May 6, 2022

Bandits Tormenting My Emirate, Emir Of Kagara Weeps

Bandits Are Tormenting My Emirate, Emir Of Kagara Weeps

May 6, 2022 12:29 am

The Emir of Kagara, Ahmed Garba Attahiru II, in Niger State has called on his subjects and well-meaning citizens of the State to continue to pray for the total return of normalcy to the emirate, following incessant attacks by bandits in the past few years.

Making the call in Kagara, headquarters of Rafi local government area, the royal father said the emirate has suffered a series of torments from bandits for some couple of years.

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He explained that his people are desirous of peace as, without it, there can …

UK Recovers $23 Million Fresh Abacha Loot

UK Recovers $23 Million Fresh Abacha Loot

May 6, 2022 12:25 am

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday revealed that it has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country’s late military dictator Sani Abacha, becoming the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world.

Abacha ruled Africa’s most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, a period during which he stole up to $5 billion of public money, according to Transparency International. He was never charged.

The money recovered in Britain forms part of a larger pool of funds identified by the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) as …

To Retain Power, APC Would Need A ‘Killer-Punch’ – Abe

To Retain Power, APC Would Need A ‘Killer-Punch’ – Abe

May 6, 2022 12:23 am

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe in the upcoming general elections has said the party needs what he described as a ‘killer-punch’ to retain power after President Muhammadu Buhari.

Senator Abe has also reiterated his support for Bola Tinubu, for president, saying that he (Bola) is the only presidential aspirant that has the capacity to represent APC on the 2023 election.

The former lawmaker representing Rivers South-East senatorial district stated this when he addressed his teeming supporters at a rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

He explained: “I have told you …

Soludo Seeks To Present 2022 Revised Draft Budget To HOA

Soludo Seeks To Present 2022 Revised Draft Budget To HOA

May 6, 2022 12:17 am

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has written to the House of Assembly on Thursday to receive him on Friday as he planned to present a 2022 revised draft budget.

Speaker of the House, Mr Uche Okafor, announced the date while reading the letter from the governor at Thursday’s plenary session.

In the letter, the governor thanked the lawmakers for their support and urged them to allow him to perform his constitutional duty.

The speaker said, however, that he would reply to the governor to ask for another date as the proposed date of Friday, May 6, would not be …

2023 Presidency Sowore Not Our Candidate, AAC Warns

2023 Presidency: Sowore Not Our Candidate, AAC Warns

May 6, 2022 12:13 am

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, African Action Congress (AAC) has warned that its 2019 presidential candidate of the party, Omoyele Sowore, is presently not its candidate as far as the upcoming elections is concerned.

This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Sylvester Cletus, on Wednesday, which noted that Sowore was expelled from the party in 2019.

The party stated that it needed to clear the air regarding Sowore’s candidacy following purported claims that he was the AAC candidate for the 2023 presidential election.

Cletus stated that Sowore was removed for violating the party’s …

Capitol Assault Trump Jr. Testifies Before Probe Committee

Capitol Assault Trump Jr. Testifies Before Probe Committee

May 6, 2022 12:12 am

The eldest son of former American President Donald Trump has appeared before the congressional committee investigating the 2021 assault on the Capitol, Africa Daily News, New York has gathered.

Donald Trump Jr. was a top figure in his father’s 2020 re-election campaign and one of the most high-profile spreaders of the defeated leader’s false claims of widespread election fraud.

He was with Trump in the Oval Office before the president’s speech at the January 6, 2021 “Stop the Steal” rally that inflamed a mob that laid siege to the Capitol as lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

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