(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was stalled Tuesday due to absence of the respondent. The former CJN Lawyer Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), explained to the three-man panel of the CCT, that the suspect was suffering from toothache […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled all the supplementary Governorship elections for Saturday, March 23. The announcement was made in a statement signed Tuesday by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee) Mr. Festus Okoye. He disclosed that the INEC took the decision Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian passenger on Delta Air Lines Flight DL54 travelling from Atlanta, United States to Lagos was on Monday afternoon found unresponsive before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 54-year-old passenger (name withheld), who was ill before boarding the flight, died three minutes before the aircraft touched down […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election in Kano inconclusive. Professor Bello Shehu, the INEC Returning officer declared the election inconclusive, saying that the margin of lead between the PDP and the APC was not enough to declare the opposition as the winner. Mr Shehu said while the […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Abeokuta OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The outgoing Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has failed to deliver his political puppet, Hon Adekunle Akinlade as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday midnight declared the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Dapo Abiodun, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Sunday at Umuneke , in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, south East Nigeria, as angry youths set on fire office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the area. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the incident […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has been declared the winner of the Saturday Governorship election. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, while declaring the final result in the Commission’s Yaba office, announced that Mr.Sanwo-Olu scored total of 739,445 votes as against his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular political columnist, Prof. Pius Adesanmi, has been confirmed to be among the 157 persons that died in the Ethiopian Airline which crashed Sunday. Report said Prof Adesanmi who until his death was a Director at the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, Canada, posted a message on his Facebook […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said. Ethiopia’s prime minister offered condolences to victims’ families. “We hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In Ogun state governorship election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun is in clear lead following results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The results as announced by INEC in Ogun State are as follows: Ward 3 Polling Unit 2, Ita Osanyin, Iperu, […]
OYO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member, representing Akinyele/Lagelu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Temitope Olatoye, popularly known as Sugar is dead. He was said to be coming from his village where he had gone to exercise his franchise, when the assailant ambushed and shot him. Olatoye reportedly died at the intensive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar has delivered his polling unit – Ajiya 02, in Gwadabawa Ward, Yola North Local Government of Adamawa in the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly Elections. The Governorship results as announced by the Returning Officer, Dorothy Inaku indicated that PDP scored 161 […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mood in Lagos State in the ongoing Governorship and State House of Assembly elections is very cold. In many Local Government areas of the State, most polling units witnessed low turn out of voters. The situation is again worsened with the late arrival of INEC ad-hoc officials at the […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It may not be arguable for one to aver that the Ogun State politics has not been this keen, volatile and extremely capricious. In other words, ‘all is not well’ politically right now, in the Gateway State. Not even the rumblings and uproars, of 2010, but which finally rested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by one Elvis Chinda seeking to disqualify Rivers governor, Mr Nyesom Wike from contesting the March 9 governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Chinda asking the court to disqualify Wike. Chinda […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three political parties in Enugu State have dismissed allegation by the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Dr. Ben Nwoye and Director-General of Senator Ayogu Eze campaign organization, Hon. KGB Oguakwa of an alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hand […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An FCT High Court, Apo Thursday upheld the candidacy of Adedapo Abiodun as the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun State in the Saturday governorship election. The court dismissed the suit filed by an APC member in the state, AbdulRafiu Baruwa, who is praying the court to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has ordered the closure of all land borders with immediate effect from 12:00 noon Friday, March 8, 2019. Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), said Thursday that the closure is with immediate effect from 12:00 noon Friday, March 8, till 12:00 noon of Sunday, March 10, 2019. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his re-election, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to work harder to consolidate on providing security, improving the economy, creating jobs, fighting corruption and upgrading infrastructure. Speaking at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday when he received the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, on a courtesy visit, President Buhari said: […]
TARABA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo the Taraba State capital has disqualified the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate of the State, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, from contesting in this Saturday elections. Danladi was disqualified due to alleged falsification of age as discovered in the documents he submitted […]
