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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The clarification came following reports that Engr. Kamoru Busari, Director of Upstream in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, who represented him at an event in Lagos, said that he directed the company to focus on equity participation in other refineries. However, the minister stated: “My attention has been drawn to statements made […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has introduced a flexible payment plan for the conversion of vehicle engines to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). This is as the government is currently sensitising Nigerians on the need to embrace CNG as an alternative energy source across the country. A statement by the National Orientation Agency […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fuel queues have resurfaced across Lagos following an increase in petrol prices by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) and other marketers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many filling stations, including those along Ikorodu Road, Ikeja and Bariga, have temporarily closed due to the price hike. NAN correspondent […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed various categories of harmful products worth N10 billion in Gombe. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said during the event that the items were seized from the six states in the North East region, namely […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the issue of vote buying and selling is being used in rigging elections in Nigeria continues unabated, including the recent local government areas polls held in parts of the country, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and law professor, Ngozi Ezeilo, had decried the development, saying “it’s a major problem for […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command operatives serving in the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, have arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Chimaobi Ugwumba “m”, aged 52, of Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government Area. A statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Enugu by the command’s Spokesman DSP Daniel Ndukwe said “his arrest followed the interception of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to seek permission before using the national anthem. A statement by the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on Wednesday, said seeking permission was necessary to avoid misinterpretation. He further announced that press conferences will be held across all states to […]
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Entertainment News, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Covenant University (CU) has been listed as Nigeria’s overall best university in Times Higher Education (THE) 2024 Rankings. The Times Higher Education World Rankings is a comprehensive global ranking of universities published annually. The 2024 rankings include 1,907 universities across 108 countries and regions. Covenant University which is Nigeria’s highest-ranking institution on […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote says Nigeria must enhance its crude oil production capacity and effectively manage its crude supply to ensure adequate feedstock for domestic refineries, in order to transit from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum products. The Chairman of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited made this assertion during […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has Mandated its constitution review Committees, to organise public hearings with a view to addressing permanently the delay in justice delivery in the country and restoring the confidence in the judiciary. This is sequeal to a motion on the need to address delays in the judicial system amid […]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of chairmanship candidates in the local government elections in Rivers State has condemned the recent attacks on some council offices in the state. At a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the group called for an audience with Governor Siminalayi Fubara to express their concerns regarding the recently concluded […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a renowned paediatrician with a distinguished career in public health and former First Lady of Kebbi State, on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). This was contained in a Press Release issued on Wednesday and signed by Special […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he is disturbed by President Bola Tinubu “singling him out” in a statement concerning the crisis in Rivers state. The African Examiner recalls that arsonists torched three LGA secretariats in Rivers after the announcement of the Local government election at the weekend. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A grandmother and her four grandkids were reported dead under mysterious circumstances after they finished a meal of pap and fish in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The incident happened a few days ago in the Gaga Area of Oke-Aro, Akure South Local Government and has thrown the community into mourning and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, of Anambra state, South East Nigeria, has warned traders in the state that his administration would henceforth seal any shop or plaza that fails to open for business on Mondays as a result of the illegal Monday sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said his administration is ready to partner with the Nigeria Police Trust Fund to revamp the Police College, Oji River, and the Police Detective College in Enugu city to restore them to centres of excellence and boost the war against crime and insecurity. He stated […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, showed doggedness in the just ended LGA elections in the state. Okonkwo heaped praises on Fubara for making sure that the elections took place against all odds. The actor turned lawyer stated this in a television […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured Nigerians not to panic as it has put in place policies to ensure that all monies deposited in financial institutions across the country are secured. A statement by the apex bank’s Ag. Director, Corporate Communications, Hakama Ali on Tuesday, reassured the public of its […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks. The back-to-back hurricanes have whipped up a US election storm, with Vice President Kamala Harris slamming her White House rival Donald Trump […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the city of Chilpancingo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, was assassinated just six days after taking office, local authorities said. “His loss has left all of Guerrero society in mourning and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado wrote on social media X. Arcos […]
