(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Minister, Tunji Alausa, has stated that the federal government has set the minimum age for tertiary school admissions at 16 years. Alausa stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). It is worth recalling that in July 2024, Tahir Mamman, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of Microbiology Department of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria, were thrown into deep mourning on Monday, over the death of a 300-level student, Tochi Martins Attah, who reportedly slumped and died while playing football on campus. It was learnt that the tragic incident took place at the Elmada […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Ajibola Bashiru, National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the North firmly supports President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, in spite of rumours of a gang-up. He made this known on Monday in Ibadan while speaking at a media roundtable organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zone B. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has denied an online report claiming he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), calling it misleading and false. This is contained in a statement on Monday by Mr Yinka Oyebode, Special Adviser on Media and Chief Press Secretary to the governor. Oyebode said the report, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to promote the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. “My appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that no matter what you are expecting to gain from Wike in 2027, Wike is not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that Nigerian airports are operated at a financial loss without private sector involvement, stressing that the Federal Government could no longer sustain them profitably. Keyamo, who spoke at the launch of Enugu State’s indigenous airline, Enugu Air, on Monday, said, “There is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia Government has expressed concern over the growing incidences of cult-related disturbances in the state, describing the trend as dangerous and unacceptable. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Okey Kanu, made this known on Monday, while briefing newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan, Owolabi Olakulehin, is dead at the age of 90. Olakulehin died in the early hours of Monday just two days after his 90th birthday. It is worth recalling that the monarch was given the staff of office as the 43rd Olubadan, by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election, says that the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is filled with people with presidential ambitions. The African Examiner recalls that the coalition consists of political heavyweights like former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Joint Security team comprising Police attached to the Awada Police Station in Anambra state and Vigilante operatives in the area have arrested a male suspect, Samuel Eze aged 25 years with a woman’s breast. He was apprehended by security operatives on patrol along Jude Onyekwere Street, Awada, Obosi today 6th, Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed rumours suggesting his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting he remains a loyal member and the party’s leader in the state. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Governor Ademola Adeleke — who defeated APC candidate Gboyega Oyetola in the 2022 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Women Association of Nigeria (RIVSWAN) has condemned what it described as an “unwarranted and malicious attack” by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, against former First Lady of Rivers State, Dame Judith Amaechi. The group, through its acting president, Ichechi Welendu, was reacting to a recent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has stated that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will remain in the party irrespective of the mounting pressure from rival political camps trying to take him away. Galadima stated this on Friday when he appeared on ‘The Morning Show’, a programme on Arise […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the Global South and Emerging Economic Bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). This was contained in a press release issued on Saturday by Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira experienced a slight depreciation at the official market, trading at N1,528.56 to a dollar. Data obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the Naira lost N2.73. This represents a 0.17 per cent loss when compared to N1,525.82 recorded on Thursday. The Naira, which opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, believes the newly formed coalition is ill-equipped to address the challenges facing the country, describing members of the group as buccaneers. Opposition politicians including ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP); a former Senate President David Mark; ex-governor of Kaduna State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu’s government took over a fragile economy with the country on the verge of collapse. “He took over, he took over an economy that was gone. Was totally gone,” Wike said on the show. The minister claimed, “Nigeria was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has successfully negotiated the cost of the Iddo Bridge rehabilitation from an initial N27 billion to N17 billion. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known to journalists during an inspection of the bridge on Friday in Lagos. He said: “Julius Berger quoted, I think, N27 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness at the passing of legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai at the age of 61. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said the President condoled with the Rufai family, friends, and football enthusiasts on the demise of the inimitable goalkeeper fondly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly,Sir Jude Idimogu,says he does not see the coalition being floated by a former PDP Presidential Candidate,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and others stopping the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Idimogu, Deputy Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos APC, spoke with the News Agency of […]
