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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has reshuffled his cabinet, scrapped the Chief of Staff (CoS) portfolio, and removed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Bichi. The announcement was made during a press briefing by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the reshuffle is part […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has issued a stern warning to pirates ahead of the release of her upcoming movie ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’. Akindele in a video posted on her Instagram handle threatened to arrest anyone caught wanting. She urged viewers not to record her movie while watching it in the cinema. The […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja to strike out an application filed by former Governor of the Central of Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court. Through its counsel, Senior Advocate […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says for the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers, with 2024 seeing at least 68 deaths in the line of duty. More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has received position reports on the establishment of State police from the 36 state governors. The NEC meeting was chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima and attended by state governors, deputy governors, ministers and some presidential aides. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting which lasted […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Emmanuel Ahmadu, a Nigerian who sat the West Africa School Senior Certificate Education exam 17 times, has earned a distinction from the prestigious London Graduate School in the UK. Mr Ahmadu, a Nigerian mental health advocate based in the U.S., disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. He said he was also […]
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babagana Zulum of Zamfara State has expressed regret concerning the auto accident that killed two students and left 16 critically injured along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road on Wednesday. Zulum, in a statement issued on Thursday by his spokesperson, Dauda Illiya, saw the governor expressing his condolences to the Borno State University community, […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Users of Meta-controlled social media applications have been shut out globally as the company grapples with a “technical issue” Frustrated Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users trooped out to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday evening to report the global outage of the three apps owned by tech giant Mark Zuckerberg. Downdetector also showed […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) held an in-person meeting at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday night. Fifteen governors, mainly of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were present at the meeting as of the time of filing this report. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State elected on the platform […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has called for innovation and proper use of electronic evidence and other modern devices in the nation’s legal system. He said violation of human rights has taken a new dimension “in this 21st century, stressing that the key challenges and threats are […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced updates to its immigration visa process, effective January 1, 2025. pplicants with scheduled interviews will now need to visit the Consulate General in Lagos twice as part of the application procedure. The embassy shared on its official X page that “For applicants with interviews […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly 597,000 people last year. In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 — […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence from ECOWAS Member States are meeting in Nigeria for the 53rd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ministerial Level. The meeting is held at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Headquarters in Abuja. The 52nd meeting of […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has granted an order of interim injunction, restraining Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi whether acting by himself or his representatives, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the physical/hard/digital or soft copies of the book: “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”. Justice […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Wednesday, Jarrett Tenebe, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, attracted social media attention after he defended Monday Okpebholo, governor of the state. The African Examiner recalls that on Tuesday, Governor Okpebholo struggled before lawmakers while reading figures from his 2025 budget proposal. The governor stated that the N605 […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State says some financially less-buoyant states may not survive if the tax reform bills before the National Assembly are passed and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. “Some states may not be able to survive so it is something that must be carefully studied so that […]
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States offered a $10 million reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls. Guan Tianfeng, 30, is believed to be living in China’s Sichuan Province, according to the State Department. An indictment charging Guan with conspiracy to commit […]
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a press release issued on Tuesday said Ogunjimi’s appointment is effective immediately following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwatoyin […]
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Maryann of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending his bail application. Justice Anenih also adjourned the hearing in the N110bn money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives Dalyop Chollom has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, adding to the growing list of lawmakers who have teamed up with APC in recent weeks. The Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas read Chollom’s resignation letter from the LP during plenary on […]
