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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesters with hands covered in red paint repeatedly interrupted a congressional hearing on US military aid Tuesday, demanding Washington stop funding Israel’s fight against Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were appealing to the Senate Appropriations Committee for billions of dollars in military assistance to support Israel, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has weighed in on the crisis rocking Rivers State amid the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the oil-rich state. Receiving South-South leaders at his office on Tuesday, Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, emphasised the importance of holding his base to […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator-Elect of Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of a plot to harm her during the senatorial election that took place in March. She made the allegation on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today “I heard guns; I had his henchmen shoot at my vehicle; […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said revenge is not on his mind ahead of Wednesday’s League Cup trip to Manchester United for a repeat of last season’s final. Howe’s side were beaten 2-0 at Wembley in February as Newcastle’s agonizingly long wait for a first domestic trophy, stretching back to 1955, was extended […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP). Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after a police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The Bauchi governor also said that President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the police council […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor John Okafor better known as Mr. Ibu has undergone five surgeries and will continue his treatment abroad, the family said Tuesday. This is according to a statement posted on his official Instagram handle. “We want to thank God and most especially the general public for their support, encouragement, and prayers […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, says he accepts an Appeal Court judgement affirming Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial District. Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) congratulated Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and everyone who participated in the democratic process. The governor, […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Detained Nigerian Singer, Azeez Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley and his Associate Sam Larry have filed a N40 million breach of fundamental human rights suit before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere. Mr Olalekan Ojo (SAN), who filed the suit on behalf of his clients, is suing the Nigeria Police for breach of his […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Candidate for the Kogi governorship election, says his party will replicate the victory of Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan in the Nov. 11 election. Melaye made the remark at the Appeal Court, Abuja, in an interview with newsmen shortly after the court affirmed the election victory of […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to brief the green chamber on the status of the conditional cash transfer programme of the Federal Government to 15 million households. The House, in a motion of urgent public importance on Tuesday, expressed worry about […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “The council considered a request for supplementary appropriation which is a second for 2023,” Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu said at the State House in Abuja. “And graciously approved the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as supplementary budget and this supplementary budget is to fund urgent issues, including N605 billion for […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 edition of the prestigious Ballon d’Or award was held in Paris on Monday with Argentine star Lionel Messi winning the men’s prize for a record-extending 8th time. Messi beat Norway’s Erling Haaland who plays for Manchester City to win the prize in France. The 36-year-old succeeds Karim Benzema as the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday published the comprehensive information of collected and uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) on polling unit basis in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. This follows a meeting of the Commission on Monday to review the ongoing preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections in the three […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, the state government has asked to let all hotel rooms in Owerri, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Tourism, Jerry Egemba, in a memo addressed to all Chief Executive Officers of all the hotels in the Owerri metropolis, disclosed that the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President General of apex Igbo body, Ohaneze ndigbo world wide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has frowned at the non challant attitude shown by youths of South- East of Nigeria towards the ongoing recruitment exercise for General Duty Constables of the Nigerian Police force. Recent reports by the police Service Commission PSC revealed that […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday warned government officials and family members against attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting without invitation. Tinubu issued the warning before the commencement of FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Last week, I noticed people sneaking in and out of this council. People had access to […]
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent happenings in oil-rich Rivers State have thrown many political spectators at the edge of their seats as they anticipate the next moves by the various political gladiators. The African Examiner writes that the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, who was the immediate former governor of Rivers State, has selected […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, October 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, accused the police of shooting at him on his way to inspect the State House of Assembly Complex that was gutted by fire last night. Fubara named a senior officer in the Rivers State Police Command as the leader of the team that was deployed […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, October 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, says he will not leave the political arena despite the Supreme Court verdict of October 26, 2023 that affirmed the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu. “As for me and my party, this phase of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost human rights group, International Society For Civil Liberties and Rule Of Law (Intersociety), and South-East Based Coalition Of Democracy and Human Rights Organizations have raised the alarm over alledged plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to harvest and write results in favour of the incumbent governor of Imo state, […]
