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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has failed to present its witnesses before the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. At the tribunal’s resumed sitting on Thursday, the electoral body didn’t field any witness to defend its declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as the […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disciplinary committee has invited a former governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom, Samuel Anyanwu, and others. This followed a meeting of the committee in Abuja on Wednesday where it “considered five (5) petitions received so far”. It said “following a detailed review of the petitions noted that […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police Command has confirmed the discovery of the decomposing body of the member of the state House of Assembly Hon. Justice Azuka, who was kidnapped on December 24, 2024 in the Commercial city of Onitsha. Confirming the development to African Examiner Thursday morning when contacted on the development, the […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued new guidelines restricting Bureau de Change (BDC) operators to purchasing foreign exchange from a single authorised dealer per week. The bank also directed the BDCs to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) measures. The apex bank, in a circular signed by W. J. Kanya, […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source told AFP Wednesday. Niger has “terminated its agreements” with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country, the source said, adding the organisation had closed […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna Good Governance Forum (KGGF) has berated former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai and accused him of trying to undermine the administration of Governor Uba Sani. The group in a statement signed by Comrade Richard Amos alleged that El-Rufai is engaging in acts of harassment and political intimidation and also trying […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission PSC has approved the appointment of Commissioners of Police for Taraba and Anambra State Commands. To this end, it gave approval to the appointment of Chukwudi Chris Ariekpere from Abia State as the new Commissioner of Police for Taraba State. He takes over from CP Peter Oparah while […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than 17 Almajiri students have died in a fire incident which happened in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State after a fire outbreak at an Islamiya school. The fire began on Tuesday night and it raged for about three hours leaving 16 others injured. A resident of the […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. While in France, Tinubu would meet with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron. The president would arrive in Addis Ababa early next week for the African Union summit. In […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
….Ends Multiple Taxation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Peter has signed into law the bill to create a one-stop shop for tax collection and administration in Enugu State, thereby ending multiple taxation. Christened: “the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (Establishment and Consolidation of Revenue Administration) Law, 2025, the new legislation also makes the revenue […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the 2025 budget will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent as soon as it is passed into law. Akpabio, who gave the assurance at plenary on Tuesday, emphasised the senate’s commitment to ensuring a seamless budgetary process. He commended the lawmakers for […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has declared that it would not be deterred by threats from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over the impoundment of vehicles with fake number plates. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South East chapter of a youth body under the Umbrella of Catch them Young Community Initiative (CATYCOI), that promotes good governance, democracy, civic engagement, and human oriented policies, has trained scores of Enugu state youths on Multi Stakeholders Engagement. Participants at the capacity building programme which the organizers tagged: ‘one day Community […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has predicted high-intensity rainfall likely resulting in flash floods between May and June 2025 in coastal cities of the country The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, made this disclosure while presenting the annual climate prediction for the year 2025 in Abuja. He also revealed […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has acquitted and discharged a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the charge of medical forgery levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe who freed the former minister while delivering ruling on the no case submission […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has declared himself the best-ever player in the game, rating himself above bitter rival Lionel Messi; Argentina’s Diego Maradona; and the legendary Pele of Brazil. Debates over who will be regarded as the Greatest of all Time (GOAT) in football have been raging over the years, pitting mostly […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the just-concluded budget defence sessions, commending lawmakers for their dedication in scrutinising the 2025 budget to ensure a workable financial plan for the year. The Senate President made the comment when he presided over the resumption of plenary after a […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government have reached an agreement to temporarily put on hold its planned nationwide protest against the 50 percent increase in telecommunications tariffs. After a meeting on Monday with government representatives, NLC leadership, led by Joe Ajaero, president of the congress, decided to delay the […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja signed into law a bill establishing the Federal University of Environment and Technology(FUET) in Rivers State and pledged more support for the Ogoni community. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, in a press release issued on Monday said Ogoni town […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The executive board meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday was set to take on an atmosphere of crisis as it grappled with the consequences of the looming withdrawal of the U.S. Since President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to exit the WHO on his first day back in office, […]
