June 30, 2022

Sallah: Senate Begins Three-Week Recess

June 30, 2022 5:30 am

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, announced the adjournment of plenary for 19 days to enable it proceed on the Sallah break.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, accordingly, announced July 19, 2022, as the resumption date.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Senate had before embarking on the three weeks recess, forwarded the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mohammed Bello as Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to the Committee on National Planning.

It also passed the Federal Medical Centres (Establishment) Bill, 2022, after re-committal to the Committee of the …

13 Teachers Gets New SUVs In Lagos From Sanwo-Olu

13 Teachers Gets New SUVs In Lagos From Sanwo-Olu

June 30, 2022 5:15 am

The Government of Lagos State on Wednesday unveiled a set of technology-driven modular learning spaces which is aimed at introducing an innovation to the design of a modern classroom. This was even as the State government announced the donation of SUV vehicles to 13 teachers in the state. 

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while commissioning a nine-classroom block built to replace decrepit concrete structures in Vetland Junior Grammar School, a government-owned model college in Agege Local Government Area revealed that the interactive modular classrooms were improvised using standardised reusable freight compartments known as container. 

Each of the classroom compartments is adequately insulated …

Over 14 Migrants Die As Boat Goes Up In Flames In Senegal

Over 14 Migrants Die As Boat Goes Up In Flames In Senegal

June 30, 2022 5:05 am

No fewer than 14 migrants, including Nigerians, have reportedly died following a fire incident that razed a boat in south Senegal on Wednesday.

Information reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that about 21 people were injured as four of them suffered second-degree burns as they embarked on a journey to Spanish Canary Islands before the boat caught fire.

The mayor of the coastal town, Kafountine in Casamance, David Diatta said that the fire incident occurred yesterday.

Read Also: Morocco Slams Court Case On 65 Migrants For Crossing To Melilla

‘We’ve been able to recover …

2023 How Delegates Refunded Money I Paid Them - APC Senator

2023: How Delegates Refunded Money I Paid Them – APC Senator

June 30, 2022 4:59 am

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central district, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has recounted how he got a refund of the cash he gave to delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the party’s primaries after he lost to his opponent.

He made this known during an interview on Channels Television which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

According to him, the funds given to the delegates were for logistics.

Oloriegbe is among several other members of the party in the Senate who lost their party’s ticket to seek re-election into the red chamber of the National Assembly.

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Again, Journalist Killed In Mexico, 12th In 2022

Again, Journalist Killed In Mexico, 12th In 2022

June 30, 2022 4:56 am

A Mexican reporter was shot dead on Wednesday in the violence-plagued northeastern state of Tamaulipas — the 12th journalist killed so far in a particularly bloody year for the country’s press.

In his some of his social media posts, Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the daily Expreso, frequently accused politicians of engaging in crimes of corruption.

The reporter was attacked as he was leaving his Ciudad Victoria house, and both his wife and daughter were hurt.

‘We must not allow more attacks on journalists and activists. These crimes will not go unpunished,’ President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s spokesman, …

Trafficking FG Moves To Help Ekweremadu, Engages Lawyers

Trafficking: FG Moves To Help Ekweremadu, Engages Lawyers

June 30, 2022 4:53 am

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan during the plenary session yesterday revealed that Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of lawyers to defend the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice who are currently being prosecuted in London.

Lawan made this known yesterday while giving details about the outcome of a closed session which was held by the upper chamber before the start of plenary proceedings.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the closed-door session which started at about 10:57 a.m ended at 11:49 a.m.

Recall that Ekweremadu had …

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