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Sunday, August 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced to its customers the decision of upward tariff adjustment effective from September 1, 2021. The African Examiner writes that starting from Wednesday September 1, 2021, there are indications that Nigerians will pay more for electricity. This is coming after a directive by the Nigerian Electricity […]
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Friday, August 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of The LEGO Group, have donated additional US$5 million to support the funding of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies. The new funding support for ECW is in response to the escalating crises in Afghanistan and Haiti with […]
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Friday, August 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),has proposed Oct. 30 to Oct. 31 for the party’s elective national convention. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the resolutions of the caucus meeting on Friday in Abuja. Tambuwal, who said that […]
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Friday, August 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria would lose more if the country breaks-up. The Vice President, who spoke at the National Social Cohesion Dialogue in Abuja, stated that there are “more opportunities for prosperity” if Nigeria remains one. He expressed hope that the country would remain one irrespective of the […]
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Friday, August 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday stated that the unity and indissolubility of Nigeria is not negotiable as the country will continue to exist no matter what happens. Obasanjo disclosed this during the Book Launch and 85th Birthday of Eminence Prelate Sunday Mbang of the Methodist Church Nigeria which was held at […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Embassy of Nigeria in Tripoli, Libya has repatriated another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya in continuation of its rescue operations to ensure no Nigerian is stranded in the country. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’affaires en titre of Nigeria to Libya disclosed this in a statement . According Musa, the 107 […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has berated the presidency for attacking Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State concerning his criticism over cattle ranching. It could be recalled that the presidency had on Wednesday, accused Governor Ortom of inciting ethnic hatred in the country. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Osun State, chieftain and former National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has stated his interest in the National Chairmanship position of the party. Oyinlola disclosed this during a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo to mark the 30th anniversary of creation of Osun […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says the revenue allocation formula review will be ready for presentation to President Muhammadu Buhari by the end of 2021. The commission’s chairman Elias Mbam noted that the review was one of the major responsibilities of the commission and was last done in 1992, […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former People’s Democratic Party,( PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the party would return to power in 2023. Atiku stated that the PDP would be strengthened to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. He disclosed this when he visited the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that his comment that a candidate who has a questionable NECO certificate should not be allowed to govern Anambra State was not out of place. The former CBN governor disclosed this as he reacted to a challenge posed […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Kebbi House of Assembly, Abdulmumeen Kamba and the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro, have been impeached. The impeachment was announced by Alhaji Muhammad Tukur, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Culture, shortly after closed door plenary on Tuesday. He said that the speaker was immediately replaced by the […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court sitting in Rivers State has stopped Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The directive was given by Justice O. Gbasam of the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State. The judge also upheld the suspension of Secondus as […]
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Thursday, August 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has stated that the 136 abducted Tanko Salihu Islamiyya school children Tegina, Rafi local government will soon be released. This development is coming barely two days after the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, gave the government one week […]
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday hold another meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner writes that Buhari returned to Abuja last Friday after he spent 18 days in London, where he attended an education summit and met with his doctors. He has been on isolation since his […]
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Itsekiri Graduates Worldwide has issued a 28-day ultimatum to Chevron Nigeria Limited to commence the reclassification of Itsekiri graduates under its Vocational Training Programmes (VTP 5 and 6) and Operational Training Programme (OTP 2). The group made the call in a statement signed by the NAIG’s president and […]
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service has stated that Premium Motor Spirit, better known as petrol, is being smuggled out of Nigeria in large quantities after subsidy by the Federal Government. According to the agency, the petroleum product is being diverted to as far as Mali. The Controller-General of the NCS, Col. Hameed Ali, […]
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Monday, August 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the renewed violence in Jos, describing it as a tit-for-tat action. The National Publicity Secretary Arewa of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, expressed the body’s concerns in a statement in Kaduna . While urging the people of Plateau to remain calm, ACF said, ”Religious and traditional leaders […]
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Sunday, August 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Few hours after the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew in Jos North, Bassa and Jos South LGAs, Governor Simon Lalong, has imposed a 24 hour curfew in Jos North LGA where the chaos took place on Saturday that claimed many lives and left many injured. Governor Lalong in a statement […]
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Friday, August 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has advised striking doctors in the country to be humble and carry themselves with dignity, rather than “play God or compete with God”. Ngige gave the advice while speaking at the 2nd Summit of Medical Elders Forum in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the […]
