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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has unsealed all 23 Local Government Area Secretariats in the state following the election and swearing in of new chairmen. This was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko earlier on Monday morning. She said the newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Bala […]
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Austin Okpara, says the success of the conduct of the October 5, 2024, local government election in the oil-rich state shows the indigenes of the state are tired of oppression. “What it portends is that Rivers people are tired of oppression, […]
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles caretaker coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has released his 23-man squad for the Super Eagle’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying doubleheader against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen and Orlando Pirates defender, Olisa Ndah did not make the list due to injury. Captain William Troost-Ekong, Wilfred Ndidi, Stanley […]
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former minister of power, who later served as governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Thursday, in Lokoja, stated that alleged “expenditure” of a phantom $16 billion on the power sector by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration never happened. Imoke, who was also Chairman of the Power Sector Technical Board […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers has swept 22 of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s Local Government Elections. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results, Enebeli said that the winners secured two-third majority […]
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers state Police Command says it is investigating 2 explosions that rocked the city of Port Harcourt in the early hours of Saturday amid local government election in the state. In a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, the police acknowledged the explosion at the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The poor handling of logistics for the Benue state local government election, may have direct impact on voter turnout with many returning to their business premises to pursue their daily bread while these youths enjoy the English premiere league game. The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) ward supervisor said the delay […]
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have set the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission office in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state on fire. Confirming the incident to Channels Television in Uyo, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, revealed that hoodlums orchestrated the fire, but the electoral materials remained untouched, and […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd/ Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) partnership has conducted a medical outreach, providing free eye health services to individuals with visual impairments in the Ohaji/Egbema community of Imo State. Through its “Eye Can See” programme, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the JV dispensed more than 10,000 reading glasses and […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former governor of Ondo State, on his 70th birthday. A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said Tinubu rejoiced with Mimiko for attaining the biblical milestone of three scores and ten. “The President, in unison with […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Cardiologist, Dr Henry Onwualu, has identified 10 factors that contribute to unhealthy heart function, urging the public to prioritise heart health through preventive measures and lifestyle modification. He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin. Onwualu, with the University of Benin Teaching […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on Oct. 1, the President conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has stated that it would comply fully with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which prevented it from participating in the October 5 local government election in the state. This development is coming less than 24 hours after some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Friday, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, sparked reactions on social media after apologising for saying some Christians won’t make heaven if they don’t pay tithe. The African Examiner writes that Adeboye had earlier preached that paying tithe was one of the necessities for […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tunisian court has confirmed an imprisonment sentence earlier handed down to a presidential contender ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday in the North African country. The appeals court in the city of Jendouba in western Tunisia had upheld the 20-month jail sentence against detained presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, his lawyer said. […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria approaches the 2027 General Elections, the recently concluded 2024 governorship election in Edo has emerged as a critical focal point for analysts and political observers. The off-cycle poll not only served as a barometer for the political sentiments of the electorate but also highlighted Nigeria’s position in her journey to […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) in 2018 said that Nigeria has around 9,000 outbound medical tourists a month, over 100,000 a year, with India being the major beneficiary of 500 visits a month. Radiologists are important in diagnosing health challenges. They specialise in medical imaging in diagnosis and itreatment […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers Governor, Siminalyi Fubara, has regretted that his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will not be taking part in the October 5 Local Government Election in the state. Governor Fubara stated this on Thursday during a meeting with some stakeholders of the party at the Rivers State Government House in […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An elder statesman Usman Bugaje has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Anniversary speech saying it failed to touch on issues affecting Nigerians. The country marked its 64th Independence Anniversary on Tuesday, starting with a nationwide broadcast in which Tinubu revealed several plans and achievements by his government including the move to convoke […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that there are plans to reduce electricity costs. According to Adelabu, the federal government is stepping up plans for the generation and distribution of power in the country. He stated this when he played host to the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery […]
