Posted by Eric Ojo
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has appointed a renowned journalist and humanitarian, Folly Bah Thibault as its new Global Champion. The acclaimed international journalist will join ECW in raising awareness and advocating for education for the world’s most vulnerable children. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,600.57 recorded in February to N4,610.48 in March. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for March 2023 released on Monday in Abuja. The report said the March 2023 price represented a […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021. The NBS stated the figures in its Telecoms Data: Active […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Upon his return to Nigeria from France on Monday, the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu says he is hail and hearty contrary to speculations that he was seriously ill. He stated this at his residence in the Asokoro area of Abuja shortly after his return from France. Addressing his supporters, he said, “Let me […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
….Urges inclusiveness (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group in a statement made available to African Examiner Monday signed by it’s National president, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said the time of electioneering was over. Okwu said the Igbo youths “congratulate Ahmed Bola […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, April 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission has commiserate with the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alkali Baba Usman, and the Imo state Police Command on the gruesome murder of five Police Officers on duty on Friday, April 21st, 2023 at Okpala junction in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. It said “the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, April 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for Information and Voter Education of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus Okoye, has said the commission lacks the power to declare wanted its Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa, Hudu Ari. The REC had got into trouble for usurping the powers of the Collation Officer for Adamawa State to announce […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, April 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the tussle for the zoning of the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly gathers momentum, report emanating from the camp of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, indicates he may return to the country on Monday (today) to take charge of proceedings and give direction. This is even as the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has lamented that the newly redesigned N1000, N500, and N200 notes have gone out of circulation. The African Examiner recalls that the Supreme Court in March ruled that the old version of the Naira notes shall continue to be legal tender with the new […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Entertainment News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian rapper, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, aka Skales, has opened up concerning his struggles after leaving Empire Mates Entertainment (EME), Banky W’s record label. The African Examiner recalls that Skales got signed to EME in 2010 but left in 2014 after the expiration of his four-year recording contract. Speaking in a recent episode […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya police have dug out twenty-one bodies in Malindi, a coastal town in the southeastern part of the country. According to the BBC, 15 members of the Good News International Church were rescued from their shallow graves in the Shakahola forest. The African Examiner writes that Kenya Broadcasting Station (KBC) had reported […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Africa’s premier development finance institution, has signed a new agreement with ILX Management B.V. (ILX), an Amsterdam-based fund management firm, to raise additional capital for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change projects across Africa. ILX is an emerging market focused private credit fund that invests in […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Discussions of a ceasefire in Sudan raised hopes on Saturday that foreign nationals stranded in the country amid heavy fighting between rival military groups could soon be evacuated. Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said he has agreed to facilitate the evacuation of foreign civilians and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the 40 per cent pay rise arrears for civil servants. Our correspondent who spoke to some federal civil servants on Saturday learnt that workers started receiving bank alerts of the arrears on Saturday, April 22, 2023. A high-ranking civil servant who spoke to our […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday morning exchanged eid greetings during a phone call to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This was contained in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu and […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would work with the opposition political parties in the 19th National Assembly to in the interest of the progress of the nation Lawan spoke with State House Correspondents on Friday after he joined residents of the FCT to pay […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
—-Says May 29 Handover Sacrosanct (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the future of democracy as a system of government was bright, adding that as he prepares to leave office in a little over a month, he feels satisfied and duly assured that Nigerians would defend the system against all threats. A […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
—-Says We Are All Human (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At an occasion to mark his final outing as President on a Sallah Day, before handing over, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday thanked Nigerians for the honour to serve for two terms, 2015-2023, asking for pardon from those he might have hurt while discharging his duties. With […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, April 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar, the former vice-president, has stated that he is worried about how the outcome of the presidential election as the poll has deeply divided Nigeria. The African Examiner recalls that Atiku Abubakar is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election and he came second to Bola Tinubu […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, April 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twitter’s blue tick removal tsunami has affected Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and others’ verification badges. A check on the handles of the Labour Party, All Progressives Congress, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate’s Twitter handles late Thursday shows that the blue tick has disappeared. Owner Elon Musk, who […]
