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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, his Borno and Adamawa counterparts, Prof. Babagana Zulum and Umaru Fintiri, respectively, have toured Pakistan to understudy post-insurgency disaster management. Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Buni’s Director-General (DG) Press and Media Affairs, disclosed this to journalists in Damaturu on Monday. The tour was organized by the Multi-Sectoral Crisis […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly-elected chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, says with over 8 million hectares of land, Southern Nigeria should be self-sufficient in food production. He noted that the Forum made up of all the 17 governors in the Southern part of Nigeria has decided to be more […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- A middle-aged man who attempted to steal electrical cables and other equipment inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was electrocuted. The man whose identity could not be ascertained had found his way into the power-generating building and had begun disconnecting the installations that supply power to the Lagos […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person was killed and 37 others injured in a stampede at a political rally on Sunday in western Rwanda, the government has said. The stampede occurred when people tried to exit from a venue where President Paul Kagame, the Candidate for the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front, addressed supporters in Gisa, Rubavu […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has awarded 26.6 million dollars in co-investment grants to 33 companies in Nigeria through its global hunger and food security initiative. Ms Michelle Corzine, Director of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Power, USAID, announced this at a partnership meeting on Monday in Abuja. […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), pending confirmation by the Senate. The appointment was announced in a statement on Monday by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Gubernatorial candidate in the November 2024 election in Ondo state, Agboola Ajayi, has blamed the recent court ruling, against Local Council Development Areas, (LCDA) in the state, on the failure of the Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to provide viable leadership. Mr. Ajayi, a former deputy governor, absorbed the […]
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Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants who are drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. The President also directed that the supervisors and department heads of the culprits must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch. […]
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Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In yet another major step towards boosting nationwide gas supply to drive industrialization and economic growth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is set to deliver the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Gas Pipeline project. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari, confirmed this during an inspection tour of the […]
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Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja forecast morning thunderstorms on Sunday over parts of Gombe, Bauchi, Borno, Adamawa, Jigawa, Taraba and Kaduna states. It envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Zamfara, Kebbi, […]
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Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have nabbed two former bankers for allegedly stealing money belonging to a deceased customer. EFCC’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the agency’s operatives in the Markurdi Zonal Command arrested the suspects for allegedly stealing N4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer. “The suspects, Idah Ogoh […]
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the approval of N21 billion for 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to provide meters for customers. This announcement was made in NERC’s ORDER NO: NERC/2024/072 on The Operationalisation of “Tranche A” of the Presidential Metering Initiative Under the Framework of Meter Acquisition Fund. ”The […]
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli army announced on Friday that it conducted airstrikes against Iran-backed militia Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon in response to ongoing attacks on northern Israel. There were no reports of injuries, according to a statement issued by the Israeli military on Friday evening. The information could not be independently verified. UN […]
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yobe State University (YSU) branch, has expressed worry over the proliferation of public universities without financial commitment to fund them. The Chairman of the branch, Ahmed Ibrahim Karage, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Damaturu, said the public universities are facing […]
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Kano Emirate Tussle: Gov Yusuf’s CPS, Lawyer Disagree Over Court Ruling (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the royal tussle in the ancient Kano Emirate lingers, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abba Yusuf, Sani Bature and a legal practitioner Abba Hakeem have disagreed on the ruling of the Federal High Court in Kano on the matter […]
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said on Friday. “I am confident that the CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and the best AFCON in the history of this […]
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Friday, June 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 24-year-old protester was shot dead during demonstrations against the taxation bill currently moving in Kenya. The man had taken part in a protest in the capital Nairobi on Thursday evening, as thousands took to the streets across the country. The protest was due to a parliamentary debate and vote on the […]
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Thursday, June 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year. The agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region, […]
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Thursday, June 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has declared the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) by the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as unconstitutional and illegal. According to the presiding judge, Justice A.O Adebusuoye, the LCDAs were not lawfully created. Akeredolu had in Spetember 2023 […]
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Thursday, June 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s total public debt is now ₦121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion), the Debt Management Office (DMO) said Thursday. The DMO said as of March 31, 2024, the country’s domestic and external debts stood at ₦121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion). Nigeria’s debt rose by ₦24.33 trillion within three months – from ₦97.34 trillion ($108.23 billion) […]
