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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday threatened to relaunch production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirmed its intention to deploy missiles to Germany or elsewhere in Europe. “If the United States carries out such plans, we will consider ourselves liberated from the unilateral moratorium previously adopted on the deployment […]
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Sunday, July 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the arrowheads of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest against economic hardship slated for August says the Eagle Square in Abuja is a public property and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has no choice than to allow “hungry Nigerian youths” demonstrate their displeasure on the facility. The […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former US president Barack Obama endorsed his fellow Democrat Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House on Friday, delivering a major boost to her campaign to beat Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. “Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend Kamala Harris. We told her we think she’ll make a […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, revealed that his mother carried his pregnancy for 12 months before his birth by Mrs Benice Obasanjo The former president attributed the delay in his birth to the influence of some witches and wizards who gave his mother a tough time before God’s intervention. According to […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, better known as Portable has stated that there is no need for Nigerians to protest as the economy of the country is okay. It could be recalled that various bodies have planned to organise a protest between August 1 and 10, 2024 because of the […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), said that it has no plans to join the nationwide protest scheduled for August 1 against economic hardship in the country. Festus Osifo, TUC President said this at a news conference on State of the Nation on Thursday in Abuja. Osifo said that the TUC […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms, saying his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution. The President, who received a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Sheikh Bala Lau, at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, said […]
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Friday, July 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery and assured citizens that his administration would do more to meet their needs. In a meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Ooni of […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Andy Murray has withdrawn from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics but will still take part in the doubles, the two-time gold medallist said on Thursday. The British former world number one, who will retire at the end of his fifth Games, has still not fully recovered from back surgery he […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the planned protest against economic hardship by youths in August, the 36 state governors of the Federation have reinstated their commitment to the security of lives and properties in the country. This was contained in a communiqué issued after the governors’ meeting which commenced Wednesday night and ended early Thursday […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it will delist companies that have not filed their annual reports in a decade. In a statement on Wednesday, the Commission said the full list of the dormant companies was available on its website. “This is to inform the general public that the commission pursuant to […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued on Wednesday said the President assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023. The North-West Development Commission […]
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said it is not the organiser of the planned nationwide hunger protest slated for August 1. The union was responding to reports doing the rounds that it had pulled out of a planned national protest organised by the youths. A statement on Wednesday, signed by the […]
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday reduced the allowances of Nigerians studying in Moscow, Russia, because of the present economic challenges in the country. This was made known in a letter dated July 23, 2024, and issued to the scholars’ association by the Federal Scholarship Board under the Federal Ministry of Education. The […]
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Neysom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu administration is politically motivated. Wike stated this on Tuesday, while interacting with journalists after inspection of the Karshi to Apo Road construction project awarded 13 years ago. “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. If we […]
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An exuberant Kamala Harris whipped up a rapturous crowd Tuesday at her first rally since effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, as she launched fresh attacks on Donald Trump for trying to “take the country backward.” In stark contrast to outgoing President Joe Biden’s often stumbling and low-energy speeches, Vice President Harris […]
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday speedily passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill). The bill, which scaled second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, was instantly passed by the upper chamber. In a unanimous vote after a clause consideration in the Committee of the […]
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rates by 50 basis points, from 26.25% to 26.75% amid soaring inflation and skyrocketing food prices. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced this after the apex bank’s 296th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja on […]
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, has stated that he hopes that the planned nationwide protest does not “get out of hand”. The African Examiner recalls that there are reports that some youths are planning a nationwide protest in August due to the rising cost of living. In a statement on […]
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged the federal government to give the necessary support for the operation of the Dangote refinery. It is worth recalling that Aliko Dangote, has been enmeshed in controversy with the regulators of Nigeria’s oil industry regulators concerning […]
