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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday cracked down on illegal sachet water production in Dutse Alhaji and Dawaki, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The enforcement exercise led to the confiscation and closure of multiple facilities producing sachet water in unsafe environments, using substandard equipment, and failing […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko Command, and its counterpart from the Republic of Benin have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral trade ties and combating trans-border smuggling. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Idiroko, after emerging from the closed-door meeting, said that the engagement aimed to foster a secure and seamless […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Local Government (LG) Chairmen in Rivers who were sacked in 2015 under Gov. Nyesom Wike administration have vowed to return to take over LG councils in the 23 local government. The former Chairman of Andoni Local Government Area (LGA), Benson Imie, disclosed this on behalf of the 23 LGAs Chairmen […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran forward Ahmed Musa has been called up to the Super Eagles squad for the 2026 must-win World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe, returning to the team after almost a year of absence. The Kano Pillars player was named in the 39-man provisional squad which included the familiar, new faces and […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bitcoin’s price plunged nearly 10 percent on Monday as an escalating trade war and uncertainty over creation of a US crypto reserve fund sent investors running from risk. After jumping on US President Donald Trump’s talk of creating a national cryptocurrency reserve, bitcoin and similar digital assets dove in the face of […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Competition for market share continues to heighten between the Dangote Refinery and the Nigeria National Petrol Company Limited, as the latter has slashed Premium Motor Spirit’s price to ₦860 per litre. The price cut by the NNPCL comes just a few days after Dangote announced that it would absorb N16bn loss by […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New statistics by the Transmission Company of Nigeria revealed that power generation climbed to 5,713.60 megawatts on Tuesday. The latest data by TCN pushes the country’s 2025 generation feat to the highest since four years ago. According to the TCN, the whole of the 5,713MW recorded on Tuesday was successfully transmitted. The […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has only one presidential candidate in 2027. While emphasising the need for an Igbo president, the former Abia State governor said 2027 is out of the question as President Bola Tinubu “must complete 8 years” in […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Alhaji Kabir Sani-Giant, Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir Idris on Power and Politics, with immediate effect. A statement signed by the party’s Kebbi State Secretary, Alhaji Sa’idu Muhammad-Kimba, announced the suspension in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. He revealed that on Feb. 8, 2025, Sani-Giant brought […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Monday urged Muslims to use the holy month of Ramadan to embrace peace, patience, sacrifice and service to humanity which are the true essence of islam. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made the call in his remarks at the opening of the Qur’an Tafseer for the 2025 […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 budget to the lawmakers for consideration. They made this known during plenary in Port Harcourt on Monday with the motion moved by the deputy speaker Dumle Maol. “That pursuant to the order of the Supreme […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. John Hayab, a clergyman, has called on well-meaning elders to intervene in the feud between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central. Hayab, who is the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker, ending 49 days of the speakership crisis. Obasa returns as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary. The former Majority Leader, Noheem Adams, moved a motion to nominate Obasa while […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded over 350 vehicles with unauthorised number plates within one month nationwide. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. NAN reports that on Feb. 3, the […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the people of the oil-rich state that his administration will implement the Supreme court verdict after carefully reviewing its Certified True Copy (CTC). This followed the Friday judgment of the apex court, which declared the LG election conducted in the state on October 5, 2024, […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Federal Government to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B and C. In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead mass nationwide protests across Nigeria should […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United’s dismal season hit a new low as the FA Cup holders crashed out after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out defeat against Fulham in the fifth round on Sunday. Ruben Amorim’s side trailed to Calvin Bassey’s first-half opener at Old Trafford before Bruno Fernandes equalised to force a 1-1 draw after extra […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony Elumelu, has once again reaffirmed his commitment to the development of Gabon’s economy development following a high-level meeting with the President of Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema earlier this week. Elumelu who was on official […]
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Saturday, March 1st, 2025
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen. Benin (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Without necessarily going into a detailed history of the eventual establishment, in 1983, of the Brundtland Commission, formerly the World Commission on Environment and Development (chaired by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway), will define “sustainable development” using some words from the 1987 report […]
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Saturday, March 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) says it recorded a profit before tax of N13.6 billion, marking 157.3 per cent year-on-year growth. The group said this in its 2024 audited financial results sent to the Exchange as corporate disclosure and signed by the Acting Company Secretary, NGX, Mr Izuchukwu Akpa, on Saturday […]
