July 2021

Tension As Bandits Abduct 45 P In Zamfara Communities

Tension As Bandits Abduct 45 Persons In Zamfara Communities

July 19, 2021 4:54 am

Bandits have reportedly abducted about 45 persons in Zamfara communities.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the affected communities are Badarawa, Maberaya, Kware, and Kurya, all under Shinkafi local government area of the state.

The communities were thrown into despair after a one-day ultimatum given to them by a notorious bandit leader, Turji, to vacate their homes.

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According to a source who confirmed the development to newmen, the Bandit leader gave the ultimatum over the arrest of his father by a rival bandit group in Kano.

According to him, …

Osimhen Scores Four Goals In Napoli Pre-Season Win

Osimhen Scores Four Goals In Napoli Pre-Season Win

July 19, 2021 2:56 am

Nigerian international Victor Osimhen scored four times as Napoli thrashed local side Bassa Anaunia 12- 0 in a pre-season friendly on Sunday.

Elfis Elmas put Napoli ahead on four minutes.

Osimhen conjured a sublime dink over the goalkeeper to double Napoli’s lead four minutes later.

Kosta Manolas then nodded home Matteo Politano’s corner in the 15th minute.

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Osimhen then scored Napoli’s fourth and his second of the game with a shot from the edge of the box in the 20th minute.

The Nigeria international rounded the goalkeeper and tapped the ball …

Sudan Inflation Soars Above 400% As Discontent Grows

Sudan Inflation Soars Above 400% As Discontent Grows

July 19, 2021 2:39 am

The economic fortunes of Sudan have worsened as inflation has now jumped to more than 400 percent, even as popular discontent over rising prices after a series of IMF-backed economic reforms continues to brew.

Quoting a government statement, a local media outfit -SUNA said; ‘The annual inflation reached 412.75 percent in June, compared with 378.79 percent in May’.

According to SUNA said the latest spike in the inflation rate was because of price hikes including on food.

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Sudan has been going through a rocky transition since the April …

Justice Odili: HURIWA Accuses EFCC Of Political Witch-Hunt

HURIWA Berates NBC Over Attempt To Regulate News Reporting

July 19, 2021 2:27 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has lampooned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for what it called its attempt to ‘muzzle press freedom’ in Nigeria.

This is as the group pointed out that only dictatorial regimes reminiscent of military governments would see journalism as an enemy that must be brought down or forced to compromise.

HURIWA, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, also noted that media houses in the country would be contravening the provisions of the Nigerian 1999 constitution (as amended) should they subscribe to the policy direction by the NBC.

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Protesters, Police Clash In Thailand Over PM’s Resignation

Protesters, Police Clash In Thailand Over PM’s Resignation

July 19, 2021 2:11 am

The Police in Thailand have used rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannon to attempt to disperse protesters in Bangkok as demonstrators defied COVID-19 restrictions to call for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s resignation yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the protests came on Sunday as the kingdom is currently facing its worst wave of COVID-19 infections, registering daily case records as hospitals buckle under pressure.

Exacerbating the toll has been the government’s slow procurement of vaccines, which has drawn criticism as Thailand’s economy reels from increasingly severe restrictions on businesses.

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The North Is Its Own Problem - Matawalle

The North Is Its Own Problem – Matawalle

July 19, 2021 1:53 am

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has asserted that Northern Nigeria is its own biggest enemy.

In an interview he granted to DW Hausa in Gusau, the state capital, which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York,  Matawalle also berated those calling for his removal over his defection.

The first-term governor also dismissed insinuations that he defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he wanted to seal his second-term deal.

‘Let the people of Zamfara continue engaging with their own business as usual. Those who are mongering this are ignorant. They are worried …

Lai Mohammed Hails US For Removing Nigeria From Blacklist

I Didn’t Ask Obi Cubana To Loan Nigeria Money – Lai Mohammed

July 19, 2021 1:44 am

The Federal Government has dismissed the report which claimed that Lai Mohammed asked Cubana Group Chairman, Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana, to loan money to Nigeria.

Africa Today News, New York understands that the news which was published by an online medium read in part;

‘Obi Cubana has this kind of money and Nigeria is borrowing money from China. Cubana should borrow us money, Nigeria is collapsing- Lai Mohammed’.

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However, the Ministry of Information and Culture on its verified Facebook page yesterday placed a ‘Fake News’ stamp on the …

Contemporary Igbo Politicians' Unquenchable Greed For Money

Contemporary Igbo Politicians’ Unquenchable Greed For Money

July 18, 2021 5:18 pm

It is no news that most politicians all over the world are greedy, self-centred and power-drunk especially when they are put in a place of power. It is also a well-known fact that Nigerian politicians are leading the bandwagon of these politicians who know nothing else than being self-centred and practising cutthroat crookedness. A majority of these crooked politicians can be seen in the Southeastern part of Nigeria where greed and corruption hold sway among the political elite.

The average Igbo politician treats politics and leadership like it is a business venture, an avenue to generate capital and revenue for …

U.S. Confirms Case Of Monkeypox ‘Imported’ From Nigeria

U.S. Confirms Case Of Monkeypox ‘Imported’ From Nigeria

July 18, 2021 2:24 am

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a rare case of human ‘monkeypox’ was detected in Texas which has now been traced to Nigeria.

According to CDC, the virus was detected in a U.S. resident who recently travelled from Nigeria to the US.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the U.S resident is currently hospitalised in Dallas.

This is the first case of the virus seen in Texas but Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins urged the general public not to panic.

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He said: “While …

2023 Northern Lawmakers Reject Zoning, Root For Yahaya Bello

2023: Northern Lawmakers Reject Zoning, Root For Yahaya Bello

July 18, 2021 2:19 am

No fewer than Sixty-eight lawmakers comprising speakers and members of State House of Assemblies from the north have opposed power shift to the south, come 2023.

The convener of the meeting, Mathew Kolawale, who briefed newsmen yesterday, explained that the lawmakers resolved to take a stand on the presidential ambition of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

‘We believed that the rotation of the presidency should be in favour of the Northern part of the country.

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‘This is because, from 1999, the southern part of the …

Covid Misinformation On Facebook Is Killing People - Biden

Covid Misinformation On Facebook Is Killing People – Biden

July 18, 2021 2:12 am

US President, Joe Biden has asserted that social media misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccinations is ‘killing people’ while calling on Facebook to ‘clean up its act’.

Speaking to reporters at the White House yesterday as he left for a weekend at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Biden said; ‘They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people’.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the White House is turning up the pressure on social media companies to weed out what officials say is widely spread misinformation on coronavirus vaccinations.

According to US …

Why I Attended Obi Cubana Mother’s Burial In Anambra – Kyari

Why I Attended Obi Cubana Mother’s Burial In Anambra – Kyari

July 18, 2021 2:04 am

Nigerian super cop and leader of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari has described Obi Cubana as one of the most hardworking entrepreneurs he knows explaining why he couldn’t miss the Burial of the Late mum to the showbiz mogul.

Kyari said this while giving reasons for attending his mother’s burial which was held at Oba in Idemili North Local Government of Anambra State.

The event, which was attended by businessmen, politicians, musicians, and actors stirred reactions online after Abba Kyari was spotted in the pictures.

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