June 2022

Consider Optional Celibacy, Spain Catholics Advises Church

Consider Optional Celibacy, Spain Catholics Advises Church

June 14, 2022 6:04 am

Spanish Catholics have expressed their desire to have Rome consider talks on the future of the priesthood including optional celibacy, the ordination of women, and also of married men, a key document which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York has shown.

The document was unveiled by the CEE Episcopal Conference that groups Spain’s leading bishops at a 600-strong gathering in Madrid yesterday.

It was coming against the backdrop of months of consultation with more than 215,000 people, mostly lay people but also priests and bishops, with the proposals to be condensed into a final document that will be …

National Grid Collapse Why Nigeria Is In Darkness – Atiku

National Grid Collapse: Why Nigeria Is In Darkness – Atiku

June 14, 2022 5:35 am

Former Vice President and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the recurring national grid collapse in the country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate put the blame the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

In a statement Monday night, Atiku lamented the darkness that has enveloped Nigeria in recent times.

The political leader described it as a metaphor for the collapsing state of the nation.

Read Also: Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets – SERAP

He said the country has been enduring collapsing unity, security, economy, education, well-being and value of …

Panic As Suspected Jihadists Kill At Least 50 In Burkina Faso

Panic As Suspected Jihadists Kill At Least 50 In Burkina Faso

June 14, 2022 5:27 am

No fewer than 50 civilians have been killed following attacks by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said Monday, in one of the bloodiest clashes since a military coup in January.

‘The army has so far found 50 bodies’ after the village of Seytenga was attacked yesterday, Bilgo said, adding that the toll ‘may rise.’

‘Relatives (of the victims) have returned to Seytenga and may have taken bodies away,’ he told a press conference on Tuesday morning.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Seytenga was the site of bloody fighting last week.

Eleven gendarmes were …

2023 Where Peter Obi's Running Mate Would Come From - LP

2023: LP Reveals Where Obi’s Running Mate Would Come From

June 14, 2022 5:10 am

The Labour Party (LP), has asserted that the party would not alter the principles of federal character in its choice of a Vice-presidential candidate even as it gets set to announce who would be running mate to the former Governor of Anambra State ahead of next year’s poll.

The Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure made this known while speaking in commemoration of Democracy Day.

Abure asserted that the principle of social-religious inclusion and the diversity of the Nigerian workforce and membership of the Labour Party would not be compromised in its choice.

He went on to add that …

Nigeria Record Biggest-Ever Win, Destroy Sao Tome 10-0

Nigeria Record Biggest-Ever Win, Destroy Sao Tome 10-0

June 14, 2022 5:02 am

Napoli striker Victor Osimhen on Monday evening scored four goals as the Super Eagles destroyed Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on Monday to give Nigeria their biggest win in history.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Osimhen opened the score sheet with just 9 minutes gone into the tie, before adding one each in the 48th, 65th, and 84th minutes. This was his first hat-trick and haul for the senior team.

Terem Moffi netted twice, just as Oghenekaro Etebo, Simon Moses, and Ademola Lookman got one each in the tie.…

Gunmen Kidnap 3 Missionaries In Kogi, Demand ₦20m Ransom

Gunmen Kidnap 3 Missionaries In Kogi, Demand ₦20m Ransom

June 14, 2022 4:58 am
About three Christian missionaries with the Child Evangelical Fellowship, CEF were on Monday night abducted by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Kogi State.
One of the victims whose name was given as Peter Adigidzi is a member of the Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA. The others are Pastors Sunday Abah and Mike Baba.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the men were abducted on Friday evening, 10 June, in Ejule, Ofu Local Government Area of the state.
According to multiple sources, they were on mission work to the area when they encountered the gunmen.
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Saudi Embrace Online Registration For Hajj To Combat Scams

Saudi Embrace Online Registration For Hajj To Combat Scams

June 14, 2022 4:53 am

Saudi Arabian authorities have disclosed that it would henceforth require that would-be hajj pilgrims from many Western countries apply for visas via a government portal online, a move which is intended to crack down on ‘fake’ travel agencies, officials told reporters on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the new system was put in place as the kingdom concludes preparations to welcome 850,000 Muslims from abroad for the annual hajj after two years during which pilgrims not already in Saudi Arabia were barred because of Covid pandemic restrictions.

It applies to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, …

US Woman Who Got STD In Car Gets $5.2m In Damages

US Woman Who Got STD In Car Gets $5.2m In Damages

June 13, 2022 2:14 pm

A bizzre case between a United States woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease from her partner during romantic encounters in his car and his insurance company has ended with her being awarded $5.2 million in damages from his vehicle insurance company.

The woman in the state of Missouri successfully claimed her partner had negligently infected her with HPV, and that his policy covered her for “injuries and losses.”

Read Also: 74 Year Old Nabbed For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Minor

Referred to in court documents only as M.O., the woman had requested an award of $9.9 million before an …

10 Years Prison Term Slammed On Bolivian Ex-President Anez

10 Years Prison Term Slammed On Bolivian Ex-President Anez

June 13, 2022 2:14 pm

After months of slugging it out in court, the Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez has been slammed with a 10 years prison sentence which comes more than a year after her arrest for an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.

Anez, who has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution.

Read Also: Bolivian Ex-President Anez Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women’s prison in La Paz, the administrative capital’s First Sentencing Court announced in a decision that comes …

APC Senatorial Candidacy: INEC Boots Akpabio Out

APC Senatorial Candidacy: INEC Boots Akpabio Out

June 13, 2022 2:03 pm

Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Godswill Akpabio as the party’s candidate in the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district.

Akpabio, who stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s Presidential Candidate, was proclaimed the victor of a senatorial primary held on Thursday.

Stephen Ntukekpo, the State APC Chairman, stated that he was asked by the national party to conduct a re-run due to alleged breaches.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Rejects Akpabio As APC Senatorial

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Buhari Never Committed To Zoning Presidency To South – Adamu

Buhari Advices Against Do-Or-Die Affairs For 2023 Elections

June 13, 2022 2:00 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has told reiterated to the presidential candidates and others political candidates that they should not handle the 2023 general elections as a do-or-die affair.

The president spoke in a nationwide broadcast to mark June 12 Democracy Day on Sunday.

Read Also: You Have The Most Corrupt Regime – Oyedepo Blasts Buhari

According to Buhari, “as we move into the general election campaign season, we must sustain this mature attitude to campaigning and ultimately, voting.

“We must never see it as a “do or die” affair. We must all remember democracy is about the will of

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Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets - SERAP

Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets – SERAP

June 13, 2022 1:37 pm

As Nigerian political parties openly field their candidates for the 2023 general elections, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to presidential candidatess ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, which urges them to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities, and to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.

Read Also: Real Reasons Why Northerners Voted For Tinubu – El-Rufai

SERAP said: “While there is no constitutional requirement for presidential candidates to publish their assets and liabilities before elections, doing so would show that you can

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