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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial singer and Zaazoo ze crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta, for alleged assault on government officials. portable reported himself at the Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Lagos Command, on Wednesday after he was declared wanted by the Ogun Command. He was […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, February 22. This was contained in a letter dated February 17, signed by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alao Kamorudeen, and addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission. A copy of the […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis spent another peaceful night in hospital, “got up and had breakfast in his armchair”, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Friday with bronchitis, but it later developed into pneumonia in both lungs, sparking […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olawuyi’s death, […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Donald Trump called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” Wednesday, widening a personal rift with major implications for efforts to end the conflict triggered by Russia’s invasion three years ago. The United States has provided essential funding and arms to Ukraine, but Trump made an abrupt policy shift by opening […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kylian Mbappe struck a brilliant hat-trick for Champions League holders Real Madrid in a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday, helping Los Blancos reach the last 16 with a 6-3 aggregate victory. Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a painful early exit without laying a glove on the completely dominant 15-time record winners […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrival of Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, at the state Criminal Investigation Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. He was handed over to the Ogun State Police Command by the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation Department where he turned himself in earlier […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the heads of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) over allegations of terrorist funding against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The call for an urgent investigation into allegations of terror financing against USAID […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – embattled singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba, reports say. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to a Journalist in a text on Wednesday. “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday said billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will be excluded from space-related decision-making. Trump made this remark at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in reply to a question about Musk’s potential conflicts of interest amid his efforts to cut government spending, according to media reports. “So […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has described the illegal dissolution and taking over of local government administration by state governors as a treasonable offence. Fagbemi stated this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of an event organised by the Nigeria Bar Association in Abuja. Represented by the Director […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini has said striker Ademola Lookman is “one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen” after his miss from the spot hindered a comeback in their home 3-1 defeat to Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday. Lookman pulled back one goal early in the […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Interior says new passport printers have been installed in Nigeria’s Atlanta and New York consulates to ease passport applications. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Interior’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Babatunde Alao, stated that the devices were delivered and installed on Feb.18. The News […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against former right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the 2022 election. The charges, which must be formally accepted by the Supreme Court, came following a recommendation from Brazil’s national police. In addition, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet filed charges against […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has appealed for financial assistance from the Kogi state government as she battles an unknown illness. It is worth recalling that in 2022, Abubakar disclosed that she had retired from acting movies because of her health concerns. She did not disclose the details of the ailment she was […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal University of Lokoja (FUL) community in Kogi State has been thrown into mourning after a trailer accident claimed the lives of five students of the school. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the tragic loss of five of our promising students, who were taken away from us too […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has identified and corrected errors in the 2025 Appropriations Bill, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Thursday. The discrepancies were discovered during the final cleaning and realignment process by the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The corrections primarily affected allocations under recurrent expenditure, pensions, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48% year on year in January 2025. This is a sharp decline from the 34.80% headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced this on Tuesday. He said the Consumer […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). This was contained in a press release issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. Clark, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) have donated medical equipment to the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF) to enhance healthcare outreach in underserved communities across Nigeria’s South-West, North-Central, and South-South regions. A statement signed by Shell Media Relations Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, said the […]
