October 2021

Furious Sudanese anti-coup protesters vowed Friday to press ahead with a campaign of civil disobedience, following deadly clashes with security forces during demonstrations against a widely condemned military takeover.

At least eight people have been killed and 170 wounded in protests since the army’s power grab earlier this week, medics said, adding that security forces have fired tear gas, live rounds and rubber-tipped bullets at demonstrators.

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As the country braces for mass protests planned for Saturday, the US and the UN called on Sudan’s military to show “restraint”.

A US …

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has reacted to the invasion of the residence of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

HURIWA said EFCC’s lie about the exercise as disclosed by a report from the chief magistrate court makes the commission a tool for political witch-hunt.

Gun-wielding security operatives, suspected to be EFCC operatives, had invaded Justice Odili’s residence in Maitama, Abuja.

But, the anti-graft agency denied reports that its operatives were behind the raid.

Amid the reports, a Chief Magistrates’ Court had …

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to negotiate with people of the Southeast over the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Mbaka explained that Nigeria is sinking, hence Buhari should negotiate with the people of the Southeast.

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Addressing his members at the Adoration ground, Mbaka said those around the President were telling him lies about the sit-at-home order.

According to Mbaka: ‘Whatever is affecting Igboland is affecting the whole Nigeria.’

‘I am pleading with Mr

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has revealed how the union, during its last negotiations, rejected Federal Government’s plan to increase school fees of all university students to ₦1 million naira.

He said government’s plan was to open an education bank and give each student a loan of one million naira annually at five per cent interest rate to sponsor themselves in school and then pay back when they graduate and start working.

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Osodeke stated this while answering questions from participants at …

Nigerian troops on Friday repelled an attack by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the insurgents had attempted to overrun the Damboa Super Camp of the Nigerian Army Thursday night.

They stormed the location in about nine gun trucks, three Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), and three MRAPs.

A military intelligence officer told reporters that the assault was successfully foiled.

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“Ground troops, with the support of the military Air Task Force (ATF) engaged them, and eliminated scores”, he said.…

A proposed law in Ghana to toughen curbs on the LGBT community has triggered a rift between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the local Anglican church, which strongly supports the bill.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that gay sex is illegal in highly religious and conservative Ghana, but the proposed law will criminalise even LGBTQ advocacy while imposing longer jail terms for same-sex relations.

The so-called ‘Promotion of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values’ bill has been widely condemned by the international community and rights activists.

However, the bill, currently being debated in parliament, is widely supported …