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Friday, February 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to put the local government election scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, on hold. According to the justice minister, the Court of Appeal, Akure division, on February 10, 2025, nullified the judgement of the Federal […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, says Edo North Senator Adams Oshiomhole is not a dictator as some of his detractors have described him. Rather, the governor said, the federal lawmaker allows to handle the affairs of the state without interference. “Whenever I want to talk to him, he will say: ‘My son, […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja, said former President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a press release The President, who was […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. President Tinubu said these specialised institutions woud address the educational needs of the populace while […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved Dr Saviour Enyiekere’s appointment as Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) for a five-year renewable term. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Me. Bayo Onanuga in a press release issued on Thursday. Until his appointment, Enyiekere, an environmental […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has eulogised the late elder statesman, Pa Edwin Clark, described his legacy as irreplaceable. Jonathan stated this on Wednesday evening during a condolence visit to the Clark family which was led by Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri. The African Examiner writes that Clark passed away at the age […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former military president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday accepted full responsibility for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. He said the annulment of the election was a most regrettable incident in the country’s history. Babangida made the remarks at the presentation of his autobiography entitled ‘A Journey in […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial singer and Zaazoo ze crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta, for alleged assault on government officials. portable reported himself at the Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Lagos Command, on Wednesday after he was declared wanted by the Ogun Command. He was […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has refuted allegations that the Department of State Services (DSS) found firearms in his office. In a statement titled, “DSS Uncovers Arms Cache In Obasa’s Office Day After Lagos Assembly Drama,” Obasa denied reports suggesting that 47 pump-action guns were found […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, February 22. This was contained in a letter dated February 17, signed by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alao Kamorudeen, and addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission. A copy of the […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis spent another peaceful night in hospital, “got up and had breakfast in his armchair”, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Friday with bronchitis, but it later developed into pneumonia in both lungs, sparking […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olawuyi’s death, […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kylian Mbappe struck a brilliant hat-trick for Champions League holders Real Madrid in a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday, helping Los Blancos reach the last 16 with a 6-3 aggregate victory. Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a painful early exit without laying a glove on the completely dominant 15-time record winners […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) — The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta Mbata and the entire Igbo nation has expressed sadness of the demise of leader of the Ijaw nation and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Dr. Senator Edwin Clark. Clark died in Abuja, on Monday 17th February 2025 at the age of […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has condemned in strong terms the total shutting down and militarization of Onitsha Drug Market and five adjoining others by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, calling for the immediate withdrawer of the Soldiers. “We are calling […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Effium Autonomous Community in Ohaukwu Council Area of Ebonyi State, has expressed appreciation to the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru for releasing its Sons from Abakaliki Correctional Center under detention for over four years as a result of the crisis in the Community, just as they have rejected […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrival of Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, at the state Criminal Investigation Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital. He was handed over to the Ogun State Police Command by the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation Department where he turned himself in earlier […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the heads of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) over allegations of terrorist funding against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The call for an urgent investigation into allegations of terror financing against USAID […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has described the illegal dissolution and taking over of local government administration by state governors as a treasonable offence. Fagbemi stated this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of an event organised by the Nigeria Bar Association in Abuja. Represented by the Director […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Interior says new passport printers have been installed in Nigeria’s Atlanta and New York consulates to ease passport applications. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Interior’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Babatunde Alao, stated that the devices were delivered and installed on Feb.18. The News […]
