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Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released in Abuja envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday over the northern region with prospects of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Bauchi, Gombe and Adamawa during the afternoon/evening […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State recorded a 45 per cent growth in revenue to N1.3 trillion in 2024, from N895 billion recorded in 2023. This was revealed by the Commissioner for Finance, Abayomi Oluyomi, in a statement to mark the second year of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat’s administration. While […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bill seeking to convert the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos State into a full-fledged university has scaled the second reading in the Senate, marking a significant step toward upgrading the institution’s academic status. The proposed legislation, titled a ‘Bill for an Act to establish the Yaba Federal University of Technology […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Sports Commission (NSC) has constituted the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 3rd combined African U18/U20 Athletics Championships, slated for Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the championships will hold from July 16 to July 20. The LOC comprises 15 distinguished professionals with proven expertise in […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The gale of defections by Nigerian politicians from one political party to another has dominated political discourse in the country lately. While some schools of thought consider it normal, others say such defections are for power pursuit instead of upholding party ideology. According to proponents of defection, it is a reflection of […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has signed an agreement with the Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire for the opening of its first country office. EBID disclosed this in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The agreement was signed in a […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has called on the Federal Government to ensure the inclusion of one representative from each local government council across the states, and one per area council in the Federal Capital Territory in Federal Account Allocation Committee deliberations. It also directed that the resolution be communicated to the Minister of Finance […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has confirmed the defection of Senators Adamu Aliero, representing Kebbi Central; Yahaya Abdullahi of Kebbi North Senatorial District, and Garba Maidoki from Kebbi South senatorial zone, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was formally announced during a plenary session on Tuesday, following […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed June 27 to deliver judgment on the suit filed by the suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, challenging her suspension. The suit came up for hearing of all pending motions, including those relating to alleged contempt of court and the […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, Head of Service of the Federation, says the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved Group Life Assurance Scheme for government workers, paramilitary and uniformed personnel. Walson-Jack said this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the sixth FEC meeting of the year on Monday. She said through […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that zoning the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to the North will fail. Wike stated this during a media chat on Monday. He explained that it would not be smart for the opposition party to zone its presidential ticket […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Chris Piwuna, a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, as its new national president. Piwuna, who also served as the immediate past National Vice President of the Union and Dean of Student Affairs at the University […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores. The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has said that Nigeria’s economy recorded its fastest growth in about a decade in 2024, driven by a strong fourth quarter and an improved fiscal position. During a presentation on Monday, the bank’s lead economist for Nigeria, Alex Sienaert, said Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.6% year-on-year in the fourth […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee headed by a former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, to reconcile aggrieved members ahead of its National Executive Committee meeting. This was disclosed at the end of a meeting held at the Abuja lodge of the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and […]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says a total of 1,622 Nigerian pilgrims have been transported to Madinah for the 2025 Hajj operation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vice-President Kashim Shettima declared the inaugural flight open in Owerri, Imo on Friday. A data released by Shafii Mohammed, Principal […]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three senators of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are set to team up with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and have met with President Bola Tinubu as they finetune plans to leave the party. The lawmakers are Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South). […]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday defended his administration’s economic reforms, saying he took some decisions to sustain healthy growth for Nigeria. He stated this at the State House in Abuja while receiving a special envoy from the Amir of the State of Qatar, Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi. Tinubu noted that ongoing […]
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Friday, May 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has refuted claims that the Federal Government has started extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele, on Friday, […]
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Friday, May 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured that his administration will complete all abandoned federal roads in Anambra State and he also promised to reactivate the south-east gas reserve plant and tackle the flood challenge in the state. Tinubu stated this on Thursday at the Alex Ekwueme Square during his official visit to Anambra […]
