June 2022

June 12 Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 12: Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 13, 2022 4:42 am

The family of the winner of the annulled June 12 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement the manifesto of the late politician as a way of honouring him.

This, the family believes, would give succour to the less privileged in the country.

The Head of the Abiola Family, Murtala Abiola, made this appeal while addressing newsmen during the annual prayer session for the late business mogul at their family compound in Gbagura, Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.

According to Murtala, Abiola’s ‘Farewell to Poverty’ manifesto proffered solutions about how to provide succour …

More Nigerians Set Fall Into Extreme Poverty - World Bank

More Nigerians Set Fall Into Extreme Poverty – World Bank

June 13, 2022 4:38 am

The World Bank dropped a devastating prediction on Nigeria declaring that people in Nigeria and its Sub-Saharan neighbours are expected to fall into extreme poverty in the coming months. 

According to a report obtained via a World Bank newsletter onon Monday, titled, ‘Global Economic Prospects,’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effect on the commodity market, supply chains, inflation, and financial conditions have continued to intensify the slowdown in economic growth.

The Washington-based bank further explained that the possibility of high global inflation could eventually result in tightened monetary policy in advanced countries which might lead to financial stress …

Panic As Bandits Kill Over 30 Vigilante Men In Zamfara

Kajuru Bandit Attack Victims Recount Horrific Ordeal

June 12, 2022 6:20 pm

Some commuinites in Kaduna State were thrown into a state of turmoil as some bandits attacked the villages and plundered them while killing a few indigenes and kidnapping some more. Several residents who fled their homes during the attack on three Kaduna communities; Dogon Noman Kajuru village, Urgwan Sarki, and Urgwan Maikori have been reported that they are not yet back.

Some victims who recounted their experiences vowed never to return to the communities as the horrible experiences will continue to haunt them.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the terrorists attacked some communities in the Kajuru Local Government …

2023 I’m Most Credible Aspirant In PDP - Bala Mohammed

Democratic Govt Would Be Resident In Nigeria – Gov Bala

June 12, 2022 6:16 pm

Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed who is the Bauchi State governor has announced that celebrating Democracy Day in the country is very important because the democratic governance has been firmly rooted and has come to stay in Nigeria.

The Governor made the declaration in his goodwill message to mark this year’s Democracy Day, asserting that there is no better alternative to democracy as a form of government that gives the people the right to choose who to govern them and how they want to be governed.

Read Also: 2023: I’m The Most Credible Aspirant In PDP – Bala Mohammed

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Pastor Bakare Finally Reacts To Loss Of APC Presidential Ticket

Pastor Bakare Finally Reacts To Loss Of APC Presidential Ticket

June 12, 2022 1:11 pm

One of the former Presidential aspirants and the General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has finally broken his silence and reacted to his humiliating defeat at the Special Convention for the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Bakare did not get any vote at the Convention where Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was elected by delegates as the presidential candidate of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

Read Also: Pastor Tunde Bakare Joins Presidential Race

During his church’s Sunday worship, Bakare wished Tinubu the best in the 2023 general elections, saying …

Nigerians Outraged As FG Donates ₦1.14bn To Niger Republic

Buhari Reveals Why He Amended Democracy Day To June 12

June 12, 2022 12:57 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has cited several explanations for the Federal Government’s decision to move Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12.

To commemorate the late MKO Abiola, Buhari stated his government changed Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12.

He emphasised that Abiola and other heroes gave their lives in order to give birth to a new Nigeria.

Read Also; Democracy Day: Monday To Be Declared Public Holiday – FG

On Sunday, the President made the announcement during a nationwide broadcast commemorating 2022 Democracy Day.

Nigeria’s freedom and unity, Buhari stated, should be celebrated on Democracy Day.

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Real Reasons Why Northerners Voted For Tinubu - El-Rufai

Real Reasons Why Northerners Voted For Tinubu – El-Rufai

June 12, 2022 3:22 am

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has attributed the decision reached by many delegates to vote for Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress on the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He made this assertion while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

El-Rufai explained that Buhari asked the northern delegates to vote for any of the shortlisted five presidential candidates of their choice.

According to him, Buhari didn’t dictate how delegates from Kaduna State should vote at the APC presidential primary.…

At Least Four Governors Not Paying Minimum Wage, NLC Laments

At Least Four Governors Not Paying Minimum Wage, NLC Laments

June 12, 2022 3:18 am

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has exposed no fewer than four Nigerian governors who are yet to implement the paltry ₦30,000 minimum wage in the country.

The governors mentioned included Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River, Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, and Okezie Ikpeazu.

The NLC also went on to appeal to the Federal Government to compel state governors owing the National Minimum Wage to implement without further delay.

The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the appeal at the ongoing 110 Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday.

Read Also: May

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Bolivian Ex-President Anez Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Bolivian Ex-President Anez Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

June 12, 2022 3:14 am

Former president of Bolivia, Jeanine Anez was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison, more than a year after her arrest for an alleged plot — dismissed as fictional by many — to remove 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.

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 three months after her trial began.

Convicted of crimes ‘contrary to the constitution and …

Police Crush Clash Between Hausa, Igbo Traders In Benin

Police Crush Clash Between Hausa, Igbo Traders In Benin

June 12, 2022 3:11 am

There was mild pandemonium at the popular New Benin Market in Oredo Local Government Area of Benin, Edo State on Saturday, following a clash between Hausa and Igbo traders.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that although the situation has been brought under control, it was only made possible by the quick intervention of combined security personnel to quell the crisis.

Trouble was believed to have been ignited after one of the Hausa traders allegedly attacked the Igbo trader with a machete over a little disagreement thereby inflicting serious injury on his forehead.

This was said to have led to …

Landmine Explosion Kills Eleven In Syria

Landmine Explosion Kills Eleven In Syria

June 12, 2022 3:07 am

No fewer than eleven people were killed and dozens left wounded when their pick-up truck ran over a landmine near Syria’s southern city of Daraa, a war monitor disclosed on Sunday.

‘Eleven people, including five children under 16 and three women, were killed and around 34 people were injured’ in the explosion, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, adding that some were in critical condition.

Most of the victims were labourers harvesting wheat, Syria’s official SANA news agency disclosed.

The latest toll brings to 124 the total number of people killed by explosive remnants since the beginning of 2022, …

Burna Boy’s Police Escort Shoots Two At Club In Lagos

Burna Boy’s Police Escort Shoots Two At Club In Lagos

June 12, 2022 3:04 am

The Lagos State Police Commissioner’s Special Squad has detained no fewer than five policemen attached to singer Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy for attempted murder after they shot two fun seekers, Irebami Lawrence and another identified simply as Tolu, at Club Cubana in Lagos.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the development is coming barely few years after the Lagos State police command declared Burna Boy wanted for allegedly sending armed thugs to assault and rob fellow musician, Abiye Jumbo, aka Mr. 2Kay.

According to a preliminary police report by the Bar Beach Police Division in Lagos State, trouble …

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