(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has urged the gubernatorial candidates of political parties in the state not to distract the governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti with court cases. Ikpeazu said this on Wednesday in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka and made àvailable to newsmen in Umuahia. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has been declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state. Mbah scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday directed all workers to protest at all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide starting next week over the current cash crunch in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who gave the directive at an ongoing press briefing at Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says collation of results for the governorship election conducted in Enugu State on Saturday will continue at 5pm on Wednesday (today). Recall that the electoral body announced the suspension of the results coalition on Monday, saying it took the decision after a meeting to review the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, has stated that anyone planning to “unseat” President-elect Bola Tinubu is “daydreaming”. Fayose made this known when he appeared on Channels Television on Tuesday saying that the 2023 presidential election has “come and gone” and those not contented can go to court. He stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has berated the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, for trying to treat his principal just like the retired military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) did to MKO Abiola, whose presidential election victory got cancelled 30 years ago. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has kicked against the suppression, intimidation of voters and the violence witnessed in many parts of the country in the just concluded March 18 governorship and the house of assembly elections in Nigeria. The US made its views concerning the election in a statement on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police deployed to Anambra State by the Inspector General of Police for the 2023 House of Assembly Election, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has thanked the good people of Anambra State for their peaceful conduct during the polls. He noted that this was the same peaceful disposition they exhibited during the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spotify, an online streaming platform, has revealed top 10 exported Amapiano tracks on its streaming line. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Managing Director for Spotify in Sub-Saharan Africa, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amapiano is a sub-genre of house music that emerged in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has acknowledged a loss of trust in the agency following a devastating report on the culture within London’s police force. Sunak, in a BBC interview on Tuesday, said the trust in the police force was severely damaged, given what has happened over the last years. Asked afterwards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 3.4 million children across Ethiopia are out of school, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in a report. The UNOCHA Ethiopia Situation Report released on Monday, said more than 3.4 million children including 1.7 million girls have no access to school due to conflict […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disbursed N12.65 billion to the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), its flagship agriculture intervention scheme from January till date. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he read the communique issued at the end of the 290th meeting of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has arrived the team’s camp in Abuja ahead of Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) of Guinea Bissau. The match is scheduled to take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, in Abuja. The arrival of Osimhen brought the number […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of an ex-permanent secretary in Ogun State, Adefemi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Oluwafunmilayo, have been grieving after their lifeless bodies were found at their residence around Allen Avenue, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. The African examiner gathered that the couple were at home with their domestic worker on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $30 million Trade and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) finance grant for Family Bank Limited (FBL) in Kenya. FBL became a fully-fledged commercial bank in May 2007. The Bank is regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). From only one branch in 1985, […]
—Says Nigerians Decided Who Won, Lost Elections (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he was eager to leave office and go back to his farm. Buhari spoke at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard at the Presidential Villa. The President said he planned to be a “big […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – People’s Democratic party PDP supporters in Enugu State protesting the suspension of announcement of the state Governorship results held last Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Tuesday vowed to continue occupying the headquarters of the electoral body in the state until the party’s Candidate, Dr. Peter Mbah is declared winner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has stated that with the general election done and dusted, Nigerians must now begin the healing process to unite the country. In a statement on Tuesday, Tinubu tasked all Nigerians to rise above the differences that resulted from the poll and begin the process of nation-building. He also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the new Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC), two state-of-the-art facilities to optimize efforts at addressing evolving security challenges in the country, especially terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking at the inauguration of the two world-class facilities, the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A university student in Kenya was killed and six police officers injured in protests against President William Ruto’s government over high living costs, police said. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, and several other cities in response to a call for demonstrations by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Police fired […]
