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Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu accusing the regime of President Buhari has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Ribadu during the Chief of Defence Intelligence Annual Conference 2023, with the theme: “Leveraging Defence Diplomacy, and Effective Regional Collaboration for Enhanced National Security”, stated that the […]
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has tasked opposition political parties to be united. Atiku made this known in a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, on Tuesday, as he cautioned against the likelihood of Nigeria diving into a one-party state. According to the statement, the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has condemned an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike, describing the report as false and totally misleading. n a statement by its management on Tuesday, the company also […]
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday threatened the complete privatisation of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) if the agency continues operating at a loss. Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, issued the warning during the continuation of the 2024-2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) public hearing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (TUC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve their planned nationwide strike. Both unions had earlier in the day called on workers across the country to down tools at midnight as their standoff with the Imo State government takes a national undertone. […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Ms Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, on Monday, expressed her commitment to the implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s directive on the withdrawal of police personnel from VIP security duties, among other “key mandates”. Sulaiman-Ibrahim made the commitment during a two-day retreat for the directorate cadre in Abuja, according […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governors Hope Uzodimma of Imo, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi, on their victories in the November 11 governorship elections. He said that the outcomes of the elections reflected the wishes of the people, emphasizing that democracy thrives when voters reward competence, transparency, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 48 hours after the Bayelsa governorship election, Governor Douye Diri has clinched a second term in office as the leader of the coastal state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate fought off his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart Timipre Sylva in a fiercely contested exercise in the oil-rich state. Diri, […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver evading arrest by traffic officials on Monday morning killed two road sweepers on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos State. Our correspondent, who was at the scene of the accident, gathered that the driver, whose name is unknown as of press time, was chased by officers of the Lagos State Traffic […]
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rerun off-cycle governorship election will hold in nine wards in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi on Nov. 18, INEC declared in Abuja on Sunday. The decision followed the suspension of the Nov. 11 off-cycle governorship election in the wards. National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr […]
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aare onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has tasked President Bola Tinubu on the need to restructure Nigeria. Adams disclosed that restructuring is the best solution to the foundational problems of the Nigerian nation. The leader of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, disclosed this in a congratulatory letter he sent to […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, said some of its officials on election duty were held hostage in the Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. “The Commission is closely watching the situation in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State where our officials are held hostage,” the commission said in a […]
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election, Dino Melaye, lost his local government to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Melaye, who is from the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, polled 6,909 votes in the local government while Usman Ododo of the APC […]
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, who was the state Returning Officer declared Uzodimma re-elected on Sunday morning […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, November 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 20 of the 27 local government results announced so far in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Imo State Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital, with the Vice […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, November 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its “senior officials” are currently investigating the incident(s) of pre-filled election result sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of Kogi State. Civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, on Saturday morning, in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), raised the alarm that results […]
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Friday, November 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said one of its election officials has been abducted in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The commission also said a boat conveying election materials and 12 election officials has capsized in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued in Yenagoa by […]
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Friday, November 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero has narrated his ordeal in Imo State, saying he was dragged on the floor and beaten like a thief. Ajaero was assaulted recently in the South-East state as the NLC enforced an industrial action in the state. While the labour chief accused […]
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Friday, November 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court has directed the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other affiliates to shelve their plans from going on any industrial action. The African Examiner recalls that the unions had after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja announced a total nationwide strike from November […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, November 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The headship of the apex Igbo socio cultural body, Ohaneze ndigbo, has urged the electorate in Imo state, South East Nigeria, to shun any call for illegal sit- at home by any group or person ahead of the Saturday November 11th governorship election in the state. Rather, they asked the voters to […]
