June 26, 2022

Why We Can’t Release Dariye, Nyame Despite Pardon – NCS

Why We Can’t Release Dariye, Nyame Despite Pardon – NCS

June 26, 2022 2:34 am

Africa Daily News, New York can confirm that over two months after they were granted state pardon, 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and a former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, have yet to be released.

The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari, had on April 14 approved the pardon of the convicts, a decision which generated outcries.

Nyame is serving a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while  Dariye is serving 10 years’ imprisonment for ₦1.126 billion fraud.

But while justifying the …

Americans Seeking Abortion Move To Get Help From Mexico

Americans Seeking Abortion Move To Get Help From Mexico

June 26, 2022 2:28 am

Facing high medical costs and pressure to reconsider, a single mother living in California turned to activists across the border in Mexico who helped her have an abortion.

‘We’re supposed to be in a free country, in a state where you can smoke marijuana, but abortion is still somewhat taboo,’ the 31-year-old said, shortly before the US Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to the procedure.

The woman, of Mexican descent, believes terminating a pregnancy will now become ever harder, although the liberal West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington jointly vowed to defend abortion rights.

The Supreme …

Bandits Gruesomely Murder 11 Farmers In Sokoto Community

Bandits Gruesomely Murder 11 Farmers In Sokoto Community

June 26, 2022 2:17 am

Armed Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Saturday, in Sokoto, reportedly killed 11 farmers in the Ghandi district of Rabah Local Government Area of the state.

A source, who disclosed this, said the attackers stormed the community around 12 noon, shooting sporadically, to scare people and later killed farmers working on their farms.

Confirming the killing on Saturday, the Secretary to the District Head of Ghandi, Tukur Muhammad said they met them on their farmlands and killed them for no reason.

Read Also: Vigilante Members Massacred As Bandits Sack Doma Village

He said the bandits attempted to abduct other …

Alleged Trafficking University Of Lincoln Bans Ekweremadu

Alleged Trafficking: University Of Lincoln Bans Ekweremadu

June 26, 2022 2:12 am

The University of Lincoln has announced the banning of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu from undertaking any further duties as visiting professor after he was accused of trafficking a 15-year-old boy to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting.

Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, are currently in detention over the charges ahead of a court date on July 7.

They have both denied the trafficking charges.

Ekweremadu, before his arrest, met with members of the Nigerian community in Lincoln.

Read Also: Organ Harvesting: We Will Not Abandon Ekweremadu – Adeyemi

He had been a visiting professor of corporate and international …

2023 Nigeria is a complex country to Govern, Tinubu Declares

2023: Nigeria Is A Complex Country To Govern, Tinubu Declares

June 26, 2022 2:07 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday admitted that ‘Nigeria is a complex country to navigate through.’

He spoke at a special prayer session at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Central Mosque, Wuse 2, Abuja, which was organised as part of events marking the 60th birthday of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The occasion was also graced by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, representing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Read Also: Why I’m Trekking From Bauchi To Lagos For Tinubu – Madaki

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