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Sunday, March 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day 2025, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) continues to reinforce its unwavering commitment to gender diversity, equality, and empowerment. This year’s IWD global theme, “Accelerate Action”, aligns perfectly with UBA’s drive to champion inclusion and create meaningful opportunities for women in the workplace. […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bukola Saraki, former senate president and former Kwara State governor, has enjoined Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to “face reality and do what is right.” Saraki was reacting to the comments made by Akpabio, on Friday, when the senate president played host to some Niger Delta youth leaders. Akpabio had stated that there […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of Late Gen. Sani Abacha has stated that former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) was in charge of the annulment of the June 12 presidential election and their late father has nothing to do with it. The family in a statement issued Sunday by Mohammed Abacha made […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The case filed against Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been reassigned to another judge. This is contained in two separate letters by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and Chief Justice (CJ) of Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho. The two letters […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has slammed the Lagos state house of assembly concerning its decision to reinstate Mudashiru Obasa as speaker. It is worth recalling that Obasa was impeached from office by a majority of lawmakers after allegations of financial misconduct but was later brought back […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Idris Bugaje, the executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has opened up concerning the clamour for polytechnics to award bachelor’s degrees. According to Bugaje, the move would eliminate the long-standing discrimination against higher national diploma (HND) holders. It is worth recalling on Tuesday, the bill seeking to award […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, as Special Adviser and Coordinator of the Presidential Livestock Reform. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a press release issued on Friday night. Tinubu announced the appointment […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd. (NGML), and NIPCO Gas Ltd., have signed an agreement with Ssonic Petroleum Ltd. to supply natural gas to the company’s proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Lagos State. NGML, a subsidiary of the NNPC Ltd. and its Unincorporated Joint Venture (UJV) partner, NIPCO, executed the Gas […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has frowned at the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate due to a clash with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio concerning seat arrangements. The PDP, in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated that the actions carried out by […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the family, friends and associates of Prince Doyin Okupe, a medical doctor, politician, communicator and strategist who played a significant role in Nigeria’s political landscape. This was contained in a press release issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday felicitated with fellow West African country, the Republic of Ghana on the occasion of its 68th Independence Anniversary. This was stated in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed Nigeria’s […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, approved about N10.3 billion for the procurement of antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment, diabetes diagnostic kits, and other essential health commodities. Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Ali Pate, who briefed State House correspondents on the approvals, noted that the move is aimed at […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crude oil prices continue to slip as the naira maintains its stability against the dollar in the foreign exchange market. Oil prices fell about two per cent to a 12-week low this week amid reports that OPEC+ will proceed with a planned oil output increase in April. Brent futures fell $1.19, or […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has once again brought before the Senate a petition alleging sexual harassment from Senate President Godswill Akpabio. But this time, it was signed by her constituents. During the plenary on Thursday, Senator Natasha was asked whether the matter was already before any court of law. But she said it […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The capture of Nigerian Afrobeat sensation, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, on the cover of Dazed Magazine for the second time has attracted global attention. In this new edition, the renowned singer delved into his creativity, highlighting the ancestral influences that have shaped his sound and artistry. The 24-year-old, who posed […]
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Thursday, March 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rumours that the Chief justice of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, is set to go for a one-year vacation and has caused uproar among netizens on X. The African Examiner writes that Rivers State has been engulfed in political crisis after Governor Simi Fubara fell out with his erstwhile […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Independent Electoral Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has fixed August 9, 2025, to conduct a fresh Local Government (LG) poll in the state. The Chief Electoral Commissioner, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), announced this at a stakeholders meeting for Wednesday, March 5, 2025. This followed the Friday judgment of the Supreme Court, […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has filed a charge against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, for allegedly violating regulatory directives and obstructing an ongoing inquiry. The three counts filed before the Federal High Court Lagos, bordered on willful implementation of a price hike contrary […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA will pay total prize money of one billion dollars to participants in the Club World Cup taking place in the United States this year, a source close to negotiations told AFP on Wednesday. The figure is significantly more than the prize money offered for either the last men’s or women’s World […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of two new Permanent Secretaries to fill existing vacancies.in the Federal Civil Service Mrs Eno Olotu, Director Information and Public Relations, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) announced this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The newly appointed […]
