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Saturday, October 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Kolo Mele Kyari over the death of his daughter. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said Kyari’s daughter, Fatima, died on Friday […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has berated a former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, for his comments that Nigerians should protest over the present economic situation in the country. The African Examiner had reported that Amaechi, in an interview with ABN TV, frowned at the manner Nigerians are responding to the nation’s present […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has hinted that it will be embarking on massive disconnection of indebted electricity customers in the South-East geo political zone of the country. Its spokesman, Mr Emeka Ezeh, who disclosed this on Friday in a statement, advised customers to promptly pay their electricity bills before the […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos based female journalist, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen is dead. This was announced in a statement signed by the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni Association National Public Relations Officer, Moruf Kazeem, late Friday. Kazeem disclosed that the death occurred on Friday. MAPAMA National Publicist statement reads in part: “What a SAD news! […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), which suspended Illiya Damagum, has appointed Alhaji Yayari Mohammed as the new acting National Chairman. A statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Friday, said that Mohammed’s appointment was approved by the NWC. According to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some journalists traveling to Uyo through Anambra State to cover the Super Eagles Match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Libya’s National team in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital kidnapped in Anambra state, have been rescued by police Operatives. African Examiner gathered that the victims were travelling on Wednesday in a bus […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended Debo Ologunagba, the party’s national publicity secretary, and Kamaldeen Ajibade, the national legal adviser following misconduct allegations against them. A statement signed by the PDP National Director of Publicity, Chinwe Nnorom also noted that the PDP national working committee has directed […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has stated that the Senate will intervene in the current hike in the pump prices of petrol set by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) if the need arises. Responding to a question after plenary, Senator Akpabio told Senate correspondents that he is yet […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The board of trustees of the people’s democratic party (PDP) has asked the national working committee of the party to urgently convene a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to address the crisis within the party. Chairman of the PDP board of trustees, Senator Adulphus Wabara, made the recommendation at a meeting of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. “We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President, Festus Osifo, at a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Bola Tinubu for being undisturbed by the hardship his policies including the removal of petrol subsidy has inflicted upon Nigerians. In an X post on Thursday, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), labelled Tinubu as “T-Pain” for drowning the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has exculpated the Federal Government for being responsible for the latest increase in the pump prices of petrol. The African Examiner writes that on Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) increased fuel prices to ₦1,030 per litre in Abuja and ₦998 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former minister of transportation and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that he is disappointed in Nigerians for their nonchalant attitude to the present economic hardship facing the country. Amaechi stated this while speaking on ABN TV, as he lamented about the increase in the rising cost of living in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday rejected the new increase in petrol pump price, saying it will further deepen poverty in the country. “It will further deepen poverty as production capacities dip, more jobs lost with multidimensional negative effects, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said in a statement. “In light of this, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The clarification came following reports that Engr. Kamoru Busari, Director of Upstream in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, who represented him at an event in Lagos, said that he directed the company to focus on equity participation in other refineries. However, the minister stated: “My attention has been drawn to statements made […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has introduced a flexible payment plan for the conversion of vehicle engines to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). This is as the government is currently sensitising Nigerians on the need to embrace CNG as an alternative energy source across the country. A statement by the National Orientation Agency […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed various categories of harmful products worth N10 billion in Gombe. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said during the event that the items were seized from the six states in the North East region, namely […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the issue of vote buying and selling is being used in rigging elections in Nigeria continues unabated, including the recent local government areas polls held in parts of the country, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and law professor, Ngozi Ezeilo, had decried the development, saying “it’s a major problem for […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command operatives serving in the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, have arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Chimaobi Ugwumba “m”, aged 52, of Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government Area. A statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Enugu by the command’s Spokesman DSP Daniel Ndukwe said “his arrest followed the interception of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to seek permission before using the national anthem. A statement by the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on Wednesday, said seeking permission was necessary to avoid misinterpretation. He further announced that press conferences will be held across all states to […]
