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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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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 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old naira notes still remain legal tender in Kaduna State. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday night, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to make use of the old naira notes alongside the new notes. He […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America on Thursday in Abuja stated that it would return to Nigeria a sum of $954, 807 seized from the late former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. The decision of the American government to repatriate the money to Nigeria was announced by the USA Ambassador to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed executives of commercial banks to make the old 200 naira notes available. Emefiele stated this to State House correspondents shortly after he attended a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Naira […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) presidential candidate has appealed to Nigerians not to take the law into their hands through destructive protests because of the current naira scarcity. He made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to violent protests that occurred in some parts of […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, February 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). According to a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the theme of the […]
