Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Visiting Etoile Sportive du Sahel football club of Tunisia Sunday afternoon at the main bowl of Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium Enugu, humiliated Rangers Inter. Fc of Enugu 2-0 before its teeming fans in the 2nd leg group (B) match day 4 in the ongoing 2018/2019 Total Confederation cup. African Examiner […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Imo state chapter, has condemned in strong terms the recent suspension of the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by the National Working Committee, NWC, over alleged anti party activities. Reacting to the development in Owerri, the Imo state capital, state chairman of […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In 2015, no room was created to interrogate the conduct of the presidential election in which an incumbent president kissed the dust. Both the process and outcome escaped obligatory queries and essential indictments. Had the process and outcome been subjected to painstaking reviews, especially at the court, perhaps, the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arrested his son-in-law, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi. He disclosed this later Saturday, alleging that Abdullahi, who is also the finance director of Atiku’s group […]
ZAMFARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 32 people have reportedly been killed by suspected armed bandits in Zamfara state, North West Nigeria. The bloody attack took place in Shinkafi LGA of the state. A resident disclosed that the incident occurred on Friday, March 1 One of the residents said the suspects in large number stormed […]
NIGER, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida has congratulated President Buhari over his re-election. The former Military Head in a statement personally signed by him Saturday and made available to journalists in Minna, the Niger State capital, advised Buhari to confront with renewed vigour the most urgent problem confronting Nigeria. He […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the four chieftains of the ruling All progressive congress APC suspended during the party’s National working committee NWC meeting held in Abuja on Friday, Mr. Osita Okechukwu from Enugu state, has said he has not gotten a letter of suspension from the party. Okechukwu, who is […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has lambasted the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomole accusing him of conducting fraudulent party primaries and destroying the party in the southeast. The Governor’s reaction was sequel to the suspension slammed on him alongside his Ogun state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun; and his Imo counterpart, Rochas Okorocha. The two governors were suspended at the National Working Committee meeting held on Friday in Abuja over allegations of anti-party activities. Recall that Governor Okorocha’s move to ensure that his son in law […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has taken a decision to conduct supplementary elections in all areas where elections did not take place and/or where returns could not be made during the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) polls held last Saturday, February 23, 2019. INEC announced this Friday in a […]
By Niyi Adeyi …mourns Prof Elebute’s Demise (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two days after he was declared the winner of the just concluded Presidential poll, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the next four years will be ‘’tough’’. Buhari made the declaration Friday while addressing outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), who visited to […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, Friday appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to answer questions on the 10 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). However, the NBA head has pleaded not guilty to all the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America (USA) has congratulated the people of Nigeria on a successful Presidential election and President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election. In a statement issued Friday in Washington, DC by the Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, US commended all Nigerians who participated peacefully in the election and condemned those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Struggling English Premier League (EPL) club Fulham sacked Claudio Ranieri as manager on Thursday, after a little over three months in charge. The Italian won just 12 points in 16 games after taking over, leaving the club second from bottom and 10 points from safety with just 10 games to go. In […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that it has registered over 1.8 million candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Head, Media and Information Fabian Benjamin, made the confirmation in an interview with the NAN Thursday in Lagos. Benjamin confirmed that registration of candidates […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case of alleged false declaration of assets involving the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, till Friday, May 17. The suit was brought before the Supreme Court by the Cross River State Government, which is seeking to set aside the suspension […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says all hope is not lost, in spite of the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of Saturday’s election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku at a world press conference in Abuja Wednesday commended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has rejected votes allotted to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari, and other candidates of the party in Nembe Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas òf the state. The State Governor, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, said in a statement signed by […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel results of Presidential election in some Northern States. The affected States are: Borno, Zamfara, Yobe and Nasarawa. The party asked the electoral body fix another date for a fresh […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More huge casualties have been recorded in the results of National Assembly (NASS) as Governors of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio and Benue George Akume have been defeated in their various Senatorial zones. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning officer, Prof. Peter Oban, Tuesday afternoon finally declared Senator Akpabio’s opponent, Chris Ekpenyong, […]
