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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sunday Dare, the special adviser to President Tinubu on media and public communication, has stated that the political opponents of President Bola Tinubu are “wannabes”. According to Dare, President Tinubu remains unruffled and unperturbed by the unending barrage of criticism from the opposition. The African Examiner recalls that former governors Rotimi Amaechi […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than thirty passengers died after they were burnt to death in an auto crash that happened in the Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State. The incident happened on Saturday after two commercial buses had a head-on collision which resulted in an inferno at the Onipetesi axis along the Ore/Lagos […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says petrol prices will crash down following the revival of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries by the Federal Government. In a statement on Saturday, PETROAN National Public Relations Officer, Dr. Joseph Obele, said contrary to previous doubts the refineries are “now […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The man who allegedly cut off his wife’s hand recently in a shocking domestic violence, Mr. Sunday Echeji has been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Enugu. He was arraigned Friday over attempted murder brought against him, which was filed under Section 275, Subsection A of the Criminal Code (Cap […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular businessman and Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has officially announced his intention to contest the upcoming November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Okonkwo stated this on Saturday during the inauguration of his provisional campaign council at his country home […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It should not be news anymore to the discerning Federal Government of Nigeria’s 2024 Appropriation Act (like most others in the past) performed poorly regarding capital expenditures. Observations have been raised “…..on the huge discrepancies in the size of the recurrent expenditure relative to capital expenditure….” Simply, based […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says that corps members will start getting a new monthly allowance of N77,000 beginning from February 2025. Ahmed stated this on Thursday when he spoke to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina State. According to him, […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chinedu Nwoko, a.k.a (Ned), member representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwoko, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under which platform he rode through during the May 29, 2023 general election, on Friday, dumped the PDP. […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN AFRICAN) – United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands. The rebels have already seized the provincial capital, Goma, and reports indicate that they are closing in on the […]
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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Commissioner for Education, Professor Ndubueze Mbah, has said that the robust partnership between the state government and UNICEF over the years has yielded fruitful results. Just as the international children friendly organization revealed that about 12.5 Million Children were affected In 7 Countries by Climate-Related School Disruptions In 2024. […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous human rights group, WomenAid Collective (WACOL), and parents of a four year old girl who was brutally murdered while asleep by suspected drug addict in Nsukka area of Enugu state, South East Nigeria, have called on the Inspector General of Police to use his good office to ensure justice for the […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has given the sum of N30 million to the family of the National Flag designer, late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi two years after his death The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, alongside the Oyo State Director of the agency, Olukemi Afolayan, presented the cheque on behalf […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola for alleged anti-party activities. The African Examiner writes that Aregbesola was a two time governor of Osun State and was also a minister under immediate former President Muhammadu Buhari, all on the APC platform. Also, he is the leader […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared plans to embark on a nationwide mass rally on Feb. 4 over the 50 per cent hike on telecom services by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this in a communique issued at the end of the Congress’s National Administrative […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – )The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said that stringent measures are in place to ensure that states and employers implement the national minimum wage and the consequential adjustment before the end of March. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, President Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said this at its one day National Leadership Retreat […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has sought collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enhance tax compliance in the territory. The acting Executive Chairman of the Service, Mr Michael Ango, solicited for the partnership when he visited Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, in […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the nation’s airspace is safe despite a recent incident involving an aircraft at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano. “The Nigerian airspace is very safe, I can assure you,” he said during the programme. The Max aircraft crash landed at the […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited said it uncovered a total of illegal refineries and pipelines in one across the Niger Delta. Nigeria recorded over 589 oil spills in 2024, most of which were caused by oil theft. A breakdown of the figures showed that 58 illegal refineries and 19 illegal pipeline […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was chaos at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Wednesday when supporters of Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the party, and those of Udeh Okoye, who is also laying claim to the office of the national secretary, clashed during the party’s Board of […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has clarified his stand on coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Obi in a statement on his X account stated that he is not against the idea of a coalition as his earlier position was misunderstood. The […]
