(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has assured that the All Progressives Congress will have a hitch-free presidential primary election on Monday. Akeredolu said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Saturday in Akure. Akeredolu is the Chairman, Sub-committee on Security and Compliance for the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The Summit will hold at the Presidential Palace, Accra, also known as the Jubilee House. Mr Femi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday – the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country. The peacekeepers were killed, and another injured, when their Armoured Personnel Carrier hit an improvised explosive device outside the town of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to meet ruling All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants latest Sunday. The president was said to be planning a trip to Ghana today (Saturday), without resolving the consensus crisis rocking the party. A top government official told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bukola Saraki, former president of the senate, has stated that it was for the sake of “national interest” he opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 polls. Saraki disclosed this on Friday while reacting to comments made by Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor and presidential hopeful, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kassim Shettima, has stated that irrespective of the good personality of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, he is not fit to win the 2023 presidential elections. Shettima, who is representing Borno Central Senatorial District, disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Television program on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has stated that he has great respect for President Muhammadu Buhari and he will never denigrate him. Tinubu disclosed this on Friday in a statement he personally signed a day after he openly announced in Abeokuta, Ogun State that without […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has expressed shock over the sudden demise of a founding member and Board of governors of the Civil Liberties organization CLO, Comrade Dr. Amdife Danjuma Gambo, who is also a member of its National Advisory Council. The human Rights Activist who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement accredited to former governor State, Bola Tinubu that he is entitled to be the next president of the country has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that Tinubu, while addressing party delegates at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, Ogun State stated that without him, President Buhari couldn’t have become […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The husband of late popular gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, Peter, on Friday opened up concerning what killed his wife. According to Nwachukwu, Osinachi died of lung cancer. Speaking at a High Court in Abuja, Nwachukwu disclosed that he never hit the deceased singer. “Let me tell the whole world, I have suffered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday secured the conviction of seven internet fraudsters before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on separate charges bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretenses from unsuspecting foreign nationals. The convicts are: Nwafor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Barrister Peter Mbah, has applauded Ex- Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his erstwhile co-aspirants in the just-concluded gubernatorial primary in the state for their spirit of sportsmanship in their endorsement of his emergence. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The screening committee of the All Progressives Congress on Friday refuted claims that it screened former President, Goodluck Jonathan. The Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, disclosed this on Friday when he submitted his report to the APC National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu. Odigie-Oyegun informed journalists that contrary to reports, Jonathan was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shola Jejeloye, the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce), says there is 85 per cent compliance with the commercial motorcycle ban in the last three days. Jejeloye said this on Friday in Ikeja, while speaking with newsmen, during the crushing of the commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Wuse, on Friday, remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, at the Kuje Correctional Facility, pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit instituted against him by the Attorney General of the Federation. Justice N.K. Nwosu-Iheme gave the order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress on Friday cleared 13 presidential aspirants of the party. This was revealed by Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, when he submitted his report to the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, at an ongoing meeting of the Nationa Working Committee. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress Screening Committee has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants of the party. African Examiner had reported that 23 aspirants were screened in two days by the committee. The Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, made this known on Saturday. Odigie-Oyegun spoke while submitting his committee’s report to the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks and Payment Service Providers to accept indemnity from customers for highly secured online funds transfers. It stated this in a circular signed by the Director, Payments System Management Department, Musa Jimoh, with the reference number: PSM/DIR/PUB/CIR/01/006, titled ‘Circular on the review of operations of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the ruling All progressive Congress presidential primary election, the immediate past Chairman of the Party in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has urged the National Leadership of the party not to allow delegates from the state to vote during the exercise, saying they were illegally produced. Addressing a press Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar have announced the conclusion of a €75 million financing agreement to support the construction of the new MADIBA vaccine manufacturing facility. The Institut Pasteur de Dakar’s new facility is being built in Diamniadio, a town and special economic zone strategically located between […]
