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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, says Nigeria’s democracy endured lots of setbacks under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement Dare uploaded on his X account on Monday, where he alleged that successive administrations tried to salvage the damage done by Obasanjo and that […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). The President, who arrived on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time), was received by Amb. Breno Costa in the Ministry […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, on Sunday received a high-level Nigerian delegation led by Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The delegation delivered a written message from President Bola Tinubu to President Déby. In the message, President Tinubu expressed his heartfelt condolences and unwavering support for the Chadian President […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the conduct of the Ondo State governorship election on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), calling it ‘a sham’. The opposition party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday, said it is reviewing the outcome of the poll. […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights group, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has appealed to governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state, to intervene in ensuring that justice is served in a case of murder in which the principal suspect who has been evading arrest is now seeking refuge at the Force Criminal investigation […]
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Sunday, November 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recorded a landslide victory in the just-concluded Zamfara State local government election, winning all fourteen chairmanship seats and securing every councilors position. The Chairman of Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) Bala Aliyu announced the results on Sunday morning. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the collation […]
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Sunday, November 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed collation of results in the Ondo Governorship election after a recess. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all 18 local government area results announced so far with a strong lead in all. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second. The collation officer, […]
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Sunday, November 17th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell companies in Nigeria and staff won awards in recognition of their robust participation at the 42nd Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the National Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) which ended in Lagos recently. This was even as the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) Ronald Adams […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Practitioners in the Nollywood industry met with their Hollywood colleagues in Los Angeles, U.S., in deliberate attempt to bridge cinematic divides between the two industries. This was during the second edition of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) International Festival tagged “Nollywood meets Hollywood”, held recently at the Dream Magic Studio in […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court has ordered the Sierra Leonean government to pay a compensation of 15,000 dollars in damages each to two of its citizens, for violating their rights to security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two citizens, Hassan Kargbo and Mohamed Fornah, had filed the suit seeking to […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday host the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, for a State Visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. His visit to Nigeria will be the first by an […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, has appealed to market women not to hike the prices of food items. She made the appeal in Ebonyi State while addressing women at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, Abakaliki, for their 2024 Women’s Day Celebration. The First Lady’s media aide, Busola Kukoyi, disclosed […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After announcing results from 13 Local Government Areas in the Ondo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is going on recess and will resume collation at 5am to call the remaining 5. The All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading in all the 13 local governments declared so […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The die is cast as political heavyweights enter the ring to do battle in the Ondo State governorship election. Residents of the state will file out in their numbers on Saturday, November 16th as they elect their leader for the next four years. Ahead of the exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police has deployed about 34,000 operatives for the Ondo State governorship election billed for Saturday, November 16, 2024. Abiodun Alabi, the Deputy Inspector General of Police Coordinating Election Security, disclosed this to Channels Television’s Politics Today in Akure on Friday. He also revealed that measures have been taken to avoid […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced the Labour Party candidate, Olusola Ebiseni with Dr. Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus. INEC disclosed this in a statement released on its official X account on Friday in compliance with the ruling by the Court of Appeal. “In obedience to the court order, the Commission has […]
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consumer Product Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday has stated that Nigeria’s inflation rate has increased to 33.88% in October 2024, up from 32.70% in September. According to the movement, a 1.18 per cent point increase month-on-month and on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, November 16th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Police Command, on Friday, paraded two members of a daredevil robbery gang behind the killing of the Chairman of the Ogbete Main Market Traders Association, OMMATA, Enugu, Chief Stephen Aniagu on 14th September 2024. The suspects, who gave their names as Chukwudi Aboshi, a 28-year-old native of Anike in Ikwo […]
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Friday, November 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C Aguma of the High Court of Rivers State and Justice A.O Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court from performing judicial functions. They were both suspended for the period of one year without pay and placed on watch list for two years […]
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Friday, November 15th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit instituted by 16 states of the federation against the Attorney-General of the Federation, challenging the constitutionality of the Acts establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two other anti-corruption agencies. The other agencies are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission […]
