February 2022

17 Persons Burnt To Death As Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ogun

17 Persons Burnt To Death As Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ogun

February 19, 2022 4:11 am

No fewer than 17 persons have been confirmed dead following yesterday’s petrol tanker explosion along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in Ogun State.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday before the Isara bridge.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the fuel laden tanker caught fire before it exploded.

The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, submitted that 14 of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition, adding that the FRSC was able to identify one man, one woman and a girl.

‘The total number of people involved is not …

Nigeria, 5 Others To Begin Production Of Covid Vaccines – WHO

Nigeria, 5 Others To Begin Production Of Covid Vaccines –WHO

February 19, 2022 4:06 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Nigeria and five other African countries have been selected to commence the production of COVID-19 vaccines, with the continent having had limited access to jabs.

‘Today I’m delighted to announce the first six African countries that will receive technology from the hub to produce their own mRNA vaccines: Egypt, Kenya Nigeria, Senegal South Africa, and Tunisia,’ Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday.

According to the WHO, they were selected as the first recipients of technology from the organisation’s global mRNA vaccine hub, in a push to ensure …

Zulum Gifts N100m To 152 Youths For Renouncing Crime

Zulum Gifts ₦100m To 152 Youths For Renouncing Crime

February 19, 2022 4:03 am

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has on Friday disbursed the sum of ₦100 million to 152 youths, who renounced thuggery, to enable them to set up their businesses to live useful and productive lives.

Zulum inaugurated the disbursement exercise on Friday in Maiduguri.

Speaking at the inauguration he explained that the gesture was to assist the youths who completed one-month entrepreneurship training to engage in productive activities and contribute to the social and economic development of the state.

He said that 16 of the beneficiaries would receive ₦2 million each as seed capital while 136 others would get 500,000 each.…

Juventus, Ariston Move Partnership Deal To Africa

Juventus, Ariston Move Partnership Deal To Africa

February 18, 2022 3:33 am

Serie A giants, Juventus and Ariston have signed a regional partnership that will help improve their popularity in Africa.

This is the third step of a successful collaboration between Ariston and Juventus that started in China and Indonesia in 2021.

With this regional partnership, the two Italian brands join their ambitions of growth and development assuring high performances.

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Giorgio Ricci, Juventus’ Chief Revenue Officer said: ‘Africa, with over 15 million followers, represents for Juventus an area of key strategic importance, and Juventus academies in four countries (Morocco, …

Tragedy As Another Nigerian Is Killed In South Africa

Tragedy As Another Nigerian Is Killed In South Africa

February 18, 2022 1:55 am

The Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), yesterday announced the death of another Nigerian, whose name was given as Nicholas John in South Africa, following a vicious attack on foreigners by gangsters in the former apartheid enclave.

The President of NUSA, Mr .Collins Mgbo, announced the killing of John in a statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday.

John, an indigene of Ogun State was reportedly killed after he was attacked by a mob at his shop in Kimberly in South Africa’s Northern Cape on Feb. 12.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that South …

Five Hospitalised As Fire Razes Law School In Lagos

Five Hospitalised As Fire Razes Law School In Lagos

February 18, 2022 1:51 am

No fewer than five persons were hospitalised were rushed to the hospital following a fire outbreak at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School, located at Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island.

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to newsmen, the incident led to commotion among occupants who ran in different directions for dear lives.

An eyewitness, simply identified as Segun, narrated that the fire, which started at 10pm, was caused by an electrical fault, from the first floor of the five-story building hostel, accommodating about 1500 law graduates on the Lagos campus.

‘The fire came with a big bang. There …

France To Withdraw Troops From Mali After Decade-Long War

France To Withdraw Troops From Mali After Decade-Long War

February 18, 2022 1:49 am

France on Thursday announced that it has commenced the process of withdrawing troops from Mali due to a breakdown in relations with the country’s ruling junta, after nearly a decade of fighting a jihadist insurgency.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Mali deployment has been heavily challenged with problems for France — of 53 French soldiers killed serving in West Africa’s Sahel region, 48 of them died in Mali.

‘Multiple obstructions’ by the military junta that took power in August 2020 meant that the conditions were no longer in place to operate in Mali, disclosed a statement signed …

FG Moves To Meet ASUU’s Demands, Constitutes White Paper Panel

FG Moves To Meet ASUU’s Demands, Constitutes White Paper Panel

February 18, 2022 1:43 am

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the commencement of a move to meet one of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after the university lecturers embarked on a one-month warning strike earlier in the week.

The Education ministry made this disclosure in a press statement issued by its Director of Press and Media Relations, Ben Goong, on Thursday which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

Recall that the move by the government to inaugurate a white paper drafting panel coming almost a year after the visiting panels to tertiary institutions constituted by the …

How Nigeria’s GDP Grew By 3.98% In 2021 Q4 – NBS

How Nigeria’s GDP Grew By 3.98% In 2021 Q4 – NBS

February 17, 2022 3:00 pm

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday revealed that Nigeria’s GDP grew by 3.98% in Q4 2021, sustaining a positive trajectory over the period.

A report by the NBS which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday read; ‘Nigeria Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2021, showing a sustained positive growth for the fifth quarter since the recession witnessed in 2020 when output contracted by -6.10% and -3.62% in Q2 and Q3 of 2020 under the COVID pandemic. The fourth-quarter growth indicates a steady economic recovery accounting …

Again, Bandits Invade Kaduna Community, Kidnap 22, Injure 4

Again, Bandits Invade Kaduna Community, Kidnap 22, Injure 4

February 17, 2022 6:14 am

Bandits terrorising Kaduna State in the early hours of today launched fresh attacks on Idon town in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State leaving no fewer than four persons injured and abducting 22 others.

A credible source in the area who spoke to newsmen submitted that the criminals came calling at about 12:30am yesterday, when the unsuspecting locals were fast asleep – shooting sporadically, breaking doors and windows to force people into the forest.

‘We don’t know how they came, but we just heard them shooting, breaking doors and windows. They came at about 12:30 early in the morning,’ …

IPOB Vows To Avenge Burning Of Supporters’ Houses

IPOB Vows To Avenge Burning Of Supporters’ Houses

February 17, 2022 6:06 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that anyone, including States Governors in the South-East who is seen sponsoring and encouraging the Nigerian Army and the Ebubeagu security outfit to burn houses and unleash violence on innocent people will never go unpunished.

The group also described the destruction of properties and killing of innocent people suspected to be IPOB members or supporters as genocide against Biafra land.

It added that the people involved would soon pay for their ‘treachery and cruelty‘ to fellow citizens.

In a statement on Wednesday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, …

Constitution Amendment Every Vote Must Count - Gbajabiamila

Constitution Amendment: Every Vote Must Count – Gbajabiamila

February 17, 2022 5:42 am

The speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has asserted that the vote of every member of the House must count as the parliament prepares to hold votes on bills that seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution.

Accordingly section 9 of the Constitution, any bill seeking to amend the constitution must secure the vote of two-thirds which is 240 of the 360 members of the House to be approved.

Before now, voting on others issues has been by voice with the members shouting ‘ayes’ or ‘nays’.

However, at the plenary, Gbajabiamila asked members to test-run the electronic voting …

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