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Friday, October 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Works Minister Dave Umahi says the continuous pilling of asphalt on the Third Mainland Bridge could cause vehicles to overturn. Umahi said this on Friday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “You see, each carriageway of the Third Mainland Bridge is 14 metres which means that each carriageway is two […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, October 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bayo Onanuga as his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. Also appointed is Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu, who will serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. This was announced in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukayode as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sparked social media reactions. The African Examiner writes that Olukayode’s appointment was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser to the President on […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, October 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, in line with his resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large scale industry facilitation in the […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder have destroyed an illegal refining site in the creeks of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Conducting journalists around the site on Wednesday, the Commander of the NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Desmond Igbo, estimated the capacity of the refinery at over a million litres. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Olukoyede’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Economic […]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 bandits have been reportedly killed by the airstrikes of the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits got information about the troops’ presence along the route which forced them to withdraw back to the Dansadau axis of Maru Local […]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to coordinated attacks by the Islamist group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Telegram on Thursday that a large-scale attack was currently underway against Hamas-affiliated targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel was stunned by a large-scale attack […]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a news conference he addressed. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy: According to a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Coalition of Civil Society Organizations CSOs in Enugu state have urged the Assistant Inspector General of police AIG, incharge of Zone 13 Ukpo, Anambra State to as a matter of urgency arrest and investigate the alledged corrupt Activities of the suspended Medical Director of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu Dr. Monday Igwe who has refused to honor […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary in honour of its member, Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, who died on Wednesday. Danbuga, who was representing Isa/Sabon Birni federal constituency of Sokoto State, died at the age of 63, following a brief illness. He has been buried in Sokoto according to Islamic rites. Presiding over […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
……As Organization Hails Action. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Civil Society and human rights Organization, Civil Rights. Realization and Advancement Network CRRAN, has applauded the Governor. Peter Mbah of Enugu state, for demolishing an illegal structure erected in area marked: ‘Green Area’ by one Mr. Chukwuemeka Oliver Omeke, who claimed to be a developer. According to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission says over 5.4 million Nigerians have registered for the November 11 Governorship Elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Olumekun said: “The Commission held its regular […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians are reacting to the news of a young TikToker simply identified as ‘Pretty Yoruba Girl’ after she posted a video of the aftermath of demanding an iPhone 8 as a birthday gift from her parents. In the 3-minute video that has since gone viral, the lady shared with the caption, […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo, the minister for aviation and aerospace development, has stated that domestic carriers will soon start to pay compensation to customers for cancelled or delayed flights. Keyamo made this known in Abuja when he talked about flight disruption challenges in a meeting with the airline operators of Nigeria (AON). According to […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results. In a press briefing in Minnaon Tuesday, NECO’s Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said the result summary shows that 61.6 percent scored five credits, including English and Mathematics. The number of candidates who registered for the exam was […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed an immediate plan of action to stem the tide of impending flooding across the country. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement in Abuja. “To this effect, he […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday flagged off three training exercises simultaneously across the country in an effort to ensure the protection of lives and property. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the exercises are EXERCISE STILL WATERS 3, GOLDEN DAWN […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday swore-in Mr Olabode Agoro as the 22nd Head Of Service (HOS) of the Lagos State Civil Service. 56 year-old Agoro is succeeding Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who voluntarily retired in September, after about five years in the saddle, and is now the Private Secretary to […]
