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Saturday, July 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, on Friday, approved the reappointment of some principal officers in his office. Those reappointed are Kingsley Ehigiamusor, as Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Governor and Musa Ebomhiana, as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointments contained, in a statement by Ebomhiana, also announced […]
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Saturday, July 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana to participate in the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. In his capacity as the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
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Saturday, July 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government on Friday said it had closed down over 30 illegal health facilities run by quacks, to safeguard the health of residents in the state. Dr Afam Obidike, state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this at the 2024 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as “unverified claims”, reports that he had proposed to pay a minimum wage of ₦80,000 to workers in the state and local government areas. The denial came following reports circulating online that the governor had promised to pay the said sum. A statement by his […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. “There’s no […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour has opened up on the reason for accepting President Bola Tinubu’s N70,000 new national minimum wage increase. According to the president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo, who spoke to newsmen after a meeting with President Tinubu on Thursday, […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXA<OMER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers while promising to review the national minimum wage law every three years. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement said Tinubu also […]
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Thursday, July 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 24-year-old Nigerian, Oside Oluwole, has broken a world record by continuously playing a soccer video game for three days, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR). The GWR said Oluwole, with the nickname, “Khoded”, performed the longest videogame marathon playing a soccer game, registering a time of 75 hours. It said […]
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Thursday, July 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with effect from August 14, 2024. Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several […]
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Thursday, July 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twelve governors of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, controlled states in Nigeria, Wednesday condemned the Federal Government for foot-dragging on the issue of the Minimum Wage being demanded by the organised labour, just as6 they expressed support for Rivers state governor, Simi Fubara. The main opposition party governor’s who met under the […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Borno North, Sen. Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno) has replaced Sen. Ali Ndume representing Borno South (APC-Borno) as the Majority Whip of the Senate. This was contained in a letter to the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and signed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to adjourn, indefinitely, the ongoing case instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He also asked the court to vacate its arrest order on him, pending the determination of an appeal he filed at the Court of […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf has signed the Kano State Emirate Council Establishment Bill 2024 into law. The legislation, passed by the State House of Assembly, aims to bridge the gap between the grassroots and the government while sustaining the rich cultural values and norms of the people. The new law establishes second-class Emirate […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed at least 103 lives, while over 3,000 suspected cases have been recorded. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, confirmed the figures at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He added that the outbreak has now […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, on Monday refuted the claim that he has relocated to the United Kingdom. Kumuyi, in a message posted on the Facebook page of Cross River State Deeper Life, described the relocation rumour as misleading. “You must have read that I relocated […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts towards transferring knowledge on Impact of climate change and Net-Zero Emissions, a Non Governmental Organization, the International Climate Change Development Initiative has put together a a one day workshop to sensitize Stakeholders in some local government areas of Enugu state, South East Nigeria The workshop with the objective […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, rewarding a one-time harsh critic who became one of his most loyal supporters in Congress. Trump, 78, announced his pick on the first day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, an extravaganza […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu is set to meet with the leadership of the Organised Labour in continuation of discussions on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the issue of the new minimum wage was also discussed during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has lamented the paucity of funds in her minister, saying she will approach the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to seek support in paying some contractors who executed projects for her ministry. “There is no money in the Federal Ministry […]
