(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adebayo Adewole, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, has alleged that the Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were all involved in electoral fraud in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly election. Adewole, speaking on Arise TV, on Friday, March 03, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele on Thursday said South Africa will host the BRICS Summit in Gauteng Province on Aug. 22-24. Gungubele said this while briefing the media about the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. According to the minister, this year’s summit will be held under the theme: “BRICS and Africa: Partnership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the just ended election, Peter Obi, has filed a suit at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Abuja, against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner by the Independent National Electoral commission. The petition which has since gone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday has directed that old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. Also, the apex court nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy saying that it is an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Current LaLiga leaders Barcelona will not be able to sign players in the summer transfer window. Barcelona have spent nearly £150 million over the past 12 months on the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde. Barcelona have continued to sign players despite an ongoing financial crisis which saw them lose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many people have been feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe community in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The explosion is believed to have been caused by the activities of illegal artisanal refiners operating on the trans-Niger Delta Pipeline in the area. It has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six States of the Federation have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the last February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The six states who instituted the suit through their Attorneys General are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom,, Bayelsa, Delta,Edo and Sokoto. The suit was filed pursuant to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of old Anambra State , and Elder Statesman, Dr. Jim Nwobobo, has condemned in its entirety a comment recently made by the Senator elect for Enugu North Senatorial district, Chief Okey Ezea, who said that the forthcoming March 11, governorship and House of Assembly election will be a do or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the March 11, governorship and State House of Assembly election, the Nsukka Journalists Foundation (NJF), has called on various political parties and their candidates to evade violence in Enugu North Senatorial district of Enugu State. Our correspondent reports that there have been reported threats of looming violence by some political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct supplementary polls after the governorship and state house of assembly elections. Guber and assembly elections will take place next weekend, two weeks after the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly polls. “The Commission is aware that in some Senatorial Districts and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, has stated that no fewer than 1, 940, 004 vulnerable Nigerians are presently receiving N5,000 cash gift each every month from the federal government, Speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ retreat on the National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has congratulated Nigerians and the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over the successful conduct of the Saturday, February 25, 2023, presidential election. This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the State Department, Ned Price, who also tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the Saturday, February 25, 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the outcome of the exercise in its totality. Atiku stated this as he addressed a press conference on Thursday saying that the presidential and national assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president-elect, Bola Tinubu has reacted to the statement made by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi that he won the just concluded presidential election. The African Examiner writes that Peter Obi during a press conference had stated that he will be challenging the result of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi says he won the poll and he will explore all legal options to reclaim his mandate. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu says the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi won in Lagos State in the just concluded presidential election because of the “preponderance of the Igbo people in Lagos”. “What transpired last Saturday, the major factor was ethnic: the Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has set up committees to meet aggrieved presidential candidates to start the “healing process”. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a member of the committees disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He said a Committee of Elders of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its commitment to work with other development partners in tackling the problem of refugees and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou made the pledge when he led a team on a joint mission with representatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders and experts in the water sector have harped on the need to ensure equitable access to clean water and sanitation services, particularly in rural communities across Africa. This observation was made at a panel session on the sidelines of the 21st International Congress of the African Water Association (AfWA) and 7th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, and member of the party’s presidential Council, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has congratulated Nigeria’s president -elect, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his victory during the 25th, February presidential election. In a statement he personally signed and made available to African Examiner […]
