Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, May 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member House of Representatives Committee on Loans, Aids and Debt Management, Abubakar Yunusa Ahmad, says federal lawmakers have approved the$800 million loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmaker however argued that the loan would not be utilised by the Buhari administration, saying the incoming government would deploy its own approach […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein as the substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. Her appointment takes immediate effect, according to a Friday statement by the Director of Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service, Mohammed Ahmed. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, as […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Governor-Elect Alex Otti has called for calm following the nullification of his candidature and that of the Labour Party candidates in the state and Kano. In a statement by his spokesman Ferdinand Ekeoma hours after the judgement, Otti said inauguration plans are underway despite the development. The statement read […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced that two of its employees involved in the attack on its convoy in Anambra have been rescued alive. The Embassy made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Abuja. The U.S. Embassy said that the victims were under the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Five hundred and eleven (511) Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the North-East region. The figure comprises 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations. This […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’s fabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win for the hosts. It was a pulsating affair against Juventus on Thursday, as Sevilla secured a 3-2 aggregate victory at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. The Spaniards […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor-elect in Enugu state, Dr. Ndubuisi Peter Mbah, has slammed N20bn as exemplary damages against the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, and its Director, Corps Certification, Ibrahim Muhammed, over alledged “conspiracy, deceit and misrepresentation of facts.” Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, it would be recalled had […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola, who succeeds Mr […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line and Distribution Substation (Phase I) Project, located at the Kashimbila Dam site in Taraba State. According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, to always uphold the noble standards of diplomacy, like his predecessors, by respecting the traditional institutions in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights Organization operating under the platform of Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has condemn in an unequivocal terms recent Killings of United States US Embassy staff in Anambra State, saying the state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo should be held responsible for the barbaric act. It noted that […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has commenced mobile MAP metering in Owerri, Imo State, as part the organization’s conscious effort to have more of its customers access prepaid meters within 48 hours. It said the metering program allows customers to pay and get metered and reimbursed with the value of […]
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost research Institute, Projects Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, has begun scientific study on Lithium Ion with a view to using it in production of Made in Nigeria Battery . As part of a measure to actualize the lofty dream, the federal government Institute has sent some Staff to India for training. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated that he regretted supporting the process that produced Aminu Tambuwal as speaker in 2011. Gbajabiamila made this known on Wednesday during a meeting with the reps-elect organised in Abuja. According to him, he supported the “house project” that “installed” Tambuwal at […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has stated that nothing can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu come May 29. Abubakar made this known as he urged Nigerians to pray for Tinubu’s administration to succeed. He stated this at a roundtable engagement with traditional and religious rulers which […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has arrested and detained the policemen involved in the brutal assault of an Okada rider in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that a video which has now gone viral on social media had shown the three officers decked in police uniform in a struggle […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for criticising the United States, US, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, concerning the conversation with the Nigerian President-elect, Bola Tinubu.The African Examiner recalls that Blinken, during a call with Tinubu on […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it has disowned Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party. In a statement, the Secretary of the NLC Political Commission, Comrade Chris Uyot, described Apapa as a meddlesome interloper. “It is clear that Mr Lamidi Apapa is a meddlesome interloper who is being used by […]
