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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to seek permission before using the national anthem. A statement by the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on Wednesday, said seeking permission was necessary to avoid misinterpretation. He further announced that press conferences will be held across all states to […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has Mandated its constitution review Committees, to organise public hearings with a view to addressing permanently the delay in justice delivery in the country and restoring the confidence in the judiciary. This is sequeal to a motion on the need to address delays in the judicial system amid […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of chairmanship candidates in the local government elections in Rivers State has condemned the recent attacks on some council offices in the state. At a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the group called for an audience with Governor Siminalayi Fubara to express their concerns regarding the recently concluded […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a renowned paediatrician with a distinguished career in public health and former First Lady of Kebbi State, on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). This was contained in a Press Release issued on Wednesday and signed by Special […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he is disturbed by President Bola Tinubu “singling him out” in a statement concerning the crisis in Rivers state. The African Examiner recalls that arsonists torched three LGA secretariats in Rivers after the announcement of the Local government election at the weekend. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A grandmother and her four grandkids were reported dead under mysterious circumstances after they finished a meal of pap and fish in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The incident happened a few days ago in the Gaga Area of Oke-Aro, Akure South Local Government and has thrown the community into mourning and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, of Anambra state, South East Nigeria, has warned traders in the state that his administration would henceforth seal any shop or plaza that fails to open for business on Mondays as a result of the illegal Monday sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said his administration is ready to partner with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund to revamp the Police College, Oji River, and the Police Detective College in Enugu city to restore them to centres of excellence and boost the war against crime and insecurity. He stated […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, showed doggedness in the just ended LGA elections in the state. Okonkwo heaped praises on Fubara for making sure that the elections took place against all odds. The actor turned lawyer stated this in a television […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured Nigerians not to panic as it has put in place policies to ensure that all monies deposited in financial institutions across the country are secured. A statement by the apex bank’s Ag. Director, Corporate Communications, Hakama Ali on Tuesday, reassured the public of its […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the city of Chilpancingo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, was assassinated just six days after taking office, local authorities said. “His loss has left all of Guerrero society in mourning and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado wrote on social media X. Arcos […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained a commercial sex worker, Joy Kelvin, for allegedly stabbing a client, simply identified as Okafor, 48, to death. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, unless urgent measures are taken. WHO, in a report published on Monday, said hearing loss, which currently stood at 40 million, costs the continent $27 million annually, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, over the passing of the family patriarch, Alhaji Abdullahi Sabi. This was contained in a Press Release issued on Monday by Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The President said he shared […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Funds has visited parts of Enugu State affected by flooding. Communities affected by the disaster are Amechi Idodo, Amauzam Amagunze, Ihuokpara and Nkerefi communities in Nkanu East Council area of the state. Others include, Mpu, Okpanku, Oduma and Nenwe in Aninri Local Government Area. Assessing […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), Osagie Okunbor, has received an “Award of Excellence to an Astute and Visionary Technocrat” from the newly instituted executive leadership of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). Okunbor received the award in […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara said he does not regret conducting local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance by Wike’s men in […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga in a Press Release issued on Monday s>aid that in response to recent tensions following […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hannatu Musa Musawa, minister of art, culture and creative economy, has stated that there is nothing wrong accepting a ministerial position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet while passing through the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Musawa stated this on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme.In the chat, the minister […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, says she is not worried about the planned reshuffling of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Bola Tinubu. Asked whether she was worried that the President would drop her from his cabinet because of the “controversies” around her person, the minister said, […]
