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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of Pope Francis on Saturday. In a statement on Friday, presidential adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that the five-member delegation was constituted by President Bola Tinubu. Other members of the delegation are the […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy(FMACTCE), says plans are underway to produce documentary series and as well develop a data infrastructure catalogue on Nigeria’s creative economy. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mrs Ugochi Akudo-Nwosu, Ag. Permanent Secretary of the ministry, stated this on Thursday at an […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When the Federal Military Government, under the leadership of Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retired), set up the NYSC post-Civil War in 1973, many Nigerians praised the scheme. The mandatory, post-tertiary scheme was part of efforts to “reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country” after the Nigerian civil war. Today, 52 years later, the programme […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Thursday listed Legend Internet Plc, a Nigerian telecommunications company. Legend’s N2 billion ordinary shares, with a par value of 50 kobo each, were listed at N5.64 per share. The Chairman of NGX Group, Dr Umaru Kwairanga, who welcomed Legend’s board and management, commended the company for […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unionists of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Thursday in Abuja suspended their strike action driven by demand for better working conditions. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keysmo. Moshood said the unions […]
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Friday, April 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the 2027 general elections is a contest between President Bola Tinubu and the living conditions of Nigerians. PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, stated this on Thursday while presenting a Certificate of Return to the PDP candidate for the Anambra State governorship election, Chief Ezenwafor […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – OnThursday, hundreds of women from the ancient Opobo Kingdom in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State embarked on a protest, calling for the immediate reinstatement of their son, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The women kicked against the declaration of a state of emergency in the state and also the suspension of the […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has urged Nigeira to be prudent in spending following implementation of hard economic reforms that has made it to save more revenue. The Director, Fiscal Affairs Department IMF, Vitor Gaspar, said this at a Fiscal Monitor news conference at the ongoing 2025 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers has convened a meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc. The Chairman of the Council, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, made this known in a statement […]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his deputy, Monday Onyeme, have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Oborevwori moved to the APC along with his predecessor and running mate of Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Others who moved to the ruling party with […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s president on Tuesday announced the suspension of the country’s top judge while she is investigated for misconduct. The action against Supreme Court Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo came after three separate petitions called for her removal. Allegations against her include tampering with court records and misuse of public funds. A […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burkina Faso’s military government has stated that it prevented a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader, Ibrahim Traoré, last week. Speaking on Monday, Mahamadou Sana, security minister, claimed that the coup plotters were from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. Sana stated that the attempt was orchestrated by present and former soldiers working with “terrorist […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders including US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic leader. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu returned to the country on Monday, after a two-week working visit to Europe. The President was received on arrival at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 9.50 p.m. by Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, and […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa state, has stated that Nigeria has not gotten to the point where citizens should resort to self-defence. Namadi stated this on Monday when he appeared on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television. The African Examiner writes that On Saturday, Theophilus Danjuma, the former minister of defence, […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and spiritual leader to approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, has died at the age of 88 and his news has sparked reactions on x formerly known as Twitter concerning the possible replacement of the pope. Some netizens from Nigeria believed that Francis, Cardinal Arinze […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the death of the Head of Catholic Church worldwide, Pope Francis. In a statement signed by Tinubu on Monday, he said, ” the death of Pope Francis just after the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection, was a sacred return to his maker at a time of […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. Femi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on his prestigious win as the Spokesperson in the Oil and Gas Sector Award for 2025. The award was given to him on Thursday, […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died on Monday aged 88, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death in a statement: “At 7:35 this morning (0535 GMT), the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father.” Francis had […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. “Dearest brothers and sisters, it is with deep sorrow that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” said Cardinal Kevin Farrell […]
