Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, October 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a former Minister of information and Governorship Candidate of the All progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Enugu state, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr) has urged the Electorate to join hands with him in showing the ruling peoples Democratic party (PDP) in the state, the exit door […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, October 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foundation for Democracy in Africa, an advocacy and research think tank based in the United States has conferred its topmost Medal of Glory Award on the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for his exemplary leadership. The Medal of Glory Award is the Foundation’s highest honour, given annually for […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, October 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State on Saturday witnessed its first plane landing as Governor Kayode Fayemi commissioned an airport. The NAF 930 aircraft conveying the Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his team landed on the runway at 20 minutes past 10am. Speaking after the landing, Sirika described the airport as a bridge that will […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Sunday, October 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu has expressed his confidence in winning the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu made the declaration while speaking at the 7th edition of the Kaduna Investment Summit on Saturday in Kaduna. He promised to solve all the challenges confronting the country, if elected president, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, October 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday, disclosed to the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu that he has no political party. Sanusi spoke in Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria on the occasion of the seventh edition of KadInvest, an annual event organised by […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, October 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Director of Defence Information, Major General John Enenche (retd.), who described the #LekkiShooting incident as “photoshopped” and “cropped” has given the reasons behind his claim in 2020. The ex-General who made the list of the 1,234 members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, October 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global hygiene company, Reckitt through its Dettol brand in Nigeria has joined forces with leading non-governmental organization, Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) to accelerate the promotion Hygiene education in schools, communities, and healthcare facilities across Nigeria. The strategic move aims to good hygiene practices in healthcare facilities using the Dettol Hygiene Quest Curriculum, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, October 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a result of the devastating floods, pythons and other kinds of dangerous reptiles have found their way into communities in parts of Delta State. Residents now scamper for safety for fear of being killed. The ravaging flood which has cut off parts of the East-West Road has continued to wreak havoc […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the number of his recent political appointees will be increased to 100,000. Governor Wike made this known in a media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday. He, however, stated that the incoming administration can do anything it pleases with the appointees […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Council has clarified the Federal Government’s position on the status of the case against leader of proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. It said Kanu still has a case to answer. An Appeal Court, in Abuja on Thursday, thrashed the case of terrorism leveled against Kanu, a […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Iyorchia Ayu has denied allegations by the Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike that he collected N1 billion from a governor of the party. Wike had made the allegation during a media parley in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. But Ayu said he […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria, the International Press Centre (IPC), has said that the Media Code of Election Coverage has been instrumental in engendering professional reporting of the Nigerian electoral processes. The IPC noted that the update of the code which in 2018, was endorsed by all the major […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has condoled with victims of the ravaging flood disaster in the state, describing it as the worst in recent times. Iworiso-Markson in a statement released in Yenagoa, said the reported loss of lives and displacement of people from their homes […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
The Labour Party (LP) has dropped the names of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) presidents from the list of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) officials. According to available information, the names of NLC President, Ayuba Wabba and TUC President, Festus Osifo were removed after opposition from some quarters. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday called off its eight-month-old strike. However, the union in a press statement made available to The PUNCH noted that the issues in its disputes with the Federal Government were not well addressed. The press release, which was signed by the National President of the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that the party has suspended its presidential campaign. The party said its campaign train will continue on Monday in Kaduna. This was contained in a statement by Muhammad Bello, the media adviser to the PCO Director General, Aminu […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has increased the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 to 50,000. A statement on Thursday by the Governor’s Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, stated that the appointments takes immediate effect. African Examiner recalls that on March 1 announced that henceforth his administration would […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight month old strike. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will hold overnight in Abuja, The PUNCH has reliably learnt. The meeting which is a meeting of the leadership of the union was convened to allow the leadership of the union take the final decision on the protracted […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared as unlawful the abduction of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya. A three-member panel of the appellate court also quashed the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government. The Court of Appeal was of the view […]
