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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Jigawa State Tanker Explosion Investigation Panel has confirmed that 209 lives were lost, while 99 others sustained injuries in the tragic fuel tanker explosion that occurred on October 14 in Majiya town, Jigawa State. The panel, chaired by Hafizu Inuwa, submitted its findings on Wednesday in Dutse to Governor Umar Namadi. […]
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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Segun Sowunmi, has said that the opposition party is far more mature in handling governance issues than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He condemned APC’s style of opposition prior to ascending to power, saying that people cannot expect the PDP to play opposition in the way […]
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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are holding a physical meeting at its secretariat in Abuja. The meeting which was slated for 8 O’clock is yet to commence in earnest, as only a few governors have arrived at the venue. Some of the governors already present include the governors of Sheriff […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is ranked as Africa’s leading source of international students enrollment in the U.S., and 7th globally, a report of the 2024 Open Doors on International Education Exchange has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Open Doors Report is an annual publication of the U.S. Institute of International […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet has predicted sunshine and dust haze from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja envisaged moderate dust haze on Wednesday in the northern region with horizontal visibility of 2km to 5km over Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa and Kaduna. […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has invited Ladi Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2023 elections, to its headquarters in Abeokuta. This invitation is unconnected with the alleged disturbances during the local government elections held on November 16, 2024, in which the All Progressives Congress won all seats. Though […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise involving 1,500 schemes valued at ₦610 billion. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Bakare, the exercise […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state, has called for a paradigm shift in Nigeria’s educational system, saying the current education model cannot deliver the much-needed speedy development and economic transformation. He, therefore, advocated for a shift from memorisation to experiential learning, which he described as the missing link between education, industrialisation, and […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has re-designated the positions of two recently appointed officials in the State House media and communications team to enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery. According to a statement issued on Monday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the restructuring restructuring […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has defended his appointment as the Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications to President Bola Tinubu. Bwala, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), served as the party’s campaign spokesman in the 2023 presidential election. He left the party after the poll, pitching tents with […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Anambra state, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has vowed that the Command would do everything within its powers to fish out the criminal elements that murdered four vigilante operatives and left two others seriously injured in the State today, Monday 18th, November 2024. A statement made available to African […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ayodele Olorunfemi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Ondo governorship election, has disclosed that Peter Obi and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) bastardized his chances of winning the election. The African Examiner recalls that on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Lucky Aiyedatiwa, candidate of the All […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Monday morning in Anambra Central Senatorial Zone as unknown gunmen said to be enforcing the outlawed sit-at-home order attacked Abatete, Abagana and Ukpo and killed five persons. According to a source, the attack was done around 8am and 10am and the casualties were mostly men of the Anambra Vigilante […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) = Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has tasked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and also other top officials of the commission. Obasanjo stated this at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University, USA, as he lamented the conduct of the 2023 general […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday slammed President Bola Tinubu for giving the visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, with the Nigerian second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. In an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, the Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, says Nigeria’s democracy endured lots of setbacks under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement Dare uploaded on his X account on Monday, where he alleged that successive administrations tried to salvage the damage done by Obasanjo and that […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). The President, who arrived on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time), was received by Amb. Breno Costa in the Ministry […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, on Sunday received a high-level Nigerian delegation led by Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The delegation delivered a written message from President Bola Tinubu to President Déby. In the message, President Tinubu expressed his heartfelt condolences and unwavering support for the Chadian President […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the conduct of the Ondo State governorship election on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), calling it ‘a sham’. The opposition party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday, said it is reviewing the outcome of the poll. […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has appealed to governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state, to intervene in ensuring that justice is served in a case of murder in which the principal suspect who has been evading arrest is now seeking refuge at the Force Criminal investigation […]
