(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira appreciated at the official market on Tuesday trading at N1,522.68 to a Dollar. Data from the FMDQ Security Exchange official forex trading platform revealed that the local currency gained N10.95. This represents a 0.7 per cent gain when compared to the trading figure on Monday when Naira closed trading at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday tackled former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, attributing the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to what it describes as his “political desperation.” APC spokesman, Felix Morka, in a statement faulted the vice president for criticising the nation’s judiciary. Morka said it is an irony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government is determined to sanitise the nation’s educational system. Miracle Examination Centres (MECs) are private secondary schools in Nigeria that facilitate exam fraud. They are known for promising students success in their final exams, regardless of their actual merit. “We have a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the ruling partly, All Progressives Congress, APC, as he accused them of going astray from its founding ideals and toeing the line of terrible leadership. El-Rufai, while speaking in a national conference in Abuja on strengthening democracy in the country, stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria will battle Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania in the group phase of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was confirmed at the end of a colourful ceremony at the Mohamed V Theatre in Rabat on Monday. With the draw concluded, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Politician and a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has described Nigeria’s democracy as “fast losing its essence” as a result of deep-necked poverty ravaging the country. He disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Monday. According to him, the number of Nigerians living in poverty is alarming, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was “not 100 percent sure” he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it. Trump has repeatedly alluded to the possibility that he might go beyond the current two-term limit for US […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government has discovered a total of 35 graves in a popular hotel used for kidnapping and sundry crimes in Oba, Idemili South local government area of the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim disclosed that chains of graves and a shrine were discovered on the topmost […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State. In the video, Sowore had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Minister and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians are trying to influence poor Nigerians who make the social register to enjoy the government’s conditional cash transfer. He said, “Some people want us to bend and allow the governors or the states to just generate the list and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Timileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, has been arraigned at the High Court of Justice, Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. He was charged with one count of culpable homicide punishable by death, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria He was arraigned on Monday before Justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Details of how six top Yoruba monarchs prevailed upon nonagenarian legal luminary Afe Babalola to drop his criminal defamation suit against human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi have emerged. t was gathered that the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, mobilised five other high-class traditional rulers to the Ado-Ekiti residence of Babalola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China said Monday it was “extremely unlikely” Covid-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission. “The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was reached by the China-WHO joint expert team […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and the people of Enugu state over the fuel tanker explosion, which resulted in the loss of lives on Saturday. This was contained in a press release issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has stated that there are more “yahoo people” in government than “outside”. A ‘yahoo boy’ in Nigerian coinage means an internet fraudster or scammer. Peter Obi, a former Anambra governor, while speaking in the 4th graduation ceremony of Nexford […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stirred the hornet nest on Saturday after he stated that Nigerian law allows the police to break into homes without a search warrant. This controversial remark is coming on the heels of a viral video showing masked policemen forcibly gaining entrance by scaling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arne Slot’s side cruised to their second successive league victory thanks to a first half goal-spree at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai’s 11th-minute opener fizzed past Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton from Ibrahima Konate’s assist. Mohamed Salah doubled Liverpool’s advantage in the 35th minute with a fierce strike for his 23rd goal in all competitions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says nursing an ambition to become the governor of Lagos in 2027 is not a sin. During a press briefing at his residence in the GRA area of Ikeja, the Lagos capital, on Saturday, Obasa challenged any leader in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off its warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday, said the FCTA under Wike has met their demands. On Wednesday, the doctors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced the addition of hairstyling, plumbing, GSM repair, makeup and 12 other new trades/new subjects to the basic education curriculum. The development comes following ongoing reforms in various sectors of the economy. A statement issued by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), said the new trades were added to […]
