June 2022

Pollution: Osun Stakeholders Urge FG To Curb Illegal Mining

Pollution: Osun Stakeholders Urge FG To Curb Illegal Mining

June 13, 2022 1:36 pm

The rising spate of illegal mining in the Osun State have seen some stakeholders motioning to the Federal Government and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to deal with the heavy contamination of Osun River as urgently as they can.

The Statement has reiterated that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, and NESREA to set up a committee to deal with mining activities in Osun State, which has polluted Osun River.

They make the call in a communique after a Twitter Space themed “The Gold Curse: Poverty, …

INEC Insists On Rejecting Akpabio, Lawan's Senatorial Tickets

Akwa Ibom APC Guber Seat Is Vacant – INEC Declares

June 13, 2022 12:16 pm

In a fresh announcement, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State have made an open announced that there will be no subsequent All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for the state for the 2023 general elections.

This was announced despite the fact that it was Mr. Akanimo Udofia who was declared the winner of the APC governorship primary with a total vote of 1227 to defeat eight other aspirants at an exercise held at Ekpo Obot, Uyo, the state capital.

But, the Resident Commissioner, INEC, Mr Mike Igini, who did not recognise the exercise in his …

Owo Church Massacre: Osun Govt Declares 3-Day Mourning

Owo Church Massacre: Osun Govt Declares 3-Day Mourning

June 13, 2022 8:52 am

In a bid to commiserate with the victims of the Owo church massacre, the Osun State Government has on Monday declared that three-day mourning should be observed across the state as a mark of solidarity and commiseration with the people of Ondo State over last weekend’s terror attack that left many church worshippers dead and injured.

The three days of mourning, according to a statement signed by Funke Egbemode, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, will be observed from Monday, June 13; to Wednesday, June 15.

During the mourning, the statement added, all flags will be flown at …

You Have The Most Corrupt Regime - Oyedepo Blasts Buhari

You Have The Most Corrupt Regime – Oyedepo Blasts Buhari

June 13, 2022 8:34 am

Bishop David Oyedepo who is the Founder and President of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has minced no words as he lambasted President Muhammadu Bubari’s administration, tagging it the most corrupt regime the country has ever seen so far.

Oyedepo, who spoke during a church programme, Special Prayer for The Nation, on Monday lamented the level of hardship imposed on Nigerians through corruption.

According to Oyedepo, the Federal Government claimed to be fighting corruption but the officials are also corrupt.

Read Also: Christians In Nigeria Must Speak With One Voice – Oyedepo

He said the ₦80 billion allegedly stolen by the …

Bandits Abduct Dozens Of Wedding Guests In Zamfara

Bandits Abduct Dozens Of Wedding Guests In Zamfara

June 13, 2022 5:28 am

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists yesterday abducted no fewer than 29 people in Zamfara State, police have confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the victims were travelling back home from a wedding ceremony when the armed men ambushed a convoy of their vehicles.

The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding of one of their colleagues in neighbouring Sokoto state.

One man who survived the attack told the BBC the gunmen had mounted three roadblocks on Saturday evening, trapping vehicles and opening …

2023 INEC Rejects Akpabio As APC Senatorial Candidate

2023: INEC Rejects Akpabio As APC Senatorial Candidate

June 13, 2022 5:03 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the primary election which purportedly produced former Senate Minority leader, Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Akpabio had last week stepped down for the National Leader of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the party’s presidential primaries on Tuesday.

He was later declared winner of a senatorial primary election conducted on Thursday.

The Akwa Ibom State APC Chairman, Stephen Ntukekpo, had said he was directed by the ruling party’s national body to conduct a re-run over …

Muslim-Muslim Ticket Unacceptable To Christians – Bishop Warns

Muslim-Muslim Ticket Unacceptable To Christians – Bishop Warns

June 13, 2022 5:00 am

The presiding Bishop and General Superintendent of Grace of God Mission International, Bishop Paul Nwachukwu, has reiterated that Nigeria is a secular state and that a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election would never be acceptable to Christians all over the country.

Nwachukwu admonished two leading political parties that have chosen Muslims as their flag bearers to remember that picking Muslims as their running mates also will amount to neglect of Christians.

Delivering his sermon on Sunday, with the title, ‘the battle I will like to lose’, he said: ‘I want the political class to bear in mind that …

38 Hostages Abducted By Haiti Gang Freed

38 Hostages Abducted By Haiti Gang Freed

June 13, 2022 4:58 am

No fewer than 40 people who were taken hostage in a mass kidnapping in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince were on Monday morning freed, one day after they were abducted by a gang, a transporters’ union announced.

‘The passengers who had been kidnapped were released… on 11 June,’ the Haitian Owners and Drivers Association (APCH) disclosed on Twitter, adding that the two minibuses they had been travelling in were also recovered.

The association, however, declined to reveal whether a ransom was demanded and paid to the kidnappers.

Read Also: Haiti: Kidnappers Demand $17M For 16 Abductees

The 36 passengers and two drivers …

Osimhen, Oshoala, Emerge Winners At 2021 The Ballers Awards

Osimhen, Oshoala, Emerge Winners At 2021 The Ballers Awards

June 13, 2022 4:55 am

Super Eagles stars Victor Osimhen, Calvin Bassey, Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala as well as legendary Nigeria international Chief Segun Odegbami were among the winners at the 2021 The Ballers Awards which was held last night.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the fourth edition of The Ballers Awards was held on Sunday, 12 June, 2022, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Other recipients include Joe Aribo, Zaidu Sanusi, Maduka Okoye, Ahmed Musa, Kennedy Boboye, Paul Onuachu and Anayo Iwuala.

Present at Sunday’s awards were NFF’s first Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, Chief Odegbami, Group Managing Director, Complete …

A-100 Peter Obi Can't Salvage Nigeria Without Restructuring

A-100 Peter Obi Can’t Salvage Nigeria Without Restructuring

June 13, 2022 4:52 am

Nigeria is once more on the path to holding another round of general elections, which would result in a complete rearrangement of the country’s leadership. As a result, new people, new political alliances, and alternative political realignments would emerge to govern what is left of the country, which has already been fragmented.

Citizens are already vying for votes for Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress. It appears that the enthusiasm to elect a ‘better’ leader who would resurrect the …

2023 Office Of Citizens Is The Greatest – CharlyBoy

2023: Office Of Citizens Is The Greatest – CharlyBoy

June 13, 2022 4:50 am

Controversial Maverick entertainer and activist, CharlyBoy has called on Nigerians not to forget that the office of the citizen is bigger than the office of the President hence power must be returned to citizens.

CharlyBoy made this assertion in a post on his Twitter page on Sunday which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

He pointed out that the President and everyone in power are not Nigerians’ masters and for things to change in the country, Nigerians must understand that they are the government.

Read Also: Pastor Bakare Finally Reacts To Loss Of APC Presidential Ticket

‘My fellow …

What Nigerians Must Do To End Insecurity – CDS Irabor

What Nigerians Must Do To End Insecurity – CDS Irabor

June 13, 2022 4:45 am

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has asserted that the citizens of Nigeria must trust the military and other security agencies for the war on insecurity to be more effective.

He made the comment while speaking on a Channels Television special program for Democracy Day which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

‘It is for us to have an understanding that we can’t withhold information and expect miracles to happen,’ he said. ‘Certainly it’s not going to happen.

‘I’m a victim as well as any Nigerian that is on the street. We are all victims together. …

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