May 20, 2021

Senate Spokesman Calls For Malami’s Sack Over Open Grazing

Senate Spokesman Calls For AGF’s Sack Over Open Grazing Remark

May 20, 2021 9:40 pm

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has lashed out at the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami over his ‘less than dignifying’ argument of equating open grazing with Southerners selling spare parts in the North.

To that effect, he has therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, relieve Malami of his position as the nation’s minister of justice.

Basiru who made this known when he spoke yesterday said; ‘it was not dignifying of the status of the Nation’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice …

CBN Interventions In Agriculture For All Nigerians – Emefiele

May 20, 2021 1:52 pm

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, says claims that interventions in the agricultural sector, favours a particular section of the country are inaccurate.

Emefiele spoke in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State while unveiling the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation and flag-off of the 2021 wet season input distribution in the South-West.

The CBN chief explained that interventions in the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) were not only about rice production but had expanded to over 21 crops and evenly spread across Nigeria.

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Emefiele disclosed that more than N300 billion had …

Gov Makinde Refutes Report Of His Convoy Killing Toddler

May 20, 2021 1:50 pm

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said that the vehicle which ran over a toddler, killing her, was not part of his convoy.

Africa Daily News, New York had gathered that the accident happened when the governor visited Ogbomoso on Thursday for a PDP event.

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Writing on his Twitter page, Makinde said he received the news with shock and investigation revealed that the child was hit by an individual driving a Toyota Matrix car which was not part of my convoy.

‘I received with deep concern the report that my convoy

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Mixed Feelings As Cryptocurrencies Crash, Bitcoin Falls 28%

May 20, 2021 7:19 am

Cryptocurrencies are in a free-fall after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services.

The most popular of them, Bitcoin crashed to $30,201.96, from $40,000 overnight.

According to reports, Bitcoin has tumbled more than 50 percent from a record high of $64,895 hit on April 14.

It has also erased all of its gains since February 8, when mercurial Elon Musk, said Tesla acquired a stake of $1.5 billion worth.

He also said Tesla would accept it as a means of payment.

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Musk’s tweet later put the digital currency …

India Cyclone Death Toll Jumps As Navy Searches Continue

India Cyclone Death Toll Jumps As Navy Search Continue

May 20, 2021 6:05 am

The death toll from a major cyclone that slammed into coronavirus-ravaged India jumped to over 84 on Wednesday, as the navy searched for 65 people still missing and authorities scrambled to restore power to the worst-hit regions.

Africa Today News, New York reports that Cyclone Tauktae, which pummelled the western coast late Monday and left a trail of destruction, has added to the country’s woes as it suffered a record number of Covid-19 deaths.

The cyclonic storm was the latest in what experts say is a growing number of ever-bigger storms in the Arabian Sea because of climate change warming …

Lampard Inducted In English Premier League Hall of Fame

May 20, 2021 5:59 am

Former Chelsea coach and player Frank Lampard has become the fifth player to be inducted into the Premier League’s Hall of Fame.

This was announced today by the Premier League yesterday.

Lampard joins Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Roy Keane, and Eric Cantona in the Hall of Fame.

In a post on Instagram, Lampard simply said: What an honour to join the @PremierLeague Hall of Fame Thank you to everyone who voted
#PLHallOfFame

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The three-time Premier League champion scored 177 goals during his time at West Ham United, Chelsea and Manchester …

How Ethiopian Troops Raided Hospital Looking For ‘TPLF’

May 20, 2021 5:54 am

Ethiopian soldiers raided a hospital on Sunday in the northern historic city of Aksum in Tigray, looking for members of the Tigray People Liberation Fighters (TPLF), the AFP news agency reports, quoting doctors at the hospital.

The soldiers pointed guns at the doctors and nurses and questioned wounded patients, the health workers, who didn’t want to be identified, told reporters.

They also said the troops removed bandages and intravenous fluids from the sick and pointed their guns at doctors and nurses.

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Medical charity MSF, which supports the hospital, confirmed the incident, …

Malawi Destroys 17,000 Expired AstraZeneca Vaccines

May 20, 2021 5:49 am

Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo while speaking at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe.’The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed,’

The southern African country has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine — 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India, and 102,000 from the African Union.

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Wabba Will Never Return To Kaduna Again, El-Rufai Boasts

May 20, 2021 5:44 am

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed that Comrade Ayuba Wabba and other labour leaders will never find it convenient again to return to Kaduna by the time his government is done dealing with them.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that the protest of the organised labour in Kaduna is on its third day.

Governor El-Rufai, who stated this while addressing the 23rd Annual Tax Conference organised by The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) in Kaduna on Wednesday, described the labour leaders as “criminals”.

He said actions of the labour union under the auspices of …

Okowa Presents ₦469.5bn 2022 Budget To State Assembly

My Appointees Have Been Distracting Me, Okowa Laments

May 20, 2021 5:37 am

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has opened up on why his dissolved executive cabinet, he explained that he could no longer tame the ambitions of most of his appointees.

He said most of his cabinet members were distracting his administration with personal political ambitions ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Africa Daily News understands that the governor had on Tuesday relieved the Secretary to State Government, Chiedu Ebie; Chief of Staff, David Edevwie; Senior Political Adviser, Funkekeme Solomon; Chief Strategist, Festus Agas, the 25 commissioners; and Special Advisers, of their duties.

Fielding questions from newsmen in Asaba during a quarterly …

There Would Be No Second Civil War In Nigeria – Sultan

May 20, 2021 5:28 am

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that the country will not go into war again in spite of agitations.

The Sultan maintained that the country will not go into a second civil war again in spite of agitations from different quarters calling for the disintegration of the country.

The Sultan, who spoke at the Second Quarterly Meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) in Abuja, said that he would always advocate dialogue as a way to achieve peace.

“People have been talking about war; there will not be war in Nigeria, who is going to …

ISWAP Insurgents In Military Uniform Abduct Travelers In Maiduguri

Suspected ISWAP Terrorists Kill 15 At Baptism

May 20, 2021 5:14 am

Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be connected with Al Qaeda or ISWAP have killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in Burkina Faso.

The tragic attack happened in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government said on Wednesday.

The attack took place in Adjarara, about 7 km (4 miles) from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according to a statement from the governor of Burkina Faso’s Sahel region.

It was unclear who carried out the attack, but Islamist groups control large swathes of the area.

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May 20, 2021

Senate Spokesman Calls For AGF’s Sack Over Open Grazing Remark

CBN Interventions In Agriculture For All Nigerians – Emefiele

Gov Makinde Refutes Report Of His Convoy Killing Toddler

Mixed Feelings As Cryptocurrencies Crash, Bitcoin Falls 28%

India Cyclone Death Toll Jumps As Navy Search Continue

Lampard Inducted In English Premier League Hall of Fame

How Ethiopian Troops Raided Hospital Looking For ‘TPLF’

Malawi Destroys 17,000 Expired AstraZeneca Vaccines

Wabba Will Never Return To Kaduna Again, El-Rufai Boasts

My Appointees Have Been Distracting Me, Okowa Laments

There Would Be No Second Civil War In Nigeria – Sultan

Suspected ISWAP Terrorists Kill 15 At Baptism

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