March 7, 2022

Drug Deal: Don’t Send Me To Jail – Abba Kyari Begs Court

March 7, 2022 7:26 am

Suspended former head of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari, on Monday pleaded with an Abuja Federal High Court not to remand him in prison custody following his arraignment.

Kyari made the appeal through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi, who prayed the court to allow him to remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, pending the hearing and determination of his fresh application for bail which has now been instituted.

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, who is presently facing a drug trafficking charge, made the appeal after he …

Ukraine: We Have Credible Reports Of War Crimes – US Govt

March 7, 2022 5:57 am

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken has disclosed that there are ‘very credible reports of deliberate attacks’ on civilians in Ukraine by Russian soldiers and the US would take action at the appropriate time.

Blinken made this disclosure in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

According to him, the attacks would be considered a war crime and would not go unpunished.

Blinken also noted that the US has begun documenting evidence to determine whether or not war crimes have been committed against Ukrainian civilians.

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Strike Fund Or Shut Universities, ASUU Fires At FG

Strike: Fund Or Shut Down Universities, ASUU Fires At FG

March 7, 2022 5:52 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the Federal Government to either fund universities or shut them down as the industrial action embarked on by the university lecturers continues.

The National President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who stated this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday, insisted that government must implement the agreement it signed with the union in 2009.

Osodeke said these in response to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, who during an interview las week, stated that the Federal Government did not have the funds to meet its obligations in …

‘Surrender Now’, Putin Warns Ukrainian Fighters

March 7, 2022 5:42 am

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has demanded the surrender of Ukrainian forces, as he vowed to press ahead with his ceaseless offensive as the war entered its tenth day.

According to him, the Ukrainian resistance force should immediately discontinue the fighting to enable the evacuation of 200,000 people from the besieged city of Mariupol.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the evacuation was impossible for the second day as Russian shelling continued on Sunday.

Most people trapped in the port city are sleeping underground to escape more than six days of near-constant shelling by encircling Russian forces that …

At Least Six Conformed Dead In US Tornado

March 7, 2022 5:38 am

About four adults and two children were among those killed when a tornado hit Madison County in the US state of Iowa on yesterday, officials have confirmed.

No fewer than four other adults were injured in the tornado that caused ‘widespread damage to both homes and properties,’ the county’s emergency management director told a press briefing which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday.

An official of the emergency management agency identified as Diogenes Ayala said told newsmen that; ‘This is, I think, the worst that anyone has seen in quite a long time,’ she went on …

FG Frowns At Enlistment Of Nigerians As Fighters In Ukraine

March 7, 2022 5:32 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday disclosed that it will not tolerate the recruitment of Nigerians as foreign mercenaries in Ukraine.

This was made known in a statement signed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Francisca Omayuli which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, she said the government was in talks with Ukrainian counterparts to forestall such an occurrence.

The government’s statement comes after reports emerged of Nigerian volunteers being drafted into the Ukrainian army at the Ukrainian Embassy in Abuja.