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Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of Martins Otse concerning what it described as “grave allegations of financial malfeasance,” over its repeated refusal to honour several invitations given to him. The anti-graft agency on Tuesday, stated that Otse was invited in connection with a series of petitions it […]
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, lauding him for what he described as assembling a “capable leadership team” at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. During the visit, Dangote highlighted the appointments of Bashir Ojulari as Group Chief Executive Officer and Ahmadu […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The statistical analysis was released on Monday via the board’s official X handle. From the statistics released, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more than 1.5 million […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Republic of Gabon, His Excellency, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, has conferred the nation’s honours – the Commander in the National Order of Gabonese Merit – on the Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu. The distinguished […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered the remand of one Friday Audu at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged $2.6 million and N3.5 billion fraud. Justice Rahman Oshodi directed that Audu be held at the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre, pending a decision on his bail application. The judge adjourned the […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has kicked against the arrest and detention of popular social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as “a blatant abuse of power” by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a statement issued on […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says former presidential candidates of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso should stay clear of the presidency in 2027. Baba-Ahmed stated this during an interview with Trust TV, saying that Obi, Kwankwaso, President Tinubu and […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has stated that the arrest of social media influencer, Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, was done because of multiple petitions submitted to its agency. EFCC confirmed to BBC News Pidgin through its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Monday saying that VeryDarkMan was taken into custody because […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, has refuted claims that she collected bribes to support Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi central senator. The African Examiner writes that Ezekwesili has been outspoken in the demand for an investigation concerning the sexual harassment allegations made by Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The former minister […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of youths have taken to the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in protest of the arrest of a popular rights activist and social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as Verydarkman (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The protesters, who were sighted in the Wuse area, […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has dismissed as “false and baseless” allegations of financial misconduct made by a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, over the alleged diversion of N2 billion from local government funds. Governor Yusuf’s remarks follow recent statements attributed to Bichi, in which he […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has faulted the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, over his comment that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, stated that Adesina “spoke like […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Flying Eagles of Nigeria were held to a goalless draw by Morocco in their second Group B match in the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The tightly contested clash took place on Sunday at the June 30 Air Defence Stadium in Cairo. Clear-cut chances were few in […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted claims that it has fixed a date for the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise and the transfer and replacement of lost Permanent Voter Cards. This was announced in a statement on Sunday issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has kicked against the arrest of Martin Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). On Friday, Deji Adeyanju, the human rights lawyer, stated that VeryDarkMan was arrested by police officers at a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) branch in Abuja. According to reports, VDM […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine, says it appears that President Bola Tinubu may have a distorted view of his performance because of the wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Soni Irabor Live, a programme on News Central, on Saturday, Momodu stated that party-switching in Nigeria is […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A delegation of the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) weekend paid a condolence vIsit on the family of the late Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu at his Enugu residence. Recall that the former Super Eagles Captain passed on last month after a protracted illness. Leader of the delegation and first vice NFF president, Chief […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that the buses, comprising high-capacity buses and medium-sized buses, were launched to provide intra-city transportation services for residents under the “Gbaja Ride” welfare programme. Chief of Staff to the President,Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, says the purpose of government and the point of public service is to allow individuals […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian governors to remain focused on delivering meaningful development to their people, regardless of criticism from what he described as “armchair critics.” Speaking during a two-day working visit to Katsina State, the president emphasised that visible achievements and measurable results are the true indicators of effective leadership. […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has berated Siminalayi Fubara for the walkout of women in Rivers State on First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s empowerment programme. Wike described the incident as “disturbing and embarrassing”. The African Examiner recalls that on Friday, a group of women staged a walk out […]
