The Kwara State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union( NURTW) has endorsed the State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed for a secord term as the Excecutive Governor of the state. The Chairman of NURTW in the state, Alhaji Aliyu Isa Ore, made the endorsement on behalf of the union in a speech […]
Following the extreme dimension of the insurgency in the state, the Borno Police Command has banned hoisting of political party flags outside the parties secretariat. The ban was made in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the state Public Relations Officer, Gideon Jibrin. African Examiner Correspondent in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital reported that […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Mass defection of aggrieved members of the ruling peoples Democratic party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress APC is looming in Enugu state. African Examiner gathered that scores of unhappy PDP members including some serving national Assembly (NASS) lawmakers are already into secret serious discussion with the opposition party, which is […]
Oyewale Oyelola, Osogbo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer in August 9 governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore has filed petition against the victory of APC and Rauf Aregbesola at the election tribunal in Osogbo. Omisore’s legal team on Wednesday submitted the petition at the election tribunal sitting in High Court, Osogbo. The […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Fresh crisis is looming in the Enugu state’s chapter of the ruling People’s Democratic party, (PDP), as its one time national auditor and factional Chairman, Barrister Ray Nnaji, has vowed to return to court to reclaim his position. Nnaji, who lamented the present worrisome situation in the party told newsmen Monday in […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Less than two months to the October11, Adamawa State governorship bye-election the Peoples Democratic Party aspirants in the State are looking for ways to out smart one another, this is coming on the heels of cries from different interest groups and personalities within the party over the planed imposition of the party’s […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over a plan by unscrupulous and apparently hired hands to re-launch the acronym battle against the party by seeking to register three new parties that bear the acronyms of the same parties that merged to become the APC. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As political activities begin to heat up preparatory to the October 11 bye election in Adamawa State, an aspirant of the PDP, Dr Umar Ardo, has raised the alarm that some public treasury “looters” are using money to hijack the party. Ardo who was speaking to journalists in Yola, against former EFCC […]
From Agabus Pwanagba A body – Solid Political Group of Nigeria (SPGN) has thrown its weight behind the former EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, in his bid to contest October 11, Adamawa governorship election. SPGN in a press statement signed by its Leader, Chief Medan Teneke and made available to African Examiner described the Ribadu’s […]
Moves to secure a second term ticket for Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara have received a boost as the people of the north senatorial district have endorsed him for re-election in the 2015 polls. At town hall meetings convened by political office holders from the Kwara North comprising Moro, Edu, Pategi, Kaiama, and Baruten Local […]
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Presidency may be planning a shocker for the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadau. Ribadu has defected from his party, the All Progressives Congress to the ruling party with the aim of contesting the governorship election in Adamawa State on […]
From Oyewale Oyelola, Ilorin Large turn out greeted distribution of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, as registered voters trooped out to collect their cards in various polling units across the state. African Examiner correspondent who visited some of the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) distribution centres in Ilorin, the […]
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said the opposition All Progressive Congress ( APC) , can not win a polling booth in the state in the 2015 general elections as the party ” does not exist in Abia”. Governor Orji who was reacting to a recent boasting by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State […]
Agabus Pwanagba As the 2015 general elections approaches, the Fulani Community in Nasarawa State has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate for the presidential elections. The group also endorsed the Minister for Information, Labaran Maku as their candidate for the 2015 governorship of Nasarawa State. Alhaji Mohammed Hussaini Adamu who is the Spokesman for […]
Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Kwara and former senator, Gbemisola Saraki has condemned the high cost of University education in the state, saying it is one of the most expensive in the country. Saraki who addressed the youths in Ilorin on Sunday at the unveiling of the PDP billboards at some locations […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the renewed plan by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, accusing them of desperate move to upturn the Constitution to satisfy their political and personal interest. In a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]
Three major Non-Governmental Organisations, Kwara North Youth Consultative forum, The National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), National Headquarters and Ilorin Emirate Students Union, National Headquarters, have endorsed the State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed for a second term in office. In separate statements, the organisations identified the people oriented policies and programmes of Governor Ahmed […]
Former Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari’s suit in a Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the state’s Acting Governor, Umaru Finitiri be sacked and he sworn in, as the Governor, suffered another set back today as parties to the suit failed to appear in court and complained of not being properly served. While the Independent […]
Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Governor Theodore Ahamefula Orji, of Abia state, on Monday tongue lashed the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in the state, Chief Chikwe Udensi, over his recent media comments that civil servants in the state were presently being owed five months backlog salary arrears. Orji, who is also the chairman of […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A youth group within the Plateau’s chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) – Integrity Group has backed the party’s National Secretariat on the annulment of the election which produced Hon. Latep Dabang as the state’s Chairman and authenticated Hon. Amos Gombi as the new head. The group in a press […]
