August 4, 2021

Stop Kidnapping School Children, Minister Pleads With Bandits

Stop Kidnapping School Children, Minister Pleads With Bandits

August 4, 2021 6:39 pm

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, appealed to bandits to stop kidnapping school children as he pleaded with them to free the remaining abducted students under their custody.

He made the appeal yesterday when he heard that three more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Kaduna State had been found.

Speaking during an interview with Channels Television which was monitored Africa Daily News, New York, Nwajiuba asserted that the federal government was doing all it could to ensure that those in captivity were all rescued.

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PDP Crisis Strong Chieftain Out To Hijack Party – Secondus

PDP Crisis: Strong Chieftain Out To Hijack Party – Secondus

August 4, 2021 4:39 pm

The National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has raised an alarm over plots to hijack the party by a very strong chieftain of the party in preparation for 2023.

Although he declined to identify the chieftain, Secondus claimed that the person is working to diminish his image.

Secondus wondered why a member of the party would be calling for a Caretaker Committee.

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His remark was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, issued on Wednesday titled, ‘Who is …

N'Assembly Appeals To Striking Doctors To Pity Nigerians

N’Assembly Appeals To Striking Doctors To Pity Nigerians

August 4, 2021 3:48 pm

The National Assembly has pleaded with the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to ‘consider the situation in the country’ and call off the strike embarked upon two days ago.

The Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, Dr. Tanko Sununu, made the appeal at the inauguration of a sensitisation campaign organised by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Abuja.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that NARD started a nationwide industrial action
on August 2 over welfare and other conditions of service to members.

Sununu said, ‘I am calling on NARD to please look at the …

Lagos Moves To Establish 2 Additional Universities

Lagos Moves To Establish 2 Additional Universities

August 4, 2021 1:36 pm
The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to deliver two additional universities to Lagosians.
Going by the plans in the pipelines by the State government, of the two planned institutions, one is a university of education and another one for science and technology.
To bring this dream to reality, the Lagos State House of Assembly has now held two public hearings on the bills to establish a university of education as well as a university of science and technology.
The first hearing, which was on a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the University of Education,
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NATO Warns Iran To Respect Shipping After Tanker Attack

NATO Warns Iran To Respect Shipping After Tanker Attack

August 4, 2021 6:12 am

The NATO alliance has condemned a deadly attack on an Israeli-operated tanker last week and urged Iran to respect international shipping rules.

Separately, the European Union also condemned the ‘unacceptable” attack and ‘any action that would be detrimental to peace and stability in this area’.

The United States, Britain, and Israel say Iran launched the attack on the vessel, MV Mercer Street, off the coast of Oman last week, killing a British security guard and a Romanian crew member.

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Iran, which inaugurated ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi as …

41 Crushed As Bus And Truck Collide In Mali

41 Crushed As Bus And Truck Collide In Mali

August 4, 2021 4:44 am

No fewer than 41 people lost their lives and about 33 others severely injured when a bus and a truck collided during heavy rains on Tuesday in central Mali, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

Reports say such accidents are a regular occurrence in the former French colony, where the poor state of the roads has been a source of social tension.

Transport Minister Dembele Madina Sissoko said the dead included a baby after the passenger bus collided with a lorry carrying agricultural produce near the town of Segou.

He stressed it was a provisional toll, and blamed bad …

Death Rumors Sanwo-Olu Visits Tinubu In London

Death Rumors: Sanwo-Olu Visits Tinubu In London

August 4, 2021 2:08 am

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday visited his predecessor Bola Tinubu in London amidst the rumours making the rounds that the former Lagos governor had died in the UK after surgery.

Tinubu, a leading political figure in Nigeria, is the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader.

There were speculations that he passed away abroad after he was “hurriedly flown out”.

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In recent years, Tinubu has traveled out of the country for medical purposes.

The Jagaban of Borgu is believed to be interested in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.…

Tokyo Olympics FG Triples Prize Money For Oborodudu, Brume

Tokyo Olympics: FG Triples Prize Money For Oborodudu, Brume

August 4, 2021 12:47 am

Nigerian officials have tripled the prize money award for medalists at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

The Director of Federation and Elite Athletes Department FEAD at the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Dr Simon Ebohdjaiye, announced this on Tuesday in Tokyo after Wrestler Blessing Oborodudu won Team Nigeria’s second medal of the games.

He explained that the gesture was in appreciation of the impressive and historic performances put up by the athletes.

Read Also: Ese Brume Wins Nigeria’s First Medal In Tokyo 2020

‘The gesture is to drive home the point …

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