(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, says the Supreme Court ruling on the implication of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) re-designed naira notes and cashless policy has saved Nigeria from political and economic shutdown. Tinubu in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council […]
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, assured Nigerians that the elections will be held as scheduled. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen days to the conduct of the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that the two major encumbrances faced by the commission have been resolved. For this reason, the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the February 25 and March 11 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed the action to be taken if hoodlums snatch the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) on election day. According to the electoral body, the BVAS, the technology that will be used for the accreditation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old Naira Notes from Feb. 10 A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, stopped the move in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The three states had specifically applied for an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup yesterday. While doing so, the four South American countries called for the tournament to return “where football was born”, 100 years after the first World Cup was held in Montevideo. During a ceremony in Buenos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has apologized to Nigerians for the over three months of pains caused by the nationwide fuel scarcity. “I apologize for the situation. On behalf of all of us, the stakeholders in the oil and gas industry. Definitely, not surely exclusive. Having said this, it is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The letter written by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow its members to distribute sensitive electoral materials and transport election officials on Election Day has continued to generate debate on social media. The African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mother of Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele, is dead. Her death was announced in a statement on Tuesday by Funke’s sister, Olubunmi Akindele. The statement read: “It is with heavy hearts, but in total submission to God Almighty, that the ADEBANJO and AKINDELE families announce the passing of their daughter, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori, has pledged to run a detribalised government, elected as governor of the state. Oborevwori, also the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, made the pledge during an interactive session with members of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Delta council, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the state government has re-issued the approval for the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in the state to host its presidential campaign rally. The Rivers State Government had on January 31 withdrawn the initial approval of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, attended a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Yakubu was accompanied by 11 INEC National Commissioners. In his address, the INEC Chairman noted that the meeting was because of the apex […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) has announced that it has allocated €181.5 million humanitarian aid for West and Central Africa this year. This is coming at the heels of the region’s protracted crises driven by conflict and worsened by other factors such as climate change and the global spike in food prices. One […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babatunde Fashola has denied promising that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will fix power supply issues in six months. Several reports claimed that the Minister of Works and Housing promised in the lead-up to the 2015 election that if voted in, the APC would solve Nigeria’s power challenge. The reports went further […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Edo State’s governor, Adams Oshiomhole has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of deceiving President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the redesign of the naira notes. Oshiomhole made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s election programme saying that Emefiele claimed that the CBN told President Buahri that redesigning the naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition of Transporters has threatened to protest at the headquarters of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) concerning the lingering fuel scarcity. They made this known in a communique issued on Monday that was signed by Jamilu Mai Alheri, Chairman of Trailer Drivers Association (TADAN), and five others. They include […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the news that controversial blogger, Linda Ikeji, produced a movie concerning the Aluu four incident that happened in Port-Harcourt on October 5, 2012. The African Examiner writes that Linda Ikeji’s movie, titled “ Dark October” reminisced about the incident that happened at the University of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has dismissed allegations of forgery of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate against its gubernatorial flagbearer, Dr. Peter Mbah, describing it as the conjecture of an indolent opposition and the last kick of a dying horse. It said the opposition in Enugu […]
Seek Justice, Equity, Fair play. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Uzo- Uwani Council area of Enugu state, under the platform of ‘Uzo-Uwani professionals Association’, have decried the alledged continued political Marginalization and injustice against their people by their co constituent, in the occupation of the IgboEtiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency seat at the National Assembly (NASS). They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Umbrella of Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dismissed the purported assassination threat against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Mr. Emma Powerful, spokesman of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had alleged of a plot to assassinate Atiku in the South-East. However, in a statement issued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The most powerful earthquake in nearly a century struck Turkey and Syria Monday, killing nearly 1,800 people in their sleep, levelling buildings and causing tremors felt as far away as Greenland. The 7.8-magnitude early morning quake, followed hours later by a slightly smaller one, wiped out entire sections of major Turkish cities […]
