(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there is no more room for political campaigns or collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in spite of the postponement of elections by one week. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure while fielding questions at the Commission’s meeting with stakeholders, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The two frontline Presidential candidates of the postponed election – President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling APC and Atiku Abubakar of the opposition PDP have expressed displeasure over the shift of the exercise. The duo expressed their reservations via series of tweets Saturday morning.. In his tweets, President Buhari said ‘’I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the shift in the dates of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing it as an `act of wickedness’. PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus said this in a statement issued by on Saturday in Abuja. INEC on Saturday morning shifted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. The governorship and house of assembly, FCT area council elections have also been shifted from 2 March to 9 March. INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu attributed the postponement of all the scheduled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering postponing Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. Premium Times quoting multiple sources said the postponement being considered is due to some logistics challenges being faced by the commission in many states. The electoral body is facing difficulty distributing sensitive electoral materials to some states […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has made phone calls to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday on the need for peaceful and credible elections on Saturday. The Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State, Mr Robert Palladino, in a statement noted that Pompeo also underscored the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), has identified factors that kept the naira immune from election spendings. Gwadabe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that internal control mechanisms of the electoral umpire contributed greatly to checkmating political spendings as the naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, made history on Thursday as he embarked on a successful flight in an airplane with registration number 5N-BUV, from the Port Harcourt Airport to the newly constructed Bayelsa International Cargo/Passenger Airport, Yenagoa. The emotional ceremony was witnessed by thousands of ecstatic people who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Police Command confirmed Friday that its men have arrested over 500 suspected miscreants across the North West State. The State Police Commissioner (CP), Mr. Mohammed Wakili, said this while responding in an interview. He stressed the Command was “prepared to deal with anyone who foments trouble, no matter how […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, Friday appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegation of false assets declaration and pleaded not guilty to the six counts leveled against him. Following the oral submission by the lead defence counsel, Chief Chris Uche […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hooded men in police uniform Friday stormed a meeting of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, but were prevented by the Military from disrupting the parley which held at a former Governor of the State, Mr. Idris Wada’s residence. It was gathered that the men were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hunger is on the rise in Africa mainly due to difficult global economic conditions, adverse climatic conditions due to El Nino and soaring staple food prices, according to a new report published by the UN. The 2018 Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report was jointly published by the UN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat at BATE Borisov on a night forward Alexandre Lacazette will want to forget after being sent off late on in the first legs of the Europa League last 32 on Thursday. Arsenal had scored 10 goals in two matches against BATE Borisov in the same competition in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Nji, on Thursday said that security in all the ten regions of the country will be beefed up before September general elections this year. Nji said this in the capital Yaounde at the start of a bi-annual 2019 Conference of Regional Governors. “The security and peace […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released the colors of the ballot papers and boxes for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on Feb. 16. Mr Leo Nkedife, INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Anambra, made the release available in Awka on Thursday. According to the release different colors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State South South Nigeria Thursday morning staged a protest at the gate of the State’s office of the Independent National Electoral (INEC) in Port Harcourt, the State Capital. Reports said the Protesters are aggrieved over what they described as selective obedience to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday failed to list Federal Projects in Bayelsa to back up their quest to convince the people to support the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Director in charge of Strategic Communications, Chief Nathan Egba Ologo, said that the Administration òf President Muhammadu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The most distasteful theatre of the absurd yet in the electioneering drives of the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – played out during the presidential campaign rally of the APC in Abeokuta, on Monday (February 11). Nothing close to the oddity […]
…By Gbolahan Gbadamosi and Akintokunbo A. Adejumo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This piece arose from a conversation we had that dragged on and on. We have a combined experience of and exposure to university education in Nigeria and an active interest, including one of us being previously an academic staff of a federal university for a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, has instructed that 24 hours security be mounted at all the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in the council Areas of the State. He equally directed that fully equipped fire-fighting trucks be stationed at each of the INEC offices, as well as headquarters […]
