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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced the addition of hairstyling, plumbing, GSM repair, makeup and 12 other new trades/new subjects to the basic education curriculum. The development comes following ongoing reforms in various sectors of the economy. A statement issued by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), said the new trades were added to […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday disclosed that notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, has declared that he is ready to surrender. With his second in command and other lieutenants recently taken out by the military, the Chief of Defence Staff said that Turji has been forced to discard […]
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Enugu, on Thursday quashed the appeal filed by the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatrist Hospital, Enugu, FNHE, Dr. Ngozi Unaogu and three other consultant psychiatrists in the hospital, against a senior Nurse of the health institution, Dr. Afam Ndu. Our Correspondent reports that the appeal […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to Abuja, effective Monday. The tribunal, according to a notice by its Secretary, Mua’azu Bagudu, on Friday in Benin, will now sit at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja. “I am directed to notify all parties that […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has applauded the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after they rescued the wife of Hakeem Odumosu, a retired assistant inspector-general of police (AIG). The African Examiner recalls that on January 16, the wife of the retired assistant inspector-general of police […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the pedestrian bridge connecting Oshodi Bus Terminals 2 and 3, citing safety concerns. The government raised alarms over the bridge’s safety and structural integrity. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, issued the order in a statement released on Friday, […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Police Command in Rivers has arrested two suspected fake pastors found in possession of fetish items in the Rumuduru community of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, made this known in a statement on Friday in Port Harcourt. She said the suspects were handed over to the police […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The President has […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 10, 000 police constables recruited last year will be posted to their states of origin for community policing. This was revealed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, according to a statement by the Spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi on Thursday. According to the […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to deploy new printers to the passport offices in the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta and New York, United States of America. This is coming a few days after a petition by a group of Nigerians in the Diaspora. The petitioners […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has lost his elder brother. The Special Adviser (Media) to Oyo State Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said the deceased, Engineer Sunday Makinde, died on Friday, January 24 at the age of 65 years. Olanrewaju said a brother of the deceased, […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has announced to the citizens of Plateau State and all patriotic Nigerians, the passing of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni. The elder statesman passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the age of […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has a 2027 target for transitioning its examination system to 100 per cent computer-based testing (CBT). Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the inauguration of the Committee on Improvement of Quality Examinations in Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday. Alausa said that the committee was tasked with […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Air Sierra Leone, has started its scheduled flight operations from Lagos and Freetown after over 15 years of inoperation. The airline returned to Nigeria in partnership with a Nigerian airline, XEJet. According to available reports, while XEjet will provide technical support to the airline, it will also provide three operational aircraft for […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has slammed the Federal Government and telecommunications companies for the 50% increase in data and airtime tariffs in the country. According to the NLC, the increase is an assault on the welfare of Nigerians due to the increase in the cost of living. Joe […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The special adviser to the president on energy, Olu Verheijen, has stated that a total of $6.7 billion was invested in Nigeria’s energy sector in 2024. This was disclosed in a report titled ‘Presidency Energy Sector Wrap-Up 2024,’ released by the office of the special adviser, the oil and gas sector accounted […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed support for the recent court ruling that nullified the party’s congresses in Rivers State. The NWC members made their position known during a visit to Governor Siminalayi Fubara at the Government House in Port Harcourt on […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has tasked the court to move his case to a federal high court in the south-east if no judge in Abuja is willing to take charge of it. The African Examiner recalls that oOn September 24, Binta Nyako, a federal […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), on February 20, launched his autobiography titled ‘A Journey In Service’. It could be recalled that seven years ago, IBB was not certain about writing an autobiography as he stated that he was uncertain if Nigerians would “want to read about a dictator”. According to […]
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A cross section of students in Enugu State, on Wednesday, appealed for the reversal of the 50 per cent hike in tariff in telecommunication services due to prevailing socioeconomic hardship. They were of the view that telecommunication services, such as internet data service, have enhanced learning and research work; making its usage […]
