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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Friday, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court adjourned the judgment in a suit seeking Timipre Sylva’s disqualification from contesting the November 11 Bayelsa governorship poll until Tuesday. Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on July 6, fixed Friday for the judgment. However, the matter, which was number one on the day’s […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has backtracked on its earlier claim that President Bola Tinubu is the first African leader to ring the closing bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ) in New York. In a statement issued on Friday, the Presidency said it inadvertently made the claim based on […]
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Friday gave its reasons for dispersing the youths who gathered at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State in light of the candlelight procession held in honour of the late Afrobeats artist Mohbad. Following last Tuesday’s passing of the 27-year-old under controversial circumstances, there has been public […]
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida confirmed that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 am and […]
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday departed New York after attending the 78th session of high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly. President Tinubu, while in New York, participated in some of the high-level events, including a bilateral meeting. The Nigerian President, who arrived in New York on Sunday, was among the leaders […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State governorship election petition tribunal in Enugu Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the labour party LP Guber Candidate in the 2023 election, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga challenging the March 18, election of Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic party PDP. The three member tribunal headed by Justice Kudirat […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Dr. Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh as the new Bishop of Zaria Diocese, Kaduna State. This announcement was contained in a statement issued on the Facebook page of the Catholic Broadcast Commission, Nigeria, on Thursday. The African Examiner writes that Fr. Habila Daboh until his appointment was the […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
…Introduce E- Ticketing, Revive Community Taxation… (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time now awaits residents of Enugu state, as the governor Peter Mbah led Administration has announced plan to reintroduce Community taxation and launch E- ticketing under it’s new consolidated tax regime, saying the system would go a long way in eliminating all forms of […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says road traffic fatalities significantly reduced in the first half of 2023 by 15.5 percent. This is contained in a statement released by FRSC’s Spokesman, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, on Wednesday in Abuja. Kazeem said that the corps recorded a total of 5,700 road traffic […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that voided his election and declared his opponent the winner. The African Examiner reports that the tribunal on Wednesday declared Dr Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress as the rightful winner of the March 18 […]
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Thursday, September 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has encouraged Nigerians in the U.S. to rise above failure by having a change of mindset for success in all their endeavors in life. Tinubu gave the advice at the Presidential Town Hall Meeting with Nigerians in the diaspora on Wednesday in New York. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
1 STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, 1. On behalf of the people of […]
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in New York City, addressed world leaders at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, during which he made a firm and compelling declaration that the time is now for UN member states to show, with their actions, that they mean what they say concerning the crackdown on […]
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu is set to address world leaders at the ongoing 78th session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York. Tinubu will deliver his statement around 6 pm (11 pm Nigerian time) to the world leaders in his first […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has attended the opening ceremony of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today. Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who is on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s entourage to the 78th UNGA, alongside some governors, .ministers and other officials, will engage in discussions, […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh details and real reasons on the agitation for the impeachment of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio have emerged. Our correspondent gathered that the disaffection on committee appointments was only diversionary. The real angst of the group of senators is the suspicion of the incapacity of the Senate President to checkmate what […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to avert an imminent strike action ended on Monday without a concrete resolution to the union’s demands. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong; and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, met with the NLC President, […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday held what has been described as a very fruitful cross-sectoral discussion with his counterpart of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, in New York. Tinubu, who arrived in the city of the UN headquarters Monday, joins other world leaders in the United States to attend the 78th United […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of works, David Umahi, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu inherited N14 trillion worth of road projects across the country. Umahi made this known when he was speaking with reporters at the presidential vial as he gave the number of road projects inherited from the administration of […]
