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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – )The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said that stringent measures are in place to ensure that states and employers implement the national minimum wage and the consequential adjustment before the end of March. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, President Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said this at its one day National Leadership Retreat […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has sought collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enhance tax compliance in the territory. The acting Executive Chairman of the Service, Mr Michael Ango, solicited for the partnership when he visited Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, in […]
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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the nation’s airspace is safe despite a recent incident involving an aircraft at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano. “The Nigerian airspace is very safe, I can assure you,” he said during the programme. The Max aircraft crash landed at the […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited said it uncovered a total of illegal refineries and pipelines in one across the Niger Delta. Nigeria recorded over 589 oil spills in 2024, most of which were caused by oil theft. A breakdown of the figures showed that 58 illegal refineries and 19 illegal pipeline […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was chaos at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Wednesday when supporters of Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the party, and those of Udeh Okoye, who is also laying claim to the office of the national secretary, clashed during the party’s Board of […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has clarified his stand on coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Obi in a statement on his X account stated that he is not against the idea of a coalition as his earlier position was misunderstood. The […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress, APC, has slammed former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The APC in a statement by its spokesperson, Felix Morka on Wednesday stated that Atiku, Obi, and El-Rufai have demonstrated grass […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has stated that the Federal Government is prepared to welcome deported Nigerians from the United States. The Director of Media and Corporate Affairs of the commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, stated this during an interview with Vanguard Newspaper on Tuesday evening, saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday tackled former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, attributing the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to what it describes as his “political desperation.” APC spokesman, Felix Morka, in a statement faulted the vice president for criticising the nation’s judiciary. Morka said it is an irony […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government is determined to sanitise the nation’s educational system. Miracle Examination Centres (MECs) are private secondary schools in Nigeria that facilitate exam fraud. They are known for promising students success in their final exams, regardless of their actual merit. “We have a […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed the popular Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in two years. According to the agency, it found and seized fake and substandard food and beverages worth over ₦5 billion in its latest operation which was tagged […]
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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the ruling partly, All Progressives Congress, APC, as he accused them of going astray from its founding ideals and toeing the line of terrible leadership. El-Rufai, while speaking in a national conference in Abuja on strengthening democracy in the country, stated […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Muhammadu Buhari says his health improved after he left office on May 29, 2023. It is worth recalling that during his time in office as President, Buhari was frequently getting sick and this led to him being flown abroad for medical attention. The former military leader handed over to Bola […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Politician and a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has described Nigeria’s democracy as “fast losing its essence” as a result of deep-necked poverty ravaging the country. He disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Monday. According to him, the number of Nigerians living in poverty is alarming, […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano State Governor and NNPP leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has slammed the Federal Government and the Kano State Police Command for a false terror alert issued ahead of the annual Maulud celebration. The annual event, which honoured Sheikh Ibrahim Inyass, the spiritual leader of the Tijjaniyya Sufi Order, happened at the […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming election of a Vice Chancellor (VC) for the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, a pressure group, under the platform of ‘Kpokotenu Nsukka’, meaning, (unite Nsukka), has urged eligible voters and other critical stakeholders in the electoral process, including the Governing Council, to support and vote for an Enugu […]
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters has arrested four suspects including a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu over the burning of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana. The three other suspects includes Uzochukwu Okeke ‘M’ aged 47, Fidel Anayo ‘M’ aged […]
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Monday, January 27th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government has discovered a total of 35 graves in a popular hotel used for kidnapping and sundry crimes in Oba, Idemili South local government area of the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim disclosed that chains of graves and a shrine were discovered on the topmost […]
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Monday, January 27th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State. In the video, Sowore had […]
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Monday, January 27th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Minister and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians are trying to influence poor Nigerians who make the social register to enjoy the government’s conditional cash transfer. He said, “Some people want us to bend and allow the governors or the states to just generate the list and […]
