July 2021

Policeman Goes Crazy, Beats Colleagues’ Wives In Abia

Policeman Goes Crazy, Beats Colleagues’ Wives In Abia

July 17, 2021 6:54 pm

Tragedy was prevented on Saturday at Aba Central Police Station, Aba, Abia State, when an Assistant Superintendent of Police, went wild and started firing sporadically in the air while also and assaulting wives of other policemen in the area.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the incident ensued at about 7 pm when the policeman, who was identified as Henry, started assaulting women, children, and shop owners near the station.

Eyewitnesses told Africa Daily News that the policeman fired several shots in the air, and battered people including wives of fellow police officers who own shops at the …

Biden Set To Host Iraqi PM At White House

Biden Set To Host Iraqi PM At White House

July 17, 2021 6:45 pm

President Joe Biden will welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi to the White House this month, his office has confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the July 26 meeting is targeted to ‘highlight the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq,’ the White House said in a statement.

Kadhemi and US envoy Brett McGurk discussed the pulling out of troops from Iraq Thursday in Baghdad.

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No fewer than 3,500 foreign soldiers are still on Iraqi territory, including 2,500 Americans, who have been posted to help …

Igboho Trying To Get New Passport, Flee Nigeria - FG

Igboho Trying To Get New Passport, Flee Nigeria – FG

July 17, 2021 7:52 am

The Federal Government has revealed that popular Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, who is also known as Sunday Igboho is trying to acquire a new passport to flee the country.

It added that the government had placed Igboho on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest and directed the security agencies to apprehend him anywhere he is found.

In the security circle, a person whose name is on the stop-list is denied all constitutional rights and privileges a citizen is entitled to.

The Federal Government’s directive against Igboho was contained in a letter by the Nigeria Immigration Service dated …

Kanu: Biafra Group Demands Open Trial Of IPOB Leader

Kanu Didn’t Jump Bail In 2017 – Igbo Lawyers Insist

July 17, 2021 7:31 am

The Igbo Lawyers Association (ILA) has insisted that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is not guilty of jumping bail in 2017.

The lawyers also faulted the way and manner the IPOB leader was allegedly abducted in Kenya and bundled to Nigeria.

Chuks Muoma, leader of ILA and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), told journalists in Aba, Abia State, that rather than jump bail, Nnamdi Kanu only preserved his life by running away from the police, Department of State Services, DSS, and army operatives who attacked his home in 2017.

‘After he was granted

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Niger Gov, Sani-Bello Signs Law To Hang Bandits

Niger Gov, Sani-Bello Signs Law To Hang Bandits

July 17, 2021 7:19 am

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello yesterday signed the death penalty by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits, kidnappers, and informants into law in the State.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Niger State House of Assembly had on July 1, passed into law a bill prescribing death penalty for informants, kidnappers, and cattle rustlers in the State.

Bello said the Kidnapping and cattle rustling special provisions law of 2016 was amended to provide for the punishment of informants and all those involved in the aiding and abetting of kidnapping and cattle rustling in the state.

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We Were Hired To Capture Haiti Leader - Colombian Mercenaries

We Were Hired To Capture Haiti Leader – Colombian Mercenaries

July 16, 2021 3:01 am

Colombian mercenaries detained for their alleged roles in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise have opened up on how they were hired to capture him and hand him over to the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that Colombian intelligence agents are cooperating with Haitian authorities in investigating the July 7 murder of Moise.

Two Americans of Haitian descent and 26 Colombians took part in the operation at the president’s home in Port-au-Prince in which Moise’s wife Martine was shot and wounded.

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Colombia’s police chief …

Cuba Is ‘A Failed State', Repressing Their Citizens - Biden

Cuba Is ‘A Failed State’, Repressing Their Citizens – Biden

July 16, 2021 2:54 am

United States President, Joe Biden on Thursday declared Cuba ‘a failed state’ while also revealing that sending US forces into Haiti is not on his agenda at the moment.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that protesters have been demonstrating in Cuba since last Sunday as anger has grown about shortages of basic goods, electricity and internet outages, curbs on civil liberties, and the government’s handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections. Reports say the hardships are heightened by a decades-old US trade embargo that is being reviewed by Biden’s administration.

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Twitter, Facebook, IG Not Doing Enough To Stop Racism - Saka

Twitter, Facebook, IG Not Doing Enough To Stop Racism – Saka

July 16, 2021 2:49 am

Arsenal youngster, Bukayo Saka has berated microblogging giants, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for not ‘doing enough’ to control racial abuses and hateful comments on their platforms.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Saka missed the last penalty in the Euro 2020 final against Italy last weekend, and ever since, he had been subjected to all kinds of racial abuse from fans of the Three Lions who have refused to forgive.

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In a long statement issued on Thursday, Saka thanked those who sent him words of encouragement and the …

Kenya Lawyer Set To Face ICC Trial For Bribing Witnesses

Kenyan Lawyer Set To Face ICC Trial For Bribing Witnesses

July 16, 2021 2:41 am

A Kenyan lawyer who has been accused of bribing witnesses in a failed International Criminal Court case is set to face trial in The Hague.

The court’s pre-trial chamber revealed yesterday that there were sufficient grounds to bring a case against Paul Gicheru, who handed himself over last November.

He is accused of systematically bribing and intimidating prosecution witnesses in the case that collapsed in 2016 against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, an allegation he has severally denied.

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The politician had denied murder, deportation, and persecution charges during violence that …

COVID-19 NAFDAC Approves Russian Vaccine For Emergency Use

COVID-19: NAFDAC Approves Russian Vaccine For Emergency Use

July 16, 2021 2:36 am

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the emergency use approval of Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines, as well as conditional approval of Sputnik V vaccine as the battle against the third wave of the pandemic, sets in.

The AstraZeneca approved is from the Republic of Korea (SK Bioscience Co Limited), as a result of the stall in the procurement of AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as Covishield, manufactured under licence by Serum Institute of India, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Moderna is produced by Rovi Pharma Madrid, Spain. Sputnik V from Russia …

Nigerian Army General, Hassan Ahmed Murdered In Abuja

Nigerian Army General, Hassan Ahmed Murdered In Abuja

July 16, 2021 2:31 am

Some yet to be identified gunmen have assassinated Major General Hassan Ahmed who is a former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army in Abuja.

He was murdered last night in the Abaji area of the nation’s capital. Reports also revealed that the assailants kidnapped his sister, Safina Ahmed (initially mistaken for the wife).

A source close to the family told correspondents that the siblings were coming from Okene when they were attacked.

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‘They opened fire on his vehicle, he died. The driver pretended to be dead from the wound he …

NAF Denies Paying Ransom To Bandits

6 Super Tucano Fighter Jets On Its Way To Nigeria – NAF

July 16, 2021 2:24 am

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has departed the U.S. en route Nigeria.

The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja.

According to Gabkwet, the six aircraft will be leapfrogged through five countries, which include Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Algeria before arriving in Nigeria towards the end of this month.

The director stressed that the official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of NAF is being planned at a later date in …

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