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Thursday, November 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party in Ondo state has stated that the appointment of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s son Babajide Akeredolu as the DG of Ondo State Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit is a flagrant abuse of office. Babajide was appointed as the head of the agency . Reacting to the development, the […]
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Thursday, November 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has highlighted the importance of contributions from young people to crucial policy debates and discussions. Saraki was talking about the backdrop of the recently ended United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as #COP26, which held in Glasgow, Scotland. He made the call when […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says Tuesday’s explosion at Ladipo Spare Part Market, Lagos was caused by acetylene gas. Its National Secretary, Mr Olukayode Solomon, made the clarification in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos while commiserating with the […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has begun a probe into the Tuesday’s explosion that rocked Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos State, leaving five persons dead, with 10 others injured and 12 vehicles and buildings destroyed. The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Downstream and Gas to, as a matter of urgency, investigate the remote […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bulgaria’s head of state would be decided in a runoff on Sunday, according to the country’s election commission. According to the final results of the first round on Nov. 14, Bulgaria’s incumbent President, Rumen Radev, received 49.42 per cent of the votes and would head to a runoff with Anastas Gerdjikov, who […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person was killed and six others including children were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, the police said. The incident happened inside a multi-storey building in Lyari area of Karachi, the provincial capital of southern Sindh province, police officials in the area […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy has said one of its personnel identified as OSCOMP Abdulgafar A A, also known as Cute Abiola is in custody and not missing has been reported. The Navy in a statement by its spokesperson Commodore, Saluman Dahun said Abdulgafar who is also a comedian is being held in his […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics says South-East residents paid the highest average price for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, in October. The NBS said this in its “Premium Motor Spirit Price Watch for October 2021’’, released on its website on Tuesday in Abuja. According to it, the highest average price […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Assembly has extended its ultimatum for Sterling Bank Plc. Managing Director, Mr Abubakar Suleiman to appear before it to Dec. 8. The house announced the extension at plenary on Tuesday, Following the failure of the Sterling bank to appear before it today (Nov. 16.). African Examiner recalls that the house […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Cross River Police Command has arrested one Felix Etim, suspected to be among the gang member that kidnapped a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Calabar, Sunday Adediran and a teacher whose name was not mentioned. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Irene Ugbo, stated in […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said in Jos on Tuesday that the agency intercepted 2.3 million kilograms of illicit drugs in last 10 months. Marwa told Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong whom he visited that the drugs seized were worth N120 billion. The NDLEA boss […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he convened the 2014 National Conference with the intention to create an environment for Nigerians to address issues pushing citizens towards divisive politics and sowing the seeds of discord. Jonathan stated this in his remarks at the “2nd Igbo Nsukka Zik Annual Merit Award”, in memory of […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received 95 Nigerians stranded from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Alhaji Habib Mustapha, the Director General of NEMA who was represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in Lagos. […]
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government as well as several human rights groups, including Amnesty International, has called for action on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, which stated that at least nine persons were killed and 39 others […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad hoc committee to intervene in the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Tuesday. Moving the motion earlier, Elumelu […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria may experience fuel scarcity in the coming days following the threat issued on Monday by the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas. NUPENG has given the Federal Government a two-week strike notice, raising the possibility of fuel scarcity across the country in the coming weeks. NUPENG members basically control the […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N28.10 billion for the nine months ended Sept. 30. Fidelity Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, said this in the bank’s unaudited financial statement posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd., on Tuesday in Lagos. Onyeali-Ikpe said […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has invited the Ministers of Finance and Education over the planned strike by Academic Staff Union if Universities (ASUU). He made the announcement on Tuesday at the plenary while the house was debating on the need to intervene to prevent the strike. Gbajabiamila […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has been enjoined to sack the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed immediately. This development is coming after the report of the Panel of Investigation set by the Lagos State Government to unravel the incidents of October 20, 2020, at the popular Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos State. […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons are feared dead in a gas explosion that occurred at Ojekunle Street, Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos on Tuesday morning, Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-west coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said. Mr Farinloye said one female and three male bodies have been recovered. He added that a […]
