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Friday, March 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has called on state governors to set aside political differences and collaborate with the federal government to build the nation. Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast with governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday, Tinubu emphasized the importance of transitioning from politics to governance, noting the […]
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Friday, March 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale Otuaro holds a PhD in Comparative Politics & […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, March 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George as the Director-General of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA). Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale announced this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. George holds a PhD in Construction Management; an MSc in Quantity Surveying and Construction Engineering, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, March 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy; the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Federal Ministry of Environment to align regulations and tax frameworks to facilitate investment expansion in telecommunications and broadband infrastructure nationwide.h Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an independent investigation on the alleged ₦3.7 trillion budget padding by the National Assembly. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the investigation would help to unravel the circumstances leading to the […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has appointed the Inspector General of Police to withdraw orderlies attached to politicians across the country including his colleagues in the National Assembly. Ndume, who is the lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme lamenting that he does not […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike maintains he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite threats of expulsion from some chieftains of the party. Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, fell out with the PDP hierarchy in the run-up to […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people. Wike stated this during a chat with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Senate alongside the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, on Wednesday on insecurity […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said the directive was in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Officers attached to Anambra State Police Command have smashed a deadly insurgency gang. While on patrol with the local vigilante in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Council area of Anambra state, the operatives accosted the gang, which was on a yet-to-be unravelled mission while heavily armed. The Ommands’s Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who made […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and over 75 allied civil society organisations under the umbrella of the National Civil Society Organisations Against Inept Leaders, have insisted on thorough and independent investigation of the alleged 2024 budget padding by Senator Abdul Ningi despite the suspension of the Senator for three months, saying […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has officially declared his intention to contest the Ondo State Governorship Election slated for November 16, 2024. The governor, who addressed supporters at the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade, Akure, on Tuesday, expressed interest to contest the poll on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aiyedatiwa, then […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh Ibrahim, has defended the capture of traditional rulers in the 2024 budget, adding that they are relevant to society. The 2024 budget had allocated the sum of N7.61 billion for the ”empowerment of traditional rulers.” ”In the federal system of government and […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Civil Service Commission. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Director of Press in the office of the FCT Minister, Anthony Ogunleye. They are: Engr. Emeka Ezeh – Chairman Hon. Ahmed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A two day workshop organized by WaterAid, Nigeria in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to assess the sanitation and hygiene policy environment of Enugu State using the African Sanitation Policy Assessment tool (ASPAT) has begun in Enugu, with key Stakeholders in Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), in attendance. Speaking during […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment followed the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a […]
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a stormy session in the red chamber. A member of the Appropriation Committee in the […]
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that some discontent Senators are determined to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio before his first anniversary in office by June. Bamidele also described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by […]
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar has reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), distancing himself from speculations claiming he left the party. The PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election said this in reaction to speculations that he has departed from the party. “Let me be unequivocal: this is pure mischief, devoid of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has faulted traditional rulers in Kogi State for kicking against the Senate investigative panel on Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe. The warning came in response to a letter written to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the Ebira […]
