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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has acquitted and discharged a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the charge of medical forgery levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe who freed the former minister while delivering ruling on the no case submission […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has declared himself the best-ever player in the game, rating himself above bitter rival Lionel Messi; Argentina’s Diego Maradona; and the legendary Pele of Brazil. Debates over who will be regarded as the Greatest of all Time (GOAT) in football have been raging over the years, pitting mostly […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the just-concluded budget defence sessions, commending lawmakers for their dedication in scrutinising the 2025 budget to ensure a workable financial plan for the year. The Senate President made the comment when he presided over the resumption of plenary after a […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The executive board meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday was set to take on an atmosphere of crisis as it grappled with the consequences of the looming withdrawal of the U.S. Since President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to exit the WHO on his first day back in office, […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday hit back at his United States counterpart, Donald Trump over the latter’s threat to cut funding to the African nation after accusing it of “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly.” Trump on Sunday announced he was cutting off all future funding […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer, Tems, has won the 67th Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance. The awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. Tems clinched the award with her love song “Love Me Jeje”, defeating “Tomorrow” by Yemi Alade, MMS ” by Asake featuring […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, says the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu may be his greatest undoing if he tries to be reelected in 2027. Gabam listed some of the unpopular policies of the Tinubu administration including the sudden removal of petrol subsidy, unification of […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United slumped to another meek home defeat as Crystal Palace won 2-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday, while Tottenham eased the pressure on Ange Postecoglou by beating Brentford 2-0. Jean Philippe-Mateta was Palace’s hero with both goals in the second half as United suffered a fifth defeat in their last six […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says Nigerians should brace up for fresh electricity tariffs in months. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, said this in an interview in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, according to Bloomberg. Verheijen was in Tanzania attending a World Bank-backed conference where Nigeria presented a $32 billion plan […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Donald Trump is due to unleash fresh tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China — with Ottawa informed that levies will be effective within days. The US government has told Ottawa to expect 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on its exports starting Tuesday, with the exception of energy […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says petrol prices will crash down following the revival of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries by the Federal Government. In a statement on Saturday, PETROAN National Public Relations Officer, Dr. Joseph Obele, said contrary to previous doubts the refineries are “now […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It should not be news anymore to the discerning Federal Government of Nigeria’s 2024 Appropriation Act (like most others in the past) performed poorly regarding capital expenditures. Observations have been raised “…..on the huge discrepancies in the size of the recurrent expenditure relative to capital expenditure….” Simply, based […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says that corps members will start getting a new monthly allowance of N77,000 beginning from February 2025. Ahmed stated this on Thursday when he spoke to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina State. According to him, […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chinedu Nwoko, a.k.a (Ned), member representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwoko, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under which platform he rode through during the May 29, 2023 general election, on Friday, dumped the PDP. […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN AFRICAN) – United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands. The rebels have already seized the provincial capital, Goma, and reports indicate that they are closing in on the […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur shrugged off their Premier League woes as they clinched last 16 berths in the Europa League. United defeated Romania’s FCSB, while Tottenham Hotspur overpowered Sweden’s Elfsborg, in their respective fixtures on Thursday. Ruben Amorim’s United failed to break through in the first half but Diogo Dalot slotted […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola for alleged anti-party activities. The African Examiner writes that Aregbesola was a two time governor of Osun State and was also a minister under immediate former President Muhammadu Buhari, all on the APC platform. Also, he is the leader […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will continue to engage with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, in spite of their formal withdrawal from the bloc on Wednesday. Dr Omar Touray, the President of the commission, made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Touray said […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Headies, Nigeria’s biggest music award, is set to return home with the hosting of two separate editions of the annual show in 2025, its organisers have said. In a video shared on Headie’s X page, Ayo Animashuan, founder of The Headies, said the 17th edition of the award would take place […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared plans to embark on a nationwide mass rally on Feb. 4 over the 50 per cent hike on telecom services by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this in a communique issued at the end of the Congress’s National Administrative […]
