May 2021

NNPC Seeks To Acquire 20% Stake In Dangote Refinery

NNPC Seeks To Acquire 20% Stake In Dangote Refinery

May 28, 2021 10:13 am

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed interest in purchasing a 20 per cent minority equity stake in Dangote Refinery, Lagos, reputed to be Africa’s biggest oil refining facility and the world’s largest single-train plant.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) integrated refinery, expected to process a variety of light and medium grades of crude, including petrol and diesel as well as jet fuel and polypropylene is owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Group and is worth about $15 billion.

It is designed to produce up to 50 million litres of petrol and 15 …

Akufo-Addo, Buhari, Meet Behind Closed Doors

Akufo-Addo, Buhari, Meet Behind Closed Doors

May 28, 2021 8:02 am

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met behind closed doors with his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting was not disclosed to State House correspondents at the time of filing this report.

Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was speculated to have come to discuss issues concerning the sub-region with the Nigerian leader

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The Ghanaian leader also used the opportunity of the visit to …

AGF Malami Reveals Alleged Financiers Of Sunday Igboho

Repatriated Fund Goes To CBN, Not AGF’s Office – Malami

May 28, 2021 7:53 am

Amid allegations flying around that a whopping N2B was paid to his office from the repatriated Ibori loot, the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has come out to defend himself saying that recovered funds are not channelled to his office.

Malami said that the Federal Government has a designated account at the Central Bank of Nigeria for all recovered assets to be domiciled.

There had been the widespread accusations that the AGF’s office benefitted to the tune of N2B from the recently repatriated money from the United Kingdom for undisclosed services.

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We’re Targeting At Least 3M Children For Free Feeding - Buhari

We’re Targeting At Least 3M Children For Free Feeding – Buhari

May 28, 2021 7:39 am

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, stated that his administration was expanding the homegrown school feeding programme by targeting additional three million children for a free daily meal.

The President made the disclosure at an event to mark the 2021 Children’s Day celebration organised by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Social Development Secretariat in Abuja.

Represented by the FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, the President said the menace of out-of-school children was being given attention through a comprehensive programme where the affected kids are enrolled in school and supported to continue their education wherever they are.

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Governor Uzodinma: The Chief Executive Thief Of Imo State

Governor Uzodinma: The Chief Executive Thief Of Imo State

May 28, 2021 7:12 am

Two weeks ago, many critical observers were shocked when Governor Hope Uzodinma came out to read the riot act to his appointees where he assured them that ‘looting’ would attract consequences in his administration; the irony of his determination to rid the State of graft was just too amusing knowing fully well that the Omuna born former Member of the House of National Assembly is the epitome of the rot itself; the exact reflection of what is entirely wrong with Nigeria. To be more succinct, if anyone should be credited with anti-graft comments, Uzodinma should never be considered.

Given Uzodinma’s …

COAS: Military Opens Up On Mass Retirement Of Generals

45 Generals To Retire As Buhari Names, Yahaya, New COAS

May 28, 2021 7:07 am

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (CAOS). Yahaya, until his appointment was Theatre Commander, Operation HADIN KAI, and replaces  Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a NAF plane crash in Kaduna State along with 10 senior officers and crew members last week.

Acting Director,  Defence Information,  Brig Genl Onyema Nwachukwu made this revelation in a statement on Tuesday.

Yahaya was born on January 5y 1966 in Sifawa and hails from Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He was granted a regular combatant commission as a member of …

Nigeria On Verge Of Collapse, Falana Cries Out

Nigeria On Verge Of Collapse, Falana Cries Out

May 28, 2021 6:39 am

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has asserted that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse as the 2023 general election is threatened in view of series of attacks on INEC offices.

Falana spoke at the final sitting of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, South West, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Zonal Public Hearing, Lagos Center, held in Ikeja, under the chairmanship of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central.

According to Falana, Nigeria is ruled by the rule of the rulers and not rule of law, lamenting that people commit all manner of crime and got away with …

Imo SA Diaspora Demands Change In Gender Policies

Imo SA Diaspora Demands Change In Gender Policies

May 27, 2021 10:56 am

On the 25th of May 2021, Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Diaspora face, seconded a motion to enable the architectural improvement of one of the  United Kingdom’s refuge centres used for women and their children fleeing domestic violence.

Some of the women who use this facility are actually Diasporans who have migrated from countries like Nigeria.

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Cllr. Celia Osakwe-Hibbert has on various occasions, stated that “it’s key for developed countries to set the bar high as the ripple effect helps in changing some of the backward practices in countries like Nigeria”.

As an International …

Tokyo 2020 Sponsor Calls For Cancellation Of Summer Games

Tokyo 2020: Sponsor Calls For Cancellation Of Summer Games

May 27, 2021 9:11 am

One of Japan’s largest newspapers, which also happens to be a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, has now added its voice to calls of opposition for holding the summer games this year.

Africa Daily News, New York, Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which is listed as an official partner of the games on the Tokyo 2020 website, published an editorial Wednesday imploring Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to call off the event, which is set to kick off in July.

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The editorial states: ‘It is simply beyond reason to hold …

Biden Urges Ceasefire In Tigray, Says Rights Abuses Must End

Biden Urges Ceasefire In Tigray, Says Rights Abuses Must End

May 27, 2021 9:00 am

US President Joe Biden condemned the six-month conflict in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region Wednesday, calling for a ceasefire and declaring that human rights abuses ‘must end.’

‘I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic divisions in multiple parts of Ethiopia, The large-scale human rights abuses taking place in Tigray, including widespread sexual violence, are unacceptable and must end.’ Biden said in a White House statement yesterday.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially sent troops into Tigray in November after accusing the …

Kebbi Boat Mishap Nigerian Govt Declares 156 Missing

Kebbi Boat Mishap: Nigerian Govt Declares 156 Missing

May 27, 2021 8:51 am

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has declared 156 persons missing in the boat mishap which occurred in Kebi State yesterday.

Mr Yusuf Birma, NIWA area manager in Yauri Kebbi State, disclosed this, adding that the accident was caused by overloading.

Birma said rescue operation is still ongoing but added that four people have been confirmed dead, 20 rescued alive while 156 people are still missing.

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‘The boat is carrying 180 passengers with 30 Bajaj motorcycles. The victims were going to a market in Malele in Borgu local government …

Mali Coup Plotters Carry Out Second Coup, Goita Seizes Power

Mali Coup Plotters Carry Out Second Coup, Goita Seizes Power

May 27, 2021 8:44 am

Mali’s interim vice president Colonel Assimi Goita yesterday announced that he had seized power as a fresh coup within an older coup unravelled in the country.

Goita was one of the coup plotters that toppled the elected government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last August.

He said he took over power because President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane failed to consult him about a cabinet reshuffle, which dropped two former coup leaders.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that both leaders have been detained at a military base outside the capital Bamako since Monday evening.

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