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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of effort aimed at equipping teeming unemployed youths of Enugu State with skills to overcome unemployment, fight environmental degradation, a Non governmental body, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria has trained about 40 jobless youths of the state in plastic waste recycling management. Participants at […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the Labour Party LP, has Condemned in strong terms the recent conviction of Hon. Bright Ngene it’s member at the state House of Assembly representing Enugu South Urban constituency, by a Magistrate court, The party claimed that the action was politically motivated, a claim the ruling People’s […]
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc ( IBEDC) has announced an upward review of the electricity tariff for Band A customers with immediate effect. The new tariff, Effective immediately, will be adjusted from N206.80/kWh to N209.50/kWh, according to IBEDC. The company in a notice on Wednesday, disclosed that the review has been duly […]
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel into the Nigerian market. In a matter of urgent national importance, Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong observed that on June 16, 2024, a report revealed that 12 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some netizens on X formerly known as Twitter on Wednesday took to the micro-blogging platform to express their views over the flood in Lagos State. It is worth recalling that the rain on Tuesday yesterday and today Wednesday, have caused problems in many homes and one of the places affected the most […]
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the issue of releasing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was never part of the discussion he had with the South East governors in Enugu, Enugu State, on Tuesday. Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde […]
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared a state of emergency on oil and gas production in Nigeria. Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of the Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition […]
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of qualified Nigerians to the board of the Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, in a statement on Tuesday, said the appointment was in furtherance of efforts by the federal government to energise growth opportunities […]
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2007 has passed the second reading in the Senate. The bill provides for the establishment of a National Identity Database, and the NIMC is charged with the responsibilities for the maintenance of the national database, the registration of individuals, and the […]
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mauritanian authorities cut access to mobile internet services early on Tuesday after protests against the presidential election results took place the previous evening in several cities. Protesters took to the streets on Monday evening in the capital Nouakchott as well as the coastal city of Nouadhibou, Zouérat in the north and […]
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South-East Governors and some stakeholders including the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, on Tuesday arrived at the Government House, Enugu, for a crucial meeting. Reports say all the South East governors physically attended the meeting. The governors are Alex Otti of Abia, Hope Uzodimma of Imo, Charles Soludo of Anambra, Francis […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An 85th minute deflected shot by substitute Randal Kolo Muani, listed as a Jan Vertonghen own goal, gave France a nervy but deserved 1-0 win over Belgium. The victory for France was a Euro 2024 last-16 win over a disappointing Belgium on Monday. France made most of the running in a cagey […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N1.42 billion as revenue from passengers in Q1 of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2024 released in Abuja on Monday. The report showed that the figure increased by 84.91 per cent compared […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has urged newly inducted Resident Electoral Commissioners to commit themselves to quality service delivery by upholding the ideals of credible elections in Nigeria. Mahmood gave this charge at the induction ceremony of 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners in Lagos on Monday. He […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has fixed October 5, 2024, for local government elections in the oil-rich state. RSIEC chairman Adolphus Enebelisaid this during a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt on Monday. Enebeli emphasised that it is time to respond to the calls from stakeholders for the conduct of elections […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday. The victory gives the former army chief a second term as head of the vast desert country, seen […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed about 100 shops in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu for alleged dealing in suspected fake alcoholic beverages. It equally confiscated a truckload of adulterated products as well as effected the arrest of four suspected traders in the process of a well-coordinated […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the lacklustre posture of the Federal Government is reversing military successes recorded against terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East geopolitical zone. “It is unfortunate that much of the pushback that had been achieved against the Boko Haram terror sect are being cancelled, owing mainly to the government’s lacklustre […]
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Monday, July 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed that he has no regrets as the state’s helmsman in the last seven years, noting that his government has delivered and surpassed all electioneering promises made to the people of the state. Obaseki, who spoke during an interview with journalists in Benin City, said there […]
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Sunday, June 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hundreds of people marched in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Sunday, to honour those who died in anti-government demonstrations this week, as President William Ruto insisted that “I have no blood on my hands.” Rights groups say at least 30 people died in protests driven by a government drive to substantially raise taxes […]
