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Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun, had debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has said that the country would stop importing petroleum products by 2023. Kyari disclosed this during a press briefing at the state house in Abuja, on Tuesday. Kyari, who spoke during the weekly Ministerial Briefing, hosted by the […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Isaac Foyose, younger brother of Ekiti state former governor, Ayodele Fayose on Monday evening escape attempt to kidnap him by unknown gunmen. Fayose wrote on his Facebook page that while traveling to Lagos state some unknown gunmen attacked his vehicle along with several others and abducted some persons. According to him, many […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that Kyari had not given sufficient grounds for the application to be granted. The judge said the detained police officer failed to raise new facts in his […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank has agreed to take over the United Kingdom unit of Nigeria’s second oldest lender, Union Bank, the former said Tuesday. It is the latest phase in the train of divestments by the latter which, beginning late last year, saw Union Bank offload 90 per cent of its shareholding to a […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday declared a “comprehensive, total and indefinite strike”. It cited the alleged failure of the Federal Government to address its demands. The leadership of the union said the indefinite strike took effect from 12.01a.m yesterday. ASUU took the decision at the end of an emergency […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government will borrow over N11 trillion and sell national assets to finance the budget deficit in 2023. She also said the government’s budget deficit is expected to exceed N12.42 trillion if it should keep petroleum subsidy for the entire […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have reacted angrily at the comments made by Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, after he described the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a ‘useless union’ that should be dissolved and replaced with educators who care about students. This comes […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Big Brother Naija season 7 housemate, Amaka, has been evicted from the show, following a nomination twist in the house on Monday evening. Big Brother had asked all the housemates to nominate two fellow contestants for immediate eviction and Amaka got the highest nominations. Biggie announced the eviction to the housemates at […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira remained constant on Monday exchanging at N430.33 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. It remained unchanged from its value on Friday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.07 to the dollar on Monday. An exchange rate of N432 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG has dispelled the rumour peddling by some online media that an explosion rocked the Redemption camp along Lagos Ibadan express way, saying that the incident occurred at a Gas station close to the camp. According to a statement released by the Administrative Public Relation Officer […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday has rejected an application filed by the Federal Government to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Justice […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a series of heated discussions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has decided to extend its ongoing strike. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. Details later…
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Monday, August 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Republics of Nigeria and South Sudan have agreed to pursue a common goal in the development and sustenance of the cultural and creative industries of both countries. This decision was reached at a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and his South Sudan counterpart, Minister of […]
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Sunday, August 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons reportedly died while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries when a Toyota Matrix rammed into a truck on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident reportedly occurred at 5:50 pm around Oniworo area of the highway on Sunday. It was further gathered that the Toyota Matrix marked WWD621AE had suffered a tyre […]
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Sunday, August 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of security concerns. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message to a two-day meeting to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) organised […]
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Sunday, August 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he has the backing of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to lead Nigeria come 2023. He commended Buhari for his ‘loyalty and commitment’ to the party, even as he expressed confidence of the APC’s “victory in […]
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Sunday, August 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not, The Nation has learnt. African Examiner reports that ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend […]
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Saturday, August 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 241 RECCE Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed John Gabriel and Lance Cpl Adamu Gideon who allegedly killed an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami, in Yobe. Lt. Col. Ibrahim Osabo, Ag Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Nguru, Yobe, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the suspects were de-kited in […]
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Saturday, August 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is not well among Niger Delta militants following the recent award of a N48 billion per year (N4b per month) pipeline surveillance contract to ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited. Several militant groups in the region are angry with the federal government for leaving them […]
