May 2022

Former Arsenal Striker, Aubameyang Announces Retirement

Former Arsenal Striker, Aubameyang Announces Retirement

May 19, 2022 4:35 am

Gabon and Barcelona striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32.

Aubameyang disclosed that he has now decided to focus on his club career.

The former Arsenal captain represented his nation for over ten years and also wore the captain’s armband

The 32-year-old appeared 72 times for Gabon, scoring 30 goals.

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In a letter to the Gabonese FA, Aubameyang wrote, according to Mundo Deportivo: ‘After 13 [thirteen] years of pride in representing my country, I announce that I’m ending my international career.

‘I would …

220 Houses Destroyed By Windstorms In Jigawa

220 Houses Destroyed By Windstorms In Jigawa

May 19, 2022 4:30 am

Terrible Windstorms have destroyed no fewer than 220 houses and properties worth millions of naira in some communities of Jahun Local Government Area, Jigawa State.

The Chairman of Jahun LGA, Ado Mai Unguwa, confirmed the incident to reporters on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the affected areas included; Kale, Kargo and Buraburi.

He, however, sympathised with the victims of the disaster and promised to support the affected families.

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A resident told reporters that the incident occurred on Tuesday night, rendering hundreds of families homeless.

He …

Kano Explosion Buhari Sends Message To Victims’ Families

Kano Explosion: Buhari Sends Message To Victims’ Families

May 19, 2022 4:27 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with families over loss of lives in the Sabon Gari, Kano, gas explosion in which nine people reportedly lost their lives. 

The President also ordered officials to provide adequate treatment for the injured persons.

‘The gas explosion in Kano is very sad. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I wish the injured people a speedy recovery,’ said the President.

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‘In this moment of profound grief, I pray to the Almighty to bestow strength …

2023 APC Announces Postponing Of Presidential Primaries

2023: APC Announces Rescheduling Of Presidential Primaries

May 19, 2022 4:22 am

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Felix Morka has revealed that the presidential primary of the party has been rescheduled and is now scheduled to hold on May 29th, 2022 on the same day as the opposition PDP.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the party had earlier scheduled its primary to hold between May 30 and June 1, 2022.

The party spokesperson disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

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“Our special …

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu Slams Ban On Okada In Lagos

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu Slams Ban On Okada In Lagos

May 18, 2022 1:39 pm

In a suprise twist of events, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has on Wednesday announced a total ban on every form of Okada (commercial motorcycle riders) operations in six Local Governments Areas in the state beginning from June 1, 2022.

Reports have shown that this might be as a result of the recent unrest in

This is not the first time the government had announced total ban on okada operations in these areas, as there were no strict enforcement.

But on June 1, 2022, Sanwo-Olu said the ban this time around would be total and would be enforced.

The …

Electoral Act: Supreme Court Gives Verdict On Controversial Act

Supreme Court Justice, Eko To Retire From Judiciary

May 18, 2022 1:37 pm

In the spate of recent retirements by Supreme Court Justices, another Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Ejembi Eko has affirmed reports that he will be taking this retirement from Nigeria’s judiciary on Monday, May 23, 2022.

His retirement is coming barely two weeks after a female eminent jurist, Mary Ukaego Peter Odili bowed out in the same manner.

Justice Eko is leaving the apex court bench having attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy years.

The Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande confirmed that the Justice has signified intention to pull out of the judiciary …

Retail Price For Petrol Jumps To ₦172.61 In April - NBS

Retail Price For Petrol Jumps To ₦172.61 In April – NBS

May 18, 2022 1:32 pm

Reports by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have forcasted that the average retail price which is being remitted by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) has jumped to N172.61 as of April 2022.

This information was contained in the NBS Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch for April 2022 and made available in Abuja on Tuesday.

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It said that the increase indicates a 3.74 percent increase when compared to the value recorded in April 2021 at ₦166.38.

“Likewise, on a month-on-month basis, the average retail price

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Joy For Adeleke As Court Affirms Him As PDP Candidate

Joy For Adeleke As Court Affirms Him As PDP Candidate

May 18, 2022 1:27 pm

There was jubilation among the PDP faction which supports Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he was affirmed as the authentic candidate of the party in the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state by a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday.

In the landmark judgment, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, which lasted for more than 1 hour, 30 minutes, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Dotun Babayemi, was null and void.

PDP during its governorship primary elections on March 8, had held parallel primaries …

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24-Yr-Old Incarcerated For ₦90,000 Phone Theft

May 18, 2022 1:23 pm

24-year old Abubakar Yusuf has met his waterloo for allegedly stealing a Zawani android phone which has been valued at ₦90,000. A Kano Sharia Court in Fagge had ordered that be remanded in a correctional centre on Wednesday.

The defendant, who resides at Sheka Gabas, Kano, was facing a two-count charge of criminal house trespass and theft, to which he pleaded not guilty.

The Judge, Ismai’l Muhammad-Ahmed, ordered the remand of the accused in a correctional centre and adjourned the matter until June 13 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Mr Abdul Wada, had told the court that the defendant …

NATO Membership Sweden, Finland To Submit Bids Today

NATO Membership Sweden, Finland To Submit Bids Today

May 18, 2022 10:37 am

Finland and Sweden have made open announcements that they would be submitting their bids to join NATO together on Wednesday despite Turkey’s threat to block the military alliance’s expansion.

“I’m happy we have taken the same path and we can do it together,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.

Finland, which shares a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden have been rattled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Their applications will jettison decades of military non-alignment to join the alliance as a defence against feared aggression from Russia.

Russian …

EFCC Explains Reason For Ex-Speaker, Etteh's Arrest

EFCC Explains Reason For Ex-Speaker, Etteh’s Arrest

May 18, 2022 10:35 am

As part of their moves in putting the records straight with their recent arrests, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has put out an explanation on why they arrested Patricia Etteh, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, over her involvement in a contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2011.

According to reports, the former Speaker was picked up yesterday evening by the anti-graft agency over a shady N240m contract awarded by the NDDC and is presently undergoing interrogation at the Abuja office of the EFCC.

Etteh was said to have received N130m through …

U.S To Inaugurate Conflict Monitor For Russian War

May 18, 2022 10:32 am

In a move to further publicize the real state of things between the two war torn countries which are Ukraine and Russia, the United States (U.S.) has established a new conflict monitoring body which will be used to build legal cases against Russia for crimes committed during its war on Ukraine.

“The Conflict Observatory will ensure that crimes committed by Russia’s forces are documented and perpetrators are held accountable,” State Department spokesman, Ned Price, said on Tuesday as he announced the creation of the body.

He had all the programme would capture, analyse, and make publicly available open-source information and …

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