The city of Goma in eastern DR Congo was deserted Friday, a day after tens of thousands of residents fled after warnings that the nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again.
Africa Daily News, New York understands that Goma, a city located on the shore of Lake Kivu, has been gripped by fear since Africa’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday, leaving 32 people dead.
Scientists monitoring the volcano have warned of a potentially catastrophic scenario — a “limnic eruption” that could smother the area with suffocating carbon dioxide.
Goma was bizarrely quiet early Friday after the authorities ordered a …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the political crisis in Mali.
Jonathan, who is Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to the West African country, briefed the President on the situation in Mali after meeting with the key political actors ahead of the meeting of ECOWAS leaders under the Chairmanship of President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana.
The ex-President said the meeting of the regional leaders was necessary to urgently find an acceptable solution to the current impasse in the West African nation.
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The Presidency, yesterday, asserted that when the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari comes to an end in another two years, the applause would be resounding, even from the worst of critics.
A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said this in a statement titled ‘The Buhari Administration at 6: Counting the Blessings One by One’ which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.
The statement catalogued the achievements of the incumbent federal government led by President Buhari in the last six years.
Adesina said the administration had recorded giant strides in various sectors of the economy that would be recognised …
The Supreme Court of Nigeria yesterday dismissed the appeal on the certificate forgery case brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its chieftain, Mr. Williams Edobor, against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.
The court awarded N1 million in favour of the Edo governor against the appellant.
Meanwhile, the state chapter …
Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke forfeited assets worth N47.6 billion to the Federal Government Africa Daily News reports.
The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, who made this revelation yesterday explained that the jewellery component of the assets was worth ₦14.6 billion.
Bawa revealed the figures before the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the status of recovered loot on Friday in Abuja
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He also said that the houses seized from the former Minister are also valued at $80million, about N32.97 billion.
The total asset forfeiture is ₦47.57 …
A new and better avenue has come up for qualified nurses, nursing school graduates and Laboratory Scientists who are seeking temporary or permanent employment in the United States. The DreamsAlive Health Consult initiative is currently making things easy for the nursing and laboratory science sector employment seekers.
The DreamsAlive Health Consult initiative, through her website, has released a few guidelines and steps for Nurses and Laboratory Scientists who are searching for an opportunity to work in the United States. The offer is open to qualified candidates from all African countries.
With their numerous support structures, prospective employees would be able …
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to the protesting Ijaw youths to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign.
Recall that the Ijaw Youths Council had on Thursday staged a nationwide protest, shutting down all the NDDC offices in the country in demand for a constitution of substantive NDDC board members.
The Minister, according to a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Anietie Ekong and issued to our Correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Friday, immediately met with the angry youths and appealed for calm.
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The Federal Government has said that all the outstanding payments to the dissolved Batches A and B beneficiaries of N-Power programme have been paid.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
She also revealed that the ministry is set to conclude the new enrollments of one million beneficiaries under Batch C of the social investment programme which began in early 2020.
She explained that the one million new batch would be in phases with two streams …
The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has presented its position to the Senator Betty Apiafi-chaired Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The organisation demanded a new constitution for Nigeria and insisted restructuring will pave the way for economic and political autonomy for the Niger Delta.
A statement by Ovunda Eni, the spokesperson of the congress in Rivers, said the NDC, among other recommendations, called for the removal of 45 items from the Exclusive Legislative list.
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These include the Police, arms …
Thousands of people were homeless after a cyclone battered Covid-ravaged India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing nine people including four children.
Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change warms sea temperatures.
Barely a week after Cyclone Tauktae claimed at least 155 lives in western India, Cyclone Yaas forced the evacuation of more than 1.5 million people in the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha.
The storm hit on Wednesday with torrential rain and howling winds gusting up to 155 kilometres (96 miles) an …
Rohr said it becomes imperative to keep his wards in shape, following the postponement of the first and second matchdays of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, adding that Cameroon is an ideal fixture to bring out the best in his side.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has hailed a speech by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron recognising France’s role and responsibility in the 1994 genocide.
‘His words were something more valuable than an apology. They were the truth,’ he told a joint press conference after the two leaders met in Kigali.
Macron said he ‘recognises’ France’s role which included backing the former genocidal regime in Rwanda and ignoring warnings of the impending massacres which left some 800,000 mostly Tutsis dead.
His highly anticipated speech did not contain a formal apology, but he went …
