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Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s power generation rose to a three-year high of 5,313mw on Monday, the Ministry of Power has saud. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power , Mr Adebayo Adelabu. Adelabu, therefore urged Electricity Distribution Companies […]
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Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday directed troops of the Nigerian Army to flush bandits out of the North-West region. Matawalle gave the charge in Sokoto State where he led security chiefs, including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa. Briefing troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at […]
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Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has alleged that journalist David Hundeyin and another individual identified as Michael Temidayo Alade are accomplices of Bristol Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM. PIDOM, whom the police allege operates under the X handle @pidomnigeria, is a suspect in a case involving criminal conspiracy, sedition, and the unauthorised […]
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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, will win not less than 65 per cent of the expected votes in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference in Abuja on the party’s preparations for […]
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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said there is no ban placed on any Nigerian airline by the US government. The acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, disclosed this in a statement. He said in 2010, Nigeria like other countries attained the permit of category one of […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with charges bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. 10 of the 124 persons arraigned included […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria has won her first medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The medal was won as Mariam Bolaji defeated Kozyna Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 in the bronze medal match of the Para badminton Women’s singles SL3 event. With this feat, Bolaji became the first African to win […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited finally admitted the company’s “significant debt to petrol suppliers”, saying it poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply. There have been reports that a $6 billion debt the NNPCL owes petrol suppliers has worsened petrol scarcity in Nigeria, a perennial feature since the beginning […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Statistics released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have revealed that Nigeria’s Letter of Credit payments dropped by 57 per cent in the first seven months of 2024. According to the CBN’s weekly International Payments Data published on its website, the country’s Letter of Credit payments dropped to $391.91m from $912.35m […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rising inflation rate will force Nigerian households to spend the largest amounts of their earnings on food in the next six months, a recent survey by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. This is as the most recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) puts the inflation […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to arraign some leaders and organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024 today. The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in all 21 local government chairmanship and 225 councilorship positions in Kebbi State, as announced by the State Independent Electoral Commission. The Commission Chairman Aliyu Mera declared the results at the commission headquarters in Birnin Kebbi over the weekend. He stated that 17 political […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Warning to the Serpents of Igboland “Record me very well. It is time to start poisoning the Yorubas and the Benins. Put poison in all your foods at work. Put poison in all your water so that you all will start dying one-by-one. “You people will not die one day. You […]
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Sunday, September 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NNPC Ltd has acknowledged recent reports in national newspapers regarding the company’s significant debt to petrol suppliers. This financial strain has placed considerable pressure on the company and poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply. A statement issued by the company’s spokesperson, Femi Soneye stated that “ In line with […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has heaped praises on former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for the manner he reacted to Amaka Patience Sunnberger’s threat to poison Yoruba and Bini people in Canada. It is worth recalling that Sunnberger, in a one-minute 50-second viral audio clip, vowed to […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, on Friday stated that its leadership failure led to the acquisition of a new presidential jet by President Bola Tinubu at a time when many Nigerians are hungry. It is worth recalling that Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to the president, had confirmed the arrival […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has dismissed over 200 military personnel from the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF), including 21 senior and junior officers, the military announced in a statement on Friday. Among those dismissed were Martin Nzaramba and Etienne Uwimana, alongside 19 other senior and junior officers, according to the statement issued […]
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Friday, August 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has stated that the labour movement is worth dying for. Ajaero made this known on Thursday after he answered a police invitation over terrorism financing allegations charged against him. The NLC President also stated that he would not be distracted in […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has fixed Sept. 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an extraordinary meeting with political parties on the 2024 Edo governorship election on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu said […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, announced this on Thursday at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State. The minister commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal […]
