June 2022

How Racism Almost Forced Me Out Of French Team – Mbappe

How Racism Almost Forced Me Out Of French Team – Mbappe

June 21, 2022 6:31 am

Kylian Mbappe has opened up on how he almost quit the France national team after receiving racist abuse following his penalty miss at Euro 2020.

The world champions were sent packing by Switzerland at the round of 16 stage last June, after Mbappe’s spot-kick was saved by Yann Sommer.

French Football Federation president, Noel Le Graet, claimed that the Paris Saint-Germain star was thinking about retiring from international football afterwards because of the lack of support he received following the crucial penalty miss.

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But Mbappe has said …

Presidency Provides Update On Abdulsalami Abubakar's Health

Presidency Provides Update On Abdulsalami Abubakar’s Health

June 21, 2022 6:22 am

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has given an update on the state of health of former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that Abdulsalami was reportedly flown out of Nigeria for medical treatment over the weekend.

The retired Army General was said to have suffered a partial stroke.

He was first flown to a hospital in the United Kingdom (UK).

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Writing on his Twitter page on Monday, Shehu confirmed that Abubakar is …

2023 Polls Court Blocks INEC From Ending Voter Registration

2023 Polls: Court Blocks INEC From Ending Voter Registration

June 21, 2022 6:09 am

The Federal High Court in Abuja has blocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022.

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project.

SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to ‘declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.’

In the …

Buhari Orders NFF To Hold Elections In Sept, Amend Statutes

Buhari Orders NFF To Hold Elections In Sept, Amend Statutes

June 21, 2022 5:59 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to immediately begin the process of having new elections for its Executive Committee when the current administration expires in September.

President Buhari also ordered that the NFF Statutes, the country’s instrument of football governance, be revised to accommodate additional stakeholders who had previously been excluded or denied equal representation in the NFF congress.

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These directives were contained in a letter dated 17th June, 2022 addressed to Amaju Pinnick, the president of the Nigeria Football Federation and signed by …

COVID-19: Only 19% Eligible Nigerians Vaccinated, FG Laments

June 21, 2022 5:55 am

The federal government on Tuesday revealed said the country has been able to fully vaccinate 21,236,404 of its eligible population with  COVID-19 vaccine.

Speaking at a ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja, yesterday, the Executive Director of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib said: ‘As at 10pm yesterday, the 19th of June 202, of the 111,776,503 eligible Nigerian residents target for the entire vaccination cycle, a total of 21,236,404 people were fully vaccinated with different mix of COVID-19 vaccines while 28,426,564 people were partially vaccinated, indicating 19.05 per cent and …

2023 Elections ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC REC

2023 Elections: ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC REC

June 21, 2022 5:51 am

Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Kwara, has stated his intention to deliver the best elections in the state’s history in 2023, stressing that ‘nobody can buy his Integrity.’

At a news conference in Ilorin on Monday, Attahiru-Madami declared this in the wake of an allegation levelled against him by the state’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Prince Tunji Morounfoye.

According to reports, Morounfoye claimed in a public statement that the REC had been compromised and that he was in a secret meeting with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

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Armed Men Gruesomely Murder 20 Civilians In Mali

Armed Men Gruesomely Murder 20 Civilians In Mali

June 21, 2022 5:45 am

Raiders in Mali, yesterday killed no fewer than 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao, while a UN peacekeeper was killed by a landmine in the turbulent region.

According to a senior police officer who requested anonymity, ‘criminal terrorists’ slaughtered at least 20 villagers in several hamlets in the Anchawadj commune, a few dozen kilometres north of Gao, yesterday.

The killings took place near Ebak, 35 kilometres (23 miles) north of Gao, the region’s largest town, according to a local official who blamed the attacks on jihadists and estimated the dead toll at 24.…

Nigeria Withholding $450m Belonging To Foreign Airlines -IATA

Nigeria Withholding $450m Belonging To Foreign Airlines -IATA

June 21, 2022 5:40 am

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that Nigeria is holding back about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country.

Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, Kamil Al Awadhi, made the remark yesterday at the opening of its 78th annual general meeting and world air transport summit in Doha, Qatar.

‘A financially viable air transport sector supports jobs and must be a driving force for Africa and the Middle East economic recovery from COVID-19,’ Al Awadhi said.

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‘A priority …

Chances Of Swift NATO Admission For Finland, Sweden Dwindles

Chances Of Swift NATO Admission For Finland, Sweden Dwindles

June 21, 2022 5:32 am

While Finland and Sweden will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss their delayed NATO bids with Turkey, experts say the chances of a resolution before the alliance gathering next week are dwindling.

Officials from the three nations were scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the Nordic countries’ membership applications, which have been stalled by Ankara.

‘I think it is possible but it would be very difficult,’ Paul Levin, director of the Institute for Turkey Studies at Stockholm University, told AFP, adding it would require both parties to compromise.

NATO and the two Nordic countries had …

Bola Tinubu: The Dangerous Man, And His Crooked Personality

Bola Tinubu: The Dangerous Man, And His Crooked Personality

June 21, 2022 3:47 am

With details about his life shrouded in ungodly secrecy, his source of stupendous wealth undetermined, and several question marks hanging around his troubled face, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and Presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has easily assumed the unceremonious position of the most crooked human being to run for the number one seat in Africa’s most populous country. 

Perhaps, one tool that he has smartly used to his advantage over the years is the media. He has managed to conceal his crooked personality, de-emphasise his shortcomings and ascribe a …

Majority Of China's Oil Come From Russian Reserves - Report

Majority Of China’s Oil Come From Russian Reserves – Report

June 20, 2022 6:46 pm

Fresh analysis has revealed that China has increased their number of crude oil imports from Russia in May according to their customs data which has also helped to offset some of the losses from Western nations while trying to scale back Russian energy purchases over the invasion of Ukraine.

This recent spike in the oil trade between the two nations has also shown that Russia will be overtaking Saudi Arabia to become China’s top oil provider as the West places stringent actions on most of Moscow’s energy exports.

The world’s second-biggest economy imported around 8.42 million tonnes of oil from …

NDLEA Boss Announces Arrest Of 17,000 Offenders, 10 Barons

NDLEA Boss Announces Arrest Of 17,000 Offenders, 10 Barons

June 20, 2022 5:53 pm

In a fresh report by the agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that it has arrested over 17, 647 offenders which also included 10 drug barons between January 2021 and May 2022.

The agency also revealed that it has also convicted and jailed over 2,369 drug offenders within the same period while 154,667.339 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and other substances were taken in the first five months of the year 2022.

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At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Buba Marwa, the Chairman of NDLEA …

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