October 2021

The fate of the suspended Commander, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and a Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, is hanging in the balance as the Police Service Commission awaits the recommendations of the Force Disciplinary Committee on his case.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the FDC’s recommendations would form the crux of the commission’s decision and also determine Kyari’s future in the Nigeria Police.

Our correspondent had reported that the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, last month dispatched the Special Investigation Panel report on Kyari’s alleged roles in the $1.1m fraud perpetrated by an Instagram influencer, Abbas …

Israel advanced plans for building more than 3,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a military spokesman said, a day after the US forcefully criticised such construction.

The Civil Administration’s high planning committee gave the final green light to 1,800 homes and initial approval for another 1,344, a spokesman for the military body that oversees civilian matters in the Palestinian territories told News correspondents.

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The approvals came a day after the United States criticised Israel for its policy of building settlements, with President Joe Biden’s administration saying …

Students of Taraba State University, Jalingo, on Wednesday, joined the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) chapters in the institution, to protest poor welfare.

Mr Livinus Naiman, Chairman, Joint Action Committee of the unions, while speaking to journalists in Jalingo, lamented what he termed the ”insensitivity of the school’s management” to the strike and vowed to resist any form of intimidation.

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Africa Daily News, New York reports that the two unions had embarked on an indefinite strike three weeks ago over …

Delta Airlines, the longest-serving U.S. airline to Africa, will resume its direct flight services between Lagos and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on December 8.

The airline operators said they are doing this to restore the popular route in time for the festive season.

Delta’s Commercial Director Africa, the Middle East and India, Jimmy Eichelgruen, made said this in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday.

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Eichelgruene said that Delta airlines would operate nonstop flights between Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and New York’s John F. Kennedy …

No fewer than seven villagers have been killed in an attack on Yanbuki community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State by suspected armed bandits.

According to an eyewitness from the village, the bandits started shooting immediately they stormed the area, neutralizing scores of people in the village.

‘The bandits were moving from house to house throughout the night, burgling shops as they went away with people’s goods and foodstuffs’, he said.

He further noted that the deceased have since been buried.

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According to the source, throughout …

Two National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and four other Benue citizens, who were recently kidnapped in Zamfara State, have regained their freedom.

In a statement issued on Wednesday morning by Jimin Geoffrey, the Social media aide to Governor Samuel Ortom, the development followed the collaborative efforts of the state government, Benue Links management, and the families of victims.

Jennifer Awashima Iorliam and Joseph Zakaa were the NYSC members abducted on their way to Gusau, Zamfara State capital.

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Others include Sedoo Kondo, an undergraduate of Usman Dan …