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Monday, May 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa says International Oil Companies (lOCs), particularly Shell Petroleum Development Company, have been responsible for the environmental degradation in the state. Diri disclosed this at the Annual Convention and Fund Raising of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) of the Americas, held in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Sunday. The […]
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Monday, May 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Falana (SAN) insists Rivers State House of Assembly members who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have lost their positions in the lawmaking body. About 25 lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of Rivers State and the current Minister of the FCT Nyesom […]
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Monday, May 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pro-Fubara sect of the Rivers State House of Assembly is set to commence the screening process for a commissioner nominee appointed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This decision marks the first responsibility to be undertaken by the recently formed leadership of the group headed by Victor Oko-Jumbo. In an official communication, the […]
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Monday, May 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Sunday, the video of the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu sharing rice with some indigenes of Oyo State which is a federal government initiative sparked reactions online. The African Examiner writes that in the video, Adelabu was seen giving the bag of rice to some of the beneficiaries saying that […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has conceded that he made a mistake to support Siminalayi Fubara to succeed him as the governor of Rivers State. Wike, who was speaking at a function in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday, apologized to the people of […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wrapped up their three-day visit to Nigeria on Sunday, arriving in the country’s economic capital Lagos during a trip to promote his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans. The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja where they visited a […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In a bid to rid the country of fake and substandard products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has dismantled an illegal alcohol factory in Badagry. The agency, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, by Mr Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, said its enforcement team […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Fourteen students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescued Mr Bethrand Onuoha, the Commissioner of Police in the North-Central State, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. The CUSTECH students had been […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have lamented the increasing cost of Garri and how the staple food is becoming inaccessible to the average Nigerian.The latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Food Price Report revealed that the average price of 1kg of white garri increased by 112.34 per cent on […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Religious leaders and residents of Ibadan have analysed the perceived advantages and disadvantages of praying mountains and camps spreading across the town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Ibadan on Sunday that the proliferation, as found in both Christian and Islamic religions, is generating curiosity in the hearts of residents. […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mixed reactions have continued to trail the demolition of structures both legal and illegal, including two Commercial Banks at the popular Holy Ghost axes of Enugu, city, by the state government, which is proposing the massive area for Enugu Modern terminal station. Our correspondent writes that the demolition exercise commenced at the […]
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Sunday, May 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu North Magistrate Court, has executed a Warrant for Possession of Premises occupied by Aqua Rapha Investment Company limited owned by fire brand Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of popular Adoration Prayer Ministry. The company uses the rented apartment located at at No. 4 Savage Crescent, GRA, […]
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Saturday, May 11th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has raised the alarm over the Alleged incessant attacks and killing of its members in parts of Southeast, Nigeria, calling on governor’s of the region to intervene as a matter of urgency. They said the group is a legitimate pastoralist organization engaged in […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has slammed the opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly members over its perceived quietness on the controversial cybersecurity levy. On May 6, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Nigeria’s central bank directed banks and other financial institutions to implement a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on electronic […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has ordered immediate temporary relocation of the sitting of the State House of Assembly to the Auditorium, Admin Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt. The order is contained in the State’s official Gazette, Executive Order of the Rivers State Government 001-2023. According to the governor, […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Ali Ndume has condemned the controversial cybersecurity levy, saying that it is not proper for the government to continue to levy the citizens while nothing is done to increase their income. “You cannot be charging taxes on people when you are not increasing their income. Their source of income, you are […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Olatunji Disu, has clarified the presence of police officers at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt. Addressing speculations about the presence of police at the Assembly Quarters, Disu said that the police were solely there to prevent any breach of law […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Identity Management Commission has stated that 107.34 million Nigerians have been enrolled into the national identification number database as of May 2023. The Commission’s Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, stated this on Friday during a press briefing. According to her, Nigeria’s NIN enrolment figure has reached 107 million as of May […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Friday said it lost one of its members, Rep. Isa Dogonyaro (APC-Jigawa) after a brief illness. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A contractor, the managing director of The Source Computers Limited, Mr Victor Onyejiuwa, has told the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja how he was pressured to pay $600,000 for the award of a contract. Onyejiuwa, who was led in evidence by the Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Senior […]
