October 25, 2021

PDP Has Slim Chances In 2023: PDP Member Explains

Cross River PDP Receives Over 5,000 APC Returnees

October 25, 2021 7:54 am

Mr Venatius Ikem, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River on Sunday in Ogoja received over 5,000 returnees from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The event, held at Government Technical College playground, Ogoja, was part of the grand reception for Sen. Jarigbe Agom, representing Cross River North Senatorial District.

Speaking, Ikem said that the return of former PDP members and the entrance of new members are a big boost to the party ahead of future elections in the State.

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The returnees and the new members were from five …

Herdsmen Education Will Curb Insecurity – Gumi

Declare Bandits Terrorists, End Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi Warns FG

October 25, 2021 7:50 am

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against declaring bandits terrorists.

Gumi warned that Nigeria would stop existing as a sovereign and united entity if the Federal Government declared bandits as terrorists.

The Islamic cleric disclosed this in a Facebook post, on Sunday night.

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He, however, admitted that the devastation caused by bandits in the Northwest amounted to terrorism.

He said: ‘The acts the bandits are committing now in NW have gradually over time become tantamount to terrorism because wherever

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FFK Reveals Those Seeking To Trigger 2nd Civil War

FFK Reveals Those Seeking To Trigger 2nd Civil War

October 25, 2021 7:45 am

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has pointed out those trying to divide Nigeria and trigger another civil war in the country.

Fani-Kayode alleged that some foreign forces are determined to divide Nigeria and cause another civil war.

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The former minister disclosed this in a tweet on Monday morning.

According to Fani-Kayode: ‘The day Nigerians appreciate the fact that there are foreign powers and forces that seek to divide us and spark off a second civil war in our country will be the day that they would have taken their

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Taliban Moves To Tackle Hunger And Unemployment

Taliban Moves To Tackle Hunger And Unemployment

October 25, 2021 4:03 am

Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the weekend launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labour.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the scheme will be officially launched out around Afghanistan’s major towns and cities and employ 40,000 men in the capital alone, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said at a press conference in southern Kabul.

‘This is an important step for fighting unemployment,” Zabihullah Mujahid said, adding the labourers must “work hard’.

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Afghanistan which is already suffering from poverty, drought, …

Ethiopia Launches Air Strikes In Northern And Western Tigray

Ethiopia Launches Air Strikes In Northern And Western Tigray

October 25, 2021 3:41 am

Ethiopia’s military on Sunday launched two airstrikes on what a government official claimed were rebel-held facilities in Tigray, rounding off a week of near-daily attacks in the war-torn northern region.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the strikes, far from the regional capital Mekele, signalled the military was potentially widening its campaign of aerial bombardments which has drawn international rebukes and disrupted UN flights to the famine-threatened territory.

‘Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri) which was serving as a training and military command post for the terrorist group TPLF has been the target of an air strike,’ …

Attack On Rail Track Confirms Bandits As Terrorists — CAN

October 25, 2021 3:11 am

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has described the attack by bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna rail track as a terrorist act, submitting that time has now come for bandits to be labelled terrorists.

CAN made its position known even as the Northern State Council of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria asked the Federal Government to expose sponsors of banditry in Nigeria.

The Christian body maintained that the attack on the rail track, which led to the suspension of train services from Abuja to Kaduna, was an additional cause of concern for the people of Kaduna State and those coming to …

Gunmen Demand N6m For Three Kidnapped Ogun Worshipers

Gunmen Demand ₦6m For Three Kidnapped Ogun Worshipers

October 25, 2021 2:44 am

Unknown gunmen on Sunday invaded the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, along Railway Station, Obada-Oko, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State abducting three worshipers.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the hoodlums whisked away three worshippers in the church to unknown locations.

A source narrated that the victims had just finished a vigil when the incident happened.

Our correspondent learnt that the kidnappers, after a few hours, demanded ₦6m as ransom for the victims, identified as Ifeoluwa Alani-Bello, Adebare Oduntan and Mary Oliyide.

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The state Police …

Rivers Not Fighting FG On VAT, Wike Clarifies

Rivers Not Fighting FG On VAT, Wike Clarifies

October 25, 2021 2:07 am

Against the backdrop of the legal tussle over Value Added Tax collection (VAT), Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that the state has no intention to fight the Federal Government.

Wike made this clarification during a public lecture on ‘Taxing powers in a federal system’, held on Saturday to mark the 60th birthday of a lawyer, Ahmed Raji (SAN).

The governor, who was represented by Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), said, ‘I have heard a lot of comments been made that we are fighting Federal Government; there is no desire or …

Youths Will Not Take Arms If Adequately Empowered – Maduka

Youths Will Not Take Arms If Adequately Empowered – Maduka

October 25, 2021 1:34 am

The gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in upcoming the governorship election in Anambra State, Dr Godwin Maduka, has stressed the need for youth empowerment and capacity building in the country.

Maduka, who is putting a finishing touch to his campaign for the election, made the remark in Abuja, when he was hosted by the Anambra traders union, said that if the youths in the country were adequately empowered, they would not take to arms.

In his statement, he stressed the need for every Anambra indigene to get a formal education alongside their apprenticeship system which, according to him, is a …

Kanu’s Trial Will Lead To The End Of IPOB - Garba Shehu

Kanu’s Trial Will Lead To The End Of IPOB – Garba Shehu

October 25, 2021 12:40 am

Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu has asserted that the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will see to the end of the group.

He made this assertion while responding to a harsh criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari by a London-based news magazine, The Economist over the weekend.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier recalled that the Economist had scored the government of President Muhammadu Buhari low, saying his ‘inept and heavy-handed’ administration has failed to tackle corruption.

In an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was …

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