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Monday, May 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar claims Seyi Tinubu, President Bola Tinubu’s son, is a director on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, faulting the award of contract for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The Federal Government recently started the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road which […]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed any notion of political crisis in the oil-rich state, saying his administration has provided focused leadership and governance to the people. Fubara, who received members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions at Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said his goal […]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha says the Vice President will join other political […]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Babagana Kingibe, Nigeria’s Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), has called on candidates, political parties and the general public to uphold peace during the Chad presidential election. The presidential election is scheduled for May 6. Kingibe, in a statement made available to the News Agency of […]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have agreed to visit Nigeria on the invitation of the country’s Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. British High Commissioner in Nigeria Dr Richard Montgomerry disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the […]
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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from worship centres in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye- Ekiti towns. Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people, from Christ Apostolic […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, the boats sailed across the narrow strip of […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party candidate for the Edo State governorship elections, Olumide Akpata, has condemned the decision of Governor Godwin Obaseki to swear in only five out of the eight new judges recommended for the Edo State High Court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). In a statement he personally signed, Akpata said […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League as Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard inspired a 3-0 win against Bournemouth on Saturday. The Gunners’ fourth successive victory ensured second placed Manchester City will not be able to knock them out of pole position this weekend even if they […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than eight persons have so far been confirmed dead after a fire incident involving an oil tanker in Ometan community, in Okpe local government area of Delta State exploded on Friday. According to available information, the tanker was coming from Effurun and it reportedly lost control as it tried to […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) says it is taking immediate measures to remove 616 long-standing export containers trapped in Lagos ports. The Executive Secretary, NSC, Mr Pius Akutah, said this when his team visited the APM Terminal Complex in Apapa, Lagos, on Friday. He expressed concern over the growing number of abandoned […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Friday recorded 28.14 per cent increase in the value of equity transactions, resulting in investors gaining N467 billion. Specifically, 446.57 million shares valued at N7.10 billion were exchanged in 9,297 deals, in contrast to 665.20 million shares valued at N5.54 billion in 8,446 deals on Thursday. […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, was stalled on Friday after his lawyers sought an adjournment following the service of additional proof of evidence served on them in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, granted the adjournment […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of protesters from Zamfara State have occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling on the commission to reopen investigations on the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The protesters under the auspices of APC Loyalists Forum is asking the EFCC to investigate […]
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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media on Friday are slamming the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who stated that the spending power of Nigerians has increased in the past month. The African Examiner writes that Nigerians are having a hard time dealing with some of the economic policies of President Tinubu’s administration. The removal of […]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Every May 1 is celebrated as the International Workers’ Day or Labour Day in some countries. The day, also referred to as May Day, is dedicated to the recognition of the role of workers in societal development all over the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) said every May 1, it recommits […]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Government has announced the addition of 625MW of power to the national grid, increasing the grid’s wheeling capacity to 4800MW. Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communications to the Minister of Power said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Bolaji quoted the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu as […]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 33,636 persons in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States have benefited from assorted food items donated by the Saudi Arabia King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This is contained in a statement by Mrs Zubaida Umar, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, issued to newsmen on Friday […]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Australian Government has announced about 323 million dollars in funding for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Penny Wong, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Pat Conroy, the minister for International Development and the Pacific, said on Friday. They said that the commitment was worth 492 million Australian dollars (about 323 […]
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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of “beating a war drum” over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories Amhara fighters captured during a civil war. The future of the disputed territories in northern Ethiopia has remained a flashpoint between Tigray […]
