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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, has announced a state of emergency on passport issues in the country. According to a statement on Thursday by the NIS spokesperson, Tony Akuneme, the immigration boss made the declaration during her working visit to Lagos. She emphasized the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, on Friday, asked President Bola Tinubu not to release the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Since his re-arrest in 2021, the embattled IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). He is standing trial […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins other African nations in Commemorating this year’s Day of the African Child, the Enugu state branch of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Friday celebrated the event with children in the state in a grand style, admonishing them to shun acts capable of ruining their lives. Our Correspondent […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria is ready and eager to partner with Enugu State towards the economic prosperity of the nation and protection of lives and property. President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who led a Federal Government delegation to the funeral of Lady Jane Nnamani, wife of former President […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was an emotional moment on Friday at Amechi Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, and country home of ex Senate president, Senator Ken Nnamani, as he laid remains of his beloved Wife, late Lady Ezine Jane Udewo Nnamani to rest. Our Correspondent reports that thousands of sympathizers […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, June 17th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, on Friday alleged that cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta region are perpetrated by the military Dokubo disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa. According to him, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 16th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives, serving in Igbo-Eze North Council Area Division of the Enugu state police Command, with assistance from Neighborhood Watch Group, have arrested a 21 year old male suspect, identified as Junior Augustine Akor, for alledgedly raping and strangling to death his 16 year old female relative. He was nabbed at Ette […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 16th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Enugu State, Hon. Ejike Eze, has hinted that only President Ahmed Bola Tinubu will decide the date for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census. He stated this Thursday, at a breakfast meeting with media executives in Enugu on the forthcoming National […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, June 16th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja said the task of turning around Nigeria’s economy from the age-long status of “potential to pragmatic’’ had started with the removal of fuel subsidy and unification of exchange rates, urging the 36 state governors to join the fray. Inaugurating the National Economic Council (NEC), an […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, June 16th, 2023

…Says No Excuse For Failure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC). Tinubu charged the council headed by Vice President Kashim Shettima to support his administration in transforming the economic Fortunes of the country. He said his government has the enormous task of growing the nation’s economy, stressing […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following as Special Advisers: 1.Mr. Dele Alake Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy Mr. Yau Darazo Special Adviser, Political and Intergovernmental Affairs Mr. Wale Edun Special Adviser, Monetary Policies Mrs. Olu Verheijen Special Adviser, Energy Mr. Zachaeus Adedeji Special Adviser, Revenue Mr. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of Ex-Senate President, Ken Nnamani, to commence Thursday, June 15 Ex-president of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Dr. Ken Nnamani, and family have fixed June 16, 2023 for the burial of his late Wife, Lady Ezinne Jane Udewo Nnamani. The schedule of funeral activities which is to commence with a service of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The project development institute PRODA Enugu state, formally known as the East central state project development agency (ECSPDA), a corporate body established by the erstwhile East central state government with a view to promoting the establishment of new industrial projects through laboratory and pilot investigations to actual construction of large scale commercial […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara state, claiming many lives. The boat accident, according to reports, led to the death of over 100 people who were wedding guests at Egbu village in Patigi local government area of the state. A statement issued on Wednesday […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has frowned at the process through which Sen. Godswill Akpabio emerged as the senate president. The African Examiner recalls that Akpabio was elected as Senate President on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, after he defeated the former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul-Azeez Yari. Akpabio was declared as […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from office of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa, to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. According to a statement by the Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary to the Government […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State chef, Damilola Adeparusi, famously called Chef Dammy has finally reached the 120-hour landmark in the ongoing cook-a-thon. This is coming barely a few hours after record holder for the longest hours in cooking (individual category), Chef Hilda Baci, who cooked on a stretch for 100 hours, was certified by the […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

– NANS Backs Fuel Subsidy Removal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday pledged that his administration would commit more resources to the education sector to ensure that every Nigerian child, regardless of the background, has access to quality education. A statement issued by Director, Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye said Tinubu spoke when […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

…Insecurity, Big Elephant In The Room, Says Mbah. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has pledged the military’s readiness and commitment to partnering with the Enugu State government towards the security of lives and property in the state. This was even as the state governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, identified […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly elected Speaker of the National Assembly, Tajudeen Abbas on Tuesday said that the National Assembly would not be a rubber stamp Abbas spoke with Journalists after he met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa shortly after his election as Speaker. According to him, the fact that the acceptance that […]