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Saturday, June 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council convened an emergency session on Friday over the Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes. The Council adjusted its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis and also heard from the head of the UN-backed international nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Overnight from Thursday into […]
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Saturday, June 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Government has rued the performance of its contingent to the recently concluded 22nd National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun. Ebonyi placed 28th on the final medals table with one gold in cricket and two bronze medals in cricket and kick-boxing. Richard Idike, the state’s Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, June 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian actor and former spokesperson for the Labour party, Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, of betrayal and terrible leadership in the ongoing internal rift in the party. Okonkwo made this revelation during an interview with Symfoni TV as he criticised Obi, alleging that the former Anambra […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, June 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal ministry of agriculture and food security has announced a three-day fasting and prayer programme for divine intervention in the agricultural sector of the country. This was contained in an internal circular dated June 11, where Adedayo Modupe, the ministry’s director of human resource management, stated that the spiritual exercise aims […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wole Oke, the member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State in the House of Representatives, has applauded the posthumous conferment of the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, CFR, on Chief Bola Ige by President Bola Tinubu. Oke stated this in a statement made available to […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency, has publicly apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan for criticising his administration in the past, stressing that his past views were because of his youthful inexperience. El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, made his apology […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday, defended the sum of ₦39bn spent on the renovation of the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The minister, who spoke at the commissioning of the newly constructed Left-Hand Service Carriageway in the nation’s capital, said everything in the conference centre was […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja has heard how the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, allegedly smuggled a radio transmitter into the country, concealing it within household items. Testifying as the fourth prosecution witness, an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), identified as Mister […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and law professor, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has demanded for an immediate and thorough investigation by the Nigerian Police into the alleged brutal murder of one Mrs. Blessing Eze, by touts in Ogun State, South West Nigeria over ₦1,500 festival contribution. The human rights Advocate in a […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced a revenue of N5.89 billion and a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N748 billion for the month of April. The NNPC Ltd. disclosed this in its Monthly Report Summary for April, released on Thursday. The report highlights key statistics, including crude oil […]
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Friday, June 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has nominated 12 commissioners to serve in the state executive council. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan. The statement disclosed that the names of the nominees have been […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the alarming rate of violence and abuse of school-aged children, Wife of Enugu state governor, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, through her pet project, Custos Care Foundation (CCF), has launched two separate children’s platforms aimed at protecting and empowering children. They are: Little Vanguard Movement (LVM), a school-based child protection group that […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers, as the country marks June 12. George stated this in an open letter addressed to Tinubu, saying that since the president recently forgave Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Air Peace has refuted claims by the senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, who stated that the airline extorted passengers at the airport. In a statement issued on Thursday, the airline said that the allegation was “deliberate falsehood,” saying that no passenger was told to make a monetary payment after the closure […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised labour has appealed to owners and proprietors of media organisations to implement the N70,000 National Minimum Wage for its staff members. Mr Joe Ajaero. President Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said this at a joint news conference with the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Festus Osifo, at the […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Niger State, Umaru Bago, has expressed concern that despite uninterrupted democratic rule in Nigeria since 1999, the nation is yet to be where it should be. He raised the concern in a message through his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day on June 12. […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An aircraft crashed in India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, fire service officials told AFP, without giving immediate details of the plane or any toll. Thick plumes of black smoke were seen over the airport, an AFP reporter said. More to follow…
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has made strong call for the prompt ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement and a significant increase in funding for blue economy initiatives to ensure the protection and sustainable use of the world’s oceans. Speaking at the ongoing United Nations Conference in Nice, France, Minister of Marine and […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Afrobeats star, D’banj, has begged the federal government to wade into the crisis involving popular singers, P-Square, Peter and Paul Okoye, and also their former manager and elder brother, Jude Okoye. The African Examiner writes that the group’s breakup took a different dimension after Peter sued Jude’s company alongside his company, […]
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Publisher Dele Momodu has criticised what he described as the growing influence of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, suggesting that Nigeria appears to be under dual leadership. “In fact, right now, it’s looking like we have two presidents in Nigeria. Wike can do […]
