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Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has appointed and decorated 15 new Deputy Comptrollers General, Deputy Controllers General and Deputy Commandants General (DCGs) of the four paramilitary services under the Ministry of Interior. The 15 decorated DCGs were among the 79 senior officers recently promoted including Assistant Comptrollers Generals (ACGs) and Comptrollers across the four […]
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has named Badamasi Lawal as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The former NSIPA boss, Halima Shehu was suspended on January 2 over alleged financial malfeasance. Subsequently, the National N-POWER Program Manager, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, replaced her in an acting capacity […]
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was still circulating and countries need to sharpen up their response systems. Several high-profile athletes have suffered from Covid-19 at the Paris Games. British swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive a day after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke when he had not felt […]
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed ex-Kastina State Governor, Aminu Masari, as the new Chairman, Board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President also appointed six others as members of the board. They are Senator Sani Danladi, Sunday Adepoju, […]
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, disclosed that a total of 4,682,086 registered voters are eligible to vote in the forthcoming Edo and Ondo States governorship elections. It is worth recalling that the Edo State governorship election is fixed to hold on September 21, 2024 and that of Ondo will […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Monday attributed blackout in parts of its franchise area to system failure. AEDC management said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. ”We understand that some of our customers are still without power due to a system failure from the national grid at 2.55p.m. […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian military on Monday stated that individuals flying Russian flags in the nationwide protests are committing treason and will be “prosecuted”. The military also announced that it is investigating those inciting this action and will “take serious action” against them. “That is totally unacceptable… that is a treasonable offence, and it […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has postponed this week’s Federal Executive Council to an undisclosed date, and will instead meet with service chiefs. The meeting is expected to have in attendance the vice president, the national security adviser, all service chiefs, the inspector general of police, the comptroller generals of customs, and immigration, and […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule ended on Monday as she fled weeks of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday has declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government, should not be carried out. The […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has approved N183 billion for the construction of additional 141 roads across Enugu metropolis and 20 rural roads in the three Senatorial Districts. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting held […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari says the country is expecting a bumper harvest before year-end. Food inflation has reached 40 per cent according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians. But Kyari said […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered some fraudulent practices through which tertiary institutions in Nigeria admit students into their programmes as it warns against the continuous perpetration of such acts. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin disclosed that the board has witnessed an […]
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Sunday, August 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated D’Tigress for qualifying for the quarter-final of women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said D’Tigress would be the first African team in basketball to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympics. “The President commends the […]
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Sunday, August 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu said he took the painful decision to remove fuel subsidies and abolish multiple foreign exchange rates because they had impeded the economic development and progress of the nation. The president said this in a national broadcast on Sunday on the ongoing nationwide protest. He said for decades, the Nigerian […]
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Sunday, August 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to suspend the #EndBadGovernance protests and embrace dialogue. During a broadcast on Sunday, the President assured Nigerians that his administration is focused on good governance despite the socio-economic challenges confronting Africa’s most populous nation. Tinubu expressed pain over the loss of lives and properties in some […]
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), says it has disbursed more than N2.5 billion institution fees to 12 schools across the country. The Spokesman of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that 22,120 students benefited from the exercise. According to Ayitogo, the gesture is in alignment […]
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), has said that the nationwide protests by some groups did not reach the north-western state because of Gov Dauda Lawal’s good governance. Its acting Chairman, Muktar Lugga, stated this on Friday in Gusau while reviewing the protests that have turned violent and degenerated into […]
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said late Friday he had agreed with Fox News to debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris on September 4. “I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, but it was not immediately clear if Harris […]
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States will bolster its military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional warships and fighter jets to protect US personnel and defend Israel amid soaring tensions in the region, the Pentagon said Friday. The announcement comes after Iran and its regional allies vowed retaliation for the killings of a Hamas […]
