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Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Wednesday denied appointing suspected terrorist and gunner, Bashir Hadejia, as a Special Adviser in his government. Hadejia was arrested on Monday last week over alleged treason and subversion against the state. The suspect was a special adviser to the current Minister of State for Defence, Bello […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied reports suggesting that its officials shared forfeited assets linked to the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and his associates. In a rebuttal statement issued on Wednesday, EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, faulted an online publication alleging that the […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid recent petrol scarcity in the country, the President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, says periodical queues will not stop until the country do what is right. Osifo, who doubles as the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), said that […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the internal crisis in the party. He spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing to mark his first year in office as the FCT Minister. Despite being a PDP […]
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2024
By Philip Yatai (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shortly after assuming office as FCT minister on Aug. 21, 2023, Mr Nyesom Wike announced short, medium, and long-term plans to restore the Abuja Master Plan. Wike, along with FCT minister of state Mariya Mahmoud, explained that overhauling the FCT would reposition it to be among the best cities […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has cut down expenditures for the upcoming COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, riefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the Special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said that the measure would save the government about N10 billion from the 11-day event. “Many […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has suspended four key officials of the state government with immediate effect. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere. He said the governor approved the officials’ suspension, without further explanations on the reasons for the action […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Government on Tuesday revealed plans to pull down properties, whether private residences or business premises, used for kidnap purposes. Disclosing this in a statement, the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said the step was in continuation of the determined effort of the Governor Peter Mbah Administration to […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 58-year-old man (name undisclosed) who was said to have embarked on a 19-day fast. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened in the […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo says its Chairman, Isaac Omodewu has died after a protracted illness in the United States. The party, in a statement on Monday in Ibadan by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said that the chairman reportedly died in the late hours of Sunday. Sadare said Omodewu […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2024
…Targets 2mbpd Crude Oil Production by Dec 2024 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Limited has released its 2023 Audited Financial Statement (AFS), declaring a net profit of N3.297 trillion at the close of the financial year which ended in December 2023, an increase of over N700billion (28%) when compared to the 2022 profit of N2.548trillion. […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has approved the payment of N70,000 National Minimum Wage to workers in the state and local governments’ payrolls. Emmanuel Fashe, State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with Fintiri on Monday in Yola. According to him, state government workers […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Tinubu on Monday departed Abuja for Paris, using the new Airbus A330, which replaced the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700 (BBJ) bought under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the new plane would save Nigeria huge […]
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Sunday, August 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City picked up where they left off last season with a 2-0 win at Chelsea to begin their Premier League title defence as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United also got off to winning starts. Salah still top dog at new-look Liverpool Liverpool fans spent much of the summer mourning the departure […]
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Sunday, August 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has won all the 20 chairmanship seats in the Local Government election conducted on Saturday. Mr Ahmed Makama, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), announced the results in Bauchi on Saturday. He said that the polls conducted peacefully across the state, adding. […]
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Sunday, August 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The event played out like a rowdy parliamentary session, though, without a gavel to punctuate ruling or proclamation on a contentious educational issue. The occasion was a policy meeting, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently in Abuja, which had in attendance the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman and […]
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Sunday, August 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was clear, even before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris ended for Team Nigeria, the knives would be out very quickly for whichever head available for cutting off. The reported12 billion naira approved for the Games by the Federal Government looked humongous, while the country was facing some form of discontent. […]
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Saturday, August 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death from an Israeli airstrike on an area in southern Lebanon has risen to 10, among them two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry and state-media said on Saturday. Those killed were mostly Syrian nationals, the ministry said. The National News Agency said the raid hit a brick mill at the outskirts […]
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Saturday, August 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A payment processing platform, eTranzact, has emerged as Africa’s Most Innovative Payment Services Company of the Year 2024 at the African Brands Innovators Forum Adeyemi Opene, Head, Brand and Corporate Communications, eTranzact Plc, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Opene said that the award elevated the firm, which is […]
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Thursday, August 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ndinne pair, recently evicted housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija ”No Loose Guard” edition, on Wednesday predicted the Mbadiwe twin pair as winner of the game. The duo, who made the prediction during a virtual interview session, said that the twins remained competitive in the house. “We feel the Mbadiwe […]
