December 2021

The Federal Government has failed to officially designate bandits as terrorists three weeks after a Federal High Court ordered the government to do so.

Africa Daily News, New York learnt that since the judgment was delivered on November 26, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has yet to gazette the order as ordered by the court, thereby failing to give life to the order.

No fewer than four states in the North-West have been battling banditry. The states are Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna. The bandits have killed hundreds of innocent persons, kidnapped …

The Canadian government has lifted the ban imposed on travel from Nigeria and nine other African countries.

The country’s Health Minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, confirmed this at a media briefing on Friday.

This comes almost three weeks after the Canadian government banned 10 African countries over concerns relating to the Omicron COVID variant.

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Aside from Nigeria, the other countries affected were Botswana, Egypt, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Speaking on the reversal of the ban, Duclos said the new development will take effect from December 18.

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Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said the Southeast must produce the next president of Nigeria.

He said this when a presidential aspirant, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, visited him on Friday.

During the visit, Chief Clark reaffirmed his passionate “belief that the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 must go to the Southern part of Nigeria and indeed to South-East zone”.

He encouraged Anyim to work hard with other leaders across the country to build consensus for equity and unity in Nigeria.

Clark said: “I encourage you and others to continue the task of persuading and

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has attacked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s comments on resource control, accusing him of bullying the National Secretary of the group, Ebipamowei Wodu.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a viral video had surfaced recently, where Obasanjo was shown launching emotional outburst against Wodu during the latter’s presentation of the Ijaw position at a forum organised by the Global Peace Foundation in collaboration with Vision Africa at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja.

Obasanjo was quoted as saying: ‘As long as Nigeria is together, whatever that is under the ground is given to all …

The Zamfara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that its operatives have recovered ₦2.5 million from a spot where an auto accident occurred in Kwartarkashi – Gusau road in Zamfara State.

Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, the commandant of the Corps, Mr A. A Sparks said the operatives of the command demonstrated a high sense of patriotism by returning the money to the owner.

“They recovered two million and five hundred thousand Naira from an accident scene and returned the money to the owner without thinking of converting it to themselves,” he added.