BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the tension and low turnout of voters in the Bayelsa State rerun election held today (Saturday), in Southern Ijaw LGA and other units, there are indications that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Seriake Dickson may have taken an early lead going by the results trickling […]
By Collins Amadi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Mr. Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has defected joined the league of fresh defectors from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued Thursday, Inko-Tariah commended […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of domestic observers and Civil society Organisations that were accredited to monitor the rerun election in Bayelsa State on Saturday expressed concern about some lapses noticed since Friday describing it as unhealthy. The coalition also confirmed reports that some collation officers from the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), have […]
Following the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that december governorship election in Bayelsa state was inconclusive, a rescheduled re-run in the controversial southern ijaw local government and other cancelled polling units across the state was fixed for today Saturday, January 09, 2016. The election is underway in Bayelsa state and African Examiner […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Abia State command of the Nigerian police force has hinted that the policeman who recently allegedly killed a father of two children, Mr. Ikeokwu Onyemachi, in Aba, the commercial city of the State, is currently undergoing orderly room trial. The Commissioner in charge of the state, Habila Joshak, who made this […]
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the days of innocence, the preachment was ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ In these days of globalization, rather than make peace, nations tend to stoke the fires of conflict. So is it with the Saudi Arabia-Iran spat which began with the January 2, 2016 mass execution of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, Malachy Agbo, has been appointed the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Agbo, alongside 16 others were appointed by the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday. Ugwuanyi immediately inaugurated the chairmen and […]
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current National Assembly is heavily anti-change and pro-corruption. Most of them are stuck in the past and still prefer the way things were during the David Mark-led Senate years, a free-for-all and grabby time. The Assembly has budgeted billions of naira to pamper themselves in 2016. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has hailed the commendable gallantry exhibited by the women and youths of Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw LGAs, Ekowe and Otuan communities who have resolved to take their destiny in their hands by chasing away militants and forming a formidable vigilante groups to guide electoral […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State last night came under siege barely 24 hours to the rescheduled governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed five of its supporters might have been killed in attacks by thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The PDP raised the alarm following massive […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau I must confess as a journalist and writer, the outgoing week is one of the most news ‘events-filled and thrilling’ to me. The issues, which are distinct from one another, unfolded either simultaneously, or one after the other. Talk about the ‘August’ visitor’s in our midst (just […]
Says “It’s better now for me to join the APC” By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka Ahead of the March 2015 fresh election in Anambra Central senatorial district, the Senator who represented the area before she was ousted by the court of Appeal Enugu recently, Uche Ekwunife, has dumped her party the peoples Democratic party PDP, for […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another major setback in Enugu State on friday as three of her top leaders,namely, Senator Jim Nwobodo and senator Fidelis Okoro , defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwobodo, was the first executive Governor of old Anambra State, […]
*CSP Allegedly Aiding, Abetting Distribution of Materials Without Party Agents BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All hell was let loose in Ekeremor today less than 24 hours to the rescheduled elections in certain constituencies in Bayelsa as suspected militants took over the community, unleashing barbaric violence on the former Speaker of the Bayelsa State House […]
BALTIMORE, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Human Rights Activist, Constitutional Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome has faulted the Justice Oyebisi Omoleye-led Panel of the Court of Appeal that nullified the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, describing it as ‘fundamentally wrong’ and full of errors in Law. Mr. Ozekhome, who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against the trampling of the opposition and total disregard for the rule of law in the guise of anti-corruption war. Senator Ekweremadu who reaffirmed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s support for a genuine anti-graft crusade in a statement, however, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, can confirm that the prediction by its Governorship Candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside that PDP will become history in Rivers State by the end of January, 2015 has started manifesting following the massive defection of PDP members into the APC across […]
“What a relief, my friend!” “What are you relieved about?” “It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”. “I tell you. It is a perfect subject for a good home video. But what is your own?” “No. Nothing. I am just relieved that the parties involved have agreed to let peace reign” “This […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been declared the 2015 African Footballer of the year. The Glo/CAF awards held Thursday night at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja. The current winner defeated another prestigious laurel hopeful – Ghanaian, Andre Ayew. Ivorian Yaya Toure has won the trophy four […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised the alarm over the illegal deployment of 1,000 mobile policemen to Ekeremor LGA by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, as part of a grand plot to rig election in the area. One of the mobile policemen […]
