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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government have reached an agreement to temporarily put on hold its planned nationwide protest against the 50 percent increase in telecommunications tariffs. After a meeting on Monday with government representatives, NLC leadership, led by Joe Ajaero, president of the congress, decided to delay the […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has berated President Bola Tinubu’s administration saying that the president should lead by example and put Nigeria first. Atiku in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe, stated that Nigeria has gone through all kinds of class, ethnic, and religious […]
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Monday, February 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has opened up concerning the unresolved assassination of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, alleging that former Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja, is likely to have important information concerning his death. Akande made this revelation while […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sunday Dare, the special adviser to President Tinubu on media and public communication, has stated that the political opponents of President Bola Tinubu are “wannabes”. According to Dare, President Tinubu remains unruffled and unperturbed by the unending barrage of criticism from the opposition. The African Examiner recalls that former governors Rotimi Amaechi […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than thirty passengers died after they were burnt to death in an auto crash that happened in the Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State. The incident happened on Saturday after two commercial buses had a head-on collision which resulted in an inferno at the Onipetesi axis along the Ore/Lagos […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular businessman and Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has officially announced his intention to contest the upcoming November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Okonkwo stated this on Saturday during the inauguration of his provisional campaign council at his country home […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has given the sum of N30 million to the family of the National Flag designer, late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi two years after his death The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, alongside the Oyo State Director of the agency, Olukemi Afolayan, presented the cheque on behalf […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paul Kagame, Rwanda President, has reacted to the claim by Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president that 13 soldiers from his country were murdered by the Rwanda Defence Army (RDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ramaphosa, in a post on X on Wednesday, claimed that M23, a rebel group, and the […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has clarified his stand on coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Obi in a statement on his X account stated that he is not against the idea of a coalition as his earlier position was misunderstood. The […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress, APC, has slammed former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The APC in a statement by its spokesperson, Felix Morka on Wednesday stated that Atiku, Obi, and El-Rufai have demonstrated grass […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has stated that the three – time African champions are ready to go all the way at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Nigeria is in the same group with Tunisia, Uganda, and Tanzania. Chelle, who was appointed as the Super Eagles head coach […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has stated that the Federal Government is prepared to welcome deported Nigerians from the United States. The Director of Media and Corporate Affairs of the commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, stated this during an interview with Vanguard Newspaper on Tuesday evening, saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed the popular Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in two years. According to the agency, it found and seized fake and substandard food and beverages worth over ₦5 billion in its latest operation which was tagged […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Muhammadu Buhari says his health improved after he left office on May 29, 2023. It is worth recalling that during his time in office as President, Buhari was frequently getting sick and this led to him being flown abroad for medical attention. The former military leader handed over to Bola […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano State Governor and NNPP leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has slammed the Federal Government and the Kano State Police Command for a false terror alert issued ahead of the annual Maulud celebration. The annual event, which honoured Sheikh Ibrahim Inyass, the spiritual leader of the Tijjaniyya Sufi Order, happened at the […]
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Monday, January 27th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer, 2Baba, has confirmed his separation from his wife, Annie Idibia. The African Examiner writes that 2Baba in a now-deleted Instagram post disclosed that he and Annie had been separated for a while and was filing for divorce. However, a few minutes after the post, the “African Queen” hitmaker stated […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has slammed the Federal Government and telecommunications companies for the 50% increase in data and airtime tariffs in the country. According to the NLC, the increase is an assault on the welfare of Nigerians due to the increase in the cost of living. Joe […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The special adviser to the president on energy, Olu Verheijen, has stated that a total of $6.7 billion was invested in Nigeria’s energy sector in 2024. This was disclosed in a report titled ‘Presidency Energy Sector Wrap-Up 2024,’ released by the office of the special adviser, the oil and gas sector accounted […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has tasked the court to move his case to a federal high court in the south-east if no judge in Abuja is willing to take charge of it. The African Examiner recalls that oOn September 24, Binta Nyako, a federal […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), on February 20, launched his autobiography titled ‘A Journey In Service’. It could be recalled that seven years ago, IBB was not certain about writing an autobiography as he stated that he was uncertain if Nigerians would “want to read about a dictator”. According to […]
