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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Interior says new passport printers have been installed in Nigeria’s Atlanta and New York consulates to ease passport applications. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Interior’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Babatunde Alao, stated that the devices were delivered and installed on Feb.18. The News […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has opened us on why some Nigerian politicians behave the way they do. Jonathan, while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of ‘Readings on Election Security Management’ and ‘Selected Readings in Internal Security Management’ authored by Solomon Arase, the former inspector-general of police (IGP). The […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has appealed for financial assistance from the Kogi state government as she battles an unknown illness. It is worth recalling that in 2022, Abubakar disclosed that she had retired from acting movies because of her health concerns. She did not disclose the details of the ailment she was […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal University of Lokoja (FUL) community in Kogi State has been thrown into mourning after a trailer accident claimed the lives of five students of the school. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the tragic loss of five of our promising students, who were taken away from us too […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has identified and corrected errors in the 2025 Appropriations Bill, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Thursday. The discrepancies were discovered during the final cleaning and realignment process by the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The corrections primarily affected allocations under recurrent expenditure, pensions, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). This was contained in a press release issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. Clark, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw leader and Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark is dead. Clark’s death was announced by members of his family in a terse statement. The former National Commissioner died at the age of 97. The statement was signed by his brother and his son, Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the Department of State Services (DSS) for its undue interference at the complex on Monday. Mr Stephen Ogundipe, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, made this statement in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Anambra state police Command have burst and apprehended three Child Stealing/Trafficking Syndicate, among them, a Fake Medical Doctor, even as they reduced tem Children. The commissioner of Police in the state, CP, Ikioye Orutugu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Akwa, the Anambra state capital, said […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc demonstrated its commitment to fostering peace and stability across Africa with a landmark donation of $500,000 to the African Union (AU) Peace Fund. This donation by the UBA Group supports the AU’s efforts towards promoting security, conflict resolution, sustainable development, and a unified […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 85 Nigerian nationals who were deported from the US will arrive in Lagos, Monday evening. Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement adding that 116 others are presently in detention. The statement, signed by her media aide, Magnus Eze, lamented the process of […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by US Congressman Scott Perry that aborted United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. “You can’t say it’s just an allegation; it’s more than that,” the former Chairman […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has released the results of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, second series. The exam, conducted between October 25, 2024, and December 20, 2024, introduced a new computer-based hybrid mode alongside the traditional paper and pen option. In a […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Capacity Building Workshop for the media, institutions and the public in Enugu state on imperative of Population Planning in the country, organized by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria weekend, have stressed the need for robust engagement and reorientation of citizens, especially the youths on the issue. Our […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has affirmed the Dangote Group’s pivotal role in the country’s push towards industrialization, as the company took the center stage at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fair. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Dafang I. Sule, who represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A civil society and human rights group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has urged the Police Service Commission to order an independent investigation into the alleged kidnapping, extortion, and abuse of power involving members of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. RULAAC’s appeal followed allegations […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -) Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has urged the Nigerian Army to strengthen its strategies to end the sit-at-home order in the South-East of the country. This is contained in a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Monday Uzor, on Sunday in Abakaliki. The statement quoted the governor as making the […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union (AU) on Sunday unveiled the 2024 Africa Malaria Progress Report, highlighting funding priorities and addressing challenges and threats hindering the elimination of malaria. This announcement was made in a statement by Mr Molalet Tsedeke, Media Centre Coordinator at the Directorate of Information and Communication of the AU Commission. It […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are defecting to align with President Bola Tinubu’s bold economic reform agenda. Felix Morka, the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while responding to criticism from former Sokoto State Governor, […]
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Saturday, February 15th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Enugu state chapter of the opposition Labour party (LP), Barr. Casmir Uchenna Agbo, has dismissed his recent purported suspension by some aggrieved members of the party, describing the action as a charade, null and void and exercise in futility, declaring that those who made the pronouncement lack the […]
