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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s President William Ruto has nominated interior minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy president, a day after the Senate voted to impeach Ruto’s previous deputy Rigathi Gachagua. “I have received a message from … the president, regarding the nomination of Prof. Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacancy which has occurred in […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria men’s national U-20 football team, the Flying Eagles has suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Burkina Faso in their opening Group B clash of the WAFU B U20 AFCON in Lone, Togo. The Flying Eagles, who are defending champions, started the match on a sluggish note as they failed to convert […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has expressed sadness over the death of Mr Elijah Olaluyi, a member of the House of Representatives Press Corps, who died on Thursday. Olaluyi, aged 62, died after a brief illness. Rep. Akin Rotimi, spokesperson of the House, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, quoted the Speaker, […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kano State High Court, on Friday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys. Lawan, of Rangaza Damagari area in Ungogo Local Government, Kano State, was convicted on three-count charge of sexual abuse after he pleaded guilty to the charges. Delivering judgment, Justice […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State says a man allegedly jumped into a canal and died to avoid arrest in the Ipaja area of the state. The command’s Spokesman , SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this in a post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Friday. He said that the […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to rid Enugu state of kidnapping and other forms of criminal acts, the state government has yet again demolished a kidnappers’ den at Nike in Enugu East Council area of the state. The twin semi-detached bungalows located at Nokpa, near Alulu, Nike had been serially used to house kidnap victims pending […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) and Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, shared an optimistic outlook on the future of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry during a panel session at the just concluded Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja. Speaking on the theme “Fuelling Growth: The […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has revoked a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway contract being handled by Julius Berger over irregularities. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road on Thursday in Abuja. Umahi said that the road contract was awarded to Julius […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has announced the restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday, between 7a.m. and 4p.m. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner for Information, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Friday, said that the decision was to ensure a hitch-free Council Poll in the state. “The decision is also to guarantee the security […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N6,430.02 recorded in August to N6,699.63 in September 2024 This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for September 2024 released on Friday in Abuja. The report said the September price represented a […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Public Service Joint Negotiating Council has stated that N85,000 minimum wage approval by Gov. Babjide Sanwo-Olu was unexpected. The council made this known in a statement signed by all chairpersons and secretaries of the union on Thursday. They include Messrs Olusegun Balogun and Aladetan Abiodun, both representing the Association […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that there is a need to have power grids in different regions or states to stop the unending grid collapses. Adelabu made this known on Wednesday when he unveiled Hexing Livoltek which is an electricity meter manufacturing company in the Lekki area of Lagos […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), has stated that some Rogue police officers and soldiers after getting their arms from their security formations sell them to criminals. Ribadu made this known on Thursday in the arms destruction exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberty Organisation CLO, Enugu state branch has distanced itself from a petition addressed to Governor Peter Mbah, of the state, asking him to dethrone the traditional ruler of Agunese community in Awgu Council area of the state, His Royal Highness Igwe Cyprian Maduabuchi Nevobasi, saying the Author of the document […]
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Enugu Field Office, has emphasized the need for Nigerians to always embrace hand washing practice, saying it remains a Cornerstone for disease prevention, just as it solicited for robust partnership with the media in promoting the habit. As a catalyst development partner, the organization assured that […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the state will pay N85,000 minimum wage to its workers, which is N15,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the Federal Government in July. President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law in July, ending months of deliberations between government […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has dismissed worries in some quarters over the rising debt profile of the state, saying that Lagos is still within the standard debt ratio. Lagos currently stands as the highest debtor among the federating units in Nigeria either foreign or local. According to the National Bureau […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Wednesday said that the absence of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the country does not create any leadership vacuum. While Tinubu departed for the country on October 2, 2024, for a two-week working leave, Shettima left Abuja on Wednesday for Sweden on a two-day visit to […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Wednesday, inaugurated the sales of subsidised rice and other essential commodities at 55 per cent discount rates across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration, which took place in Kware Local Government Area, signalled commencement of the programme across the […]
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to lead a Federal Government delegation to Jigawa in response to Tuesday night inferno in Majia town, which claimed over 100 lives. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special […]
