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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have set the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission office in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state on fire. Confirming the incident to Channels Television in Uyo, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, revealed that hoodlums orchestrated the fire, but the electoral materials remained untouched, and […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd/ Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) partnership has conducted a medical outreach, providing free eye health services to individuals with visual impairments in the Ohaji/Egbema community of Imo State. Through its “Eye Can See” programme, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the JV dispensed more than 10,000 reading glasses and […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former governor of Ondo State, on his 70th birthday. A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said Tinubu rejoiced with Mimiko for attaining the biblical milestone of three scores and ten. “The President, in unison with […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Cardiologist, Dr Henry Onwualu, has identified 10 factors that contribute to unhealthy heart function, urging the public to prioritise heart health through preventive measures and lifestyle modification. He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin. Onwualu, with the University of Benin Teaching […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on Oct. 1, the President conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has stated that it would comply fully with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which prevented it from participating in the October 5 local government election in the state. This development is coming less than 24 hours after some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Friday, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, sparked reactions on social media after apologising for saying some Christians won’t make heaven if they don’t pay tithe. The African Examiner writes that Adeboye had earlier preached that paying tithe was one of the necessities for […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tunisian court has confirmed an imprisonment sentence earlier handed down to a presidential contender ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday in the North African country. The appeals court in the city of Jendouba in western Tunisia had upheld the 20-month jail sentence against detained presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, his lawyer said. […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria approaches the 2027 General Elections, the recently concluded 2024 governorship election in Edo has emerged as a critical focal point for analysts and political observers. The off-cycle poll not only served as a barometer for the political sentiments of the electorate but also highlighted Nigeria’s position in her journey to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) in 2018 said that Nigeria has around 9,000 outbound medical tourists a month, over 100,000 a year, with India being the major beneficiary of 500 visits a month. Radiologists are important in diagnosing health challenges. They specialise in medical imaging in diagnosis and itreatment […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers Governor, Siminalyi Fubara, has regretted that his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will not be taking part in the October 5 Local Government Election in the state. Governor Fubara stated this on Thursday during a meeting with some stakeholders of the party at the Rivers State Government House in […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Harry Maguire’s injury-time equaliser saved Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag from another damaging defeat after the Red Devils blew a 2-0 lead in a 3-3 draw at Porto in the Europa League on Thursday. Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund had given the visitors a dream start with two goals inside the […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An elder statesman Usman Bugaje has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Anniversary speech saying it failed to touch on issues affecting Nigerians. The country marked its 64th Independence Anniversary on Tuesday, starting with a nationwide broadcast in which Tinubu revealed several plans and achievements by his government including the move to convoke […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA has proposed opening an extra transfer window in June next year ahead of the first edition of its expanded Club World Cup in the United States, world football’s governing body announced on Thursday. “Member associations of the clubs participating in the FIFA Club World Cup will have the option of opening […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that there are plans to reduce electricity costs. According to Adelabu, the federal government is stepping up plans for the generation and distribution of power in the country. He stated this when he played host to the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has announced that he has never met or known controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky and does not have any business transaction with him. The African Examiner recalls that in a viral audio uploaded by a blogger, Martins Otse, […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, on Thursday, announced that the ruling All Progressives Congress has lost direction. Kwankwaso, while welcoming some APC members from Dala Local Government Area of Kano to the NNPP, announced that the APC must not be voted for in 2027 since […]
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays ahead of the Oct. 5 local government council elections in the state. Fubara, who announced this during a broadcast on Wednesday, said that the holidays would enable residents of the state to prepare for the election. The governor also […]
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mediapreneurs, under the umbrella of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), have been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) to attract readers to their websites. They are expected to leverage different online platforms and technology to promote their products or services and more with their audiences. The publisher of the QEDNG, Mr […]
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children, the UN migration office, IOM has said. New data from the International Organisation for Migration, on Wednesday indicates a 22 per cent spike in the number of […]
