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Thursday, July 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has frowned at the killing of two Nigerian traders in South Africa by gunmen, describing their death as intolerable and senseless, as she calls for the culprits to book. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement by NiDCOM spokesperson Abdur-Rahman Balogun, stated that the Nigerian […]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has kicked against the statement directed at Peter Obi, as he stated that any “threat” to the former Labour Party presidential candidate is a threat to the entire opposition. Atiku’s statement is coming on the heels of a warning by Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, who stated […]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspended lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, warned Senate President Godswill Akpabio not to place himself above the Nigerian Constitution. Senator Natasha also accused the Senate leadership of going against a valid court order by stopping her from resuming her duties at the National Assembly. The senator representing Kogi Central stated this […]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Tuesday slammed a social media user who likened Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, rubbished the comparison, describing it as amusing and insulting, adding that Obi does not have […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has stated that the refusal of President Bola Tinubu to select ambassadors has “disastrous consequences” on the foreign relations of the country. In a statement on Sunday, Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC interim national publicity secretary, stated that the administration of President Tinubu has not shown any urgency to […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri after former president Muhammadu Buhari has sparked reactions on social media. The African Examiner had earlier reported that President Tinubu, during a special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held on Thursday in honour of the late Nigerian leader, who […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has stated that Africa is now a dumping ground for substandard petroleum products because of overreliance on imports. Dangote stated this when he spoke in a recent interview with journalists. According to him, his decision to build the Dangote refinery was because he has […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burna Boy, the Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, has opened up about the challenge stopping him from settling down and starting a family. Burna Boy stated this in a recent interview on The Official UK Afrobeats Chart Show, where he admitted that although having a family is his “main goal,” his demanding career makes […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Minister, Tunji Alausa, has stated that the federal government has set the minimum age for tertiary school admissions at 16 years. Alausa stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). It is worth recalling that in July 2024, Tahir Mamman, […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election, says that the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is filled with people with presidential ambitions. The African Examiner recalls that the coalition consists of political heavyweights like former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party presidential […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has stated that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will remain in the party irrespective of the mounting pressure from rival political camps trying to take him away. Galadima stated this on Friday when he appeared on ‘The Morning Show’, a programme on Arise […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Nigerian singer, 2baba, has apologised for saying that men aren’t built to be sexually committed to one woman. It is worth recalling that 2Face in an interview with Nedu Wazobia, made the statement. The statement generated reactions on social media as netizens lampooned the “African Queen crooner”. Reacting, the 49-year-old singer, […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alex Otti, the governor of Abia state, has stated that he has no plans to join the opposition coalition. On Wednesday, the opposition coalition trying to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections chose the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The coalition chose David Mark, the former Senate president, and Rauf Aregbesola, […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has stated that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, has presented his one-term proposal to the coalition for consideration. According to Tanko, any candidate from the south elected president in the next election must be prepared to […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former deputy national chairman (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has kicked against the blockade of the members of the party’s board of trustees (BoT) from getting access to the national secretariat. On Monday morning, security operatives occupied the PDP headquarters and blocked BoT members from gaining entrance to […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, better known as 2Face, has opened up about his struggles in his marriage to his estranged wife, Annie Macaulay. According to 2Face, the experience was like “living in bondage”. He also alleged that his life was threatened during the marriage. The ‘African Queen’ crooner disclosed this […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed sadness concerning the death of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, whose demise he said, “marks the end of an era’ and described as “the loss of a significant guardian of the nation’s moral and entrepreneurial heritage.” Dantata, who died on Saturday, was not just a huge […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has frowned at President Bola Tinubu for “turning his condolence visit to Benue into a fanfare”. Obi, in a post on Thursday on X, stated that the president’s choice of attire and the atmosphere surrounding his visit to Benue […]
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Monday, June 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has berated President Bola Tinubu for not visiting Benue state despite the incessant killings. Obi stated this in a post on X on Monday, saying that President Tinubu’s action shows that he doesn’t value human lives. According to the […]
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Monday, June 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged President Bola Tinubu to reopen the investigation cases concerning the deaths of Dele Giwa and Bola Ige. Soyinka stated this when he addressed journalists on Freedom Park, as he stated that there are lots of important clues that are yet to be fully explored. According to […]
