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Monday, October 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mohammed Ibrahim said its members and those of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) embarked on the nationwide strike because they “have been pushed to the wall”. According to him, the two groups eventually decided to […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga says security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Onanuga was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic programme aired on Channels Television. In April, the […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for supporting the country in calling for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States. The United States and its Western allies imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe more than two decades ago. Mnangagwa, also the chairperson of the […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked reports claiming that the old series of N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes will cease to exist as legal tender by December 31, 2024. In a statement released on Thursday by the acting Director of Corporate Communications, Sidi Hakama, the CBN noted that the order of […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Economist at SPM Professionals, Paul Alaje, on Friday called on the Federal Government to be careful with advice given by global financial institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “The elephant in the room is the exchange rate. All the gains this administration has made, that […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian equity market closed the week on a positive note on Friday, with investors gaining N157 billion. Specifically, the Nigeria Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N60.104 trillion, gained N157 billion or 0.26 per cent to close at N60.261 trillion. The All-Share index also added 0.26 per cent or […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has disclosed plans to begin development of the FCT Administration’s permanent secretariat in Garki, Abuja. Wike made the disclosure during the inauguration of the development of Arterial Road N5 from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III, in Abuja on Friday. […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government on Friday withdrew all six-count charges against an Abuja-based online newspaper, Order Paper, and nine officers of the media organization. Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Mr. Tosin Adeola Ajayi advised the federal government to withdraw the charges. It emerged Thursday that the Federal Government had sued […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) have declared a seven-day warning strike, commencing from midnight on Friday (today). The latest strike comes after a fifteen-day notice of industrial action issued to the Federal Government. While addressing journalists in Abuja, the national chairman of the […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has approved bid by the Kogi State Government to build an International Airport in Zariagi. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the approval was conveyed in a letter by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, dated 9th October, […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia’s central bank hiked interest rates to 21 per cent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than 20 years as Moscow’s Ukraine offensive has triggered rapid price rises at home. The rise takes rates above an emergency level introduced in February 2022 — just after Moscow ordered […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Citizens for Development and Education (CDE) has called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the rule of law is upheld in the face of rising concerns over the integrity of the judiciary, particularly following a recent Federal High Court ruling in Kano that has sparked public outcry. The organisation, which consists […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Board, its staff, and the families affected by the recent helicopter crash off the coast of Bonny Finima in Port-Harcourt. In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Friday, President […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, has frowned at Nigerian leaders who take over office without a clear plan of action. In an interview on News Central Television, Obasanjo berated presidents who have no understanding of problems and challenges. The former Nigerian leader did not mention names but he stated that a president should […]
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that the size of debt being owned by the country, years after he left office in 2007 is intimidating. Obasanjo, while speaking on Thursday in an exclusive interview with Kayode Akintemi of News Central Television, stated that he left as president about $70 billion, including […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. No additional vehicles would be assigned to them for movement. The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President. A statement […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday reassured that past mistakes, such as neglecting livestock farming and relying on dairy imports, would be avoided. Speaking while declaring open a two-day Consultative Workshop on Livestock Reforms at the State House Conference Centre, Tinubu pledged a robust framework to stimulate prosperity in the sector, instilling confidence […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Breweries Plc has posted N703 billion revenue generation for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2024. This indicates 75 per cent growth, when compared with N402 billion, recorded in the corresponding period of 2023. The Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr Hans Essaadi, said this in the company’s unaudited results sent […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has received a request from President Bola Tinubu for the confirmation of the appointments of seven ministerial nominees announced on Wednesday. President Tinubu’s request seeking expeditious consideration of the requests was contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio who read it at the commencement of the plenary […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Udoka in the South-East have arrested a suspected “founding father” of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and others. The arrests were made in Orsu, Imo State, Amaruku, and Arochukwu in Abia State, according to the Director of Defence Media Operations Major Gen Edward Buba. He said this […]
