(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will meet with the leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during a technical stopover in Abu Dhabi, UAE, after the President’s departure from New Delhi, India. According to a statement issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, has expressed readiness of the organisation to assist the Government of Morroco in any way needed to help those impacted by the earthquake. According to the UN humanitarian hub, Reliefweb, the powerful quake struck the country shortly after 10 pm local time on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Saturday in New Delhi, India, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to play major role within the G-20 and contribute to shaping a more equitable world. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President spoke while addressing world leaders at the 18th G-20 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco following Saturday’s devastating earthquake in his homeland, which claimed many lives. A statement issued on Saturday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu commiserated with all families who lost loved ones […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Laolu Akande, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s aide believes the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) inability to electronically transmit results of the presidential and National Assembly polls has broken Nigerians’ trust in the agency. While INEC had in the lead up to the February 2023 exercise repeatedly said it would transmit polling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is optimistic of finishing his tenure after a medical vacation kept him away from duties for three months. Akeredolu spoke on Friday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, less than a day after his return from Germany. “I came back yesterday, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, stated that only God can assist the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Ayodele stated that Atiku was playing his last politics while Obi could not be president of Nigeria. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly (NASS) Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu has nullified the return of the Labour Party’s candidate, LP Professor Sunday Nnamchi as the House of Representatives member for Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency in Enugu State, South East Nigeria. .Our Correspondent reports that the three-man panel led by A. M. Abubakar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended the Presidential Election Petitions Court for affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, presidential poll. “Nigerians have spoken, (and) the court has affirmed it,” Wike said. The former governor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A social cultural group under the aegis of the Northern Action Groups has rejected the call by some individuals demanding the sack of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari. The group attributed the increases in daily crude oil production to the effort of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his government would ensure good leadership for Nigeria. The President maintained that he decided to run for the office of the President to tackle the leadership and public sector management deficit which had affected the progress of the nation Tinubu, who is currently in India for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has reacted to the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), calling for calm and urging aggrieved parties to further approach the Supreme Court, which is the next legal option available. In a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, James Ezema, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed 15 out of the second batch of 18 commissioner-nominees recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Assembly also rejected two of the commissioner-nominees sent by the governor. The confirmation and rejection happened after the Chief Whip and Chairman of the screening committee, Mojeed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has upheld the victory of Senator Ned Nwoko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the lawful winner of the Delta North Senatorial Election held on February 25, 2023. The three-man Tribunal led by Justice Catherine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court on the February 25, 2023 poll, describing it as against justice. Obi, who spoke on Thursday in Onitsha, acknowledged the Tribunal’s adherence to statutory time frame and expressed respect for the court’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A faction within the Labour Party, headed by Lamidi Apapa, has formally accepted the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The African Examiner recalls that the tribunal, in a decision handed down on Wednesday, September 06, 2023, unanimously declared that the petition presented by Peter Obi and his counterpart from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, announced an end to its two-day warning strike, asking its members all over the country to resume work. In a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, commended Nigerian workers for participating in the strike, saying a significant stride was achieved. Labour had embarked on a two-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation, following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said Tinubu welcomes the judgment of the tribunal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. “He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned of “concerning trends” for Covid-19 ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, calling for increased vaccinations and surveillance. While data is limited because many countries have stopped reporting Covid data, the UN health agency estimated that hundreds of thousands of people around the world were […]
