June 2022

2022 Hajj: NAHCON Pleads With Candidates Who Missed Slots

2022 Hajj: NAHCON Pleads With Candidates Who Missed Slots

June 29, 2022 9:38 am

While making implementations to the promise made to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on additional Hajj slots from Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa who is the NAHCON Commissioner of Operations, has led a delegation to actualise the offer.

According to NAHCON, the visit had become very important and crucial to make sure they lessen Private Tour Operators’ genuine outcry over a shortfall in the particular number of clients they would be able to accommodate for the Hajj.

Read Also: NAHCON Initiates Agreement With Air Carriers For 2022 Hajj

He also added that it was also targeted at …

Buhari's Govt Visionless, Incompetent – Ortom

FG Is Orchestrating The Killing Of Farmers In Benue – Ortom

June 29, 2022 9:38 am

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has on Wednesday made some links to the incessant killings in the state to the Federal Government while fingering President Muhammadu Buhari as being the master planner of the unfortunate killings.

Governor Ortom had also alleged that the Federal Government sent “people” to kill farmers in the state.

While Speaking with Arise TV, the governor said the alleged action of the Federal Government has made it impossible for his administration to generate Internally Generated Revenue, IGR.

Read Also: Challenge Anti-Open Grazing Law With Facts – Ortom

He lamented that the killings have led to …

How Nigeria Issued 87 Oil Licences In 23 Years – Sylva

How Nigeria Issued 87 Oil Licences In 23 Years – Sylva

June 29, 2022 6:44 am

Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, has revealed that the federal government has issued Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPL) for 87 marginal oil fields in about 23 years.

He made this known on Tuesday while announcing the award of licences for 57 fresh oil fields in Abuja.

The minister pointed out that the first time was in 1999 when the government issued about two licences.

Sylva said, ‘Prior to this award, 13 fields had been awarded on land, eight fields in swamp and nine fields offshore leading to a cumulative of 30 marginal fields so far awarded …

Turkey Finally Backs Finland And Sweden NATO Bid

Turkey Finally Backs Finland And Sweden NATO Bid

June 29, 2022 6:39 am

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he would no longer uphold his opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO following crunch talks with the leaders of the two Nordic countries in Madrid.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Erdogan had deliberately refused to green-light the applications from the Nordic pair — lodged in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine — despite calls from his NATO allies to clear the path for them to enter.

Turkey could essentially veto Finland and Sweden from joining NATO since all members must agree to taking on new members.

However, …

Bandits, Kidnappers To Face Death Penalty In Zamfara

Bandits, Kidnappers To Face Death Penalty In Zamfara

June 29, 2022 6:06 am

As part of measures to tackle insecurity, Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has approved the death penalty for bandits, kidnapper among several others.

The governor appended his signature to the law on Tuesday in Gusau, shortly after the House of Assembly recommended the death penalty for criminal elements.

Following the signing of the bill for the prosecution of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, kidnapping, and incidental offences into law, Matawalle said the law will serve as an instrument to prosecute offenders of the crimes in the state.

Read Also: Civillian Call To Arms: Afenifere Blasts Gov Matawalle

He restated that …

Senator Ekweremadu's Ordeal Pitiable Yet Deserving

Senator Ekweremadu’s Ordeal Pitiable Yet Deserving

June 29, 2022 5:42 am

It’s pathetic that 62 years after Nigeria’s independence, medical tourism has remained an unbreakable part of the lives of the Nigerian elite class. Successive political leaders have shown nothing but disdain and utter neglect towards the healthcare system of the country. This clearly explains why Nigerians have been pouring derision on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu rather than show compassion for him over the imbroglio he has found himself in. 

A fortnight ago, Ekweremadu was nabbed in far away United Kingdom and arraigned over allegations of organ harvesting. It was however gathered that his daughter was, sometime last year, …

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

June 29, 2022 5:36 am

Notwithstanding the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), the Nigerian Senate has resolved to continue with its investigation into the crisis in the Supreme Court which purportedly contributed to his exit. 

Senators in the upper chamber of the National Assembly made the resolution during the plenary on Tuesday following a motion moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that concerns over the poor welfare conditions and challenging work environment in the supreme court were expressed by Supreme …

We'll Make Diplomatic Moves To Help Ekweremadu, Reps Assures

We’ll Make Diplomatic Moves To Help Ekweremadu, Reps Assures

June 29, 2022 5:29 am

The Nigerian House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to intervene in the organ harvesting case involving a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom. The lawmakers have concluded plans to involve urging British authorities to handle the case fairly.

The Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, who has been at the forefront of championing a cause he termed ‘legislative diplomacy,’ particularly revealed that he would contact the Speaker of the British House of Commons,  Lindsay Hoyle, with the hope of getting the United Kingdom to follow due process in Ekweremadu’s investigation.

Gbajabiamila pointed out …

2023 NLC, TUC Vows To Support Obi To Become President

2023: NLC, TUC Vows To Support Obi To Become President

June 29, 2022 5:22 am

Ahead of next year’s year’s general elections, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria have vowed to support, campaign and do everything legally possible to ensure that the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, is declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

The NLC and TUC Presidents, Ayuba Wabba and Quadri Olaleye, made this vow while speaking on Tuesday at the Pascal Bafyau Labour House and TUC Secretariat, Abuja, respectively.

Speaking to labour leaders and members who gathered for the 10th-anniversary lecture in honour of Late Pascal Bafyau on Tuesday,  Wabba stated that …

CMD Of Zamfara Hospital Kidnapped By Bandits

CMD Of Zamfara Hospital Kidnapped By Bandits

June 29, 2022 5:10 am

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday abducted the Medical Director of Dansadau General Hospital in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the CMD of the hospital, Dr. Mansur Muhammad, was kidnapped at Mashayar Zaki, a deadly spot along the 100 km Gusau- Dansadau road.

The Chairman of, the Nigerian Medical Association in Zamfara state, Dr. Mannir Bature, revealed that his Association had already received with deep shock the report of the Kidnap of their colleague.

Read Also: Zamfara Lecturer Killed By Bandits Despite ₦5m Ransom Payment

“We urge our members …

8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

June 29, 2022 5:06 am

An attack by alleged jihadists on a baptism ceremony in eastern Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of eight persons, a security source and a local confirmed on Wednesday morning.

‘A terrorist attack” in the village of Sandiaga in Koulpelogo province ‘left eight civilians dead’, the security source revealed.

The toll was confirmed by a local resident, who said armed men burst into a baptism ceremony on Monday morning and opened fire.

Africa Daily News,  New York recalls that on Sunday, six people died and two were injured in two villages in the northern province of Bam when carts carrying …

Morocco Slams Court Case On 65 Migrants For Crossing To Melilla

Morocco Slams Court Case On 65 Migrants For Crossing To Melilla

June 28, 2022 4:54 pm

While implementing its bans against illegal immigrants, some of the Moroccan authorities have resumed the prosecution of nearly 65 migrants who joined in Friday’s mass attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla by storming a border post and attacking the security officials.

The resulting stampede had led to the estimated death of at least 23 migrants, a judicial source confirmed on Monday.

About 2,000 migrants had taken part in the crosssing attempt, while triggering violent skirmishes with Moroccan security forces and Spanish border guards at the Melilla enclave, with about 100 managing to get across.

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