December 2, 2021

2023 Choosing Flag Bearer Would Be Turbulent For PDP – Wike

2023: Choosing Flag Bearer Would Be Turbulent For PDP – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asserted that the process that would produce a presidential candidate for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election will be turbulent.

Wike, who spoke in an interview with a national television in Port Harcourt which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, on Thursday, declared that the process will not be easy.

He said; ‘Let nobody come and tell you that in arriving at a presidential candidate that it will be easy. No way, it can never be. You know, there are two types of turbulence.

‘There is turbulence

FCTA Vows To Pull Down All Buildings Contrary To Master Plan

FCTA Vows To Pull Down All Buildings Contrary To Master Plan

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday advised residents to build in accordance with the territory’s urban and regional plan to avoid altering the Abuja Master Plan.

Mr. Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection, and Enforcement, who gave the advice during an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja, said the FCTA would not hesitate to bring down any illegal structure.

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‘I am making a fundamental appeal to residents of the Federal Capital Territory to work in accordance with the urban and regional

140m Nigerians Lack Access To Justice – Hague

About 140 million Nigerians are among the 5.1 billion people in the world that lack access to justice, Country Director, Hague Institute of Innovations of Law (HIIL), Mrs. Ijeoma Nwafor has said.

She said this while addressing the Justice Transformation Lab in Kaduna, adding that 11 million residents in Kaduna State also lacked access to justice.

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According to her, the Hague Institute of Innovations of Law came into being in Nigeria in 2018 and had been in Imo State before coming to Kaduna State, adding that it is ready …

Taliban Govt Resumes Issuing Afghan Passports In Kabul

Iranian Forces, Taliban Exchange Fire At Border

An exchange of heavy ammunition fire erupted on Wednesday between Iranian forces and Afghanistan’s Taliban at Iran’s eastern border.

According to a local Iranian news Agency, Tasnim ‘A clash erupted in the afternoon between Iranian border guards and the Taliban following a misunderstanding at the border near the (Afghan) province of Nimroz’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Iran, which shares a 900 kilometre (560 mile) border with Afghanistan, does not recognise the Taliban government formed after the insurgents seized the capital Kabul in August.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said a ‘border dispute between residents” of the

China Warns Citizens To Leave DR Congo Following Attacks

China Warns Citizens To Leave DR Congo Following Attacks

The Chinese embassy have asked its citizens to evacuate three provinces in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo as soon as possible.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the notice is coming on the heels of several cases of armed robbery and kidnappings of Chinese nationals in the region’s mines in recent days.

A posting from the Chinese Embassy in Kinshasa on the WeChat online messaging disclosed that a number of Chinese citizens had been attacked and kidnapped in the three provinces of South Kivu, North Kivu, and Ituri over the past month.

It said Chinese residing …

Nigeria Moves To Extend Electricity To Chad

Nigeria Moves To Extend Electricity To Chad

The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded plans to link electricity infrastructure with the Republic of Chad as part of moves to foster regional integration in the West African region.

Speaking when a delegation of the Chadian Government paid him a courtesy call on Wednesday, Minister of Power, Abubakar  Aliyu, assured his visitors of continuous interaction on power interconnection with the Republic of Chad.

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Abubakar said that  Nigeria is committed to regional integration and was willing to resuscitate engagement between Nigeria and Chad.

According to him, directors of the Ministry of

Declare Where You Gets Funds, Presidency Lambasts SERAP

Declare Where You Gets Funds, Presidency Lambasts SERAP

The presidency has asked the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to desist from putting out its ‘divisive, irresponsible, and bare-faced publicity stunts’ but to reveal who its sponsors are.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made the call on Wednesday in a statement titled, ‘SERAP should stop the publicity stunt and render own accountability.’

The piece, according to Mr Shehu, was aimed at addressing the repeated ridiculous claims from SERAP ‘that it is bringing legal action against the Government and/or President of Nigeria’.

Deepening his argument, the spokesman argued that “very …

Serial Jailbreaks, Ploy To keep Kanu In Prison, Alleges IPOB

Serial Jailbreaks, Ploy To keep Kanu In Prison, Alleges IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that the constant jailbreaks across the country is a plot by the Federal Government to perpetually keep its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of Department of States Services (DSS).

The group alleged that the DSS always arranged a prisons break, each time a suspect of interest is billed to be transferred from its custody to prison to create the impression that Nigerian prisons were not safe.

The secessionist group made this known in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful which was made available to Africa Daily …