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Friday, February 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The returnees who are mostly indigenes of Borno had been taking shelter in Chad after their communities around Lake Chad Basin were overrun The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad who fled amidst the conflict of Boko Haram insurgency for almost a decade. Dauda Illiya, Gov. Babagana […]
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Friday, February 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has stated that there is no actual breakdown of expenditures that will justify the increase in the 2025 national budget. The statement of Peter Obi, who was also a former governor of Anambra State, comes after President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, increased […]
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Friday, February 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Education on Friday refuted claims that the ministry is scrapping the JSS, SSS system as the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, was merely proposing the introduction of a 12-year basic education system. According to the ministry, the reports of an immediate policy change on the matter were false. The […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, has stated that African countries should jettison foreign blueprints for development and look inwards. Shettima stated this on Thursday in a symposium in Abuja to commemorate the 60th birthday of former governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, In his speech titled: ‘Africa in the post-idea world’, Shettima stated […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, United Kingdom Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has stirred the hornet nest after she vowed that she will make it more difficult for immigrants to get British citizenship. The African Examiner recalls that Kemi Badenoch has been in the headlines for her views concerning Nigeria and the Federal Government. Her recent stance […]
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has tasked the Attorney General of the Federation to propose strict sanctions like life imprisonment, for producers and importers of fake drugs into the country. The resolution was after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance which was sponsored by All Progressives Congress lawmaker, Tolani Shagaya, […]
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than 17 Almajiri students have died in a fire incident which happened in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State after a fire outbreak at an Islamiya school. The fire began on Tuesday night and it raged for about three hours leaving 16 others injured. A resident of the […]
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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 […]
