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Monday, September 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched a groundbreaking report highlighting the risks posed by an inadequate national response to environmental and climate challenges to ecosystems, public health, livelihoods, and national stability. It therefore called for a more robust implementation of frameworks for access to environmental information in Nigeria to mitigate their negative […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat has slammed former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for disrespecting Yoruba culture and the Ibadan people with his “my dear brother” congratulatory message to the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja. However, Obi has since clarified his intention in a post on Sunday, adding that he never […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, September 27th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday on a working visit to the former seat of government as Nigeria prepares for a low-key 65th Independence Anniversary. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press release on Saturday said Tinubu moved to Lagos after attending the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, September 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Democratic Congress Coalition says that the Obidient movement will be important in determining the political landscape of Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections, adding that lots of its members are already embedded in the coalition’s leadership structures. The African Examiner writes that the Obidient movement came about in the build-up […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rabiu Kwankwaso, chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has refuted claims that he submitted a letter of intent in order to join another political party. The African Examiner writes that Kwankwaso has been heavily linked to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recently. In a statement on Friday, the former […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Oyo State governor, Rasheed Ladoja, on Friday, September 26, in Ibadan, was crowned the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, and he made history by becoming the first civilian governor of the state to emerge as Olubadan. The grand occasion, which was held at Mapo Hall, saw a large crowd of traditional leaders, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, September 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law Intersociety, has alleged that an estimated 19,100 Churches were razed or sacked as a result of wild spread armed religious conflicts perpetrated by suspected Islamic Jihadists across Nigeria in the last sixteen years. It said “apart from estimated 13,000 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced that Chief Samuel Ortom, former Governor of Benue State, will serve as one of the panelists at the upcoming GOCOP 2025 Conference. The conference theme is “Reconciling Campaign Promises with Governance Realities: Challenges and Prospects.” A press statement by GOCOP publicity secretary, Ogbuefi Remmy […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINE) – The media office of Atiku Abubakar, the former vice-president, has refuted reports that he promised to put the interests of the Yoruba ethnic group first if elected president in 2027. The African Examiner writes that on Wednesday, many online reports claimed that a statement purportedly issued on Atiku’s behalf by one Kola […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) — Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan says that he forgives and moved beyond past grievances as he does not hold grudges. Jonathan stated this on Wednesday in a requiem mass in Abuja in honour of the late Chief Audu Ogbeh, as he described the late Agricultural minister as a model of humility and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, has stated that giving arms to road safety operatives might be the only way to enforce traffic laws effectively on Nigerian highways. Mohammed stated this when he appeared on Arise News on Thursday, as he narrated the problems his men face […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kano State have arrested a 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death in a heated argument over food at their home in Kofar Dawanau Quarters, Dala Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the crisis ridden-opposition Labour party LP, has suffered another major set back, as the Senator Representing Enugu East Senatorial District under its platform, Kelvin Chukwu, has announced his decision to defect to the ruling All progressives Congress APC. Senator Chukwu, who hails from Amuri Community in Nkanu […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Sen. Andy Uba if he fails to appear in court on Oct. 28 to stand his trial. Uba and his co-accused, Benjamin Etu, are being prosecuted on allegations bordering on fraud to the tune […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The equities market closed on a negative note on Tuesday, as the market capitalisation dropped by N326 billion or 0.4 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalization closed at N89.198 trillion compared to the opening value of N89.524 trillion. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI) declined by 568.62 points or 0.4 per cent, ending […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has accepted defeat to Peter Mutharika, his opponent in the nation’s presidential election. Chakwera conceded defeat on Wednesday in a national broadcast, and he was also called Mutharika. “It is only right that I concede defeat out of respect for your will as citizens and out of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Guinness World Records, GWR, has closed its doors to the plans of Nigerian controversial adult entertainment star, Mandy Kiss, who wanted to set a record of having sex with 100 men at a time. Mandy Kiss had earlier in an Instagram post announced her plan to have sex with 100 men. […]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu and the Department of State Services, DSS, that Nigeria is playing with a crisis if anything happens to its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB cautioned that Nigeria will witness the kind of crisis it has never seen before if Kanu’s health worsens […]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Social media influencer, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, has called out Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia of Benue State for his alleged failure to pay for luxury vehicles worth about ₦1.2bn supplied to the Benue State Government. VeryDarkMan in a video he uploaded on his social media pages alleged that Governor Alia requested a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 22nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new report on Monday revealed that Uber, ride hailing giant, contributed an estimated N34 billion to Nigeria’s economy in 2023. The findings of the Uber Nigeria Economic Impact Report, which was conducted by Public First, was inaugurated at the recent Lagos Road Mobility Summit. This was an event co-hosted by Uber […]
