June 17, 2022

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

‘Youths Should Wake From Their Political Slumber’ – NANS

June 17, 2022 7:04 pm

While expressing their readiness for the 2023 general elections, the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) in a new statement has openly urged students and youths to wake up from their political slumber and get ready to elect better, youth-oriented and youth-focused leadership in the 2023 general elections.

NANS also tasked all Nigerian youths to do their best in getting their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) as the new electoral law in place guaranteed that votes must count as the chances of rigging had been tamed to the barest minimum.

This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Enugu

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APC Denies Change In Leadership Of Party’s Caretaker C'ttee

APC Crisis: Kebbi Support Group Appeals To President Buhari

June 17, 2022 6:52 pm

As a result of the tumultous political storms brewing in the APC camp in Kebbi State, an All Progressives Congress (APC) support group in Kebbi has made an open appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu to intervene in the crisis rocking the party in the State.

The group who have been identified as the Concerned APC Members/Supporters in Aliero/Gwandu/Jega Federal Constituency, made the appeal in a statement which was issued in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday and it was signed by its Chairman, Usman Ibrahim, and the Secretary, Mohammed Aliyu.

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Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

June 17, 2022 11:01 am

It was a sad spectacle as thirteen days after the terror attack by gunmen on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, the pre-announced funeral mass for the deceased victims has commenced today.

In the gory attack that threw the state into pandemonium, no fewer than 40 persons were gruesomely murdered on June 5 when daredevil gunmen rained bullets on the worshippers during service.

The funeral mass for the unfortunate victims began at 10:00 am after the caskets bearing the bodies of the deceased were brought in.

Read Also: Owo Church Massacre: Osun Govt Declares 3-Day

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Mikael Silvestre Makes Prediction For Golden Boot Winner

Mikael Silvestre Makes Prediction For Golden Boot Winner

June 17, 2022 10:43 am

Mikael Silvestre who was a Former UEFA Champions League winner has picked Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo as the right candidate to win the 2022/23 Premier League Golden Boot.

Ronaldo had finished third in the English top-flight’s goal-scoring race for the 2021-22 campaign. The Portuguese captain scored 18 goals and was beaten only by Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, who both scored 23 times, to share the award.

“Haaland, to win the Golden Boot? I would rather see Cristiano win it,” Silvestre was quoted by Express as saying.

“He was not far off last season with a dysfunctional team,

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Deputy Speaker Ahmed, 3 Others Impeached By Kogi Assembly

Deputy Speaker Ahmed, 3 Others Impeached By Kogi Assembly

June 17, 2022 10:18 am

In a shocking development, the Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Ahmed Muhammed has been impeached by the House of Assembly.

In an emergency sitting which was held at the Assembly Complex in Lokoja on Friday, the Kogi State lawmakers had openly accused Ahmed Muhammed and three other principal officers of gross misconduct offences and arbitrary use of office.

In a motion of urgent importance read by Hon. Enema Paul, member representing (Dekina/Okura) State Constituency, he had announced that a total number of 17 lawmakers has signed the impeachment of Hon. Ahmed Mohammed and the suspension …

Electoral Act: Supreme Court Gives Verdict On Controversial Act

Supreme Court Rules Against Lagos In Controversial Hijab Tussle

June 17, 2022 10:13 am

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has on Friday overruled Lagos State on its recent restriction which was slammed on the use of hijab by female Muslim students of some of the public schools in the state.

Thr ruling which took a split decision of five to two of a seven-member panel saw the Supreme Court of Nigerian acknowledging the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgment which was ruled by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hijab restriction.…

Nigeria Police Announce Preparations For 2023 Elections

Police Finally Detains Ameerah For Fake Kidnapping Claims

June 17, 2022 9:57 am

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has finally found the 17-year-old Safiyanu Ameerah, with Twitter handle @ameerah_sufyan, who had come up with claims on her twitter social media space that she had been abducted alongside 17 others on the 14th of June 2022 in Abuja.

Oduniyi Omotayo who is the command’s Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development on Friday. Omotayo, however, debunked reports that Amira and seventeen others were abducted at gunpoint.

Read Also: Lynching Of Motorcycle Thief: Bauchi Police Initiates Investigations

He said: “The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command wishes to categorically debunk the viral news

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2 UAS, 9 Boats, 10 Armored Vehicles Delivered To NIMASA

2 UAS, 9 Boats, 10 Armored Vehicles Delivered To NIMASA

June 17, 2022 9:19 am

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced that it has taken delivery of some additional mobile assets which would be implemented for enhanced maritime security in its “Deep Blue’’ project.

The delivery which contained two unmanned aircraft systems, 9 interceptor patrol boats and 10 armoured vehicles would be added to existing assets earlier procured by the Federal Government. The land assets also include the Command, Control, Communication, Computer, and Intelligence Centre for intelligence gathering and data collection.

Also included are 16 armoured vehicles for coastal patrol and 600 specially-trained troops for Maritime Security Unit to carry out …

Peter Obi 'You're Shameless' Actor, Okon Lambasts Fr. Mbaka

Peter Obi: ‘You’re Shameless’ Actor, Okon Lambasts Fr. Mbaka

June 17, 2022 6:32 am

Popular Nollywood Actor, Okon Lagos has lambasted fiery Enugu-based Catholic priest Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka’s statement about presidential aspirant Peter Obi as shameful.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Mbaka had during his ministry’s gathering in Enugu State on Wednesday declared that Peter Obi can’t be Nigeria’s president because he is a very stingy person.

In his reaction to the Catholic priests’ comments, Okon asserted that it was God and not Mbaka that would have a final say on Obi’s fate in the upcoming 2023 election.

Read Also: 2023: Peter Obi Too Stingy, Can Never Be President

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Obi Mbaka Needs Our Prayers, Should Be Forgiven - Ohanaeze

Obi: Mbaka Needs Our Prayers, Should Be Forgiven – Ohanaeze

June 17, 2022 6:02 am

On the backdrop of the recent prophecy by the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr. Ejike Mbaka, tagging the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi a ‘stingy man’, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to the outburst saying that the cleric needs prayers. 

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Mbaka had during an adoration program recently, declared that Peter Obi will never be President of Nigeria maintaining that he is too stingy and would impose poverty on Nigerians.

The comment has continued to elicit reactions from concerned Nigerians, particularly the …

Tunisia Grinds To A Standstill As Unions Oppose President

Tunisia Grinds To A Standstill As Unions Oppose President

June 17, 2022 5:51 am

Tunisia’s main trade union confederation on Thursday intensified pressure on a President already facing a string of crises as the country went to a standstill.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that in the North Flights were cancelled, public transport brought to a halt, and government offices were closed in a nationwide strike.

The powerful UGTT confederation had brought up to three million public sector workers to strike, halting work at 159 state agencies and public companies which were aimed at demanding concessions on salaries and threatened reforms.

The action appeared to be widely observed in the capital Tunis, where …

US Teen Discharged Over Murder, 91 Years After His Execution

US Teen Discharged Over Murder, 91 Years After His Execution

June 17, 2022 5:20 am

An African-American teen who was executed back in 1931 for the murder of a white woman was discharged by a Pennsylvania court on Thursday, following many decades of lobbying by his only surviving sister.

Alexander McClay Williams who is aged 16, was convicted by a white jury in just about four hours and remains the youngest person to have been sentenced to death in the eastern US state.

However, 91 years later, a county judge dismissed the case and declared Williams was innocent.

‘I’m just happy that it finally turned out the way it should have in the beginning,’ Williams’ …

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