(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has withdrawn the controversial bill that intended to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory and prosecute eligible Nigerians who did not vote in elections. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, and Hon. Daniel Adama Ago, which passed second reading two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has tasked Nigerians to refrain from condemning Chief Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, concerning the allegation of Naira abuse. This development is coming on the heels of the viral video from Tompolo’s 54th birthday celebration that showed the Niger Delta […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all previous agreements reached to resolve the lingering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, vowed to fight on until he got justice. He said he had told Gov. Seyi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at impacted centres. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said of the 336,845 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has stated that he will contest the 2027 presidential election on the party’s platform. Obi stated this as he addressed some of his supporters in a viral video circulating on social media on Saturday. Asked which party he wants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos government has refuted claims concerning the viral statement informing residents of an amendment to the state’s tenancy law. It is worth recalling that the reports claiming a review of the law circulated on X on Friday. The alleged amendment placed advance rent payments to three months for existing tenants and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kaduna have arrested Zaliha Shuaibu for the alleged murder of her co-wife’s three-month-old baby. In a statement on Friday, Mansir Hassan, Kaduna police spokesperson, stated that the incident happened on May 13 at Malari village in Soba LGA, where both women reside in the same house. “According to preliminary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos police command has stated that it has arrested Kaniru Oyedun, one of the prisoners who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun state. Benjamin Hundeyin, police spokesperson in the state, while speaking to TheCable on Friday stated that the 39-year-old inmate was arrested in Ayobo area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Friday said he won’t contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 because he has no presidential ambition. In a statement signed by Michael Ohiare, his Media Director, Bello expressed surprise and shock over a video post of his 2022 rally, claiming he had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday met with former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, to possibly talk about forming a coalition ahead of the 2027 election. Atiku in a video uploaded on his official X account on Friday arrived at the residence of Aregbesola in Osun State alongside another former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that it is prepared to deliver and complete phase three of the East-West Road, especially the 15-kilometre dual concrete carriageway from Eleme to Onne in Rivers State. This was announced in a statement uploaded on X on Friday by President Bola Tinubu’s personal assistant on special duties, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, admitted in evidence videos of Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd.), Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, in Nnamdi Kanu’s defence. Justice James Omotosho admitted the flash drive contained the three separate video recordings as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressive Governors Forum on Thursday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit held in Abuja endorsed President Bola Tinubu as sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement, which was moved by Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo and Chairman of the forum Chairman, was seconded by Gov. Uba Sani […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has officially submitted the 2025 Appropriation Bill for Rivers State to the National Assembly for consideration, following the suspension of the state’s House of Assembly. In a letter addressed to the Senate President, Senator Goodwill Akpabio, the proposed budget totals ₦1.481 trillion, with major allocations aimed at revitalizing key […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has extended heartfelt felicitations to two British Nigerians, Opeyemi Bright and Jason Jackson, on their historic election and inauguration as mayors in London. A press release issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President commended Bright and Jackson for sustaining the legacy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has claimed that some Nigerian politicians and members of the armed forces do act as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum stated this on Wednesday in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, where he assured that the state would strengthen its security intelligence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has refuted claims that the technical glitch recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, was part of a plans against the eastern part of the country. The African Examiner recalls that the technical glitch disturbed the five […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has stated that the Nigerian Army does not have the right equipment to fight terrorists. Zulum made this revelation while speaking in an interview on News Central on Wednesday, as he stated that terrorists are now making use of sophisticated technology to execute their operations. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organization (WHO) Member States have approved a 20 per cent increase in assessed contributions as they endorsed the organisation’s 2026 to 2027 budget of 4.2billion dollars. In a statement, the WHO said that the 20 per cent increase comes as governments are facing financial constraints and economic headwinds and demonstrates […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the controversies that has characterized the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME), results, Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL) in collaboration with Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room, Southeast Women’s Network( SEWNET),Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to the South East zonal office of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) office to […]
