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Sunday, March 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of schoolchildren abducted from Kuriga, Kaduna State have been released, two weeks after they were taken away in what was one of Nigeria’s largest mass kidnappings in years. The students, about 287, were kidnapped when the gunmen on motorcycles rode through their school, taking them away in an incident that sparked […]
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Sunday, March 24th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister noted the government’s commitment to enhancing the sector’s performance through substantial investments in infrastructure and efficient customer response. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has reiterated the Federal Government’s plan to raise electricity generation from 3,500 Megawatts (MW) to 6,500MW within the next three to six months. The News Agency […]
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters in Abuja have declared one of the leaders of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa wanted. Ekpa’s name was published on the Military’s wanted list alongside 96 others from various parts of the country. In a banner displaying the pictures of the suspects, the Defence Headquarters […]
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Debt Management Office (DMO) of Nigeria has disclosed that Nigeria’s public debt rose to ₦97.34trn ($108bn) as of the fourth quarter of 2023. DMO made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Friday. This increase in debt levels was basically attributed to new domestic borrowing initiatives undertaken by […]
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced a three-hour traffic diversion in the Ikeja area of the state on Saturday and Sunday. This is according to a Friday statement from the Lagos State Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Oluwaseun Osiyemi. “For the safety of pedestrians on Ikeja Along connecting with the Ikeja Train […]
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the clamour for state police grows stronger, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has faulted 16 governors’ submission of a report on the matter to the National Economic Council (NEC). NEC confirmed receiving memoranda from 16 governors who expressed their support for establishing state police to address the myriads of security […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister also said that the new tax incentives being implemented had the potential to attract up to 10 billion dollars in new oil and gas investment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government has attracted 30 billion dollars Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to the real sector […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Friday stated that President Bola Tinubu-led Federal government would save N5 billion quarterly after the government placed a ban on foreign trips for ministers, chiefs of government agencies, and other official travels paid with public funds Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, stated this while addressing […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the continuous disappearance of Segun Olatunji, the editor of FirstNews, the media organization has written a formal letter to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chris Musa, demanding to know the whereabout of the Lagos based journalist. In the letter titled “Arrest and Detention of Mr Segun Olatunji, Editor FirstNews” and […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday arrived in Geneva, Switzerland as head of Nigeria’s delegation to the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland. Akpabio was accompanied on the trip by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Kalu and Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong. […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kremlin on Friday warned the European Union against plans to impose tariffs on its grain exports and use profits from frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine. Ukraine has heaped pressure on Europe to cut off all sources of revenue for Russia, as Kyiv grapples with routine air strikes and hold ups […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State House of Assembly has ruled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law. The House took the decision on Friday after convening an impromptu sitting. This makes it the second time the Rivers State House of Assembly will override the governor […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency believes patronage of made-in-Nigeria products is key to strengthening the naira and wants citizens to buy goods produced in the country to make that happen. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a press briefing with the State House Correspondents on Friday. […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director of the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, has told the Coroner inquiring into the cause of death of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, that the results of an autopsy conducted on the deceased body would be ready in the next three to […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says troops will not leave the creeks in Delta State until culprits in the killing of 17 military personnel are caught. Last week’s killing of the personnel in what is a major blow to the Nigerian Army drew outrage have continued to generate conversations in the country. Okuama community […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai says he is not planning on leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shehu Musa Gabam had recently met with El-Rufai, sparking rumours of a defection to the party. But the APC chieftain’s spokesman Muyiwa […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent President Vladimir Putin has won the 2024 Russian presidential election, according to official results announced by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday. The final results announced by the CEC during a press conference showed that Putin secured 87.28 of the votes in the election. According to recent data, 76,277,708 […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has reiterated its commitment towards utilizing Nigeria’s abundant gas resources to trigger Nigeria’s industrialisation and economic development. NNPC Ltd’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan disclosed this during a Panel Session at the ongoing 2024 CERAWeek Conference in Houston, the United States on Tuesday. […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that all valid foreign exchange backlogs of s$7 billion have now been settled, fulfilling a key pledge of its Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardosoo. In a statement on Wednesday, the apex bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, in Abuja confirmed that independent […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the tragic killing of seventeen military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week, the Senate Committee on Defence has said that securing Nigeria takes precedence over any other consideration. Chairman of the Committee and former Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, stated this […]
