May 6, 2022

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2 Men In Court Over Alleged Burglary, Theft In Ekiti

May 6, 2022 5:38 pm

One Isah Ibrahim and Faruq Umaru, alleged to have stolen a Yamaha generator and other valuables worth ₦442,000, were on Friday brought before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti.

The defendants, whose ages were given as 65 and 27 respectively and of no fixed addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.

The Prosecutor, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendants committed the offences sometime in April at about 2:00a.m., at Atikankan Area in Ado-Ekiti.

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Akinwale said that the first defendants broke into …

Tinubu, Osinbajo In Attendance As S/West APC Leaders Meet

Tinubu, Osinbajo In Attendance As S/West APC Leaders Meet

May 6, 2022 5:20 pm

South West presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governors and some party leaders are currently meeting at the Lagos House in Marina.

The meeting was convened by Chief Bisi Akande, a former APC National Chairman and former governor of Osun and Chief Olusegun Osoba, a former Ogun governor.

Those present at the meeting included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Sen. Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila.

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The governors of Lagos, …

Bandits: NRC Announces Restoration Access Between Abuja And Kaduna

Bandits: NRC Announces Restoration Access Between Abuja And Kaduna

May 6, 2022 1:56 pm

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that the track access between Abuja and Kaduna is now restored.

The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the development in a statement issued by Director Operations of the NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, on Thursday in Lagos.

Okhiria explained that the south end of the tracks, destroyed by the explosion, has been successfully joined with the north end.

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He said: “In our concerted efforts at restoring the Abuja–Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) tracks corridor for resumption of service, …

Biden Appoints 1st Black Woman White House Press Secretary

Biden Appoints 1st Black Woman White House Press Secretary

May 6, 2022 1:56 pm

U.S. President Joe Biden, on Thursday, announced Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary, making history as the first Black woman to hold the post.

Jean-Pierre, 44-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants, will replace Jen Psaki, who was originally expected to serve for only the first year of Biden’s term.

New COVID-19 variants and the war in Ukraine kept her in the job for several months beyond that self-imposed limit.

Biden, in a statement from the White House, said: “ Jill and I had known and respected Jean-Pierre a long time and she would be a strong voice speaking for me …

Ethiopia: 27 Trucks Of Essential Items Arrive Tigray Region – UN

Ethiopia: 27 Trucks Of Essential Items Arrive Tigray Region – UN

May 6, 2022 1:22 pm

A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that the 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to the city of Mekelle.

This was the fourth humanitarian convoy to reach Tigray since the transportation of aid resumed at the beginning of April, following more than three months of interruption.

Since then, 169 trucks have reached Tigray, transporting some 4,300 metric tonnes of supplies.

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Netflix, Realness Institute Announce 12 Participants For 2022 Traineeship

Netflix, Realness Institute Announce 12 Participants For 2022 Traineeship

May 6, 2022 6:45 am

Realness Institute, in partnership with entertainment streaming platform, Netflix, has selected 12 participants for the 2022 Episodic Lab (EPL) and Development Executive Traineeship (DET).

Realness Institute, a non-profit organisation, aims to empower Africans to tell their stories from an unapologetically African point of view.

Realness Institute stated this in a statement by Rick Nwanso of Presêth Communications on Thursday in Lagos.

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According to the statement, the successful applicants were drawn from a competitive pool of 200 submissions from an open call, which closed on 21 January 2022.

“EPL and DET

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Abramovich’s Position Over Sale Of Chelsea FC Remains 'Unchanged'

Abramovich’s Position Over Sale Of Chelsea FC Remains ‘Unchanged’

May 6, 2022 6:10 am

Billionaire Roman Abramovich says his position over the sale of Chelsea Football Club of England is unchanged and has denied asking for any loan to be repaid to him.

Reports have suggested that the Russian-Israeli, who was sanctioned by the UK Government on March 10 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could insist on a repayment.

He is being owed 1.5 billion pounds (1.9 billion dollars) by the club.

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Such a move could jeopardise the entire sale process of the English Premier League (EPL) club.

A consortium spearheaded by Los Angeles Dodgers …

2023 Pastor Tunde Bakare Picks N100m APC Presidential Form

2023: Pastor Tunde Bakare Picks ₦100m APC Presidential Form

May 6, 2022 12:38 am

 The controversial general overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has picked the All Progressives Congress, APC, expression of interest and nomination forms for the Presidency.

Bakare picked the forms in Abuja on Thursday ahead of his official declaration next week.

Africa Daily News New York reports that reports that the ruling party had pegged the forms at N100 million.

Recall that in September 2019, the clergyman had claimed that God told him he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

That particular assertion had got many Nigerians talking on the possibility of that happening given the …

2023 INEC Opens Up On Extending Deadline For Party Primaries

2023: INEC Opens Up On Extending Deadline For Party Primaries

May 6, 2022 12:36 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday maintained that it will not – for any reason – extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries as stipulated in the electoral calendar which was earlier released.

The electoral body had in a statement asserted the deadline remains ‘firm and fixed‘ for Friday, June 3.

It said political parties have ‘one month from today’ to conclude their primaries.

A statement issued and signed on Thursday by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York he stated that all 18 political parties have …

ASUU Strike Small Campus Businesses Dying – KASU Traders

ASUU Strike: Small Campus Businesses Dying – KASU Traders

May 6, 2022 12:34 am

Campus shop owners, in Kaduna State University (KASU), on Thursday, decried the continuous strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that ASUU had on February 14th this year embarked on a one-month warning strike, but because their demands were not met, the union vowed to continue until the Federal Government responds favourably.

However, during the visit by correspondents to the institution, on Thursday, to the main campus of the Kaduna State University, the environment which was unusually quiet, while many business centres within the school campus, especially, the photocopying …

11 African Countries Currently In Fifth Wave Of COVID-19

11 African Countries Currently In Fifth Wave Of COVID-19

May 6, 2022 12:32 am

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in African countries but are currently becoming less and less fatal, an Africa Centre for Disease Control official revealed on Thursday.

Countries experiencing their “fifth wave” of cases are seeing tallies spike higher than in their previous wave, Deputy Head of the pan-African health organisation, Ahmed Ogwell, said.

Eleven countries on the continent are currently in a fifth wave of infection, with Mauritius in its sixth, Ogwell said.

Some of the countries are Algeria, Benin, Congo Republic, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia and Tunisia.

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Presidential Aspirant, Ndukwe Files Suit To Stop PDP Primaries

Presidential Aspirant, Ndukwe Files Suit To Stop PDP Primaries

May 6, 2022 12:31 am

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, yesterday filed an ex-parte application for an order of injunction restraining the PDP from proceeding with its scheduled primary election.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that when the matter was called on Thursday for hearing, counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Paul Erokoro (SAN), told the court that he received PDP’s affidavit disclosing why the primary election should not be stopped late on Wednesday.

Erokoro prayed the court for an adjournment to enable him to have good look at the document and respond to the …

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