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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, who gave the directive through the Director […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of Wednesday was caused by “multiple fibre cuts”. MTN boasts of 87,038,768 subscribers as of December 2023, according to data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), representing 38.79% of the total market share, the […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani said that some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now which triggered the economic hardship should have been implemented by Buhari […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos State and embark on a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar on Thursday. The media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the visit which is on invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian citizen, Mr. Cletus Nwebor, has instituted a suit at the Federal High Court Enugu, against the Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police Enugu State, the Police Service Commission PSC, Mr. Ekeleme, the officer-in charge (OC) Anti Cult Base, Enugu, over alledgcontinuous police harrasment in respect of a land he […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said his administration was working to ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency with a particular emphasis on systematically inculcating fairness and equity in all aspects of the national life. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Owo, Ondo State, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Governor of the State, Rotimi Akeredolu, and visited the palace of the Olowo of Owo Kingdom, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III. Speaking at the palace of the Olowo of Owo Kingdom, the […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was uproar on Wednesday after Former Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu is not the cause of the present economic challenges in Nigeria. According to Ambode, Nigerians need to confront the present hardship and economic challenges frontally. The African Examiner writes that the former governor stated this […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly released report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas increased by 12 per cent from N4,589 in one year. The report titled ‘Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (January 2024)’, said while the price […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Central Bank Governor (CBN) Yemi Cardoso to appear before it on Tuesday, March 5 for clarification on issues with leakages in the Remita platform. Chairman of the committee Bamidele Salam made the summon in a letter to the CBN Governor […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has condoled with the families of those involved in the Onitsha market building collapse on Monday night. Obi, in a press statement by his media adviser, Mr Valentine Obineme, expressed regret over the lives lost as he urged the general […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundery weather conditions from Wednesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja forecast sunny atmosphere over the northern region during the forecast period. It envisaged sunny atmosphere with patches of clouds over the North Central cities with […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha says the Federal Government has achieved about 90% of the agreement it had with the organised labour.last October. According to her, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (TUC), Joe Ajaero, told government representatives at a meeting on Sunday that the protest was not about the government’s commitment […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as outdated the 12-year old Steve Oronsaye Report recommending the merger of government agencies and commissions. n a statement on Tuesday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said contrary to the belief in official circles, the report won’t “substantially reduce the enormous costs of governance in […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former World Boxing Federation Champion, Bashiru Lawrence Ali, better known as Bash Ali, has opened up on how his stand against corruption has led to him being bankrupt. Ali, disclosed this on Tuesday in a Facebook post as he narrated a series of ordeals he encountered for 17 years in his quest […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the decision to remove petroleum subsidies was a challenging one, but a necessary step to secure long-term energy security and foster economic growth for the country. The president said this while officially opening the 7th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024) at the […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says himself and his team are not responsible for the current economic woes in the country. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the apex bank, the first since he assumed office in […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Ms. Hafsat Bakari as the Director, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The confirmation comes after the consideration of the report of the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes by Senator Emmanuel, Udende Memga (Benue North East). President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for a review of the minimum wage. While there was a meeting between the Federal Government and NLC authorities to forestall the protest, the dialogue ended in a deadlock. But […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday stated that it would shift its social security payments net to graduates with qualifications from NCE and upwards. Speaking with journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, stated that the programme would see […]
