By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has congratulated the winner of the Lagos State APC Governorship Primaries, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Ambode in his congratulatory message issued Wednesday evening subsequently urged all Lagosians to immediately support the APC’s candidate in the 2019 elections and work for the success of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he will soon bring all speculations to an end by naming a Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The President explained that he is aware of the yearning by Nigerians for the formation of a full Presidential Campaign Council adding that he appreciates the growing interest that Nigerians have shown […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state has expelled controversial Senator Ovie Omo-Agege “due to his continuing anti-party activities that has remained unabated.” A statement issued and signed by the State Legal Adviser, Dennis Nwanowai stated that the expulsion of the Senator was reached today (Wednesday) at an emergency meeting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, on Wednesday, emerged winner of United Democratic Party (UDP) governorship primary elections. The primaries, conducted under the supervision of the National Chairman of the party, Chief Godwin Okoye, at Shield Hotel, Jalingo, where Alhassan got unanimous endorsement of all the 224 delegates […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Deputy President of the senate, professor Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday emerged candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2019 Senatorial Election in Enugu West Senatorial district. He polled a total of 690 votes to defeat four aspirants, including a former Deputy National president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liberia’s central bank did not lose more than 100 million dollars in newly printed notes, its governor said on Tuesday. He was disputing prior government statements that have sparked outrage and a federal investigation. The Information minister said last month that two separate shipments of cash containing a total of 104 million […]
…Says Fresh Election Will Be Conducted (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday described the results being circulated as the outcome of the Imo governorship primaries as fake. Oshiohmole stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) panel for the Lagos State ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship primary has canceled the elections held in the 20 Local Government Areas LGAs and 37 Local Council Development Areas LCDAs of the state Tuesday. The Chairman of the primary committee, Mr. Clement Ebri, announced […]
Photo: Mr Uche Nwosu …As Gulak Declares Uzodinma Winner; Escapes Death from Rochas Men (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Imo State governorship primary election, Ahmed Gulak, has declared Senator Hope Uzodinma winner of the election. Gulak said, at a press conference in the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja where he officially […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of people believed to have died in Friday’s Indonesia earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347. According to disaster response officials, the death toll Tuesday jumped from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State APC Governorship primary is still in progress with many expected intrigues. While the results which put the party’s choice Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu far ahead of the incumbent Akinwunmi Ambode are being announced in some wards, the Governor’s Deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule, has also abandoned his boss and shifted her support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of persons involved in certificate scandals under the Buhari administration may speak to something far deeper in our society, even beyond the administration, but it is to say the least, disgraceful and embarrassing. Ordinarily considered some of the best educated black persons in the world – one US report indicates […]
By Niyi Adeyi, with Agency Report LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the heavy presence of security operatives at the various ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariats, the Lagos Governorship primary which is still underway started on a low-key level, as there were no signs of election late Monday morning at most of the voting centres. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the crisis that characterized last Sunday’s governorship primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in many states, including Enugu, the Director – General of Voice of Nigeria VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has warned that unless the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshimole retraces his step […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Sokoto state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Amini Waziri Tambuwal, led his campaign team to Katsina and Jigawa on Monday, where he called on the people of the two states to show responsible citizenship by joining hands to enthrone a leadership that will inject new policy directions for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing the Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has voluntarily withdrawn from the race for the Bayelsa East Senatorial District. Bruce announced his withdrawal from the Senatorial contest in a letter dated October 2, 2018, addressed to the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has emerged as the 2019 governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue. Ortom defeated other three contestants; John Tondo, Paul Orhii and Felix Atume at the primary election. The Chairman, PDP Electoral Panel for the state, Hajia Zainab Maina announced that Ortom scored 2,210 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The political equation is still looking hazy ahead of 2019 general elections as political parties strategise to outsmart each other all in an effort to capture power. This was as it was gathered that the Presidency at the weekend increased its tempo towards ensuring the emergence of a candidate of the opposition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated the governors of the People’s Democratic Party-controlled states who emerged as Gubernatorial Candidates of the party in the party’s primaries in the respective states. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent governor of Enugu state, Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has emerged sole candidate of the People’s Democratic party PDP, ahead of the 2019 general election. He had earlier emerged as the consensus aspirant for the office of the governor in the absence of any other contestants which made him go into the contest […]
