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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 […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnapped Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ward 5, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, has been reportedly killed by his abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Adepoyigi was abducted on Monday, May 13, while parking his vehicle at his residence in Ifon. Confirming […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has revealed that plans are underway to establish electric vehicle factories and other manufacturing ventures in Nigeria. Dunhai disclosed this to the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake at a recent bilateral meeting. This is contained in a statement by Alake’s Special Assistant on […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has expressed deep concern over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Lagos State Government and the Belstar/ENKA consortium. African Examiner reports that the MoU is to rehabilitate and expand the state’s water infrastructure, saying the entire process and the outcome lack transparency. In […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pep Guardiola admitted he thought Erling Haaland would take Manchester City’s penalty during their FA Cup final defeat to Crystal Palace and revealed it was “decided on the pitch” that Omar Marmoush would step up before his miss. Guardiola’s side were beaten 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday as Palace lifted the […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Without mincing words, the two main opposition parties – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) – have been embroiled in multi-faceted crises which are currently threatening their chances of bouncing back into relevance before 2027 general elections. While PDP, which ruled the country for 16 uninterrupted years after the return […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 23 states have arrived in Ogun State for the National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged ‘Gateway Games’ 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the biennial festival is to officially commence on Sunday. The Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, made the disclosure in an interview […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration’s resolve towards countering the insurgency in parts of the country, stressing that he would not condone any form of evil against the citizenry. A press release issued by Director, Information and Public Relations in the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, said the President stated this on […]
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Friday, May 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A serious crisis is brewing at Isiagu Akpawfu autonomous community in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu State over alleged moves by some people to impose a traditional ruler on the community without election in line with its edict. Investigation revealed that the Igweship tussle is currently pending before the Court of […]
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Friday, May 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Godwill Akpabio, on Friday, declared that there will be no more political parties in the state come 2027 general election. Akpabio stated this in Akwa Ibom, saying that the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party has been torn into pieces and it can no longer protect the people. The […]
