(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian passenger on Delta Air Lines Flight DL54 travelling from Atlanta, United States to Lagos was on Monday afternoon found unresponsive before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 54-year-old passenger (name withheld), who was ill before boarding the flight, died three minutes before the aircraft touched down […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former deputy speaker of the house of representatives and the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Emeka Ihedioha has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Imo state governorship election. The state returning officer for the governorship election, Mr. Francis Chukwuemeka Otonta on Monday said that Mr Ihedioha of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election in Kano inconclusive. Professor Bello Shehu, the INEC Returning officer declared the election inconclusive, saying that the margin of lead between the PDP and the APC was not enough to declare the opposition as the winner. Mr Shehu said while the […]
EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi of the ruling PDP has been declared winner of the Ebonyi Governorship election. The State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Officer Prof Frank Chukwuemeka, announced Umahi as winner on Sunday in Abakaliki, the State capital. Chukwuemeka disclosed that Umahi polled a total of 393,043 […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Abeokuta OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The outgoing Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has failed to deliver his political puppet, Hon Adekunle Akinlade as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday midnight declared the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Dapo Abiodun, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Sunday at Umuneke , in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, south East Nigeria, as angry youths set on fire office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the area. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the incident […]
OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has rejected the ongoing election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APM Campaign Director General, Mr. Sarafa Ishola, made the announcement Sunday at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Ishola admitted that the election began […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has been declared the winner of the Saturday Governorship election. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, while declaring the final result in the Commission’s Yaba office, announced that Mr.Sanwo-Olu scored total of 739,445 votes as against his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular political columnist, Prof. Pius Adesanmi, has been confirmed to be among the 157 persons that died in the Ethiopian Airline which crashed Sunday. Report said Prof Adesanmi who until his death was a Director at the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, Canada, posted a message on his Facebook […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Enugu state gubernatorial election held in the state on Saturday. He polled a total of 449,935 votes to defeat the All Progressive Congress (APC,) which scored 10,423, votes, despite boycotting the exercise. Our correspondent who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said. Ethiopia’s prime minister offered condolences to victims’ families. “We hereby confirm that our scheduled flight ET 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In Ogun state governorship election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun is in clear lead following results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The results as announced by INEC in Ogun State are as follows: Ward 3 Polling Unit 2, Ita Osanyin, Iperu, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men suspected to be thugs working for one of the political parties in the Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly election in Ebonyi state ,today set ablaze the Registration Area Centre office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at Ezza North community Secondary School, Okposi Uunuoghara […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to reports in the social media that an election observer was on Saturday shot dead at the country home of the Enugu state governorship Candidate of the All progressive Congress APC, Senator Ayogu Eze during the gubernatorial and state Assembly, the Enugu state police command has dismissed […]
…As Supporters Urge INEC to Reschedule Enugu Election From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Senator Ayogu Eze and his supporters on Saturday boycotted the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the State over the non inclusion of his name on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned in strong term the hijack of electoral materials by a paramount ruler, identified as Chief Johnie, at Ologoghe, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The State Secretary of the PDP, Chief Godspower Keku, said in a statement on Saturday that information at the disposal […]
OYO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member, representing Akinyele/Lagelu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Temitope Olatoye, popularly known as Sugar is dead. He was said to be coming from his village where he had gone to exercise his franchise, when the assailant ambushed and shot him. Olatoye reportedly died at the intensive […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Authorities in Imo state, South- East Nigeria, on Saturday during the governorship and state Assembly elections arrested five fake policemen and two Soldiers in Ideato South council area of the state. Our Correspondent reports that the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is from the local government area. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar has delivered his polling unit – Ajiya 02, in Gwadabawa Ward, Yola North Local Government of Adamawa in the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly Elections. The Governorship results as announced by the Returning Officer, Dorothy Inaku indicated that PDP scored 161 […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mood in Lagos State in the ongoing Governorship and State House of Assembly elections is very cold. In many Local Government areas of the State, most polling units witnessed low turn out of voters. The situation is again worsened with the late arrival of INEC ad-hoc officials at the […]
