(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzania ended their 39-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) appearance as former Super Eagles’ winger Emmanuel Amuneke guided the Taifa Stars to automatic qualification for Egypt 2019 courtesy a 3-0 home win against Uganda. The erstwhile Golden Eaglets manager took charge of the East African side in August and […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s ex-minister of Aviation Chief Osita Chidoka, has been striped of his chieftaincy title, “Ike Obosi”and suspended indefinitely from the royal council in Obosi, Idemili local government Ara of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria. He was suspended weekend along with others for bringing to the palace of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is anxiety in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate caucus over alleged moves by the outgoing Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to influence the emergence of a new Senate leadership when the 9th Senate is inaugurated in June, this year. The National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) will be inaugurated consequent […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers International FC of Enugu on Sunday whitewashed visiting Remo Stars Football Club of Sagamu 5-2 in week 12 of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium Enugu, South- East Nigeria. With the victory, the Enugu club side, which recently crashed out of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) Enugu State chapter has disagreed with ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo over a recent statement credited to him where he was quoted as saying that those insinuating that Atiku’s decision to head to court to challenge Buhari’s victory at the presidential election tribunal was an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has congratulated Governor Henry Seriake Dickson for leading the Peoples Democratic Party to another round of electoral victory. He said the victory of the party and her candidates in the main and just concluded supplementary election speaks volume of the governor’s political […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly posted Enugu state police Commissioner (CP), Mr. Suleiman Balarabe, has assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi that his Command is doing everything possible to fish out killers of a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Clement Ugwu and the Secretary to the Uzo-Uwani council area of the state, Dr. Nnamdi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu and his godfather Senator Aliyu Wamakko of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term. Although he lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe LGA, he was able to edge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke over his victory at the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday quoted the former president as commending Adeleke for his “statesmanship in going to court to seek justice. He described the Peoples […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State governorship election Petitions tribunal sitting in Abuja has upturned the victory of the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The three-man tribunal Friday in a lead judgement by Justice Peter Obiora declared that Senator Ademola Adeleke of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the September 2018 governorship election. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As various geo political zones in Nigeria continues to strategize on how to clinch the Speaker of the federal House of representatives ahead of the 9th National Assembly (NASS) in June, a Coalition of South East Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations have urged the leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested no fewer than 172 suspects allegedly involved in various forms of malpractice during the just concluded general election in the state. This is contained in a document made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna by the Command’s Public Relations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) led by Rev. Tor Uja is presently enmeshed in high level corruption, mal-administration and misappropriation even as the office of the Vice President, overseeing the commission looks the other way. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Uja is being accused of misappropriating millions of naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kano State has restricted movement of motor vehicles, tricycles and all other means of transportation across the 44 local government areas of the state. According to the police, the measure is to ensure free and fair gubernatorial supplementary election scheduled for March 23 in the state. This was […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has dragged Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Dr. Cosmos Chukwudi Ndukwe to court for alleged using his position as public officer for self gratification and corrupt enrichment. According to the anti graft agency, the offences […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elderstatesman and pioneer chairman of the defunct Oil Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC), Chief A.K Horsfall has commended Governor Henry Seriake Dickson for building the Bayelsa International Airport. Horsfall, a former Nigerian security chief in a letter to the governor described the airport as a landmark project and a pride to […]
…As Court Stops Adamawa Supplementary Election (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced it will resume the suspended collation and announcement of results for the Rivers State Governorship election from Tuesday, April 2, to Friday, April 5, 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LEADER of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has come hard on supporters of the senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege stating that, “Omo-Agege was at no time the candidate of the party nor was he at any time the Senator-elect.” Emerhor’s reaction is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Police Command said Thursday that it had fortified security in the state to prevent any breakdown of law and order ahead of Friday’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgment. The Command’s Spokesperson DSP Folashade Odoro confirmed that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mrs Abiodun Ige, had directed officers to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 40 people are believed to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul. The head of Mosul’s civil defence agency reportedly said most of the people on board the vessel were women and children – who could not swim. Rescue teams […]
