July 2021

Deadly Clashes In Syria’s Daraa Claims 16 Lives

Deadly Clashes In Syria’s Daraa Claims 16 Lives

July 30, 2021 3:10 am

No fewer than 13 combatants and three civilians were killed on Thursday in Syria’s southern province of Daraa during the fiercest clashes there since the area came under regime control, a war monitor has revealed.

The Russian-backed Syrian army and allied forces recaptured Daraa from rebels in 2018, a symbolic blow to the anti-government uprising born there in 2011.

State institutions have returned, but the army still hasn’t deployed across the whole province, and tit-for-tat bombings and assassinations between former opposition figures and regime forces have since become routine.

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Mbappe Opens Up On Club He Wants To Win CL With

Mbappe Opens Up On Club He Wants To Win CL With

July 30, 2021 3:05 am

Kylian Mbappe has claimed his biggest dream would be to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain.

The 22-year-old, whose current deal expires in less than a year, is yet to agree a fresh contract with the Ligue 1 giants.

Mbappe has been strongly linked with Real Madrid but has now hinted at remaining at the Parc des Princes.

Read Also: Mbappe Rejects New PSG Contract Offer

He made the remarks in a joint interview with PSG teammate, Neymar, speaking to the club’s official club magazine.

Quizzing each other, Mbappe said: ‘I’m not a very good journalist… What would I …

'We Have No Intention To Change Ghana's Homosexuality Laws'

‘We Have No Intention To Change Ghana’s Homosexuality Laws’

July 30, 2021 2:46 am

Ghana’s information minister have insisted that politicians have ‘no intention’ of changing its laws on sexuality after an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament this week.

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told BBC Radio 1Xtra’s If You Don’t Know Podcast that the country’s current laws on ‘matters of sexuality’ were ‘adequate’.

Ghana’s criminal code outlaws what it describes as “unnatural carnal knowledge” but does not explicitly mention LGBT+ people.

Read Also: 2 Killed As Protesters Clash With Security In Ghana

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that last week, the draft of an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament. It proposed a …

Relief As Burundi Finally Ready To Accept Covax Vaccines

Relief As Burundi Finally Ready To Accept Covax Vaccines

July 30, 2021 2:42 am

Burundi which is one of the last countries in the world to start inoculating its population against Covid-19 has finally agreed to take Covax vaccines — but with a condition.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the change of heart is coming barely 24 hours after the IMF agreed in principle to a $78 million (65 million euro) aid package to help Burundi deal with the fallout of the pandemic.

Health Minister Thaddee Ndikumana yesterday revealed that Burundi would accept Covax vaccines offered by the World Bank, but would refuse to sign a waiver he said was demanded by …

Give PDP Another Chance In 2023 – Atiku Begs Nigerians

Give PDP Another Chance In 2023 – Atiku Begs Nigerians

July 30, 2021 2:32 am

Atiku made the appeal while decrying the state of insecurity and economic hardship in the country under the current government while addressing correspondents in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Atiku promised that the PDP has plans to correct such errors if given another chance to do so.

The former Vice President said PDP would implement policies that would correct the insecurity, economic, and unemployment challenges in the country.

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Buhari Meets British PM, Discuss Insecurity In Nigeria

Buhari Meets British PM, Discuss Insecurity In Nigeria

July 30, 2021 2:08 am

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday evening.

According to Adesina, the two leaders held bilateral talks at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London where they agreed that it was important that the judicial process runs without interference, no matter who was …

Why Restructuring Cannot Solve Nigeria’s Problems – Ogbeh

Why Restructuring Cannot Solve Nigeria’s Problems – Ogbeh

July 30, 2021 2:02 am

The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has asserted that restructuring and secession are not the solutions to the problems presently confronting Nigeria.

The former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development maintained that if the United States of America recognised the union of many parts as inscribed in its coat of arms, Nigerians too must recognise it as well.

Ogbeh’s remark is coming amidst the growing calls for the restructuring of the country and the secessionist agitations in the country.

Ogbeh made this assertion during the inaugural edition of the Sam Momah Annual Lecture Series in …

Youths Foil Attempt By DSS To Arrest Edo Monarch, Kadiri

DSS Fails To Produce Igboho’s Detained Aides In Court

July 30, 2021 1:57 am

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho following the inability of the DSS to produce the aides in court.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu who made the adjournment also ordered that the Department for State Services (DSS) should grant the lawyer to the detained aides access to his clients.

The counsel to the DSS, I. Awo, informed the court that the DSS has no intention of disobeying the court’s order. However, he stated that there were facts that were necessary for the …

Kano Govt Denies Plan To Ban Women From Driving

Kano Govt Denies Plan To Ban Women From Driving

July 30, 2021 1:52 am

The Kano State Government has refuted social media reports that it plans to ban women from driving automobiles describing them as false.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that some yet-to-be verified reports claimed that the state government in collaboration with the state’s Council of Ulama have concluded plans to send the bill prohibiting women from driving, to the House of Assembly.

However, making the clarification via a statement issued on Thursday, the State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, insisted that the government had at no time contemplated on such a matter.

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Biden Accuses Russia Of Trying To Disrupt 2022 Elections

Biden Accuses Russia Of Trying To Disrupt 2022 Elections

July 29, 2021 5:12 am

US President Joe Biden has accused his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin of seeking to disrupt the 2022 congressional elections by spreading ‘misinformation.’

Speaking during a trip to the office of the director of national intelligence near Washington, Biden said; ‘Look at what Russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation,’ referring to information he receives during his daily briefing.

‘It’s a pure violation of our sovereignty’ he added.

He also lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Read Also: Putin Accuses Britain, US Of ‘Provocation’ In Black Sea

Putin has ‘a real problem, he is sitting on …

More Than Half Of German Population Fully Vaccinated - Govt

More Than Half Of German Population Fully Vaccinated – Govt

July 29, 2021 4:48 am

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has disclosed that going by official numbers available to him, more than half of the country has been vaccinated however, concerns are growing about a slowdown in uptake.

‘41.8 million Germans now have full protection, while 61.1 percent have received at least one shot. The more people who get vaccinated, the safer we will be in autumn and winter,’ Spahn wrote on Twitter.

Germany’s vaccination campaign accelerated in the spring after a sluggish first few months, yet the country remains some way off the 80 percent targeted for herd immunity.

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Morocco Arrests 'Red Notice' Uyghur Activist

Morocco Arrests ‘Red Notice’ Uyghur Activist

July 29, 2021 4:41 am

Official sources in Morocco have confirmed the arrest of Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan also known as Idris Hasan.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that he was detained on his arrival in the North Africa nation from the Turkish city of Istanbul last week.

The Moroccan security services said that the Chinese national was detained at Casablanca airport because of a “red notice” from Interpol.

Read Also: Algeria Furious Over Morocco’s Decision To Backs Separatists

China was seeking his extradition for belonging to a terrorist organisation, Moroccan officials said.

Uyghur activists say he has been arrested for denouncing the Chinese …

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