Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has condemned in strong terms the total shutting down and militarization of Onitsha Drug Market and five adjoining others by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, calling for the immediate withdrawer of the Soldiers. “We are calling […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Effium Autonomous Community in Ohaukwu Council Area of Ebonyi State, has expressed appreciation to the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru for releasing its Sons from Abakaliki Correctional Center under detention for over four years as a result of the crisis in the Community, just as they have rejected […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrival of Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, at the state Criminal Investigation Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. He was handed over to the Ogun State Police Command by the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation Department where he turned himself in earlier […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the heads of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) over allegations of terrorist funding against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The call for an urgent investigation into allegations of terror financing against USAID […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – embattled singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba, reports say. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to a Journalist in a text on Wednesday. “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday said billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will be excluded from space-related decision-making. Trump made this remark at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in reply to a question about Musk’s potential conflicts of interest amid his efforts to cut government spending, according to media reports. “So […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has described the illegal dissolution and taking over of local government administration by state governors as a treasonable offence. Fagbemi stated this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of an event organised by the Nigeria Bar Association in Abuja. Represented by the Director […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini has said striker Ademola Lookman is “one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen” after his miss from the spot hindered a comeback in their home 3-1 defeat to Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday. Lookman pulled back one goal early in the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Interior says new passport printers have been installed in Nigeria’s Atlanta and New York consulates to ease passport applications. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Interior’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Babatunde Alao, stated that the devices were delivered and installed on Feb.18. The News […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against former right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the 2022 election. The charges, which must be formally accepted by the Supreme Court, came following a recommendation from Brazil’s national police. In addition, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet filed charges against […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two of the suspects involved in the kidnap and subsequent killing of a member of the Anambra state House of Assembly Hon. Justice Azuka, recently arrested by the police in the state, has escaped . The state Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu, has directed that a disciplinary action be taken against […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has opened us on why some Nigerian politicians behave the way they do. Jonathan, while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of ‘Readings on Election Security Management’ and ‘Selected Readings in Internal Security Management’ authored by Solomon Arase, the former inspector-general of police (IGP). The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has appealed for financial assistance from the Kogi state government as she battles an unknown illness. It is worth recalling that in 2022, Abubakar disclosed that she had retired from acting movies because of her health concerns. She did not disclose the details of the ailment she was […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal University of Lokoja (FUL) community in Kogi State has been thrown into mourning after a trailer accident claimed the lives of five students of the school. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the tragic loss of five of our promising students, who were taken away from us too […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has identified and corrected errors in the 2025 Appropriations Bill, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Thursday. The discrepancies were discovered during the final cleaning and realignment process by the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The corrections primarily affected allocations under recurrent expenditure, pensions, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48% year on year in January 2025. This is a sharp decline from the 34.80% headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced this on Tuesday. He said the Consumer […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). This was contained in a press release issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. Clark, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) have donated medical equipment to the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF) to enhance healthcare outreach in underserved communities across Nigeria’s South-West, North-Central, and South-South regions. A statement signed by Shell Media Relations Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, said the […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw leader and Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark is dead. Clark’s death was announced by members of his family in a terse statement. The former National Commissioner died at the age of 97. The statement was signed by his brother and his son, Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the Department of State Services (DSS) for its undue interference at the complex on Monday. Mr Stephen Ogundipe, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, made this statement in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of […]
