(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended election in Enugu East Senatorial District. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. According to him, the election in the senatorial district earlier slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023, has been moved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kinsmen of the recently murdered Senatorial flag bearer of the Labour Party LP, in Enugu East Senatorial Zone, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu, from Amuri Ancient kingdom, in Nkanu West Council of the state, have called on the state and Federal Governments to intervene in the incessant political killings in the state . […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will soon conclude the process of moving all the sensitive materials for Saturday polls to the 17 local government areas of Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC has fixed Feb. 25 for the Presidential and National Assembly elections, as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The author and global lead pastor of The Elevation Church, Godman Akinlabi,have stated that Nigerians should not give up on the country if their preferred candidate loses in the forthcoming elections. His statement comes days after Paul Adefarasin, the senior pastor of House on the Rock church, came under fire after he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders ahead of the general election. The presidential and national assembly elections have been fixed for February 25. In a statement on Thursday by Tony Akuneme, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, the NIS comptroller-general, said the border closure […]
… .Ask Tenants To Leave Within 24 Hours. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents and shop owners of a Shopping Center at the Liberty Estate Phase 1, Independence Layout Enugu, have expressed dismay over the closure of the shopping center in the Estate by the state government. The Estate which was developed by the administration of former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have murdered Labour Party (LP)’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Oyibo Chukwu and his personal assistant. The Enugu Police Command spokesman Daniel Ndukwu confirmed the development in an early Thursday statement. He said the incident happened Wednesday when the assailants on a Hilux vehicle, attacked and set ablaze Chukwu’s campaign vehicle. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A civil society group, under the platform of Civil Society Committee for Anti-fraud Election Security, CISCAES, has called on the people of the SouthEast region to come out en masse during the forthcoming general elections to vote for candidates of their choice. The organization also expressed concern at the high level of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forms were purchased for the minister by a group of his friends at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Command in Kwara have paraded a 36 year-old medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi, over an alleged killing of four persons in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Paul Odama, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Monday at the headquarters of the command in Ilorin. He said one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Ade Omole, Director, Directorate of Diaspora, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC} says more than 1.6 million Nigerians with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are in the diaspora. He said this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat. Omole, who is also the leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC presidential campaign council has blasted the presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his “inconsistent” positions on the new monetary policies of Nigeria’s central bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Director, Media & Publicity of the APC presidential council, Mr Bayo Onanuga described Alhaji Abubakar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pioneer and mainstream members of the Enugu state chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, have thrown their weight behind the recent 1 billion naira libel suit filed against the Embattled State Chairman of APC, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, by the people’s Democratic party PDP Governorship Candidate, Barr. Peter Mbah. The PDP Governorship […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck in Abeokuta on Saturday as a middle-aged woman, popularly known as Mama Dada, set herself ablaze in her rented apartment at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta. An eyewitness, Rasheed Aina, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, said that the woman was burnt beyond recognition, as the entire building was also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. It disclosed that the sum was part of monies which some Commercial Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economist has stated that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is the best choice for Nigeria. The publication in a recent article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, stated that Obi x-rays the country’s failings with more precision than his rivals. However, the London-based newspaper stated […]
…Says He’s Aware Of Hardship Nigerians Are Facing Over Naira Scarcity (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a message to Nigerians from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, saying he was fully aware of hardship some policies of government, “which are meant to bring overall improvement to the country” had caused and appealed for further […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is committed to improving access to quality healthcare services, when elected. Spokesperson for the APC PCC, Festus Keyamo stated this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship progamme, NAN forum in Abuja on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some customers of various banks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the inability of most banks to dispense the old N200 notes in spite of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari had on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of Naira notes. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled […]
