(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Lawal Shu’aibu has summoned to Abuja for an urgent meeting the two main actors in the tussle for leadership of the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ). A reliable source explained that the urgent meeting followed an announcement by the governor that […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As certain parts of the country is engulfed by violence and massacre, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been absolved of any blame and said to be focus in tackling the challenges. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina in a piece made available Monday, recalled various interventions […]
… Says they Are Recruiting Cultists, Stockpiling Arms (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has thrown its weight behind a recent resolution of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly regarding the activities of a company, Darlong Security Services in the state. The IYC believes that the resolution will help checkmate the activities of […]
By Niyi Adeyi After some hours of silence the Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose is back with his verbal onslaught, contending that the outcome of the State last Saturday’s Governorship election is a proof that President Muhammadu Buhari is not democratic. Fayose on his twitter handle @GovAyoFayose Monday fired: ”on this Ekiti election, President Buhari demonstrated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in Northeastern Mali, a Local Official said on Monday. This is amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants that threaten to derail a presidential election later this month. Nanou Kotia, the mayor of the regional hub […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Mr. Donald Trump has admitted getting on with Russia is “a good thing, not a bad thing”. Trump made this assertion at the start of his first summit with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump affirmed he hoped for an “extraordinary relationship” as he met in Helsinki, Finland with […]
By Musediq Hamzat (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has debunked alleged attack on soldiers and capturing of military vehicles by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Texas Chukwu in a statement issued Monday declared that the report was not only untrue […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police command has confirmed the murder of a husband and wife at Umuota village Obosi, In demili North Council Area of the State at the weekend by unknown gunmen. Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, who confirmed the barbaric act to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has sworn in a seven-man judicial commission of inquiry to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the recent civil disturbances that occurred in Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West council Area of the state, which led to the death of its Traditional Ruler, Igwe Stephen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian community in South Africa has expressed shock over the killing of another Nigerian, Mr Martin Ebuzoeme by unknown assailants. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubola, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, that the victim was killed in Yeoville, Johannesburg […]
Photo: Dr Ayo Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has blasted Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after his failure at the polls to install his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. The commission tweets: “The parri (party) is over; the cloak of immunity torn apart and the staff broken….Ekiti Integrated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France won the Fifa World Cup for the second time by overcoming Croatia’s bold challenge in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Didier Deschamps’ side repeated the success on home soil at France ’98 by a margin that hardly looked possible as Croatia stood toe-to-toe with the favourites for an hour. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC early hours of Sunday declared Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Saturday Ekiti Governorship election. The Chief Returning Officer of the election and Vice Chancellor VC of the University of Ibadan UI, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, announced the official […]
…As NBC Shuts Down State Radio, TV Stations EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The results of the Saturday Ekiti Governorship election are being collated and with the APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in the early lead. As at midnight, (Sunday), Fayemi’s party – the All Progressives Congress APC has been declared the winner in seven […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has just been elected the Chairperson, the board of the African Export-Import Bank. Mrs. Adeosun was elected during the Annual General Meeting AGM of AFREXIMBANK which held in Abuja Saturday. AFREXIMBANK is marking its 25th anniversary, with meeting in Abuja. The Minister succeeded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has alleged that Saturday’s gubernatorial election was largely compromised by personnel of the Nigerian police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor, who addressed newsmen shortly after casting his vote at about 1.20 p.m. at his Polling Unit 001 in Afao-Ekiti, alleged that policemen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will Sunday depart Nigeria for the Netherlands where he is scheduled to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. In a statement issued Saturday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina President Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a massive turnout of voters in Ekiti as the accreditation and voting process got underway in Saturday’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) monitoring the election across the three senatorial districts of the state report that many voters had arrived their polling units as early as 6.30 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The PDP candidate in Ekiti Governorship election Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, has reportedly tried repeatedly without success to cast his vote, as his PVC is rejected by the card reader. Prof Eleka hails from the Ikere Council area of the State. The incumbent Deputy Governor’s PVC was first rejected by the card reader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Friday narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to armed groups in South Sudan. Adopting a resolution by a vote of nine in favour and none against, with six abstentions, the 15-member body obliged all UN Member States to immediately to take necessary […]
