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Friday, March 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – APC Chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has tasked security agencies to arrest top opposition members who he alleged are planning an interim government to truncate the smooth transition of power from President Buhari to President-elect Tinubu. It will be recalled that the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), had earlier called on the […]
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Wednesday disclosed that it has no intention to print Biafra currency and operate a government in exile. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a statement he signed cautioned those he described as autopilot to refrain from such a move adding that the group has no faction. The […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has enjoined world leaders to put aside their differences and work toward eliminating terrorism in Africa. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesperson, stated that the vice-president made the call during a lecture delivered at King’s College, London. Osinbajo stated that there was turmoil in the […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has stated that the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has agreed to suspend its planned strike action to protest against the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ngige disclosed this during the 72nd session of the State House […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of elders’ forum of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has stated that he never called Yoruba people “political rascals”. The African Examiner recalls that Iwuanyanwu, speaking at an event marking the one-year anniversary of Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, said that “political rascals” were behind the ethnic profiling during […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, has stated that an improvement in Nigeria’s security will bring more economic growth and foreign investments. Johnson made this known at the 16th Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe lecture series on Monday, saying that a lack of prioritization of human capital has hindered the growth of […]
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Monday, March 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Fani-Kayode, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that he will not be intimidated by a “veiled threat of a visa ban” after Ben Llewellyn-Jones, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, stated that some of his comments in the general election are “inciteful”. The African Examiner recalls that Llewellyn-Jones had slammed the APC […]
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Monday, March 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayo Onanuga, the Media Director of President-elect Bola Tinubu, has cautioned individuals who call his principal a drug dealer saying that those using hashtags to defame Tinubu will face divine judgment for their malicious tweets. The African Examiner recalls that Tinubu has been accused of drug trafficking while in the US, […]
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Friday, March 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its effort to ease the pains of Nigerians concerning the present cash crunch, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks in different parts of the country. Also, the CBN directed all commercial banks to open for operation on […]
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Friday, March 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, has stated that he will run a “lean government” in the state in order to reduce the cost of governance. Otti made this known during an interview with Channels TV on Thursday saying that he’ll adopt the “model” used by Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the […]
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Friday, March 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2021 BBNaija winner, Hazel Oyeze Onou better known as White Money, has berated Nigerian actress, Victoria Inyama, concerning a controversial remark she made concerning his mother. Trouble started when White Money put out what appears to be an inspirational post saying that “no woman is out of a man’s league as […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says that the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, will begin operations before May 29, 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari will be leaving office. Sirika made this known during the 10th Aviation Stakeholders Forum in Abuja on Thursday. According to him, the operation of the new airline […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The official spokesperson for the Campaign Council of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute the Labour Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively, for “incitement and treasonable felony”. This was contained in a petition […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has stated that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. Keyamo disclosed this saying that Tinubu travelled abroad to rest. The APC chieftain was reacting to reports that Tinubu was sick and went abroad for medical treatment. The African Examiner recalls […]
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, has stated that anyone planning to “unseat” President-elect Bola Tinubu is “daydreaming”. Fayose made this known when he appeared on Channels Television on Tuesday saying that the 2023 presidential election has “come and gone” and those not contented can go to court. He stated that […]
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has kicked against the suppression, intimidation of voters and the violence witnessed in many parts of the country in the just concluded March 18 governorship and the house of assembly elections in Nigeria. The US made its views concerning the election in a statement on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. […]
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has stated that with the general election done and dusted, Nigerians must now begin the healing process to unite the country. In a statement on Tuesday, Tinubu tasked all Nigerians to rise above the differences that resulted from the poll and begin the process of nation-building. He also […]
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A university student in Kenya was killed and six police officers injured in protests against President William Ruto’s government over high living costs, police said. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, and several other cities in response to a call for demonstrations by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Police fired […]
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to allegations by Chimaroke Nnamani, former Governor of Enugu State that he set the Igbo political trajectory 24 years back. The African Examiner recalls that Senator Nnamani, on Monday, slammed Peter Obi for playing “wicked and dangerous politics”. Nnamani stated this in a […]
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the statement made by former Abia State governor, Uzor Kalu, who stated that it is his turn to become the senate president of the tenth senate that will be inaugurated after the swearing-in of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Kalu made this known while answering […]
