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Thursday, December 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Adams Oshiomhole has lamented the quality of feeding for inmates in Nigerian prisons saying dogs in the correctional centres are better fed. Oshiomhole, who heads the Senate Committee on Interior, criticised the feeding practices at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), emphasising the need for correctional facilities to focus on rehabilitation rather […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, December 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four new members of the National Council on Privatization (NCP), representing the private sector in the Council. According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the new members are: (1) […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, December 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In conformity with Sections 71(1), 72, and 73 of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (2010), President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of qualified Nigerians to serve on the Governing Council and Management team of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). According to a statement issued […]
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Thursday, December 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Thursday, a group of seven opposition political parties formed a new coalition as they strive to strengthen democracy in the country and wrestle power away from the ruling ALL Progressive Congress (APC). The movement tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties was established in Abuja during a meeting attended by leaders […]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, on Wednesday, directed the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to appear before the committee in 24 hours. Olamilekan, who asked Kyari to appear in company of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Upstream […]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Agbo Major, has insisted that the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been expelled. Major, who said he is now the chairman of the party, claimed that Kwankwaso’s expulsion was necessitated by an attempt by the former Kano State governor […]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a military operation, codenamed Operation Golden Dawn III, to tackle security challenges in Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Alex Otti launched the exercise at the 14 Brigade Step-Up Headquarters, Isuochi, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state. Otti, represented by […]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been listed on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list. According to Forbes’ 20th annual ranking released on Tuesday, the distinguished Nigerian economist holds the 87th spot, surpassing South African businesswoman Mpumi Madisa, who stands at 88th. Tanzanian President Samia Hassan also […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the Chief of Staff to President Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, will get from the budget a whopping sum of 10 billion naira to renovate his official residence has sparked reactions on social media. The African Examiner writes that on Wednesday, a publication stated that the former speaker of the House […]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, returned to Abuja after attending the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, which took place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Apart from participating in the conference, the President had bilateral talks with King Charles of England, the President of UAE, and leaders of several countries […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it has intercepted nine trailers of parboiled imported rice worth over N872 million. The NCS also disclosed that its Federal Operations Unit intercepted 5,459 bags of 50kg of foreign bags of rice in one month. Addressing journalists, the comptroller of the unit, Mr. Hussaine Ejibunu, stated that […]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, lamented that most departments and units in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed because of the resignation of lecturers looking for greener pastures. The Chairman of the University of Ibadan Chapter of ASUU, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, who made this known in Ibadan, Oyo State, stated […]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chapter stated that Akeredolu must abide by the advice he offered the late President Umar Yar’Adua then and transmit power to Aiyedatiwa in the interest of the state. Ondo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to prevent further rot in the state by […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed thorough and full-fledged investigation into the bombing mishap in a village at Tundun Biri in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state. While sympathising with families of victims, Tinubu appealed for calm while the authorities look diligently into the mishap. In a statement issued on Tuesday and […]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aircraft, Falcon 900B, has been put up for sale, with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) asking interested persons to submit their bids for the purchase of the aircraft. This was disclosed in a Monday tweet on NAF’s X page where it said the aircraft was put up for sale following the […]
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Monday, December 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chairmanship Aspirant for the forthcoming February 24, 2024 Enugu State local government election for Ezeagu Council area , Ozor Eke Joel Chinedu has promised to make Agriculture and Security top most priority if given the mandate to serve. He assured that his administration would ensure that agriculture thrived in the Council […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, December 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group operating under the platform of Nation Building Imperatives (NBI) has cautioned against the dangers of politicizing the Nigeria’s security apparatuses, warning that such would not bode well with the efforts to bind the country together and ensure internal and external security. They made the call against the backdrop of what […]
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Monday, December 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has faulted a N15bn allocation for the construction of a new residence for the nation’s Vice President (VP). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the ex-governor of Anambra State said Nigerians need leaders willing to make sacrifices for the nation’s […]
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Monday, December 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president of Guinea-Bissau on Monday dissolved parliament ahead of fresh elections saying an “attempted coup” had plunged the West African nation into a new crisis. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree closing down the opposition-dominated parliament and announced that legislative elections would be “set at the opportune moment, in line […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, December 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has stated that the Nigerian Army has accepted responsibility for dropping a bomb on Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State which killed no less than 30 villagers on Sunday. The African Examiner recalls that scores of villagers in Tudun Biri in Igabi LGA of […]
