the former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, tried to join IPOB many times, but he was rejected by their leadership. The group, therefore, tasked Okorocha to desist from using them for politics as doing so will lead him to “political destruction”. In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, has stated that Nigeria must shift from being a consuming nation to a producing nation so that she can take her citizens out of poverty. Obi, who is the People’s Democratic Party presidential hopeful stated that Nigeria must live within its means […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said that the death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in the Ebute Metta area has increased to 10. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Zonal Coordinator, South-West, NEMA, confirmed the development in Lagos. “Two additional bodies including a four-year-old boy and a female youth corps […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A couple who were personnel of the Nigerian Army has been murdered by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Imo State. A military source told our correspondent that the woman was first raped before she was shot dead along with her fiancé. The duo were later beheaded. The source said the couple were travelling to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human right groups, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law-Intersociety, and the Southeast Zone of the Civil Liberties Organization, (CLO) have advised market leaders who were recently sacked by the State government as part of its sanitization and democratization exercise in the State markets administration to prepare their hand over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), from Enugu State, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said Nigerians should hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if the 2023 Presidency is not zoned to the South. The party Stalwart, said APC has been watching with studied interest the desperation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, has told the Igbos that the South East dominated over 90 percent of the economy in the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and no one bothered about it. Zwingina stated this during an interview with Channels Television saying that the South East will not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta affairs, will announce his intention to declare for presidency on Wednesday. Anietie Ekong, media aide to Akpabio, confirmed this on Monday. “Yes, it is true. He will declare on Wednesday,” Ekong said. African Examiner writes that Akpabio will be contesting against the likes of Vice-President Yemi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The landlord’s son, in whose care the collapsed three-storey building was entrusted, said that he gave the occupants of the building quit notice when he discovered the visible stress on it. The caretaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told emergency responders and newsmen on Monday in Lagos that he was living […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike their other counterparts in Ministries who wore beautiful uniforms and T shirts, while workers in other parastatals in Enugu state on Workers day celebrations appeared in black and black attire to expressed their dissatisfaction over non implementation of the new minimum wage by the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government in their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll from the collapsed three-storey building at Ebute Meta, Lagos, as at Monday morning has risen to five, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials say. African Examiner reports that an old three-storey building collapsed at No. 24 Ibadan Street, Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Meta, on Sunday night at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mother and her child have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management confirmed this in a situation report made available to journalists at 02.35am on Monday. According to the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Indian national, Devendra Singh, has allegedly committed suicide at his private office on Egbeyemi Street, in the Ilupeju area of Lagos State. Until his death, Singh, 42, was said to be a field worker at the Agro Nigeria Limited, in the Ikeja area of the state. African Examiner gathered that the […]
