Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, February 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndi igbo world wide, has distanced it self from a recent press statement credited to one Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who claimed to be it’s Secretary General, and that the Igbo umbrella body is angry with president Ahmed Bola Tinubu over his trips to France, asking him to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has stated that miners and operators in the sector are owing the Federal Government more than N2 trillion. In view of this, Alake stated that the present administration of President Bola Tinubu is keen to stop the activities of illegal miners across the country. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, February 2nd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on the award of the National Order of the Lion by President Macky Sall of Senegal. The award is the highest order of Senegal and would be bestowed on Dangote on Friday. According to a statement […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi is calling on Nigerians to be patient with the reforms of the Bola Tinubu government. Tinubu, who came into office in May, initiated a string of reforms including the floating of the naira and the removal of the much-debated fuel subsidies. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is palpable tension in Jos, the Plateau State capital following the non-inclusion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the ballot papers for the rerun elections for the Plateau North senatorial seat and Bassa/Jos North federal constituency scheduled for Saturday. The Intra Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in the state has rejected […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 1st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) approved the composition of the Edo State Ward Caretaker Committees to function for a period of 30 days effective today, February 1, 2024. According to a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons have been killed in an oil-producing community of Obitti in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State following an explosion that occurred at an illegal bunkering site in the area. Confirming the incident to Channels Television, the spokesman for the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, said the unfortunate […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says there is no going back on the relocation of the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. Senator Ali Ndume from Borno South as well as chieftains of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Directorate General, Immigration Office, Belgium has stated that about 30 percent of Nigerian migrants looking for Asylum in the country are from Edo State. The Director General, Directorate General, Immigration Office, Freddy Roosemont, stated this on Wednesday in Benin City in a press conference. According to Roosemont, the development is worrisome […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent wave of insecurity in the country has sparked agitations from Nigerians in social media. The African Examiner writes that a few days ago, two monarchs in Ekiti were kidnapped. Also, in the same Ekiti State, school children and teachers were also abducted. This is aside from the other abductions that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no fewer than 67,315 eligible voters will participate in the Feb. 3 re-run elections in Enugu State. INEC’s Head of Department for Voters Education and Publicity, Mr Rex Achumie, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday while speaking on […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned service chiefs over the spate of insecurity in the country. This was a unanimous call by the lawmakers after an emergency session on the first legislative day of the year. The Senate had gone into the executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele raised a motion on […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire has destroyed several shops at Gusau Central Market, killing one person. The fire reportedly broke out at around 9 p.m. last night in the furniture section of the state capital’s largest market. The Commander of the Nigerian Fire Service, New Market office, Hamza Mohammed, informed Channels Television that a shop […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as Governor of Adamawa State. Justice John Okoro who prepared and read the lead judgement on Wednesday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Dahiru. While dismissing her appeal for lacking in merit, the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Tunisia inked an agreement to improve social protection for Tunisia’s agricultural workers, the Tunisian Ministry of Social Affairs said. The agreement was signed in Tunis by Tunisia’s Social Affairs Minister Malek Ezzahi and Mohamed Amrani, acting representative for FAO’s subregional office for North Africa. […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena scored second-half goals as South Africa shocked Morocco with a 2-0 victory to dump the World Cup semi-finalists out of the Africa Cup of Nations ( AFCON) at the last-16 stage in San Pedro on Tuesday. Morocco, who had Sofyan Amrabat sent off late on, were among […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
