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Sunday, November 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure early arrival of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials during the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states. PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, stated this on Channels Television’s People’s Townhall on Election Security […]
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Saturday, November 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has described as a “disgrace” the decision to allow Anthony Gordon’s goal which ended his team’s unbeaten Premier League run in the 1-0 loss to Newcastle on Saturday. Arteta’s side were defeated for the first time in 11 league games, with the manner of their loss leaving a […]
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed his grouse with his successor, Siminalayi Fubara, saying the incumbent governor hobnobbed with some of his political enemies after getting into office. Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he met with […]
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newcastle’s challenging run in the Carabao cup will continue after Eddie Howe’s side were drawn away to Chelsea in the quarter-finals. The Magpies earned a 1-0 win over Treble winners Manchester City In the third round, before cruising to a 3-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Newcastle will […]
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday through the Ministry of Works announced that it will be closing two ramps of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs. According to the statement signed by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos Engr. (Mrs.) O. I. Kesha,” the motoring public are hereby notified that the repair works […]
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced nominees for the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023 scheduled for Dec. 11 in Marrakech, Morocco. A statement on the CAF website on Wednesday said a panel of CAF Technical Experts, African Football Legends and selected media representatives from a number of countries […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has weighed in on the crisis rocking Rivers State amid the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the oil-rich state. Receiving South-South leaders at his office on Tuesday, Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, emphasised the importance of holding his base to […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator-Elect of Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of a plot to harm her during the senatorial election that took place in March. She made the allegation on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today “I heard guns; I had his henchmen shoot at my vehicle; […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said revenge is not on his mind ahead of Wednesday’s League Cup trip to Manchester United for a repeat of last season’s final. Howe’s side were beaten 2-0 at Wembley in February as Newcastle’s agonizingly long wait for a first domestic trophy, stretching back to 1955, was extended […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to brief the green chamber on the status of the conditional cash transfer programme of the Federal Government to 15 million households. The House, in a motion of urgent public importance on Tuesday, expressed worry about […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “The council considered a request for supplementary appropriation which is a second for 2023,” Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu said at the State House in Abuja. “And graciously approved the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as supplementary budget and this supplementary budget is to fund urgent issues, including N605 billion for […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 edition of the prestigious Ballon d’Or award was held in Paris on Monday with Argentine star Lionel Messi winning the men’s prize for a record-extending 8th time. Messi beat Norway’s Erling Haaland who plays for Manchester City to win the prize in France. The 36-year-old succeeds Karim Benzema as the […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday published the comprehensive information of collected and uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) on polling unit basis in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. This follows a meeting of the Commission on Monday to review the ongoing preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections in the three […]
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Monday, October 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, accused the police of shooting at him on his way to inspect the State House of Assembly Complex that was gutted by fire last night. Fubara named a senior officer in the Rivers State Police Command as the leader of the team that was deployed […]
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Monday, October 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, says he will not leave the political arena despite the Supreme Court verdict of October 26, 2023 that affirmed the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu. “As for me and my party, this phase of […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has called on President Bola Tinubu to sign an executive order on unexplained wealth. Ndume, who is the lawmaker representing Borno South under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made the remark in the wake of a comment by retired Supreme Court Justice Musa Muhammad Dattijo over the level […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari says the country would have lost $15bn if it did not win the case with Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) on 23 October. He said this in an article he shared on his X handle on Sunday, days after the Nigerian won the case. “Rarely in modern […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury beat former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou on a split decision in a non-title fight in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. It was, indeed, a fight that almost delivered one of boxing’s biggest upsets. Fury, unbeaten holder of one of the sport’s most prestigious belts, narrowly avoided a […]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lamidi Apapa-led group in the Labour Party (LP) has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court, saying the affirmation of the election of the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 presidential poll is well-deserved. The Apapa-led group mocked the LP […]
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Saturday, October 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has reopened the Alaba International Market and some markets in the Trade Fair Complex, all located in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state. The state government had days ago ordered the closure of the markers for improper waste disposal and other environmental infractions. However, on Saturday, […]
