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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of Wednesday was caused by “multiple fibre cuts”. MTN boasts of 87,038,768 subscribers as of December 2023, according to data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), representing 38.79% of the total market share, the […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani said that some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now which triggered the economic hardship should have been implemented by Buhari […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several Malian soldiers died on Wednesday in a large-scale attack by suspected jihadists on a military outpost in the remote west of the landlockled west African nation. “More than 100 jihadists attacked an army position at Kwala,” said an elected representative of the nearby town of Mourdiah, 300 kilometres (180 miles) north […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos State and embark on a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar on Thursday. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the visit which is on invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Dangote Cement Plc has emerged winner of the 2023 NatureNews Environmental Sustainability Award. The award was conferred on the company Tuesday at the 3rd Anniversary Lecture of NatureNews and Presentation of the Hero of Environmental Actions for Development (HEAD) at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The 3rd anniversary has as […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of Tanzania has declared its readiness to host the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, scheduled for March 4, in Zanzibar. Amb. Pindi Chana, Tanzania’s Minister of Constitutional, Legal Affairs and Chair of the 2024 Commonwealth Law Ministers meeting, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, in view of the country’s […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Harry lost a court challenge against the UK government on Wednesday over a decision to change the level of his personal security when he visits the country. Harry launched legal action against the government after being told in February 2020 that he would no longer be given the “same degree” of […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly released report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas increased by 12 per cent from N4,589 in one year. The report titled ‘Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (January 2024)’, said while the price […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Central Bank Governor (CBN) Yemi Cardoso to appear before it on Tuesday, March 5 for clarification on issues with leakages in the Remita platform. Chairman of the committee Bamidele Salam made the summon in a letter to the CBN Governor […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundery weather conditions from Wednesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja forecast sunny atmosphere over the northern region during the forecast period. It envisaged sunny atmosphere with patches of clouds over the North Central cities with […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha says the Federal Government has achieved about 90% of the agreement it had with the organised labour.last October. According to her, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (TUC), Joe Ajaero, told government representatives at a meeting on Sunday that the protest was not about the government’s commitment […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as outdated the 12-year old Steve Oronsaye Report recommending the merger of government agencies and commissions. n a statement on Tuesday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said contrary to the belief in official circles, the report won’t “substantially reduce the enormous costs of governance in […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the decision to remove petroleum subsidies was a challenging one, but a necessary step to secure long-term energy security and foster economic growth for the country. The president said this while officially opening the 7th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024) at the […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, says the 617 million dollar investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) fund will spur cultural and economic expansion. Musawa said this during the launch of iDICE and the maiden edition of Omniverse summit, in Lagos on Tuesday. She said that […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
By Egungwu Chukwuka Benjamin As we all know, everything that has an advantage also has a disadvantage. State Policing has become one of the most controversial topics still under deliberation by Nigerian lawmakers. The bill which was proposed by Rep. Benjamin Kalu and other 15 law makers has been passed for a second reading. When […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would not rule out the deployment of French ground troops in Ukraine. Macron said nothing was off the table to ensure that Russia does not win its war against Ukraine, after the conclusion of a Ukraine aid conference in Paris on Monday. The meeting, […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says himself and his team are not responsible for the current economic woes in the country. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the apex bank, the first since he assumed office in […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Yemi Cardoso says over $26 billion has passed through the crypto app Binance Nigeria in the last four years. Cardoso said this on Tuesday after the MPC meeting in Abuja. “In the case of Binance, in the last one year, 26 billion dollars has passed […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Ms. Hafsat Bakari as the Director, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The confirmation comes after the consideration of the report of the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes by Senator Emmanuel, Udende Memga (Benue North East). President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) by four hundred basis points to 22.75 percent from 18.75 percent. Governor of the CBN Yemi Cardoso announced this after the first MPC meeting for the year in Abuja on Tuesday. “All 12 members of the […]
