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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results, following the conclusion of the Award Committee meeting at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by NECO’s Acting Director of Public Affairs, Azeez Sani, a total of 179,201 candidates […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairperson of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, says no political party is restricted from participating in the local government election coming up in the state on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Justice Okikiolu-Ighile refuted the claim that the Labour Party was barred from the election over its […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New signing Joao Pedro scored twice on his first start as Chelsea eased to a 2-0 win over Fluminense on Tuesday to seal a spot in the final of the Club World Cup. The Brazilian striker opened the scoring in lethal fashion in the 18th minute of the last-four clash at the […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has cautioned Nigerians against placing hope in political coalitions, describing such arrangements as unrealistic within the country’s electoral system. Speaking during the House of Representatives Open Week in Abuja, Senator Akpabio stressed that only political parties—not individuals or coalitions—are legally empowered to contest elections. According to […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Department of State has limited non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria to a single-entry with a three-month validity period. In a statement on Tuesday, the US Mission in Nigeria said the move aligned with the Donald Trump administration’s reciprocal non-immigrant visa policy, impacting several countries, including […]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended a strike embarked upon by primary school teachers in the FCT on March 24, 2025. The union urged all primary school teachers to resume school on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. This was contained in its communique after a […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has come under attack on social media after he alleged that 99.9% of arrested criminals, kidnappers in Anambra State are Igbo youths. The African Examiner writes that in a video that has gone viral, Governor Soludo was seen saying in a gathering, “Since my inception in […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of Microbiology Department of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria, were thrown into deep mourning on Monday, over the death of a 300-level student, Tochi Martins Attah, who reportedly slumped and died while playing football on campus. It was learnt that the tragic incident took place at the Elmada […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Ajibola Bashiru, National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the North firmly supports President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, in spite of rumours of a gang-up. He made this known on Monday in Ibadan while speaking at a media roundtable organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zone B. The […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has denied an online report claiming he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), calling it misleading and false. This is contained in a statement on Monday by Mr Yinka Oyebode, Special Adviser on Media and Chief Press Secretary to the governor. Oyebode said the report, […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to promote the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. “My appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that no matter what you are expecting to gain from Wike in 2027, Wike is not […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that Nigerian airports are operated at a financial loss without private sector involvement, stressing that the Federal Government could no longer sustain them profitably. Keyamo, who spoke at the launch of Enugu State’s indigenous airline, Enugu Air, on Monday, said, “There is […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia Government has expressed concern over the growing incidences of cult-related disturbances in the state, describing the trend as dangerous and unacceptable. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Okey Kanu, made this known on Monday, while briefing newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzania is set to host a high-level Pan-African summit focusing on the future of social security on the continent, a senior official announced. The summit, to be held on July 10 in the northern city of Arusha, would convene social security leaders and policymakers from 15 African nations. The 15 countries include […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on countries aligning themselves with the “anti-American policies” of the BRICS group of developing nations. Leaders of the BRICS group kicked off a summit in Brazil on Sunday. With forums such as the G7 and G20 groups of major […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan, Owolabi Olakulehin, is dead at the age of 90. Olakulehin died in the early hours of Monday just two days after his 90th birthday. It is worth recalling that the monarch was given the staff of office as the 43rd Olubadan, by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed rumours suggesting his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting he remains a loyal member and the party’s leader in the state. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Governor Ademola Adeleke — who defeated APC candidate Gboyega Oyetola in the 2022 […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Women Association of Nigeria (RIVSWAN) has condemned what it described as an “unwarranted and malicious attack” by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, against former First Lady of Rivers State, Dame Judith Amaechi. The group, through its acting president, Ichechi Welendu, was reacting to a recent […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira experienced a slight depreciation at the official market, trading at N1,528.56 to a dollar. Data obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the Naira lost N2.73. This represents a 0.17 per cent loss when compared to N1,525.82 recorded on Thursday. The Naira, which opened […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, believes the newly formed coalition is ill-equipped to address the challenges facing the country, describing members of the group as buccaneers. Opposition politicians including ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP); a former Senate President David Mark; ex-governor of Kaduna State, […]
