Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of a broader effort to reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly without proof of direct participation […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has charged ministers to look beyond titles and offices and stay focused on the day-to-day task of their individual and collective contributions to the transformation of the economy for the upliftment of Nigerian households. Tinubu spoke on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu administration on Monday said it inherited a bad economy with an unacceptable high rate of employment The administration, however, assured Nigerians that it would not rely on borrowing to raise funds to fix the country while pledging to be transparent, honest and accountable to the people. Briefing State House […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said it has no intention to borrow from any local or foreign organisation with its removal of subsidy on petrol and exchange rate harmonisation. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says contrary to speculation, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Niger Republic Mohammed Sani Usman was not expelled from the country. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been drawn to news making the rounds on social media that the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, H. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France’s strict secular laws in education. “It will no longer be possible to wear an abaya at school,” Education Minister Gabriel Attal told TF1 television, saying […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are conflicting statements on the National Youth Service (NYSC) status of the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. While a statement purportedly released by the Minister on Sunday quoted her as not breaching Nigerian law by being appointed as minister while still undergoing the compulsory NYSC, another statement […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A community based Organization, (CBO), operating under the plartform of Health Care Support Services HCSS, in Partnership with foremost Civil Society Group, Women’s Aids Collective WACOL and ActionAids Nigeria, have taken the message of fight against elimination of harmful cultural practices to Ikem Etiti Community in Isi Uzo Council area of Enugu […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has declared that servicing debt with 90 per cent revenue would be a path to destruction. According to him, Nigeria would not sustain failed economic theory that sees to the wastage of 90 per cent of its scarce revenue in the servicing of external debts in the midst of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, August 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Saturday, stated that Nigeria is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves irrespective of the efforts by the federal government to stop the menace. Ribadu stated this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditations of those affected.” SERAP urged him “to publicly instruct the officials in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said, as anger and questions over what caused his plane to crash earlier in the week continued to mount. Speculation that the Kremlin may have been involved in the crash has been rife, with the incident coming […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State, Victor Bala Kona, is dead. He died in the early hours of Sunday in Abuja after a brief illness. A press statement from the media aide to Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, Emmanuel Bello confirming the Bala Kona’s death, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, August 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has extended an invitation for discussion to President Bola Tinubu. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the US Presidential Envoy & Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, August 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is monitoring the new subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named EG.5 and BA.2.86. In a statement on Saturday, the health agency said its COVID-19 Technical Working Group has been monitoring emerging variants from local to global level. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, August 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian paramilitary fighters will have to swear an oath to the Russian flag, a presidential decree signed Friday stipulates, two days after the presumed death of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The measure is aimed at “forming the spiritual and moral foundations for the defence of the Russian Federation” and… applies to members […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, August 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – West Africa’s bloc ECOWAS on Friday told Niger’s coup leaders it was “not too late” to reconsider their position as they wrangle over a return to civilian rule with the option of military force still “very much on the table”. Generals who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 rebellion have […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, August 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, has stated that verification of the national social register is ongoing to help categorise and identify Nigerians in dire need of assistance. Edu made this known on Friday when she appeared on Channels Television. The African Examiner writes that the previous social register, compiled […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, August 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mood at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja was sombre as the rank and file of the Nigerian Armed Forces were joined by family members and friends for the burial of some of the military personnel who died in combat in Niger State. The funeral began with the arrival of the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, August 24th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has applauded the brilliant performance of Master Ernest Ifeanyichukwu Ofoama, who emerged top scorer in the state in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was even as the Enugu First Lady, Mrs. Nkechiyere Mbah, offered him a scholarship of ₦1 million and other […]
