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Sunday, June 4th, 2023

…..Warns Criminal Elements. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent declaration of the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Peter Mbah, putting an end to the illegal Sit-at-home order in the State, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, DPOs Commanders of police Mobile Force PMF Squadron Bases other […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, June 4th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The commissioner said the incident which occured at about 12.30 p.m., left several people including security aides injured and taken to the hospital for medical attention. The Kogi Government on Saturday said the convoy of Governor Yahaya Bello was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. It said the attack […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commiserated with the government and people of the Republic of India concerning the multiple train crash in the country which killed over 280 passengers. The African Examiner writes that the crash involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, June 4th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled Oyo transport kingpin, Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary, has reacted to reports that he has been declared wanted by the state police. The African Examiner recalls that Auxiliary was recently deposed by Governor Seyi Makinde as the chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System (PMS) in Oyo State. The […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal Dare, has refuted claims on social media suggesting that he has declared assets worth ₦9 trillion. The governor spoke concerning the issue in a statement issued by his spokesman, Sulaiman Idris, in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday, June 2, 2023. The reaction is coming a […]
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Saturday, June 3rd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who is critically sick is presently bedridden and receiving treatments in Ibadan. Recall that last week, the governor was flown to Germany in an air ambulance to receive treatments. Sources say that he has since returned back to the country, but instead of going to Akure […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, June 3rd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening met behind closed doora with Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde; Immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. Although details of the meeting was not disclosed, Tinubu had during his presidential campaign said he would make wide consultations […]
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has stated that it is giving the federal government an ultimatum to go back to the old price of petrol or face a nationwide protest. Joe Ajaero, NLC president, gave this ultimatum on Friday after a national executive council (NEC) meeting of the congress in Abuja. He […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

……Assures Better Minimum Wage (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday said improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies, assuring that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities. The President, who received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) led by the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

……. Says APC Worsening Masses’ Suffering (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Parties (CNPP) has urged the Federal Government to exercise caution in implementation of its petrol subsidy removal, saying that the policy is worsening the suffering of the masses. The group in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade James Ezema, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff and Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff. This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by Director, Information, Media and Publicity […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has refuted the claim that he is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N4bn fraud. Fayemi, in a statement on Friday by the Head of the Fayemi Media […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, is optimistic that the fuel queues across the country will be a thing of the past in the next two days. On Monday during his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu said […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on drug abuse in the country. This followed a motion of urgent national importance by a member of the House, Francis Agbo, drawing the attention of the House to the efforts of the National Drug Law Enforcement […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has banned the sit-at-home order in the state while calling on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. Mbah made this known while briefing journalists on the outcome of his first security council meeting with the heads […]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petition Court has stepped down hearing in the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party against the election of President Bola Tinubu. This latest development is a result of an improper schedule of documents tendered before the court as proof of the allegations of malpractices during the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the service chiefs at the State House in Abuja. The routine meeting in the previous administrations is the first since President Tinubu’s assumption of office on May 29, 2023. Those in attendance at the President’s first engagement with heads of the nation’s security and intelligence […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The youth of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has asked the three new governors in the South-East not to disappoint the people who voted them into office. The new governors are – Peter Mbah- Enugu, Francis Nwifuru- Ebonyi and Alex Otti-Abia. In a statement made available to journalists by the National President of Ohanaeze […]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, has been elected chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF). The African Examiner writes that PGF is a body of all governors elected under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also, Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state was elected deputy chairman of the […]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever faced, killing more than eight million people globally every year. Dr Matshidiso Moeti Regional Director for Africa said this in her message to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day which is been […]