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Sunday, January 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the shooting to death of a prophet of Celestial Church in Idiroko by gunmen during Sunday’s service. The command’s Spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota. Odutola explained that “some unidentified gunmen entered into the church during Sunday’s […]
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Sunday, January 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The death toll in the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 86, with 80 of the victims buried in a mass grave. Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, the Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said five of […]
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Sunday, January 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for accelerated efforts to increase food production and reduce the cost of food in Nigeria. Adesina made the call on Saturday at the inauguration of a soybean plant and refinery by the Called Servant to Service (CSS) Global Integrated Farms in […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad Enugwu Ukwu of the Anambra state police command while on morning patrol have intercepted three occupants of a black-coloured Lexus 330 SUV without a plate number at Kwata junction, Awka. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement he made available to newsmen […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, immediate past Speaker, Chief Edward Ubosi, traditional rulers, and other notable personalities have poured encomium on the late Monarch of Enugunato-Ihe Community, in Awgu Council area of the State, Igwe (Amb.) Ephraim M.C Aniagu, the Ezeudo Shikeaguma V11, Ozuluigbo Ndigbo 1 They extolled the sterling quality […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total sum of N 1.424 trillion, being Dec. 2024 Federation Account Revenue has been shared to the Federal Government, states, and the Local Government Councils (LGCs). This is according to a statement by Bawa Mokwa, Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). Mokwa said […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen days into 2025, it has ushered in a bit of hope as the prices of some food items have nosedived in Kaduna State. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that the prices of grains and other staple food items were steadily coming down in markets across the state, […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his appreciation to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) following their unanimous endorsement of the four Tax Reform Bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly. This was revealed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press release issued on Friday. […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sequel to an outbreak of yet another communal misunderstanding between Ifon and Ilobu communities, the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has ordered that a curfew be imposed in the two warring communities with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi made this known today in a Press […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has facilitated a peace accord between the national executive members and Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Mr Sola Giwa, Special Adviser to the Lagos State governor on Transportation, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He noted that facilitating the peace […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State on Thursday said it would not participate in the local government council elections slated for January 18. This was announced in a statement by the PDP Director of Media and Publicity in the state, Leye Igbabo. He said the party took the decision after […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A heated exchange erupted in the National Assembly on Thursday during the 2025 budget defence session as Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presented the Nigeria Police budget. Tensions rose when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received. The committee chairman’s attempt to […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deepest sympathy and condolences to the Lagos state government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the death of Chief Akinsanya Sunny Ajose, an elder statesman and former head of service. A press release issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Nigerians in diaspora named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) says it will host the South Africa-Nigeria Film Week from March 15 to March 19 in Johannesburg. Its National President, Emeka Rollas, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Rollas said that the programme would be done in partnership with the Pan-African Film Development […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has reiterated that the Federal Government would not allow telecoms companies to increase tariffs by 100 per cent. For some years now, the telecoms companies have been asking for an increase in tariff, citing rising operational costs, inflation and naira devaluation among […]
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Thursday, January 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Federal Government battles to overcome multiple economic and security challenges, it will not get any help from one of the country’s most prominent traditional rulers, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. The Emir, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, made his position and plans concerning the economy […]
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) had accused the Federal Government of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by persistently under-funding its implementation. It noted that only one percent of Federal public institutions have allocations in their 2025 budget proposals for FOI-implementation and related activities. In a statement announcing the […]
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Timileyin Ajayi, the gospel singer, has opened up on the reason he murdered his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, saying that his action was due to anger and her alleged infidelity. The African Examiner had reported that Ajayi was nabbed in Nasarawa after he was allegedly caught with the head of Adaidu in a […]
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Ogun Chairman, Adeyanju Francis, has refuted the allegation that protesting ogun students attacked the convoy of the deputy governor in Abeokuta. He claimed that the policemen attached to the convoy of the deputy governor were the ones who shot at the students first. Francis. further […]
