June 7, 2022

Inflation In Uganda: Opposition Slams Govt Purchase Of Limos

Inflation In Uganda: Opposition Slams Govt Purchase Of Limos

June 7, 2022 6:49 pm

The recent inflation in Uganda has seen mixed reactions among political and social pundits as the Ugandan opposition leaders on Tuesday slammed the government’s decision to purchase limousines for senior parliament officials thereby putting much more attention to the country’s skyrocketing cost of living as inflation climbs.

The country of 45 million people has been hit hard by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, with food prices soaring in recent weeks as President Yoweri Museveni ignores calls for tax cuts and subsidies, urging citizens to live frugally instead.

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Tragedy Strikes As 2-Yr-Old Shoots And Kills Father In Florida

Tragedy Strikes As 2-Yr-Old Shoots And Kills Father In Florida

June 7, 2022 6:48 pm

It was a suprising case of pure tragedy as a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in a bizarre home accident in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended, local authorities reported on Monday.

When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim’s home near Orlando, Florida they found the child’s mother Marie Ayala providing CPR to her husband, Reggie Mabry.

Law enforcement initially believed the 26-year-old, who died shortly afterward in hospital, had shot himself, but the eldest of the couple’s three children later told investigators that the trigger was pulled by …

Bayo Lawal Announced As Gov Makinde's Running Mate

Bayo Lawal Announced As Gov Makinde’s Running Mate

June 7, 2022 1:18 pm

As the race for 2023 grows hotter, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has finally pronounced Bayo Lawal as his running mate ahead of the 2023 elections.

Makinde made this announcement on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the governor made the announcement during a meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Oke Ogun zone.

Some of the PDP leaders who were at the meeting according to sources are former PDP Chairman in the state, Kunmi Mustapha, his successor, Dayo Ogungbenro and Senator Hosea Agboola.

Read Also: 2023: Choose Energetic Leaders, Makinde Advises Nigerians

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2022 FIFA World Cup: Canada Players Finally End Strike

2022 FIFA World Cup: Canada Players Finally End Strike

June 7, 2022 1:16 pm

After a couple of weeks, the Canada football players have finally ended their strike to continue their preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup but warned “questions have yet to be answered and actions have yet to be taken”.

The team, who qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1986, had taken action in a dispute over Qatar 2022 prize money.

As a friendly against Panama had to be called off, the country’s football ruling body reacted. Canada Soccer responded to reports players would receive only 10 per cent of the pot it received from FIFA.…

Archbishop Adewale-Martins Faults Delegate System

Archbishop Adewale-Martins Faults Delegate System

June 7, 2022 1:05 pm

Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martins, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, has unequivocally faulted the delegate method being used by political parties in the country to choose party flag bearers, ahead of the 2023 general election.

Adewale-Martins said this in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Tuesday.

The Archbishop said an arrangement where only a few party members are accorded the right to elect party standard-bearers would not give room for the best candidate to emerge and described it as utopian and defective.

Read Also: Alleged $35,000 Bribes For Party Delegates Dangerous – Moghalu

Adewale-Martins expressed disappointment in moneybag politics and …

We Will Not Allow Another Civil War In Nigeria – Igboho Warns Buhari

I’ve Been Vindicated With Owo Church Massacre – Igboho

June 7, 2022 1:04 pm

Controversial Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Igboho Adeyemo who is also known as Sunday Igboho has completely condemned the killing of innocent Christians at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State.

Recall that scores were left dead on Sunday after gunmen attacked the church.

The gunmen were said to have thrown an improvised explosive device into the congregation before shooting at them.

Read Also: Yoruba Nation: Soyinka Visits Igboho In Cotonou

Reacting in a viral audio clip, Africa Daily News, New York reports that Igboho said he had been vindicated.

He called on South-West leaders to support him and other courageous …

CP Kuryas Assures Promotion Of Police Officers For Security

CP Kuryas Assures Promotion Of Police Officers For Security

June 7, 2022 1:04 pm

CP Monday Bala Kuryas who is the Niger State Commissioner of Police has given his assurance that the promotion of 460 senior police officers of the command will give a boost to the fight against banditry, terrorism, kidnappings and other criminalities and social vices in the state.

Speaking with journalists shortly after the decoration, CP Kuryas said the promotion would serve as a catalyst for more work in combating crimes in the state.

” When you are in the paramilitary, any promotion like this gives you joy, you are motivated and given a higher responsibility. You are expected to do

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Consumption Tax: Oyo Hoteliers Decry Ectortion

Consumption Tax: Oyo Hoteliers Decry Ectortion

June 7, 2022 10:27 am

The new addition of consumption taxes slammed by the State Government has seen the Oyo State Hoteliers Association of Nigeria kicking against the consumption tax.

The association expressed its misgivings in a communique issued in Ibadan on Tuesday at the end of its Board of Trustees meeting.

The communique was jointly signed by the association’s president, Chief Ayodele Ogundele, the vice-president, Chief Joseph Emoabino and Prince Adekunle Adesanya, the Public Relations Officer, and the Financial Secretary, Adetona Ibraheem.

Read Also: New Alaafin ‘ll Emerge Soon – Oyo Govt Announces

It declared that the charge amounted to double taxation, as members …

Suspected Islamic Jihadists Kill 18 In East Congo Attack

Suspected Islamic Jihadists Kill 18 In East Congo Attack

June 7, 2022 6:06 am

Suspected militants killed at least 18 people in a village raid in eastern Congo as fighting resumed with the M23 rebel group in a neighbouring province.

A local chief and a local human rights group said fighters, believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), killed residents and burned down houses in the Otomabere village in Irumu territory, Ituri province on Sunday night.

Congolese army spokesman, Jules Ngongo, confirmed the ADF attack without giving a death toll and said Congolese forces were in pursuit of the assailants.

The ADF is a Ugandan militia that moved to eastern Congo in …

₦80bn Fraud ICAN Disowns Suspended Accountant-General

₦80bn Fraud: ICAN Disowns Suspended Accountant-General

June 7, 2022 4:41 am

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has announced that it cannot sanction the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over his alleged involvement in an ₦80bn fraud because he is not even a member of the body.

The institute made this revelation on Monday in a statement while responding to a letter written by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda asking ICAN to investigate and sanction Idris who is being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

HEDA had called on ICAN to subject Ahmed to the institute’s Disciplinary Tribunal for thorough investigation and sanction.…

No Sngle Individual Made Buhari President - Presidency

No Single Individual Made Buhari President In 2015 -Presidency

June 7, 2022 4:36 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared that tens of millions of Nigerians were the ones who voted for President Muhammadu Buhari and that led to his victory in the 2015 general elections and not a single human being. 

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity made the remark on Monday in a statement in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Shehu’s statement came on the backdrop of comments attributed to a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, during a meeting with party delegates in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

While Tinubu had said he played …

Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race - Olubadan

Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race – Olubadan

June 7, 2022 4:31 am

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has described Sunday’s killings during a mass at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, as an affront to the Yoruba race.

Oba Balogun made this known in a statement on Monday which was signed by his media aide, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, to commiserate with victims and their families.

He appealed to the six governors in the South-West region to wake up to their responsibility of securing the lives and property of their people.

He said such an attack should be made the last of its kind in the region, saying a …

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