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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha last Friday restored the self-worth and optimism of the largely distressed Imo retirees. At a stakeholder meeting he organized at Concorde Hotel in Owerri to interface with the senior citizens, he put to an end the anxieties surrounding the 5-year non-payment of pensions. He told […]
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Debt Management Office (DMO), says as at June 30, Nigeria owes N25.7 trillion in debt both domestically and externally. The DMO said this in its ‘Total Public Debt Portfolio’ obtained from its website on Wednesday in Abuja. The present figure shows an increase in debt stock of N1.32 trillion. The DMO […]
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for an approval to pay Kogi State Government N10.069 billion being refund of money spent by the state on behalf of Federal government. The request was contained in a letter dated 10th October, 2019 and read by the President of the Senate, […]
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday held a crucial security meeting with top officials who are directly charged with the security of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting, which held at the Senate President’s office, was also attended by key officers of the Senate. “We are very concerned, […]
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria on Tuesday convicted to one-month imprisonment for advance fee fraud, fondly known as 419 in local parlance. The corp member, Mr. Samuel Orie, (alias SCOTT GIBB) was charged before Justice I.N Buba […]
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2019
Photo: CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has recorded some giant strides in creating more than 1.25 million indirect jobs in the nation’s agribusiness. Also, 250,000 direct jobs for farmers have been created through the NIRSAL window of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ […]
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Monday, October 14th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Federal Government and labour unions are engaged in a last minute dialogue, to avert a nationwide strike by workers, slated for Oct. 16. Labour has resorted to the strike option, following an apparent inability of both parties to find a way out of the minimum wage logjam. The two parties have engaged […]
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Monday, October 14th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has presented Transcorp Hotels Plc with a Certificate of Discharge, indicating the company has fulfilled all privatisation conditions attached to the sale of the hotel and will no longer be subject to any post-privatisation monitoring. At a ceremony that took place at the Presidential Villa, the Vice […]
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Monday, October 14th, 2019
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of the Southeast of Nigeria are to lead other prominent Igbo leaders on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the welfare of the people of the area. This was disclosed to newsmen on Monday in Enugu by Ebonyi state governor and chairman of the South- East governors […]
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Friday, October 11th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Friday said it is excited about the solid foundation it has laid for education in the state and the gains so far recorded in that sector. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this in Yenagoa at the finals of the annual […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five-time champions Nigeria have landed in host nation Brazil, for this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals holding from Oct. 26 to Nov. 17. A statement from the Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, said a team of 25 players and nine officials flew out of the country through […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old man, Abiodun Ogunbode, to six months in prison for attempted suicide in Ekiti. Chief Magistrate Abdulhamid Lawal, sentence Ogunbode, after he pleaded guilty to attempted suicide. Ogunbode, had pleaded to the court for leniency. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Leramo Caleb, told the court that […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with former President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former president arrived the State House at about 3.00p.m, and went straight to the president’s office. Media reports says the agenda of the meeting between President Buhari and Jonathan was unknown to […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) says it has deployed 26,000 ad hoc staff for the Nov. 16, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship poll. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this during a visit to the commission’s office at Koton-Karfe in Kogi on Thursday. “I want to tell you that for the […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa says it has sealed ten petrol stations and an illegal liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station in Yenagoa for expired licences and lack of basic operational equipment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DPR on Wednesday, with a team of its officials, […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday said that money to be recovered from economic crimes would be used to build nationwide road networks. Magufuli said this shortly after he had launched a 76.6 km road from Kanazi-Kizi-Kibaoni in Katavi region that cost about 45 million dollars (100.5 billion Tanzanian shillings). “Money to […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
…Accuses Gov Ishaku, Aku Uka Of Promoting Genocide (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-cultural group, the Taraba Tiv People’s Association, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to use his good offices as Commander-in-Chief to direct the Armed Forces of Nigeria to effect an immediate cessation of hostilities between the Tiv and Jukun communities of Taraba State […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Ministry of Works and Housing on Tuesday got the highest projected allocation of N262 billion from the N10. 33 trillion budget estimates. This was contained in the proposal as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. He said that the projected allocation of Ministry […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with the Mallam Mele Kyari-led management’s drive to conduct the business of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a transparent manner, the corporation is set to commence the publication of details of its petroleum products supplies. As release by NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Ghana, one of the most prestigious universities in the West African country, has refuted an alleged sex scandal. According to the university, there is no evidence showing that some lecturers have slept with students to give them better grades. This came after two of the university’s profound lecturers, Ransford […]
