By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler of Amuri Ancient Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Igwe Charles Nwoye, has expressed satisfaction over the reelection of President Muhammandu Buhari, just as he advised him to have quick review of his present cabinet. He, however, advised him to remain focus on infrastructural and human oriented […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri, to an disclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, who was incarcerated for two years on charges of terrorism in the […]
Photo: Africa’s Foremost Cultural Ambassador, Hon. Amb. Tunde Adetunji By Oludare Sunday Fase, USA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s foremost cultural ambassador, Tunde Adetunji has been nominated for induction into the popular Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity at Morehouse College, Chicago in recognition of his social life and services that exemplify the […]
…Urges Him To Commence His Defence ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has dismissed the no-case submission filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr. Walter Onnoghen in his ongoing false assets declaration. Following this, the three man panel headed by Justice Danladi Umar in his ruling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it was instructed to work against the completion of the electoral process in Rivers. The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) had suspended the collation of the March 23 governorship elections in Rivers. The commission has fixed April 2 and 5 for collation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis that is likely to occur during the coming collation of results and rerun of the Rivers State Governorship poll played out Friday as protesters, believed to be supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were dispersed with tear gas by a team of police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP has emerged winner of Adamawa Governorship election. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Andrew Haruna, who declared the result Thursday in Yola after the supplementary election in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state, said Fintiri polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imufu community in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into tension, following the alleged raping to death of a teenage girl , Miss Ngozi Eze by unknown persons. The lifeless body of the girl was said to have been found […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu state has received his Certificate of Return as Governor- Elect in the March 9th Governorship Election held in the state. The governor, his Deputy Cecilia Ezeilo, and other elected members of the state House Assembly, received their certificates of return at the […]
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has described has rejected the endorsement of Senator Ahmad Lawan as the APC candidate for the position of Senate President of the 9th National Assembly. Addressing Journalists in Abuja, Ndume said that the choice of Lawan was unilaterally taken by the APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. “It was Adams Oshiomhole […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted State Governors and Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a dinner at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those in attendance included the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss […]
Abuja, March 25, 2019: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the success of Tanitoluwa Adewunmi, an eight -year old Nigerian Chess champion as a pride to the nation. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja, said the feat […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s ex-minister of Aviation Chief Osita Chidoka, has been striped of his chieftaincy title, “Ike Obosi”and suspended indefinitely from the royal council in Obosi, Idemili local government Ara of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria. He was suspended weekend along with others for bringing to the palace of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is anxiety in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate caucus over alleged moves by the outgoing Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to influence the emergence of a new Senate leadership when the 9th Senate is inaugurated in June, this year. The National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) will be inaugurated consequent […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) Enugu State chapter has disagreed with ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo over a recent statement credited to him where he was quoted as saying that those insinuating that Atiku’s decision to head to court to challenge Buhari’s victory at the presidential election tribunal was an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu and his godfather Senator Aliyu Wamakko of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term. Although he lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe LGA, he was able to edge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke over his victory at the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday quoted the former president as commending Adeleke for his “statesmanship in going to court to seek justice. He described the Peoples […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State governorship election Petitions tribunal sitting in Abuja has upturned the victory of the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The three-man tribunal Friday in a lead judgement by Justice Peter Obiora declared that Senator Ademola Adeleke of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the September 2018 governorship election. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As various geo political zones in Nigeria continues to strategize on how to clinch the Speaker of the federal House of representatives ahead of the 9th National Assembly (NASS) in June, a Coalition of South East Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations have urged the leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) led by Rev. Tor Uja is presently enmeshed in high level corruption, mal-administration and misappropriation even as the office of the Vice President, overseeing the commission looks the other way. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Uja is being accused of misappropriating millions of naira […]
