May 30, 2022

Panic As Bomb Explosion Hits Kogi

May 30, 2022 4:43 am

Residents in Kabba, Kogi State, have been thrown into confusion following an explosion which has left an undisclosed number of people dead and many people injured.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the ugly explosion occurred opposite Mannajot Petrol Station on Sunday evening, with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people feared injured.

Details of the blast are still sketchy but a security source linked the bomb explosion to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.

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2023: Kalu Urges APC Delegates To Elect Lawan To Stop Atiku

May 30, 2022 4:36 am

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor-Kalu, has sent out a congratulatory message to the Peoples Democratic Party for electing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election while calling on the APC to imitate the opposition party.

In a statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, Kalu asserted that Atiku’s victory during the PDP presidential primary meant that Nigerians understood the 2023 political calculations.

He postulated that since Atiku hails from the North-East geopolitical zone, the All Progressives Congress (APC) should also …

U.S. DOJ To Investigate Police Response To Uvalde Shootings

May 30, 2022 4:29 am

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a review of the entirety of the response by local and federal authorities to last week’s school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

In a statement on Sunday that was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, DOJ spokesperson Anthony Coley said that Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin had asked the department to conduct a Critical Incident Review.

Coley also said that the DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing will handle the investigation.

‘The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses …

Alleged ₦2.9bn Fraud: EFCC Set To Arraign Okorocha

May 30, 2022 4:26 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has removed all bottlenecks and are now set for a formal arraignment of ex-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, with the service of the criminal charges on his person in the detention facility.

According to sources inside the anti-graft agency, Okorocha was said to have been handed a copy of the charge on Sunday evening preparatory for his appearance in court on Monday, May 30 to take his plea.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Okorocha, now a Senator representing Imo State in the Senate was made to personally sign for the …

Lithuanians Raise Millions To Procure Ukraine A Combat Drone

May 30, 2022 4:22 am

Lithuanians have donated more than five million euros to a public fundraising campaign that was set up to buy a combat drone for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion.

The money needed to buy a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone was raised in three-and-a-half days which came to an end yesterday evening in the country of 2.8 million people.

“Probably for the first time in history, citizens of one state can buy and donate such heavy weapons to another state,” said influencer Andrius Tapinas, founder of the online broadcaster Laisves TV which launched the initiative.

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Ganduje Renames Kano State Varsity After Dangote

Ganduje Renames Kano Varsity After Dangote

May 30, 2022 3:49 am

The government of Kano State has approved the renaming of Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil after Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.

The State Executive Council approved this at its last sitting presided over by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Aliko Dangote has been the Chancellor of the University for the past few years.

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In a statement on Sunday which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said renaming of the institution followed recommendation by the …