June 2022

Concerns As Biden Falls From Bike, Says 'He Is Okay'

Concerns As Biden Falls From Bike, Insists ‘He Is Okay’

June 19, 2022 4:01 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden on Saturday, took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle, but was unhurt, Africa Daily News, New York reports. 

A video from a White House pool report showed the 79-year-old president immediately getting up after his fall. He then says: ‘I’m good.’

He was biking with First Lady Jill Biden near their vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and had stopped to talk to onlookers when he fell.

Read Also: Angry Biden Lambasts Oil Industry Over Fuel Costs

The president was well, according to a White House official, and was looking …

41 Killed, Millions Displaced As Floods Hit Bangladesh, India

41 Killed, Millions Displaced As Floods Hit Bangladesh, India

June 19, 2022 3:48 am

Officials revealed on that monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India killed at least 41 people and caused disastrous floods that trapped millions of others.

Floods are a constant threat to millions of people in Bangladesh’s low-lying areas, but researchers warn climate change is increasing the frequency, fury, and unpredictability of these natural disasters.

Over the last week, torrential rains have inundated large swaths of Bangladesh’s northeast, forcing military to evacuate families blocked off from neighbouring settlements.

Schools have been converted into relief shelters to house entire villages inundated by rivers that burst their banks in a couple of hours.

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SERAP Urges INEC To Prosecute Ekiti Vote-Buyers

SERAP Urges INEC To Prosecute Ekiti Vote-Buyers

June 19, 2022 3:29 am

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute all those who were arrested on allegations of vote-buying in the course of the Ekiti State governorship election.

SERAP in a short tweet which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday morning stated that the prosecution must not end with those caught in the act, but must be extended to the politicians who fund their election malpractice.

The group’s reaction comes on the heels of the reports of vote-buyers being arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …

Senegal Opposition Leader Issues ‘Ultimatum’ After Clashes

Senegal Opposition Leader Issues ‘Ultimatum’ After Clashes

June 19, 2022 3:23 am

Senegal’s leading opposition leader has issued an ‘ultimatum’ to President Macky Sall, requesting him to release those detained amid a day of rioting that left three people dead, according to reports.

On Friday, violence erupted between teenagers and police in Dakar’s capital, as officials barred entrance to opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s home.

According to Sonko’s PASTEF party spokeswoman, three opposition figures were also arrested, and the city’s mayor was barred from leaving his residence.

Read Also: Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

Media and the opposition have now reported a third, collateral death from the clashes — …

INEC Announces Oyebanji Winner Of Ekiti Governorship Poll

INEC Announces APC’s Oyebanji Winner Of Ekiti Guber Election

June 19, 2022 3:18 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday morning declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof Kayode Adebowale, and the Vice Chancellor, the University of Ibadan, who announced the results said, “Oyebanji, having scored the highest number of votes is declared the winner and returned elected as the governor-elect of Ekiti State”

The APC scored 187,057 votes to defeat its closest rival, the SDP, which garnered 82,211 votes, the PDP, which got 67,457 votes and 13 other parties which participated …

2023 Zamfara Declares Work-Free Week For PVC Registration

2023: Zamfara Declares Work-Free Week For PVC Registration

June 19, 2022 3:11 am

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has declared a work-free week to enable public and civil servants to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Card (PVCs) ahead of next year’s general elections.

The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made this disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Gusau on Sunday morning.

‘This is to inform the general public that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has declared next week, Monday to Friday June 20 to 24, a work-free week.

Read Also: 2023: I’ve Submitted My Running Mate’s Name To INEC – Tinubu

‘This is to enable …

Primary: I Expected Buhari To Hand-Pick His Successor –Tinubu

Primary: I Expected Buhari To Hand-Pick His Successor –Tinubu

June 19, 2022 1:39 am

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has disclosed that he and other APC presidential hopefuls had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate an anointed candidate for the 2023 presidential election but were astonished when he did not.

Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s candidate, overcame his closest rivals – former Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to win the ticket.

There were rumours before the primary that the President would select his successor after meeting with the Progressive Governors Forum, which he pleaded with to let him name his favoured candidate.

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Russians Will Be Needing Visas To Enter Ukraine From July 1

Zelensky Reveals Plans To Slam Visa Policy On Russians In Ukraine

June 18, 2022 5:34 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky who is the Ukrainian President has made an announcement on Friday that Kyiv would be putting plans in motion to introduce visas for Russians from July 1, four months after Moscow’s invaded his country.

“Ukraine will be introducing a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said on his Telegram account. He said the requirement would take effect on “July 1, 2022”, according to a government decision that he expected “today.”

These fresh sanctions or policies will be tantamount to ending a  visa-free travel routine for Russians that began when Ukraine became independent from the Soviet …

Live Results From Ekiti State Guber Election Polling Units

Live Results From Ekiti State Guber Election Polling Units

June 18, 2022 5:30 pm

As the aftermath of today’s voting and exercise of franchise draws to a close, some of the results are already trickling in from Polling Units in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti State.

Tthe Indepedent Electoral Commission (INEC) officials have announced the conclusion of the voting exercise in some of the Polling Units, while ballot counting has also commenced in the presence of the voters.

Africa Daily News, New York also gathered that the Ekiti State governorship election was keenly contested between candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and the Peoples Democratic Party, …

WHO Reveals Number Of People With Mental Illness Worldwide

WHO Reveals Number Of People With Mental Illness Worldwide

June 18, 2022 5:29 pm

In a new report vevtted by the organisation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that nearly one billion people out of an estimated 7.95 billion worldwide suffer from some form of mentally related disorders after a worldwide estimate.

This report is in tandem to the latest UN data released on Friday, one in seven teenagers is said to have mental issues.

Read Also: Obesity ‘Epidemic’ In Europe Very Likely, WHO Warns

“To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of common conditions such as depression and anxiety went up by more than 25

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2023 Presidency: Senate President, Ahmad Lawan Joins Race

Ahmad Lawan Finally Reacts, Debunks Defection Rumours

June 18, 2022 11:52 am

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has finally come out to debunk and rubbish the viral video making rounds on the social media sphere where he had announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Senate President, Lawan via a statement signed by his media aide Ola Awoniyi described the video as false and mischievous.

The statement noted that the video was doctored by mischief-makers and urged the public to disregard it.

Read Also: 2023: Real Reason I Contested Against Tinubu – Lawan

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e-Customs Concession Project: Court Halts FG's Enforcements

e-Customs Concession Project: Court Halts FG’s Enforcements

June 18, 2022 11:49 am

As regards to the level of conflict in one of the Customs implementations projects, a Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained and stayed the Federal Government in Nigeria from enforcing any more directives to the very controversial Customs Modernisation Project, otherwise known as e-Custom which was executed by its agents on May 30, 2022.

The Nigerian Custom Service, Trade Modernisation Project limited, Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria limited and African Finance Corporation are some of the agents who allegedly executed the disputed concession project.

The court also issued an order of interim injunction against the Federal government or its agents …

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