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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Côte d’Ivoire Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Kalilou Traoré, has emphasised the need for substantial investment in the education of African youth to enhance their skills development and promote self-reliance. Traore said this while speaking with the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The envoy said […]
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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education, marking the first time a judge declared the administration’s extensive changes to the department unlawful. Judge Myong Joun from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, issued […]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has said Nigerian companies have a lot to benefit if they are prepared to take advantage of more opportunities in its offshore and shallow water oil and gas projects. Speaking at the 5th Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, […]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Friday said he won’t contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 because he has no presidential ambition. In a statement signed by Michael Ohiare, his Media Director, Bello expressed surprise and shock over a video post of his 2022 rally, claiming he had […]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday met with former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, to possibly talk about forming a coalition ahead of the 2027 election. Atiku in a video uploaded on his official X account on Friday arrived at the residence of Aregbesola in Osun State alongside another former […]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that it is prepared to deliver and complete phase three of the East-West Road, especially the 15-kilometre dual concrete carriageway from Eleme to Onne in Rivers State. This was announced in a statement uploaded on X on Friday by President Bola Tinubu’s personal assistant on special duties, […]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, admitted in evidence videos of Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd.), Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, in Nnamdi Kanu’s defence. Justice James Omotosho admitted the flash drive contained the three separate video recordings as […]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressive Governors Forum on Thursday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit held in Abuja endorsed President Bola Tinubu as sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement, which was moved by Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo and Chairman of the forum Chairman, was seconded by Gov. Uba Sani […]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has officially submitted the 2025 Appropriation Bill for Rivers State to the National Assembly for consideration, following the suspension of the state’s House of Assembly. In a letter addressed to the Senate President, Senator Goodwill Akpabio, the proposed budget totals ₦1.481 trillion, with major allocations aimed at revitalizing key […]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organization (WHO) Member States have approved a 20 per cent increase in assessed contributions as they endorsed the organisation’s 2026 to 2027 budget of 4.2billion dollars. In a statement, the WHO said that the 20 per cent increase comes as governments are facing financial constraints and economic headwinds and demonstrates […]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone D, has frowned at the death of a student who was hit by a stray bullet while going to write his WASSCE exam in Ibadan, Oyo State. The student, who was reportedly in his father’s car, going to the exam center, was struck by […]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has stated that lawmakers were elected to cooperate with the president and not confront him. Akpabio said this in an upcoming feature documentary to celebrate two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to him, legislators are not elected to fight the executive but to work across party […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-East Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives has called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, over the technical glitch recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. It also called for the examination to be completely cancelled and a new date […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have lauded Nollywood series, “The Boy Child’s Life”, a film that depicts everyday challenges the ordinary Nigerian boy child faces. Filmmakers, actors, government functionaries and representatives of civil society groups, as well as the cast and crew of […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government says Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Alakia, Ibadan, will begin international flight operations by June 2026. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Ibadan. Oyelade said the international terminal, currently at 15 percent completion, is expected to […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time, organisers said on Monday. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top women’s scorer in a club or national […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid growing rumours of a possible coalition among opposition leaders to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that the only coalition he is interested in is the one against hunger, poverty, and the terrible state of healthcare […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden expressed his gratitude to Americans on Monday for their “love and support” after the former US president said he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The weekend revelation that the 82-year-old Democrat had been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, and that it had spread to his bones, […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joint action committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non Academic Staff Union of Allied institutions (NASU) has rejected the recent distribution formula adopted for the disbursement of the ₦50 billion approved by the Federal Government for University based unions. The ₦50 billion is to be […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa won their maiden CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations title with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Morocco in Sunday night’s final at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo. Gomolemo Kekana’s stunning second-half strike proved decisive, as the Southern Africans claimed the trophy and rewrote history by overcoming a North African […]
