Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Court said the Electoral Act 2022 made no provision for electronic transmission of election results. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Wednesday, said the only technological device that was mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use for the election is the Bimodal […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
—As Indian Investors Pledges $14b Investment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said Nigeria offers the best returns on investment while commending Indian investors for investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion Tinubu spoke during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India, saying, “we are ready to give you the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday ruled that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to prove that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was convicted for money laundering in the United States. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that no […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) is set to deliver judgement today. Security is already beefed up ahead of the verdict. Nigerians from all walks of life are waiting eagerly to witness the televised live proceedings from the Tribunal venue at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Atiku Abubakar […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is a heavy security presence around the premises of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) ahead of the court’s verdict on Wednesday. As early as 07:00 a.m., there were security operatives in and around the Appeal Court’s premises with their vehicles positioned at strategic points. The area is calm with journalists […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to prison for fraud. The convicts are Edah Edison, Akuche Cosmas Chigozie (alias Philip Anderson), Chidi, Iredia Endurance Eddy and Uchechukwu Victory Tabowei. They were arraigned separately on one count […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has sealed an agreement with the Trade Union Congress, for a two-week window to address the impasse. This comes amid a two day warning strike embarked by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) which commenced on Tuesday, This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, described as “politically”, the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protest against petrol subsidy removal mulled by the then administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayemi spoke when he delivered a keynote address during the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Undeterred by jetlag from a long intercontinental journey, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, arrived in New Delhi to meet with Mr. Prakash Hinduja, the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, a conglomerate with a total asset portfolio exceeding $100 billion. The Indian Industrialist was received by the President within […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, said it intercepted a suspected criminal syndicate in Nasarawa State responsible for the diversion and sale of the palliatives meant for the vulnerable. “Among those suspects are officials of Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) and their accomplices in the markets, notably Modern Market […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 11, 2023 off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the resumption of collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for four weeks. The electoral umpire said within the said period, registered voters who could not collect their PVCs before […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, said he would have expelled the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had the power. Speaking on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme on Tuesday, Momodu accused Wike of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, tasked Nigerians not to expect too much from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s verdict on Wednesday. Ayodele made this known in a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho.According to him, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives of Enugu State Command have foiled an attempt to kidnap some road users at Ogbeke-Nike, along Ugwogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka road of Enugu state. The hoodlums had blocked the road and shot sporadically, before the Operatives, some of whom were on VIPs escort duty, gallantly responded. Two of the miscreants were neutralized on […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State has barred entrance into the state high court premises in compliance with a two-day warning strike. The election petitions tribunals for the National Assembly and state House of Assembly had scheduled judgements in two petitions for today but they have been adjourned till Thursday. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has joined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the “punishing” economic situation in the country. The union stated this in a circular dated September 2, 2023 signed by its General Secretary, Mohammed Sheikh, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria generated N1.49 trillion as the aggregate revenue from Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the first half of 2023. The NBS on Monday stated that on the aggregate, VAT for the second quarter of 2023 was reported at N781.35 billion, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Monday said that his administration would apply technology to ensure that data from public institutions are accurate and transparent in providing templates on which proper public sector planning and accounting can occur across sectors. TInubu spoke on Monday at the Presidential Villa during a meeting with the Global […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –Five names were dropped in the new list of commissioner-nominees Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sent to the House of Assembly. They are Folashade Adefisayo, Solape Hammond, Aramide Adeyoye, Lekan Fatodu, and Rotimi Ogunwuyi. They were replaced by six new names – Afolabi Tajudeen, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, Tolani Sule-Akibu, Yekini Agbaje, Iyabode Ayoola and Sola Giwa. […]
