June 17, 2022

2023: Real Reason Why I Chose Okowa Over Wike – Atiku

June 17, 2022 5:04 am

Ahead of next year’s presidential elections in Nigeria, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has explained that he chose Senator Ifeanyi Okowa over Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike as his running mate due to the perceived qualities of the Delta State Governor in governance and politics.

Speaking to party stalwarts on Thursday, Atiku explained that it was a difficult decision to arrive at his choice of a running mate, one which required extensive consultations with various stakeholders at all levels.

Speaking to party stalwarts, Aiku said he made it clear that his ‘running mate would have …

War: Mariupol ‘Horrors’ Will Leave An Indelible Mark – UN

June 17, 2022 4:58 am

A UN rights chief on Thursday asserted that the extent of the growing deaths and destruction in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol is a serious pointer to international law violations, while also the warning that the horrors would mark future generations.

While speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, Michelle Bachelet painted an ugly scenario of one of the bloodiest chapters so far in Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

‘Between February and the end of April, Mariupol was likely the deadliest place in Ukraine,’ she said, in an update on the situation in the strategic port …

Ekiti 2022: We Never Collapsed Our Structure For APC – LP

June 17, 2022 4:53 am

The national leadership of the Labour Party has dismissed viral reports that it collapsed its structure in Ekiti State for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Abayomi Oyebanji ahead of tomorrow’s elections describing the claims as amusing.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that what really happened was that some aggrieved members of the Labour Party in the State had defected to the APC recently and announced that they have collapsed their structure into the APC.

The defectors were led by a member of the party in the state whose name was given as Bamiji Omotosho. He claimed to …

Covid-19: Spain Moves To Offer 4th Vaccine Dose To Citizens

June 17, 2022 4:41 am

Spain has concluded plans to offer a fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to its entire citizens before the end of the year, Health Minister Carolina Darias has confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that just like many other countries in the world, Spain currently offers a fourth shot to older adults and those with compromised immune systems, however, they have now resolved to extend it to everyone.

‘There will be a fourth dose for the whole population,’ Darias said during an interview with private television channel La Sexta.

The timing for the commencement of the vaccination campaign for …