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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the reported mass arrest and deportations of Nigerians from Ghana as worrisome In a statement by her Media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said the information on the renewed harrasment, arrest and deportation of hundreds of Nigerians […]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday released the final breakdown of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) collected ahead of Saturday’s rescheduled Presidential election, showing Lagos and Kano taking the lead. INEC boss Prof Mahmud Yakubu in his daily briefing confirmed that a total of 72.8 million PVCs have been collected […]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Saturday’s presidential\ National Assembly elections, the All Progressive Congress( APC), Enugu state chapter Thursday raised the alarm over alleged missing of result sheets meant for some local government areas of the state. It said the development remains a source of worry to the party, calling on […]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry at the huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country intended to influence the general elections beginning this Saturday. The President who expressed the concern at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Wednesday, accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate […]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Thursday reacted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on dealing summarily with ballot snatchers or arsonists in upcoming elections is not a license to kill. NLC National President Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated this in a statement issued by the union in Abuja. Waba said NLC insisted […]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the March 9, 2019 Gubernatorial Elections, the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) Governorship candidate in Benue State, Rev. Frederick Ikyaan, has promised to establish three new specialized universities to address the peculiar and critical needs of the state if elected into office. In a statement issued in Makurdi on Thursday, the […]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders and leaders of Ogbia have endorsed the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming general elections to reciprocate the magnanimity òf the PDP and the country to the area. The forum of Ogbia political leaders from Constituency 1, Jonathan’s constituency also resolved to endorse the Senatorial […]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Lawrence Eze of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that he remains the candidate of the party for the Enugu East Senatorial district in the Feb. 23rd National Assembly NASS election, despite a federal High court judgment which sacked him on Tuesday. The Engineer turned politician […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malam Atahiru Madami, the Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has said that both Presidential and Senatorial election result sheets meant for the state were found in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Madami said this on the sideline of the distribution of sensitive materials to each of the 16 local government areas […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has declared that those who seek to undermine the country’s democracy by interfering in the electoral process must be considered as “enemies of Nigeria’’ therefore, must be dealt with appropriately. While noting that the military is mandated to defend Nigeria’s territorial […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform (CODER) has been granted accreditation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the 2019 Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly elections. To fulfill its mandate, CODER has trained 380 Field Observers and deployed them to their assigned states since Thursday, February 14, […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The popular Uche Street in Eziama, in Aba Council Area of Abia state, south-East Nigeria, was on Monday thrown into confusion, as angry mob lynched and burnt to death a suspected armed robber who was among a seven man gang that invaded the area. Abia state police public Relations […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has administered the oath of neutrality on its management staff in Yola, the Adamawa State capital ahead of the re-scheduled Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections this Saturday. Speaking during the occasion Tuesday, Mr. Kasim Gaidam, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), explained that the oath […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tension in Izzi west constituency of Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria and home town of Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, over the burning of 30 residential buildings by suspected political thugs in pre-election related violence in the locality. Our Correspondent learnt that the attack followed […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani has run into hot waters over his alleged mismanagement of funds made available to the Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for party agents, candidates, as well as other logistics for the postponed Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls. Reports say also that stakeholders […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suggested to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow either KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers to verify all the sensitive electoral materials that were returned to the various Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices across the nation after the deferral of the general elections […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the torrent public outcry, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has okayed the resumption of political campaign activities ahead of Saturday’s rescheduled elections. INEC made this known later on Monday when it tweeted via its verified Twiter handle @inecnigeria, with an attached statement signed by the the Commission’s National […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2019
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) joint international election observation mission for Nigeria’s 2019 elections has urged the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) to take sufficient steps to secure sensitive materials for postponed general elections. The Commission suddenly postponed Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fulani community in parts of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have abandoned the area after an attack on Feb. 11, which left 66 of them, mostly women and children dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that what remained of the Rugar Fulani community were burnt houses, animals, motorcycles, […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2019
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following Saturday’s postponement of Nigeria’s Presidential and National Assembly election, by the nation’s electoral body, the Independent National Commission INEC, the Enugu state Resident Electoral Commissioner,(REC) Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, has hinted that all sensitive materials already distributed in the 17 council areas of the state would be retrieved. According […]
