October 2021

A crisis is currently brewing after oil was discovered in Evue/Igbighogho bushes in Oviri-Olomu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Africa Daily News, New York learnt that five families including Edariese Efedjamah, Irevwiruemu, George Akanuota, Onakota and Ashe families are claiming ownership of the said land.

Four out of the five families, at a press conference held in Udu Local Government Area, said only the five families should be paid compensations and allowed to enjoy the benefits accruable from the land.

They added that only the five families should be entitled to contract awards, employments, Christmas …

Dr Ibrahim Liman, the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service of Nigeria has said the service would withdraw from any State where his men or equipment are attacked during the course of discharging their duties.

Liman made this known in Akure during a courtesy visit to the office of the Governor of Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday.

Liman, who said he was in Ondo with his men for a week-long retreat for management staff of the fire service, disclosed that the training would boost the service delivery of his men.

He noted that most people didn’t know …

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service on Tuesday announced what it described as a ‘life-changing treatment’ for sickle cell disease (SCD).

A statement from the NHS which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York noted that; the discovery ‘Known as Crizanlizumab, the new drug will be delivered by a transfusion drip and works by binding to a protein in the blood cells to prevent the restriction of blood and oxygen supply that lead to a sickle cell crisis’.

The drug is expected to help persons living with SCD have ‘a much better quality of life.’

SCD, according to the …

A jury in California on Monday ordered Tesla to pay a Black former employee $137 million in damages for turning a blind eye to racism the man encountered at the firm’s auto plant in Fremont, US media reported.

Owen Diaz was hired through a staffing agency as an elevator operator at the electric vehicle maker’s Fremont factory between June 2015 and July 2016, where he was subjected to racist abuse and a hostile work environment, according to the court filing.

In his lawsuit, Diaz said African-American employees at the factory, where his son also worked, were regularly subjected to racist …

The Nigerian Union of Teachers in Yobe State have identified the shortage of teachers as one of the has many challenges in the education sector of the state.

Yobe State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Ado Idrissa stated this at an occasion marking the 2021 Teachers’ Day in Damaturu.

‘Government in its wisdom should look into this issue immediately by the replacing retired teachers as it was done before, the extension of service years or age or immediate employment of young competent and qualified one’, he appealed.

According to Idrissa despite the security challenge that has lasted for more than …

Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, its spokesman, Dr Abubakar Manzo, said that the health of El-Zakzaky and his wife is deteriorating and need urgent attention for treatment.

Recall that the seizure of the passports of El-Zakzaky ; the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, has been denied by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

Through their legal team, led by …