August 9, 2021

Tension As Police Mount Surveillance At APC Secretariat

Tension As Police Mount Surveillance At APC Secretariat

August 9, 2021 3:09 pm

There is tension in Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as armed policemen on Monday mounted surveillance at her National Secretariat in Abuja.

According to the Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John Akpanudoedehe, the presence of the Policemen was a proactive measure for protection based on a security report which the caretaker committee was privy to.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that early as 9 am on Monday, not less than ten Hilux pickup patrol vans fully loaded with armed policemen were strategically positioned along Blantyre street where the party Secretariat is located.…

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Kaduna Schools To Remain Closed Over Insecurity

August 9, 2021 2:51 pm

The Kaduna State Government has disclosed that all primary and secondary schools in the State will remain closed until the security situation improves.

The Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, made this revelation on Monday in Kaduna at a joint press conference with the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan.

According to Muhammad, the press conference was organized to refute the fake news going round that schools were directed to reopen for the third term on Aug. 9.

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He explained that the schools were earlier scheduled to reopen …

Governor Uzodinma Is Imo State's Messiah - Chief Ekeh 

Governor Uzodinma Is Imo State’s Messiah – Chief Ekeh 

August 9, 2021 6:47 am

Chief Better Joseph Ekeh is an international business man with a vast interest in the hospitality business. The CEO of Alaowerri Restaurant, London and Chairman of Adavinn Executive Inn and Suites in Owerri North-Imo State is equally an astute politician who needs no introduction when it comes to politics in Imo State.

Chief Ekeh who is an All Progressives Congress stakeholder and incidentally, happened to be Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State’s Spokesman in the United Kingdom under the umbrella of CampHope during the 2019 electioneering process, in a media chat with Africa Daily News, New York shared some important …

Saudi Arabia’s First Wind Farm Begins Electricity Production

Saudi Arabia’s First Wind Farm Begins Electricity Production

August 9, 2021 2:38 am

Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm has been connected to the grid and began producing carbon-free electricity, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

The region’s largest wind farm identified as Dumat al-Jandal is made up of at least 99 wind turbines, each with the capacity to generate electricity for up to 70,000 homes in the kingdom, Saudi Arabia-based Al Arabiya reported.

The 400-megawatt (MW) utility-scale wind power project is being developed by a group led by EDF Renewables and Masdar, two of the world’s leading renewable energy companies.

The project has created more than 600 jobs during the construction phase …

Thousands Evacuated As Floods Hit North Korea

Thousands Evacuated As Floods Hit North Korea

August 9, 2021 2:23 am

No fewer than a thousand homes were left damaged and about 5,000 people evacuated in North Korea after flooding caused by heavy rains.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that swathes of farmland were also inundated by the natural disaster.

This is coming at a time the impoverished North in June admitted it was tackling a food crisis, sounding the alarm in a country with a moribund agricultural sector that has long struggled to feed itself.

Last month, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization forecast said North Korea was facing a food shortage of around 860,000 tonnes this year, warning …

Messi Reveals Toughest Time Of His Career

Messi Reveals Toughest Time Of His Career

August 9, 2021 2:06 am

Departing Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi has revealed what he feels the toughest time of his glory-filled carrier is.

According to the 6-time Ballon D’or winner, leaving his boyhood club, Barcelona was the ‘toughest time of his career.’

Messi made this assertion on Sunday during his farewell speech to Barcelona at a press conference in Spain.

‘This [leaving Barcelona] is the toughest time of my career, without a doubt.

‘I had a lot of tough times, but then I could go back to train and get revenge.

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‘Now I can’t …

Pharaoh's 'Solar Boat' Moved To Egyptian Museum

Pharaoh’s ‘Solar Boat’ Moved To Egyptian Museum

August 9, 2021 1:55 am

The oldest and largest surviving Pharaohs commissioned solar boats which were intended to be taken to the afterlife have instead been transported 7.5 kilometers (5 miles) away to a new museum.

According to a statement released by the country’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry on Saturday, they stated that King Khufu’s 4,600-year-old solar boat, intended to bring him to heaven, was instead transported a few kilometers to a new antiquities museum.

The 42-meter-long (138-foot), the 20-ton vessel made of cedarwood was brought to the soon-to-open Grand Egyptian Museum inside a metal cage on a remote-controlled vehicle imported from Belgium for the

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Onyeka Onwenu Opens Up On ‘Secret Marriage With Obasanjo’

Onyeka Onwenu Opens Up On ‘Secret Marriage With Obasanjo’

August 9, 2021 1:37 am

Veteran singer and Nigerian entertainer, Onyeka Onwenu has finally responded to rumours that she had a secret marriage with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.

In an interview with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Onwenu emphasised that the accusations that she slept with Obasanjo and had a secret marriage with the former President is false.

She also revealed she was accused while growing up of sleeping with many big men in Nigeria.

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The veteran singer said: “I was accused of sleeping with Sunny Ade, Fela, and Obasanjo.

‘They even went to

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Rwanda, Mozambique Regain Control Of Port Held By Jihadists

Rwanda, Mozambique Regain Control Of Port Held By Jihadists

August 9, 2021 1:25 am

Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique’s army battle jihadists on Sunday declared that they have now recaptured and taken control of the key northern port of Mocimboa da Praia from the extremist militants.

In a tweet sighted on Monday, the Rwandan Defence Forces stated that; ‘The port city of Mocimboa da Praia, a major stronghold of the insurgency for more than two years has been captured by Rwandan and Mozambican security forces’.

Force spokesman colonel Ronald Rwivanga confirmed this to correspondents, saying ‘yes (Mocimboa da Praia) has fallen’.

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Igboho Why Obasanjo, Ooni, Others Intervened - Afenifere

Igboho: Why Obasanjo, Ooni, Others Intervened – Afenifere

August 9, 2021 1:04 am

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has explained why former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Olubadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, and others had to intervene in Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho’s matter.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, had been declared wanted by Nigeria’s security outfit, Department of State Services (DSS), and he is currently detained in Benin Republic.

The activist’s lawyers have applied for asylum on his behalf but the Benin Republic government has yet to respond to that request.

Amid Igboho’s travails, the Ooni of Ife set …

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

Confusion As Kanu’s Brother Suspends IPOB Sit-At-Home Order

August 9, 2021 12:47 am

The planned sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) scheduled for Today, yesterday suffered a setback after it was suspended yesterday due to the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) Exam for junior secondary schools.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a man identified as Kanunta Kanu, believed to a younger brother to the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in a statement, stated that a new date for commencement of the sit-at-home order would be announced later.

Recall that the pro-Biafra group had ordered for sit-at-home would be observed every Monday throughout Igbo land, starting from August 9 …

Northern Coalition Demand Review Of Abba Kyari’s Suspension

Northern Coalition Demand Review Of Abba Kyari’s Suspension

August 9, 2021 12:31 am
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and other Arewa Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate review of the suspension of DCP Abba Kyari who was indicted by the FBI.
Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the Police Service Commission had suspended Kyari following his indictment by the FBI.
The FBI had alleged that suspected billionaire fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, paid a bribe to Kyari, an allegation the police officer has severally denied with different stories.
The police had set up a panel to probe Kyari while he was replaced as head of
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