June 14, 2022

ECOWAS Court Decries Terrible, Haphazard Law Applications

June 14, 2022 5:32 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have shown that the ECOWAS Court of Justice has decried the poor application of community law by the national courts of member states.

The court stated that this impacts negatively on the growth of the law and the region’s integration project.

“In twenty years of operation, the Court has never been seized of a referral by a national court”, said Vice President Justice Gberi-be Ouatttara.

Ouatttara spoke at the opening of the first ordinary session of the 2022 ECOWAS Parliament.

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2023 APC Won't Find It Funny if Tinubu Loses Ticket -Shettima

Muslim-Muslim Ticket Would Ruin Nigeria – Adeyanju To Tinubu

June 14, 2022 5:32 pm

Bola Tinubu who is the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been warned about the implication of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

An Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju, warned Tinubu that settling for a Muslim-Muslim ticket would further polarise Nigeria.

He noted that “the divisions will become super obvious in the coming years” if Tinubu settles for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

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In a Facebook post, Adeyanju said Tinubu should take the crisis in Kaduna State as a case study.

“Many have not grasped what a Tinubu and his Muslim-Muslim ticket will

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Adesina Fires Back At Bishop Oyedepo Over Recent Outpour

Adesina Fires Back At Bishop Oyedepo Over Recent Outpour

June 14, 2022 5:23 pm

Femi Adesina who is the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday claimed that the founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, harbours a lot of ingrown hatred for the Nigerian president.

Recall that Oyedepo had described Buhari’s government as the most wicked and corrupt in the history of Nigeria.

Speaking during a church programme, Special Prayer for The Nation on Monday, Oyedepo had lamented the level of hardship imposed on Nigerians through corruption.

According to Oyedepo, the Federal Government claimed to be fighting corruption, but the officials are also corrupt.

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Gov Abiodun: Ogun Students Debunk Claims Of Rigging In 2019

2022 Hajj: Gov. Abiodun Approves Ad Hoc Committee

June 14, 2022 12:31 pm

Prince Dapo Abiodun who is the Ogun State Governor has finally approved the constitution of an Ad hoc Committee of the state’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Commission.

A statement from the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, named the Chief Imam of Ikenne, Alhaji Kehinde Husayn Lawal as chairman and Prof Kamal Balogun as Amirl-Hajj respectively.

Others appointed to serve as members include Dr. Kola Olawunmi, Sheikh Iskeel Lawal Sugar, Sheikh Rufai Sile and Imam AbdulGaniyu Ejalonibu.

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The rest are Imam Uthman Fasasi Akeukowo, Imam AbdulWasiu Adeniyi …

Police Crush Clash Between Hausa, Igbo Traders In Benin

Lynching Of Motorcycle Thief: Bauchi Police Initiates Investigations

June 14, 2022 12:00 pm

In a fresh development, the Bauchi Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda has ordered an immediate probe into the setting ablaze of a suspected thief of a motorcycle at Chinade community in Katagum Local Government Area of the state.

A middle-aged man, whose identity had not been determined, was attacked by a mob who beat him to a pulp and later set him ablaze for alleged theft of a motorcycle on Sunday.

Sanda stated this in a statement signed by the Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakili, made available to newsmen in Bauchi.

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Drug Deal Don’t Send Me To Jail – Abba Kyari Begs Court

Court Jails Abba Kyari’s Co-Defendants After NDLEA Bust

June 14, 2022 11:59 am

The case against Nigeria’s super cop, Abba Kyari has taken to a new lead as a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal to two years imprisonment.

Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to committing the offence preferred against them in counts 5, 6 and 7 by the NDLEA, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who are 6th and 7th defendants, “are hereby convicted accordingly.”

Justice Nwite thereafter sentenced them to …

Our Weapons Cannot Defeat Russia - Ukraine Laments

Our Weapons Cannot Defeat Russia – Ukraine Laments

June 14, 2022 11:55 am

As the conflict between the two nations heat up with the Russian side pressing down on the offensive, the Ukrainian government has accused its international partners including the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other NATO nations of being complacent and non-challant amid the raging war with Russia.

Ukraine asked NATO not to think that the weapons they have supplied Ukraine so far would help them defeat Russia in the going war.

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The spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s international legion derided the country’s partners, saying …

Moghalu Finally Resigns From ADC, Gives Reasons

Moghalu Finally Resigns From ADC, Gives Reasons

June 14, 2022 11:47 am

Kingsley Moghalu who has been identified as a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and also a former presidential candidate, has finally tenderes his resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) political party.

He quit the party, which he joined last October, after losing the presidential ticket to the founder of Roots Television, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu.

In a letter to ADC’s Chairman, Chief Okey Ralphs Nwosu, Moghalu said the presidential primary was fraught with inconsistencies.

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“I am writing to hand in my resignation from my membership

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Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

June 14, 2022 6:39 am

A court in Senegal has sentenced a fugitive rebel leader and two other men to life in prison for murder and armed insurrection over a massacre that claimed 14 lives.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Cesar Atoute Badiate, head of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), a rebel group fighting for autonomy in the southern Senegalese region, was sentenced in his absence for the killings.

Omar Ampoi Bodian, another member of the group, and journalist Rene Capain Bassene, received the same sentence, their lawyer Cire Cledor Ly told reporters.

The court in Ziguinchor, the main city …

Gunmen Abduct Reverend Father In Plateau

Gunmen Abduct Reverend Father In Plateau

June 14, 2022 6:35 am

A Catholic priest of St Anthony’s Parish, Angware community in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev James Kantoma was on Monday night kidnapped by some unknown gunmen.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Kantoma who is also the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Council area, was abducted at his house in the community by the gunmen on Monday morning.

The State Chairman of CAN, Polycarp Lubo, confirmed the abduction of the cleric to reporters in Jos, describing the incident as unfortunate.

Lubo said, “Since the gunmen took the Reverend Father …

Panic As Bitcoin Falls Under $25,000, Lowest In 18 Months

Panic As Bitcoin Falls Under $25,000, Lowest In 18 Months

June 14, 2022 6:32 am

Bitcoin tumbled yesterday to an 18-month low under $25,000 as investors shunned risky assets in the face of a vicious global markets selloff, many months after the cryptocurrency hit a record high.

The unit took a heavy knock also from news that cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network paused withdrawals, citing volatile conditions.

World stock markets have plunged since Friday when data showed US inflation at a fresh four-decade high, increasing recession fears and sending investors running for safer assets like the dollar.

‘It is not very surprising to see such a strong downturn as we have noticed an increased correlation …

Iran Attack Threat Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

Iran Attack Threats: Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

June 14, 2022 6:27 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid has advised citizens in Turkey to leave the country ‘as soon as possible’ over threats that Iranian operatives are actively planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul. 

‘It’s a real and immediate danger,’ Lapid informed a meeting of lawmakers from his Yesh Atid party, citing ‘several Iranian attempts at carrying out terror attacks against Israelis on holiday in Istanbul’.

‘If you are already in Istanbul, return to Israel as soon as possible,’ Lapid said. ‘If you have planned a flight to Istanbul — cancel. No vacation is worth your life,’ he added.

‘Do not fly to …

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