September 7, 2021

Uzodinma Blamed Over Increasing Cases Of Brutality Against Youths

Can Governor Uzodinma Possibly Account For The ₦272 Billion?

September 7, 2021 3:00 pm

It would be arduous for any sane person to easily come to the terms that today’s Imo under Uzodinma has in 19 months received accruals in excess of 140 billion Naira, at least not in a State where salaries and pensions have remained unpaid for over one year, not in a State with a horrible economic space that has seen more and more people plunged into abject poverty, definitely not a State where infrastructure is now in its lowest ebb, surely not in a State that has grown synonymous with every pronounced ill and anomaly in the country, alas, it …

Jihadist Threat ‘Getting Worse’, Says Ex-UK PM Blair

September 7, 2021 5:27 am

Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair has warned that ‘radical Islam‘ remained a ‘first-order security threat’ to the world despite two decades confronting the issue across the globe.

Blair presented this argument ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States, and in the wake of the Taliban retaking power in Afghanistan, he posited that the threat posed by jihadist groups was ‘getting worse’.

He reiterated his long-held belief it could only be defeated by “a combination of hard and soft power” and urged world powers, including non-Western allies, to adopt a more …

We Have No Excuse To Lose To Cape Verde – Awaziem

September 7, 2021 3:36 am

Super Eagles defender, Chidozie Awaziem, has stated that they are in Cape Verde to get the maximum points, adding that they don’t have any excuse to lose the tie despite the absence of 10 players for the Group C Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the Nigerians arrived the island nation on Monday ahead of their qualifying game against the Blue Sharks on Tuesday (today) at the Stade Municipal Adérito Sena in Mindelo.

Speaking to the media after their training on Monday, the Boavista FC defender stated that although the game would be …

Over 30 Dead As jihadists Attack DR Congo

September 7, 2021 2:51 am

No fewer than 30 people were murdered following an attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources have disclosed.

It was gathered that the jihadists of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are suspected to have carried out the attack in the Ituri area on Saturday, they said.

Dieudonne Malangayi, acting chairman of the chiefdom of Walese Vonkutu, initially said 14 people died in the attack but told reporters on Monday that more bodies had since been discovered.

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‘The civilians who …

Coup Leaders In Guinea Ban Ministers From Travelling

September 7, 2021 2:25 am

The leaders of a military coup in Guinea have placed a ban on government members from leaving the country.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the members of the cabinet, convened a day after the removal of president Alpha Conde, only to be told to hand over their passports and official vehicles, coup leader Mamady Doumbouya said in the capital Conakry.

Doumbouya, who is the commander of an elite military unit created by Conde, also lifted an air traffic suspension imposed on Sunday as well as a curfew in mining areas.

Guinea is one of the world’s largest suppliers …

Bandits Are Fulani People, We Know Them – Gov, Masari

September 7, 2021 1:57 am

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has revealed the identities of bandits causing mayhem in Nigeria, particularly the northern parts of the country.

The governor of President Muhammadu Buhari’s state of origin, said the criminal elements who have plunged the entire nation into an unusual security crisis are majorly Fulani herdsmen.

Governor Masari made the assertion on Monday while featuring on a Channels Television programme, ‘Politics Today’ which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

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He revealed that the elements have same religion, language like himself, stressing …

INEC Ad-Hoc Staff Reject Posting To Polling Units In Anambra

Anambra Guber: INEC Suspends Physical Registration Of Voters

September 7, 2021 12:07 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it has suspended in-person or physical registration of voters in Anambra, though online pre-registration of voters in the state would still continue.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this disclosure at the commission’s 3rd quarterly meeting with leaders of political parties on Monday, in Abuja.

According to the decision was to enable the commission prepare for the state governorship election scheduled for Nov. 6.

This is just as he disclosed that 717, 947 Nigerians had so far participated in the nationwide physical registration at INEC state and local government offices, beginning …