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Thursday, October 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first local currency-denominated infrastructure investment trust fund in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) has been listed on Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX). The listing, which took place on Thursday in Lagos, was commemorated with a Closing Gong Ceremony where the management of the funds engaged market stakeholders with […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the news that the Police have offered one million naira reward for information leading to the arrest of Owodunni Ibrahim better known as Primeboy who is allegedly a culprit in the death of Ilerioluwa aka Mohbad. The African Examiner writes that on Wednesday, the Lagos […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a response made public Monday, Pope Francis appeared to suggest a way to enable the blessing of same-sex couples by clerics, something not recognised by the Holy See but practised in countries such as Germany and Belgium. While insisting that the Church only recognised marriage between a man and a woman, […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State government has called on President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Army Staff and the National Security Adviser to carry out an immediate and thorough investigation into allegations by some groups against Governor Alex Otti. Some groups had in a press conference accused the governor […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Benue State have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Late Justice Margaret Igbetar, whose decomposing body was found on the 24th of August 2023. The Commissioner of Police in Benue, Bartholomew Onyeka, who disclosed this while briefing […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia has rejected millions of euros in financial aid announced by the EU Commission to help the country to fight irregular migration and stabilise its budget. “Tunisia and its people do not seek sympathy, but rather reject it if it lacks respect,’’ Tunisian News Agency (TAP) quoted President Kais Saied as saying, […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libya’s prosecutor general ordered the detention of the country’s ambassador to Brussels on Tuesday over alleged corruption, shortly after the internationally recognised government in Tripoli dismissed her. Amel Jerary was questioned about “administrative and financial abuses” allegedly used to “obtain illicit material advantages by illegally seizing public funds and causing harm to […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking its confirmation of three more ministerial nominees. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read a letter from President Tinubu requesting the confirmation of the nominees when the lawmakers resumed plenary session on Tuesday. The nominees are Balarabe Abbas Lawal from Kaduna State, Dr Jamila Bio […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday offered for subscription, Ijarah Sukuk valued at N150 billion. According to a statement by the DMO, the Sukuk is issued by Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Roads Sukuk Company PLC, on behalf of the Federal Government. It said that the Sukuk were offered at N1,000 […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has alerted the public on the possibility of deterioration in visibility in some northern states as a result of dust haze propagated into the country from the source region. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Muntari Ibrahim, NiMET’s General Manager of Public Affairs on […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have commended Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna state for his pro-people policies and determination to ensure fair distribution of palliatives to the people of the state. The Chairman of NLC, Kaduna state chapter, Ayuba Suleman, and his TUC counterpart, Abdullahi Alhassan Danfulani, […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Abdullahi Sule as the Nasarawa State governor. Two out of the three justices of the panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi declared David Umbugadu as the winner of the 2023 Nasarawa State governorship elections. The third member of the Panel, Justice Ibrahim Mashi […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK minimum wage will go up next year, finance minister Jeremy Hunt will announce at the Conservative party’s annual conference Monday, as the country gears up for a general election. The rise from April next year comes amid the worst cost of living crisis in a generation, with the government battling […]
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Sunday, October 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The company’s management made the disclosure via a statement on Sunday in Lagos. It said the reduction in cement price was to spur development in the building materials and infrastructure sectors. According to the statement, the gesture is to allow Nigerians to enjoy the benefits of the price reduction before the completion […]
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Sunday, October 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja forecast cloudy atmosphere on Monday with intervals of sunshine over the northern region. The agency anticipated prospects of thunderstorms accompanied with rains over Gombe, Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, […]
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Sunday, October 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has decorated the President of the Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Uchenna Anioke, as a Papal Knight of Saint Sylvester. Anioke was decorated alongside 19 others on Saturday during a Pontifical Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Awgu by Most Rev. John Okoye. Speaking during the homily, Okoye, who represented Pope Francis, […]
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Sunday, October 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve their planned indefinite strike in the national interest. The senator made the appeal in an independence anniversary message made available by his Media and Public Affairs Directorate in Abuja. Mr […]
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Saturday, September 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says no sentiments, no emotions will be considered in his efforts to do the right thing in the FCT. Wike made this known on Saturday in Abuja, while reacting to a trending video on social media showing the staff of Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company (AUMTCO), crying over […]
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Saturday, September 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Last-ditch moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine. The stopgap proposal adopted by the House of Representatives with a vote of 335-91 […]
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Saturday, September 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jurgen Klopp blasted the “crazy decisions” that led to nine-man Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat against Tottenham as referees’ chiefs admitted the Reds were denied a legitimate goal in Saturday’s dramatic clash. Klopp’s side had Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off in north London, while Liverpool forward Luis Diaz had a goal wrongly […]
