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Thursday, June 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru; and the spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, traded blame over a commotion on seat arrangement at a prayer ground located at Oke-Baale area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Basiru and Rasheed were guests on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday hours after the […]
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Thursday, June 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, on Wednesday in Ibadan said he was not interested in wearing any other crown except the Olubadan crown. Ladoja told newsmen at his residence after the Eid prayers that it has always been his target to become an Olubadan and was not going to […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze has alleged that the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, is scared to decide if to sack the national team’s head coach, Jose Peseiro. The African Examiner recalls that last week, Gusau disclosed that the NFF would carry out an opinion poll where […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday said that his administration would work towards a drug-free society. Tinubu spoke at the celebration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. Tinubu who spoke through Secretary to the Government of the Federation […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has refuted claims that it intends to subvert the death sentence on Dr Rahman Adedoyin. The African Examiner recalls that Adedoyin and two others, Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Adegoke. Adegoke was a postgraduate student of the Obafemi […]
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Sunday, June 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ms Emmanuelle Blatmann, French Ambassador to Nigeria, said France has invested 600,000 Euros for the promotion of French language in Nigeria. Blatmann revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the solidarity fund for innovative projects (FSPI) launch in Abuja. According to her, the […]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has debunked some media reports that the Federal Government has lifted the ban on vehicle importation through the Seme border. Mr Hussaini Abdullahi, Customs Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Seme Area Command, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Seme, Lagos State. […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Intelligence Agency, NIA has strongly rebuffed news reports of the reinstatement of its erstwhile acting director-general, Mohammed Dauda by the Court of Appeal. The agency in a statement issued on Friday asserted that the substantive case arose from the dismissal of Dauda as a director of the agency and not […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stated that Indomie noodles manufactured in Nigeria is safe for human consumption. According to the agency made in Nigeria, noodles do not contain ethylene oxide. The African Examiner recalls that health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan had detected ethylene oxide […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babagana Zulum has expressed shock and sadness over the killing of eight farmers in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the killing occurred in Shuwarin, Tomsu Ngamdu, Baram Karauwa and Muna on […]
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Olalomi oyegbile, better known as Portable has stated that Michael Jackson’s glory cannot match his own. Portable took to his social media account on Wednesday as he uploaded a video of himself driving through a part of Lagos state. In the clip the Zazoo Zeh’ crooner shared, some […]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law Intersociety, has dragged Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, immediate past Inspector General of police, IGP (Alkali Baba), Ex Army Chief (Faruk Yahaya), former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky (Irabor), incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major […]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday that suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, will flee the country if granted bail. The Attorney General of the Federation also supported the argument of the DSS, describing Emefiele as a “flight risk.”. The former head […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, has approved the appointment of Victor Udeh, as his Chief of Staff and Kenneth Ugwu as the Head of Service. This is contained in a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, in Enugu on Tuesday. According to the list, other aides […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, discussing bilateral relations and regional hotspot issues. During their meeting, Sisi highlighted the diverse and longstanding ties between the two sides and Egypt’s willingness to continue cooperation with the bloc, according to an Egyptian presidency statement. For his part, […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President Kashim Shettima has decorated the newly-appointed acting Inspector General of Police (I-GP), Kayode Egbetokun, with his new rank. Shettima performed the decoration on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu had, on Monday, appointed new service chiefs, acting inspector-general of police […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An American company previously indicted for bribery in Nigeria has again been accused of collaborating with officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPCL and TotalEnergies in undermining Nigeria’s local content law and award of a contract for providing a drilling ship at $142k per day higher than that originally awarded. South-South […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abubakar Suleiman has been re-elected as the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly. He was re-elected unopposed on Tuesday. Suleiman, the immediate past Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, represents Ningi Central Constituency. Also, Jamilu Barade, a member representing Bauchi metropolis, was elected deputy Speaker […]
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Sunday, June 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says he will forever be grateful to former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu for the successes he achieved in his political career. Aregbesola stated this during a civic reception organised in his honour by Concerned Muslim Scholars and Clerics in South Western Nigeria […]
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Sunday, June 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday in Liberia defeated the Sierra Leone National Football Team 3-2 to book their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote D’IVoire. The Super Eagles needed just one point to book their passage to Cote D’Ivoire, but were made to work their socks off to […]
