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Sunday, April 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution, and to recall Senator Abdul Ningi, who blew the whistle on the allegations.” In a […]
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Sunday, April 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday, March 31, 2024, while attempting to board […]
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Sunday, April 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has mandated electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to refund customers wrongly billed in the wake of a new tariff. NERC recently increased tariff costs for Band A users but some DisCos erroneously billed customers who do not fall under the spectrum the new rate. However, on Saturday, […]
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Saturday, April 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government in conjunction with the National Identity Management Commission is set to unveil an enhanced National Identity card layered with payment capabilities and social service features. The African Examiner writes that the new card is developed in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System […]
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Saturday, April 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has stirred the hornets nests after he uploaded dairy products been smuggled into the country with the assistance of the Nigerian Custom authorities.The African Examiner recalls that Fisayo for some time now have been dishing out investigative reports about the porosity of the Nigerian border and how the […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd.(NNPCL) has attributed the insufficient supply of petroleum products to some filling stations in Lagos to an issue at one of its depots in the state. Mr Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian intending pilgrims will perform the 2024 hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, disclosed this at a news conference held at Hajj House on Friday in Abuja. Arabi said […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Alex Otti of Abia, on Friday said the State Government had paid all the pension arrears of retirees in the state. Otti, who disclosed this during the monthly media parley in Umuahia, said that all the pensions and arrears of about 12,500 retirees were cleared as at last Thursday. He said […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Falcons of Nigeria have moved a step closer to securing the ticket to the football event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after seeing off South Africa 1-0 in a first-leg match in the final round of qualifiers. Rasheedat Ajibade converted a 43rd-minute penalty to hand the Nigerians victory in […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office & corruption against the immediate former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to restore his bail that was revoked in 2017. In a motion, the IPOB leader asked the court to set aside his bail revocation. The motion was filed by his lead […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says the new electricity tariff hike will only affect a small segment of the consumers – 1.5 million. A recent hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers – people who enjoy at least 20 hours per day – had triggered conversation among Nigerians many of whom claim the […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday, cautioned the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, to focus in bringing good governance to the people instead of going on a futile attempt to discredit his name. Ganduje was reacting to the decision of the state government to file […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two former federal lawmakers, Senator Andrew Uchendu and Honourable Dachung Bagos, have faulted the Federal Government’s reduction of electricity subsidy. They argued that the timing was wrong. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had on Wednesday, announced an increment in electricity tariff for Band A customers. It explained that these are people […]
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State Douye Diri has declared Friday, April 5th, 2024, as a work-free day for civil servants to enable them to travel to partake in the local government elections billed for Saturday. This was contained in a memo signed by the Head of the Bayelsa State Civil Service Biobelemoye […]
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Thursday, April 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has alleged that the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is plotting to procure interim orders to declare the state House of Assembly illegal. Also, the state’s main opposition party said Fubara’s outburst on Wednesday while addressing members of the Nigerian Union of Local Government […]
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Thursday, April 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters, on Thursday released the names of terrorist kingpins killed during different operations in the northern part of the country. The DHQ noted that the terrorist commanders were killed in separate operations between January and March 2024. The names of the terrorist kingpins are Abu Bilal Minuki (aka Abubakar Mainok) […]
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Thursday, April 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye famously known as Bobrisky over currency mutilation and abuse of naira notes. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said that the cross-dresser was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night. “He (Bobrisky) was arrested Wednesday night in Lagos,” the anti-graft agency official told […]
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Thursday, April 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to arraign Binance Holdings Limited and its two top officials, Tigran Gambaryan and the fugitive Nadeem Anjarwalla on allegations bordering on tax evasion. The company and its two executives are set for arraignment before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. One of the defendants, […]
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party on Wednesday said its National Chairman, Julius Abure, escaped assassination attempt on him at his Abuja residence early in the day. “His residence was also gutted by a mysterious fire which started a few minutes after 1AM while Abure and the members of his family were asleep,” a statement […]
