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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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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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 […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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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. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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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 […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has tasked President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the 2014 Constitutional Conference to honour the late Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark. George stated this during a media briefing, on Friday, in Lagos. It is worth […]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the ECOWAS Parliament have appealed to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger (Sahel States) to rescind their decision to quit the subregional bloc, and return to its fold. Sen. Edwin Snowe, Chairman of the parliament’s Joint Committee Delocalised Meeting, made the plea at the closing ceremony of its five-day meeting in […]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has issued Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) Certification for excellence to 54 companies’ brands in Enugu State. Presenting the MANCAP certificates in Enugu on Friday, the Director-General of SON, Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment to enable more companies, especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises […]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has stated that Julius Abure, factional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), knows that his reign is over. It is worth recalling that the LP has been enmeshed in a leadership crisis, with Abure and his allies in one faction, and the caretaker committee led by […]
Posted by Moses Okechukwu
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Friday, May 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has denounced the rumours of his defection to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Adeleke stated this on Thursday night when he declared his loyalty to the PDP in a strategic meeting with party leaders. Adeleke stated that rumours […]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former special adviser on political matters to Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has stated that former president, Muhammadu Buhari, was the “worst in Nigeria’s history” as he was more interested in office than governance. Baba-Ahmed stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. “Buhari didn’t represent the north. We saw in […]
