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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of ride-hailing drivers in Lagos plan to begin a 24-hour strike on May 1, 2025, targeting major platforms like Uber, Bolt, Lagride, inDrive, and Rida as they protest low fares, high commissions, and poor working conditions. The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) disclosed this during the planned walkout […]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his deputy, Monday Onyeme, have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Oborevwori moved to the APC along with his predecessor and running mate of Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Others who moved to the ruling party with […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has presented a cheque for N18 million to the Enugu State Government as support to the victims of the January 25 petrol tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, which claimed several lives. The leader of the lower chamber […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s president on Tuesday announced the suspension of the country’s top judge while she is investigated for misconduct. The action against Supreme Court Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo came after three separate petitions called for her removal. Allegations against her include tampering with court records and misuse of public funds. A […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has opened up concerning the abject poverty that characterised his early life saying that he once wore the same shirt and trousers for almost four years. Amaechi made this revelation during an interview with the Daily Sun as he talked […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burkina Faso’s military government has stated that it prevented a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader, Ibrahim Traoré, last week. Speaking on Monday, Mahamadou Sana, security minister, claimed that the coup plotters were from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. Sana stated that the attempt was orchestrated by present and former soldiers working with “terrorist […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed displeasure with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), over the sudden closure of the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu. It frowned over the closure coming at the height of the Easter festive period when Ndigbo and other […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu returned to the country on Monday, after a two-week working visit to Europe. The President was received on arrival at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 9.50 p.m. by Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, and […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa state, has stated that Nigeria has not gotten to the point where citizens should resort to self-defence. Namadi stated this on Monday when he appeared on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television. The African Examiner writes that On Saturday, Theophilus Danjuma, the former minister of defence, […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and spiritual leader to approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, has died at the age of 88 and his news has sparked reactions on x formerly known as Twitter concerning the possible replacement of the pope. Some netizens from Nigeria believed that Francis, Cardinal Arinze […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and law professor, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has joined the world to express deep shock over the demise of Pope Francis, who she described as a “tireless advocate for the voiceless, vulnerable,and victimized “Fare thee well, our Holy Father Pope Francis! A beacon of divine grace, a […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the death of the Head of Catholic Church worldwide, Pope Francis. In a statement signed by Tinubu on Monday, he said, ” the death of Pope Francis just after the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection, was a sacred return to his maker at a time of […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. Femi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on his prestigious win as the Spokesperson in the Oil and Gas Sector Award for 2025. The award was given to him on Thursday, […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has detained over 20 illegal Private Guard Companies (PGCs) operating within the State. Recall that the Act establishing the Corps mandates it to supervise, monitor, profile and conduct due regulation of all Private Guard Companies (PGCs) in […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died on Monday aged 88, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death in a statement: “At 7:35 this morning (0535 GMT), the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father.” Francis had […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has debunked rumors suggesting he plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a post shared on his verified Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) handles, the Governor reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing himself as a “bona fide member” of […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the Easter period to renew their hope in the assurance of God’s unfailing love and intervention in the affairs of the country and humanity. The party, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, felicitated with […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has enjoined President Bola Tinubu to rescue Nigerians from the “cross of evil”. Kukah stated this in his 2025 Easter message titled ‘Mr President: Please bring us down from this cross’, saying that the country bleeds from savagery and brutality “never witnessed in […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former special adviser on political matters to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has stated that the north may soon take a decisive stand on its political future if the grievances of the region continue to be ignored. In a video circulating online, Baba-Ahmed, enjoined northerners to remain united and wary of “traitors” […]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Defense, retired General Theophilus Y. Danjuma, has again tasked Nigerians to be in charge of their own safety as the increase in insecurity in various places in Nigeria cannot be tackled by the efforts of the government alone. Danjuma gave this advice while speaking in an Easter appreciation event […]
