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Sunday, September 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pictures of some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors standing at the airport and waving at the presidential jet ferrying President Bola Tinubu out of the country have stirred reactions on social media. The African Examiner reports that it has almost become a tradition for governors and top politicians to line up at […]
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Saturday, September 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the police command in Edo have rescued 16 of the 29 passengers abducted on Friday evening along Benin-Auchi road by suspected kidnappers. CSP Moses Yamu, spokesperson of the command confirmed this on Saturday in Benin while reacting to the incident. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the gunmen […]
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Saturday, September 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has kicked against the three-year imprisonment of a 28-year-old auto mechanic, Akeem Jimoh, who was convicted for stealing yams worth N35,000 in Osun State. The African Examiner writes that Akeem was convicted and sentenced on Wednesday by an Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court after he pleaded guilty […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has accused the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of nearly N6bn, saying he vanished into thin air after he was paid the said sum for the construction of 22 Smart Green Schools in different parts of the state. […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia Government has announced the sack of six staff members of the state’s Ministry of Justice who were indicted in a salary padding fraud. The announcement came through a press statement signed by the Chairman, Abia State Civil Service Commission, Dr Eno Jerry-Eze on Thursday and made available to newsmen on […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday claimed some of his allies betrayed him during the 2015 elections. Speaking on Thursday at Mike Oghiadomhe‘s 70th birthday celebration in Benin, Edo state capital, Jonathan disclosed that lots of Nigerian politicians cannot be trusted. “Politics in the Nigerian standard is about betrayals. I witnessed a […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Former spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, says Peter Obi’s recent promise to serve only one term if elected president in 2027 is a well-thought-out plan and a political strategy with the aim of winning northern support. Okonkwo stated this on Friday when he appeared on Channels […]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 10 persons lost their lives in multiple accidents that involved seven vehicles within the Ozalla axis of Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The Sector commander, FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, disclosed this to the media in Enugu on Thursday while briefing newsmen on […]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to issue a service-wide circular to all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of mandatory health insurance in line with the National Health Insurance Act, 2022. Special Adviser to the President, Information […]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu departed Abuja yesterday to commence a working vacation in Europe, as part of his 2025 annual leave. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press release issued on Thursday said the vacation would last 10 working days. According to the release, Tinubu would […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Operatives attached to the Awada Division in Onitsha, on Tuesday rescued a 28 year old man who attempted to commit suicide by climbing a power transmission high-tension pole situated behind Grace of God Mission, off NEPA Road, Awada. Spokesman of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has stated that putting together names for ambassadorial positions has been a difficult task. The African Examiner writes that Tinubu is yet to appoint ambassadors for Nigeria’s foreign missions two years after he came into office. In July, the foreign affairs ministry stated that the delay was because of […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has heaped praises on the Federal Government for the incarceration of Simon Ekpa in Finland which has led to a six-year prison sentence on terrorism-related charges. In a statement on Tuesday, the Deputy President General of the body, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, praised the National Security Adviser, […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has stated that its November national convention will go as planned. The governors were reacting to the demands issued by the Eminent Leaders and Concerned Stakeholders, a group in the PDP chaired by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is worth […]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has ordered the recall of Mr Salihu Dembos as Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), following recent management reshuffles at the agency. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Presidential Spokesperson, on Tuesday in Abuja. Dembos, who was appointed D-G of the TV network […]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja stated that his administration will remain steadfast and has no fear of the trade policy direction of US President Donald Trump, especially tariffs targeting Nigerian exports. Tinubu stated this in the remarks on Tuesday, when he played host to members of The Buhari Organisation […]
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Monday, September 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has stated Rotimi Amaechi and Peter Obi should desist from making one-term promises because no one believes them. El-Rufai stated this when he appeared on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme. It is worth recalling that Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), […]
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Monday, September 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related offences. The ruling, delivered on Monday, found Ekpa guilty of inciting terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist group. According to Yle, a Finnish newspaper, the […]
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Monday, September 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crime journalists under the auspices of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) have expressed deep sorrow over the passing of former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase. In a condolence message by CRAN President, Mr Olalekan Olabulo, on Monday, the association described Arase as a fine officer, visionary reformer, mentor and friend […]
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Monday, September 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers has won 20 out of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s local government elections. Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Dr Michael Odey, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results late on Sunday, Odey disclosed that 18 political […]
