March 14, 2022

2023 Atiku, Tinubu Should Bury Their Ambitions -Arewa Youths

2023: Atiku, Tinubu Should Bury Their Ambitions -Arewa Youths

March 14, 2022 2:07 pm

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), have declared that failure awaits presidential aspirants like Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking on Monday, the National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, warned that Nigerian youths would not give the likes of Atiku and Tinubu any chance to rule the country in 2023.

Shettima pointed out that Nigerian youths will put Atiku and Tinubu where they belong in 2023.

According to him, the youths are determined to go all out in ensuring that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, and former Vice President never become the …

Deadly Airstrike Hits Ukraine’s Capital, Kyiv

Deadly Russian Airstrike Hits Ukraine’s Capital, Kyiv

March 14, 2022 2:01 pm

At least one person has been confirmed dead following an airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine on Monday ahead of fresh talks with Russia.

According to the country’s emergency service, scores of residents were injured during the attack by Russian forces.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the Russian troops had continued to edge closer to the city even as they kept up their siege of the southern port city of Mariupol, where officials said about 2,200 people have been killed so far.

‘As of 7:40 am (0540 GMT) one person was found dead …

13 Gendarmes Murdered In Northern Burkina Faso

13 Gendarmes Murdered In Northern Burkina Faso

March 14, 2022 1:54 pm

Gunmen killed no fewer than 13 Gendarmes in an ambush yesterday at Taparko, a mining town in Burkina Faso, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt. 

A security source who spoke to newsmen said; ‘a team from the gendarmerie at Dori fell into an ambush set by armed individuals this afternoon near Taparko’.

‘As well as the 13 confirmed dead, a number of other gendarmes were missing’, the source added.

Another security source who preferred to remain anonymous stated that reinforcements had been called in and were searching the sector for eight missing gendarmes.

An additional eight gendarmes …

Nigerian Airlines May Shut Down In 3 Days, Onyema Warns

Nigerian Airlines May Shut Down In 3 Days, Onyema Warns

March 14, 2022 1:46 pm

Nigerian Airline operators have called on the federal government to grant them an operational license to enable them begin the importation of fuel, following the recent fuel scarcity across the country.

Speaking on Monday, the Chairman of Airpeace, Allen Onyema warned that Airlines in the country would shut down operations over the non-availability of Aviation fuel to run their operations.

‘We have only three more days, all airlines in Nigeria will shut down. We are not threatening this country, it is a fact’, Onyema said.

The Airpeace boss on Monday held spoke at a meeting of oil marketers and …

Tension As Explosion Rocks Agip Facility In Bayelsa

Tension As Explosion Rocks Agip Facility In Bayelsa

March 14, 2022 1:37 pm

There is tension in Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. following an explosion that rocked the facility of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).

Eni, which is the parent company of NAOC, on Monday revealed that the blast has disrupted oil production, cutting oil export from its Brass Export terminal by some 25,000 barrels per day.

According to Eni the explosion was the second attack in a few days after an earlier incident on February 28 at its Obama flow station led to a production shortfall of 5,000 barrels per day.

In a statement which was sighted …

Strike We Won’t Make Gunpoint Negotiations With ASUU - FG

Strike: We Won’t Make Gunpoint Negotiations With ASUU – FG

March 14, 2022 7:13 am

The Federal Ministry of Education has declared that it will not enter into agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) under duress as the union is presently pushing it to.

The ministry called on ASUU to call off its ongoing industrial actions ‘so that we will not have gunpoint negotiations and make promises that we will not be able to fulfil.’

This was made known by the ministry’s spokesman, Ben Goong, in an interview yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the National Executive Council of the union, which is currently holding a meeting at the University …

Chinese Cities, Factories On Lockdown Over COVID-19 Spike

March 14, 2022 6:56 am

No fewer than seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday morning, with restrictions also imposed in Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to stamp out the biggest threat to the nation’s zero-tolerance Covid strategy.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the southern city took the measures on Sunday as authorities battled an Omicron flare-up in factories and neighbourhoods linked to nearby Hong Kong, which is recording scores of daily deaths as the virus runs rampant.

Reports has it that Shenzhen is one of ten major areas …

2023 I Have What It Takes To Fix Nigeria – Saraki

2023: I Have What It Takes To Fix Nigeria – Saraki

March 14, 2022 6:50 am

Former Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and 2023 Presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, has said he is capable of leading Nigeria.

Saraki made this known when he spoke during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

Responding to questions regarding his interest in the 2023 Presidential election, he said; ‘I believe I have what it takes to lead Nigeria’.

‘I am not someone who shies away from taking up challenges. I am not someone who does not know the issues or someone who does not have the …

Mozambique Cyclone Death Toll Climbs To 12

Mozambique Cyclone Death Toll Soars To 12

March 14, 2022 6:44 am

The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week rose to 12 yesterday after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African country over the weekend.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Cyclone Gombe has affected more than 30,000 people while also injuring no fewer than 40 people, and also destroyed more than 3,000 homes since making landfall on Friday.

According to reports, powerful winds reaching 170 kilometres per hour (105 mph) and torrential rainfall have hit the northern Nampula province by the Indian Ocean and neighbouring Zambezia province particularly hard.

Images which were sighted by Africa …

Kanu Will Be Freed On April 8, IPOB Boasts

Kanu Will Be Freed On April 8, IPOB Boasts

March 14, 2022 6:38 am

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has revealed that it expects nothing but freedom for its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on or before April 8 when his case comes up again in court. 

In a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, asserted that the Federal Government has no tangible reason not to let Kanu go despite charges before him were amended to keep him in detention.

Read Also: IPOB Vows To Avenge Burning Of Supporters’ Houses

He also advised the presiding judge to be fair enough and save her name …

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