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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Ade Omole, Director, Directorate of Diaspora, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC} says more than 1.6 million Nigerians with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are in the diaspora. He said this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat. Omole, who is also the leader […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC presidential campaign council has blasted the presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his “inconsistent” positions on the new monetary policies of Nigeria’s central bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Director, Media & Publicity of the APC presidential council, Mr Bayo Onanuga described Alhaji Abubakar […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The insecurity ravaging Anambra State on Monday worsened, as four policemen attached to the state Command paid the Supreme price during a gun battle with suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and Eastern Nigeria Network IPOB/ ESN. Police public Relations Officer PRO in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), demanding details of the amount of new naira notes disbursed to commercial banks. In the letter dated February 16, 2023, Falana also demanded that the apex bank provide the list of customers who might have withdrawn more […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, February 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh protests have erupted in Sagamu, Ogun State due to the naira scarcity, with videos emerging online showing two banks set ablaze. The African Examiner writes that videos emerged online on Monday, showing many residents watching Keystone and Union banks being set ablaze as some youths held planks in protest. On Friday […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria counts down to its 2023 general election, rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law, Intersociety, has identified eleven critical areas and issues most likely to mar the February 25th, presidential poll, and push Nigeria Into Post Election Complex Uncertainties if not urgently addressed. It stressed the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Police Service Commission, PSC, the Federal Executive Body constitutionally empowered to discipline Police Officers except the Inspector General of Police, among other responsibilities, has appointed National, Zonal and State Coordinators for the exercise. It said the Commission has already approved the participation of over 360 […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck in Abeokuta on Saturday as a middle-aged woman, popularly known as Mama Dada, set herself ablaze in her rented apartment at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta. An eyewitness, Rasheed Aina, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, said that the woman was burnt beyond recognition, as the entire building was also […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. It disclosed that the sum was part of monies which some Commercial Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economist has stated that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is the best choice for Nigeria. The publication in a recent article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, stated that Obi x-rays the country’s failings with more precision than his rivals. However, the London-based newspaper stated […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
…Says He’s Aware Of Hardship Nigerians Are Facing Over Naira Scarcity (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a message to Nigerians from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, saying he was fully aware of hardship some policies of government, “which are meant to bring overall improvement to the country” had caused and appealed for further […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is committed to improving access to quality healthcare services, when elected. Spokesperson for the APC PCC, Festus Keyamo stated this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship progamme, NAN forum in Abuja on Sunday. […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some customers of various banks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the inability of most banks to dispense the old N200 notes in spite of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari had on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow […]
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of Naira notes. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated that the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards an interim government is not absolutely true. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement on Friday stated that President Buhari won’t stampede democracy he has helped to keep alive […]
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Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira swap policy has failed woefully due to the present hardship in the country. Akeredolu, in a statement released on Saturday, enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the policy to prevent a major chaos in the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to end the validity of the N1,000 and N500 old notes irrespective of the suffering Nigerians have faced in the past couple of weeks. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari in a national broadcast on the morning of Thursday, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Friday said there was no truth in the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was working towards an interim government or the truncation of democracy. It also said that the naira re-design policy of the Buhari administration was not a ploy to keep him in office beyond May 29, 2023. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal tender. A source from the bank […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunshots were reportedly heard in the area with many scampering for safety, according to footage on social media. Some suspected louts in the area – Mile 12, Ojota, Ketu ,ikorodu garage – took over the Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway, attacking some commuters in the process. But the Lagos State Police Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin […]
