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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has condemned the kidnapping of some school children and the killing of traditional rulers in Ekiti. The minister condemned the act in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that about six pupils, three teachers and the school bus driver of […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president assured Nigerians that the nation’s security architecture is being robustly fortified for better and expected outcomes. President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. A statement by […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has held talks with a South Korean consortium led by Daewoo E & C on the development of gas projects in Nigeria. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, led the company’s team to the discussions which were held in […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving five places up to rank 145 out of 180 countries assessed. According to the latest corruption index released by Transparency International (TI), the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Executive Council on Monday approved a budget of N75 bn for the construction of nine new road projects within the state capital. The initiative, according to the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, aims to enhance urban infrastructure and foster improved business activities across the […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered container vessel to sail to West Africa berthed at the Lekki Freeport Terminal, Lagos Free Zone, Ibeju Lekki, on Monday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who welcomed the ‘CMA CGM Scandola’ vessel, the Lekki Deep Sea Port is the only port in Nigeria […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed sadness over the pronouncement by the Military authority in the Republic of Niger indicating that the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn membership of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a statement on Monday, a spokesperson […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A retired Nigerian Army Commander, General Anthony Atolagbe, on Monday, suggested that a special squad similar to the one recently launched by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) be established in the six geopolitical zones of the country to tackle rising insecurity. The IGP had […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has slammed the Federal Government for “running the economy on palliatives” since the removal of petrol subsidy some eight months ago. With 28.92% inflation rate, 33.93% food Inflation, 18.75% interest rate, over 133 million multidimensionally poor Nigerians, 33.3% unemployment rate, Naira exchange […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned a suit by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government to February 8th, 2024. In the suit, Kanu accused the FG of kidnapping him from Kenya and bringing him to Nigeria for […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has stated that some cabals are keen on frustrating President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies since they are no longer making money from the fuel subsidy scheme. It could be recalled that President Tinubu while delivering his inauguration speech in May 2023, announced the removal of fuel […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday predicted moderate dust haze with horizontal visibility range from 2km to 5km over the North. It envisaged moderate dust haze with a horizontal visibility range of 2km to 5km, and […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to the approval of President Bola Tinubu. This was according to a statement on Sunday by […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State says it is too early to “judge” the performance of President Bola Tinubu in major sectors like security and economy. Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed confidence that his partyman would rescue Nigeria from economic […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says current drop in electricity supply availability to its network in South-East is due to low power generation caused by gas constraint to the thermal generating companies. EEDC’s Head of Communication, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday that the development had […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Adeleke Agbola says Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State risks impeachment and therefore needs to tread carefully. The legal practitioner was speaking in light of recent political developments in the oil-rich state. Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike were at loggerheads which needed President Bola Tinubu’s […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Kunle Oluomo, has challenged his removal from office in court. On Tuesday, Oluomo was impeached by 18 out of 26 members of the legislative arm during the house’s sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Bolanle Ajayi, (APC-Yewa South). But […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has apologised to the Nasarawa State Government concerning the accidental air strike which caused the death of many residents of the Rukubi community in the Doma Local Government Area of the state in January 2023. Abubakar stated this on Friday when he visited […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that the electoral commission needs to tell Nigerians why its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) and the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) did not work in the 2023 general elections. The African Examiner recalls that the February 2023 […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the immediate suspension of the Provost of Ila College of Education in line with the interim report of the Investigation Panel headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Kazeem Akinleye. The Governor, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, also approved the recommendation of […]
