Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, November 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the Federal Government to appropriate adequate resources to all its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. MRA said Federal Government should do in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Wednesday when policemen allegedly shot a prince, Lukman Olatunji, to death during a scuffle at the entrance to the Akinrun of Ikirun palace, in the Ikirun area of Osun State. African Examiner gathered that the palace had been locked since the new Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri, became […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, November 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, under the platform of South- East progressive Women Forum (SEPWF), has applauded president Muhammadu Buhari, for appointing one of them and it’s patron, Dr. Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie, as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC Board, describing the decision as a wise one. The organization in a statement signed […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, November 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have reacted with humour to the newly unveiled naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Some Nigerians took to social media to express […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that former Cross Rivers State governor, Donald Duke has claimed ownership of the childhood picture used in the documentary of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that in the aftermath of the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic Bishop of Kotangora Diocese, Niger State, Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has tasked Nigerians who are yet to be captured in the voters register to take advantage of the recent court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue the suspended Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Bulus, who is the new […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that $1 billion in looted funds have been recovered so far since the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), disclosed this on Wednesday. He stated this while speaking with state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the appointment of Alhaji Yakubu Muhammad Kwairanga as the new Emir of Funakaye. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Commissioner, Ministry for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo. According to the Commissioner, the appointment is in the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, on money laundering charges. Mr Yero was re-arraigned along with his co-defendants at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, on eight counts, according to a statement by EFCC. The statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday, a Federal High […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Chairman of the Police Service Commission, (PSC), Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, Justice of the Supreme Court (rtd), has decried the rampant cases of the garnishee of the accounts of the organization by Courts on matters directly related to the operational duties of the Police which has nothing to do with […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Youth Foundation (IYF) partners Google.org to provide young individuals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria with digital and entrepreneurial skills to enable them secure alternative sources of livelihood. IYF stands by, for, and with young people. Founded in 1990 through a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, IYF is a […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Ishiagu Village, Ugwuaji Awkunanaw in Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, has petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the State Traditional Rulers Council, and the Police Service Commission (PSC) over alleged criminal encroachment, malicious damage and conduct likely to cause breach of peace in the locality by the traditional ruler […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has risen in defense of Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo over his recent epistle against Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, insisting that the Ex- Central bank of Nigeria boss has not committed any crime. Soludo […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO) located in the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states. African Examiner writes that KIPRO is an oil prospecting licence (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site situated in the Gongola Basin of the Upper Benue Trough. The ceremony […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The visit of controversial Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing, to the Ooni of Ife has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that Nkechi Blessing had earlier posted on her Instagram account that she would love to get married to the monarch. The actress revealed this when the monarch married six women within […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the newly redesigned naira notes on November 23, 2022. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, announced this on Tuesday while answering questions from journalists at the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. African Examiner recalls that on October 26, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the continuous voters registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also directed the INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived the opportunity to have […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to skip backlog of academic sessions halted by their seven months strike if federal government persists on the no work no pay rule. ASUU members, mainly of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Chapter, Rivers state, after a special congress and protest rally on Monday […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to ameliorate the suffering of the affected persons of the devastating 2022 flood disaster in Imo State, South- East Nigeria, the federal government through the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) has presented assorted relief materials valued several millions to the state government for onward distribution to the victims. Aside […]
