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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Olugbile Holloway as the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuru Ngelale in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja said Holloway is the Managing Director of Evoke Communications Limited, a creative brand/consultancy agency. He holds a […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media on Thursday are calling out First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, for her statement berating Nigerians abroad who have taken on jobs they couldn’t do in Nigeria. The African Examiner recalls that the First Lady, while speaking in an interview with Arise News on Thursday March 21tasked Nigerians to help […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Australian Government has stated that it will begin the enforcement of tougher visa rules for Nigerian students and their foreign counterpart who intends to go to the country as the number of migrants hit a record high. According to popular news network, Reuters, from Saturday, English language requirements for student and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past chairman of the All ruling Progressive Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye has faulted the Purported Suspension of the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission, Ginika Tor, advising the leadership of the party in the state to refrain from such acts capable of destroying […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

(AFRIXAN EXAMINER) – The youth wing of Igbo umbrella organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and restore peace in the South-East geo political zone of the country. Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, while answering questions from journalists on Tuesday, said he would […]
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Saturday, March 16th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former presidential flagbear of the defunct United people’s party., UPP as well as Founder, and pioneer National Chairman of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie (Ojeozi Ndigbo), has cautioned the political elites in Northern Nigeria from heating up the nation’s politics via inflamatory comments. He said it is time […]
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that some discontent Senators are determined to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio before his first anniversary in office by June. Bamidele also described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Netizens on social media are having a filled day to the news that former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, during his time as governor gifted the traditional rulers in Anambra State 400 SUVS. The African Examiner writes that former Secretary to the State Government, Obaze, while explaining a point disclosed this […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two […]
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Sunday, March 10th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied allegations of padding the 2024 budget by an additional N3 trillion. This followed accusations by Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central (PDP) that the executive is implementing a budget other than the one approved on January 1, 2024. Ningi, under the aegis of the Northern Senators’ Forum, had […]
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Sunday, March 10th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the sighting of the lunar month of Ramadan, which will pave the way for the beginning of the Islamic lengthy fasting. The Kingdom announced its Twitter platform, @Haramaininfo, on Sunday. The tweets partly read, “Crescent of Ramadan 1445/2024 has been sighted in Saudi Arabia! “Subsequently, […]
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Sunday, March 10th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage, saying it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage for workers. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, March 10th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights of St. John International (KSJI), a sodality organisation in the Roman Catholic Church, has thrown its full weight behind the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria against same sex marriage and blessing of same sex marriage as recent directed by the headship of the Vatican, led […]
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Saturday, March 9th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of Governor of Enugu State, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, has announced scholarships for the three children, whose mother reportedly committed suicide after dropping them at the Ogui Police Station, Enugu, saying her recently launched Non-Governmental Organisation, the Custos Care Foundation, would cater for their education from nursery through university. She has also […]
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Saturday, March 9th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A report released by Save the Children International (SCI) has revealed that about 70 schools were attacked and 1,683 school children kidnapped across Nigeria between February 2014 and December 2022. The report is entitled Education Under Attack: Review and Analysis of Attack on Schools, Teachers, and Learners from the Kidnapping of the […]
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Friday, March 1st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor has said African countries can unlock the potential of the energy sector and drive energy security, transition and economic prosperity by embracing partnerships, technological innovation and sustainable financing, Shell has said. Speaking at a ministerial panel session on “Navigating the […]
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Monday, February 19th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current serving Commissioner of Police in Anambra state, Mr Aderemi Adeoye has been accused of defrauding some Nigerians at home and in the diaspora of about 20 billion naira in a fraudulent ponzi scheme. Mr Adeoye is said to have set up a cooperative group called Alpha Trust Investment Club (ATIC) […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has condemned the kidnapping of some school children and the killing of traditional rulers in Ekiti. The minister condemned the act in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that about six pupils, three teachers and the school bus driver of […]
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Saturday, January 13th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel to immediately undertake a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes. The panel, headed by Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, is saddled with the […]
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Friday, January 12th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday has affirmed Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as the duly elected Governor of Kano State. The African Examiner writes that Yusuf’s victory in the 2023 Governorship Election was challenged after the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in Kano […]