November 2021

Terrorists Plotting Attack On Military Bases -DSS Raises Alarm

Terrorists Plotting To Attack Military Bases – DSS Raises Alarm

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday issued an alert over planned attacks by insurgents on Ogun border communities and other border communities in Nigeria.

In a leaked letter signed by the State Director of Security, Ogun State Command, M.B. Abdullahi which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, the DSS warned that it has intelligence that the insurgent is plotting to attack military bases in border towns.

The DSS also advised customs and other security agencies in the country to put counter-measures in place to frustrate the plot by the insurgents.

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#EndSARS SERAP Sues Buhari, Seeks Arrest Of Indicted Agents

#EndSARS: SERAP Sues Buhari, Seeks Arrest Of Indicted Agents

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to instruct President Muhammadu Buhari to order the arrest of security operatives involved in the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, and police brutality cases.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that young Nigerians had converged at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020 to protest against police brutality before they were reportedly shot at by security operatives.

A little year after, a leaked report by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality set up by the state government to …

Youths Foil Attempt By DSS To Arrest Edo Monarch, Kadiri

Insurgents Planning To Attack Military Bases – DSS Raises Alarm

The Department of State Services, DSS has issued an alert over planned attacks by insurgents on Ogun border communities and other border communities in Nigeria.

In a letter signed by the State Director of Security, Ogun State Command, M.B. Abdullahi, DSS warned that it has intelligence that the insurgent is plotting to attack military bases in border towns.

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The letter titled, ‘Plans by insurgents to launch attacks on military bases in various border communities’ read, “Available intelligence indicates plans by insurgents and criminal elements to carry out simultaneous

Two Dead As Powerful Storm Batters UK

Two Dead As Powerful Storm Batters UK

Two people were killed, thousands of homes cut off from power and drivers stuck on freezing roads overnight as a powerful storm hit the northern UK, authorities said Saturday.

One woman tweeted a video of her flight from Paris struggling to land in Manchester, northwest England, in high winds late Friday.

Passengers’ nervous laughter gave way to screams and sobs before the pilot aborted the landing, succeeding on a second attempt.

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The UK’s meteorological service issued a rare “red weather” warning as “Storm Arwen” brought wind gusts of almost …

Group Urges Obiano To Intervene In Onitsha Market Demolition

Group Urges Obiano To Intervene In Onitsha Market Demolition

A group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has called on Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State to urgently intervene in the demolition of Woliwo Market in Onitsha.

The group said it was wrong for the government to displace traders from their sources of income without notice.

Some members of a task force working for the Anambra State Government had on Saturday stormed Woliwo Market in Onitsha and demolished shops without notice.

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In a press release by the President-General of the group, Mr. Goodluck Ibem, the group …

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Niger NLC Urges Affiliate Unions To Elect Women For Gender Balance

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Niger State has advised its affiliate unions to prioritize the election of women into leadership positions to guarantee gender equality at workplaces.

This was contained in the communique issued at the end of 2021 NLC State Level School Training organized for affiliate unions and signed by the Niger State NLC Chairman, Comrade Yakubu Garba, urging the unions to ensure that effective grievance handling mechanisms were instituted.

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The Communique enjoined the unions to promote good governance within their various trade unions …

Personality Of The Year: Owerri Zone Lauds Mrs. Akeredolu

Personality Of The Year: Owerri Zone Lauds Mrs. Akeredolu

Congratulations are in order as Mrs Betty Akeredolu, the First Lady of Ondo State Ondo State emerged personality of the year courtesy of The Eastern Updates, a media company under the People and Polity group.

The honour was conferred on her in their recently published magazine which was made public on the 27th of November. According to the parameters set by The Eastern Updates, a news company which is known for its solid standing with honesty and unbiased news dispersal, Mrs Betty Akeredolu was chosen for this award because of her wonderful, selfless philantropic works targeted at her constituents and …

Emirates Resumes Operations As Nigeria, UAE Resolve Differences

Emirates Resumes Operations As Nigeria, UAE Resolve Differences

The Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions.

The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement by Mr. James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation.

The Federal Government had barred Emirates from flying into Nigeria over discriminatory policies on Nigerians as regards COVID-19 protocols by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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According to Sirika, the move came in response to the yearnings of Nigerian travelers and after painstaking …

We Won’t Beg Buhari For Igboho's Release – Afenifere

We Won’t Beg Buhari For Igboho’s Release – Afenifere

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said there is no basis to beg President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

The group was reacting to calls by some Nigerians, urging the group to emulate Igbo leaders who have approached the president for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Buhari had disclosed that he will consider the release of Kanu after traditional and religious leaders in the south-east asked him to grant Kanu amnesty to deescalate tension in the zone.

Buhari …

Corona Virus WHO Names New COVID Strain, ‘Omicron'

Corona Virus: WHO Names New COVID Strain, ‘Omicron’

World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the health body also labelled it a variant of ‘concern’ due to its large number of mutations and possible faster rate of infection which was discovred.

WHO, in a statement on Friday, said there is an increased risk of reinfection with this variant of concern compared to other strains, such as Delta.

It explained that ‘Omicron has been detected at faster rates than in previous surges in infection, suggesting that it ‘may have a growth …

Proscription Of Bandits Gumi Breaks Silence, Berates FG

Proscription Of Bandits: Gumi Breaks Silence, Berates FG

Controversial Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has claimed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has succumbed to the blackmail against bandits.

The Islamic scholar made this assertion while reacting to the report that a court has now declared the bandits terrosrists.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported how Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja proclaimed the activities of bandits as terrorism.

The judge ruled based on an ex parte motion filed by the Federal Government.

Mohammed Abubakar, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), who filed the motion, had said President Muhammadu Buhari gave …

COVID-19 3.5m Nigerians Now Fully Vaccinated - NPHCDA

COVID-19: 3.5m Nigerians Now Fully Vaccinated – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that 3,487,298 Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so far.

Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, made this known at the start of mass vaccination in Nasarawa State.

According to Shuaib, as of Friday, November 26, a total of 6,242, 224 eligible persons had received their first doses of the vaccine.

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His words, ‘From the data above, it is clear that Nigeria is still far from reaching its target of vaccinating almost 112 million of its eligible