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Monday, June 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 17 chairmanship seats and 178 councillor positions in the just concluded local government elections. Announcing the winners after the collation of all results, the Chairman of the Commission, Dr Mamman Mohammed, explained that other political parties participated […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Ondo State governorship election Agboola Ajayi has named Festus Akingbaso as his running mate for the exercise. Akingbaso popularly known as Fessy West is a member of the House of Representatives representing Idanre/Ifedore Constituency. Before now, he was a member of the Ondo State […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Lukman has questioned the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project expected to gulp N15 trillion. Lukman believes the government should have channeled the money into more pressing issues like education among others and maintains that the APC has poorly managed […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the proposed N62, 000 minimum wage by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria, disclosed this […]
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Sunday, June 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pursue compensation, and not litigation to resolve land disputes in the nation’s capital. The President stated this when he commissioned the Guzape Lot II Infrastructure Project in Abuja on Saturday. He said the completion of the project was testament […]
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Sunday, June 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarships to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 […]
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Sunday, June 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, stated that the last general election was characterised by fraud and a lot of irregularities. Obi stated this in his X account saying that the poll was disturbed by glitches irrespective of the huge sum of money spent to execute the exercise. […]
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Sunday, June 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Saturday, the Nigeria Labour Congress accused state governors of acting in bad faith concerning matters of minimum wage negotiations. The Congress in a statement kicked against the claim by governors that the payment of N60,000 monthly as minimum wage to workers won’t be possible. It is worth recalling that governors under […]
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Saturday, June 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Doyin Okupem says President Bola Tinubu was the best among all the 2023 presidential candidates. Okupe stated this when he appeared on Channels Television saying that Tinubu is better than the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar regarding capacity. Okupe […]
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Saturday, June 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with the United Nations (UN) principles of leaving no one behind in all spheres of lives, people living with Disability in Enugu State, have advocated establishment of a Disability Commission in the state, urging governor Peter Mbah to consider it as a matter of importance and urgency. According to them, […]
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Friday, June 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing N250,000 which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations […]
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Friday, June 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the national minimum wage Act which mandates governors of all the Nigerian 36 states to pay a uniform minimum wage to the workers in their various states. A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the national minimum wage Act which mandates governors of […]
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Friday, June 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Labour Congress has slammed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, for describing Monday’s nationwide strike by organised labour as a “treasonable felony and economic sabotage”. While kicking against the SGF’s insinuations, the NLC stated that the former Benue State Governor’s statement has opened up his personality. In […]
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Friday, June 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said it will soon commence the disconnection of South-East government houses/offices, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices, Nigerian Army and others to recover a whooping over N180 billion electricity debt being owed the organization. The company stated this Friday in a statement issued by its […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Thursday applauded the federal government’s suspension of the 300 dollars helicopter landing and take-off levy as a step in the right direction. The AON made this known in a statement signed by its Spokesperson, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, in Lagos. Okonkwo commended the Minister of Aviation […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have submitted a full list of judgements in the matter to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja. The leader of the […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will initiate processes to possibly relocate Ikoyi prison and some of other correctional centres from urban centres in the country to other areas. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The minister said urbanisation has eaten into the setbacks […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the ministry is committed to the promotion of workers, declaring that it will now become an annual ritual. He said the ministry has promoted over 32, 000 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Fire Service, and the Nigerian Correctional Service, […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, says the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will arrive at a figure by Friday. Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this after the committee’s five-hour meeting on Thursday. Addressing the press after the meeting, […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has approved a bill seeking improved salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits for the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola; and other judicial office holders in Nigeria by 300 per cent, as the bill scaled third reading on Wednesday. The approval followed the adoption of a report by […]
