(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian actor and former spokesperson for the Labour party, Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, of betrayal and terrible leadership in the ongoing internal rift in the party. Okonkwo made this revelation during an interview with Symfoni TV as he criticised Obi, alleging that the former Anambra […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal ministry of agriculture and food security has announced a three-day fasting and prayer programme for divine intervention in the agricultural sector of the country. This was contained in an internal circular dated June 11, where Adedayo Modupe, the ministry’s director of human resource management, stated that the spiritual exercise aims […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wole Oke, the member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State in the House of Representatives, has applauded the posthumous conferment of the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, CFR, on Chief Bola Ige by President Bola Tinubu. Oke stated this in a statement made available to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Afrobeats star, D’banj, has begged the federal government to wade into the crisis involving popular singers, P-Square, Peter and Paul Okoye, and also their former manager and elder brother, Jude Okoye. The African Examiner writes that the group’s breakup took a different dimension after Peter sued Jude’s company alongside his company, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has opened up about his visit to President Bola Tinubu. According to Fayose, it was a personal visit, and the aim was to encourage the Nigerian leader. “My visit is personal, to further encourage him to continue to do what he’s doing for Nigerians. No one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer and activist Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has stated that he took some suggestive nude pictures some 30 years ago because he knew he had a banging body. Charly Boy also alleged that women didn’t allow him respite, even though they all knew he was married. In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, has stated that he would have removed petrol subsidy and floated the naira if he were elected president. Obi stated this on Monday while speaking in an interview with Arise Television, saying that he would have carried out the policies in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Maryam Abacha, the widow of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has debunked the long-standing allegations that her late husband stole billions of dollars when he was in office, saying that there is no credible proof to support the claims. Mrs. Abacha stated this during an interview with TVC on […]
