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DOJ’s Investigation Of Donald Trump (What To Expect)

July 31, 2022 8:18 pm

The past few days have been really eventful in the United States of America because in the history of the country, no attorney general has ever taken it upon himself to prosecuted a former President in the Federal Court for crimes he had committed while in office like in the case of Donald Trump.

The January 6 congressional hearings had also credibly presented a damning narrative that then-President Donald Trump had been the driving force and the sperhead behind a massive conspiracy to obstruct justice in the political session of the United States and also interfere with the official January …

Death Toll In Kentucky Renewed Flood Threat Hits 26

Death Toll In Kentucky Renewed Flood Threat Hits 26

July 31, 2022 8:13 pm

The toll seems to be climbing as the number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky have risen to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people have also remained missing amid the threat of more heavy rains to come.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had also announced that the death toll had risen by one since Saturday from last week’s storms. Beshear had also said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Second Parliamentary Elections In Congo As First One Is Cancelled

Second Parliamentary Elections In Congo As First One Is Cancelled

July 31, 2022 8:13 pm

Some of the Voters in the Republic of Congo continued their voting on Sunday to choose the 50 candidates in 25 constituencies in the second round of legislative elections. 

Some of the Opposition groups in the country, which is also known as Congo-Brazzaville, had also denounced the results of the first round as fraudulent thereby promoting a second.

Read Also: Independence Hero Lumumba’s Remains Return To DR Congo

The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the first round of voting on July 10, taking 102 of the 151 seats in the national assembly. It still has …

2023 Presidency My Fate Is In God’s Hands, Emefiele Insists

NYCN Blasts Emefiele’s Economic Policy Over Fall Of Naira

July 31, 2022 2:53 pm

A Youth council group which has been identified as the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has finally blamed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s poor economic management policies for the recent free-fall of the Naira which has thrown the country into a serious state of inflation.

It had been reported that withing the week, the Naira had depreciated to an all-time low of N730 to a U.S dollar at the parallel market.

Read Also: Senate Invites Emefiele Over Fx Crisis, Naira Devaluation

Reacting, the President of the NYCN, Comrade Solomon Adodo had alsp …

INEC Reacts To Suit Seeking Disqualification Of Tinubu, Obi

INEC Makes Announcement On CVR As Deadline Elapses

July 31, 2022 1:17 pm

While reacting to the backlash against the extension of the date for Voter registrations, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has finally ruled out any possibilities of extending the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) expected to end today.

Barr. Festus Okoye who is the INEC National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity,  made this known in a chat with journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Saturday.

Read Also: Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

According to him, the exercise, scheduled to end today, July 31, 2022, would not be extended. He said the electoral body had in …

'Adebanjo Not On Social Media' – Afenifere Defends Over Peter Obi

‘Adebanjo Not On Social Media’ – Afenifere Defends Over Peter Obi

July 31, 2022 1:16 pm

Afenifere which is the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation has finally come out to distance itself from a social media account which has been allegedly linked to its Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

In a statement by Comrade Jare Ajayi who is the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Afenifere had reiterated that the Twitter account which some electronic media houses quoted does not belong to any of its leaders, least of all, Pa Adebanjo.

Read Also: Murder Of Deborah Samuel In Sokoto Barbaric, Afenifere Fumes

“It is hereby clearly stated that Chief Adebanjo has no social media account of any sort. Whenever he …

'Withdraw APC Members From INEC' - SERAP To President Buhari

FG Asked To Immediately Withdraw Threat Against BBC, Daily Trust

July 31, 2022 11:36 am

Following the massive outrage over the publication on the rising spate of terrorism in Nigeria by the BBC and Daily Trust, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has finally come out to kick against the threat to sanction the BBC and Daily Trust over documentaries on terrorism.

The body had also asked the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to instruct Information Minister, Lai Mohammed to withdraw it.

Read Also: Insecurity: Gov Ortom Challenges FG About $1bn Security Fund

Mohammed had said the government would sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing “promoting terrorism and banditry” in Nigeria.

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Emirates Airline Move To Reduce Operations In Nigeria

Emirates Airline Move To Reduce Operations In Nigeria

July 31, 2022 5:34 am

Emirates Airlines has revealed that has resolved to reduce its flight operations to Nigeria due to its inability to repatriate about $85 million in revenue.

The airline made this known in a letter addressed to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday.

The letter, dated July 22, was signed by Emirates airline’s divisional senior vice-president (DSVP), international affairs, Sheik Majid Al Mualla.

Emirates said the planned reductions in its operations in Nigeria would take effect from August 15.

It added that flights would be reduced from 11 per week to …

Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari's Impeachment Moves

Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari’s Impeachment Moves

July 31, 2022 5:29 am

Against the backdrop of the impeachment threats by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators impeachment threats on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senator representing Jigawa North West Senatorial district, Danladi Sankara, has vowed that he would neither support the removal of Buhari nor Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan.

Sankara who is an All Progressives Congress (APC) made his stand known amid reports that some APC Senators were also on the same page as opposition ones.

In a statement by Senator Sankara which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, the lawmaker revealed that plans were …

Again, Biden Tests Positive For Covid, Returns To Isolation

Again, Biden Tests Positive For Covid, Returns To Isolation

July 31, 2022 5:20 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York confirms that the President of the United States, Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor confirmed, attributing the result to ‘rebound’ positivity from treatment the President received.

In a memorandum which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, the presidential physician Kevin O’Connor wrote that; ’79-year-old Biden ‘tested positive late Saturday morning, by antigen testing,’ following four consecutive days of negative tests, and ‘will reinitiate strict isolation procedures’.

‘This in fact represents ‘rebound’ positivity,’ …

We Can’t Raise Ransom For Kidnapped Actors, AGN Cry Out

We Can’t Raise Ransom For Kidnapped Actors, AGN Cry Out

July 31, 2022 4:48 am

The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has disclosed that the guild cannot raise funds to pay the ransom of their kidnapped members.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that after two days two members of the AGN, Clemson Cornell and Cynthia Okereke, were kidnapped in Enugu, and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom of $100,000.

In an interview with Sunday Scoop, Rollas said ‘The Actors Guild of Nigeria cannot set apart funds for rescuing kidnapped actors, because we have not even set aside funds to help ailing actors. The insecurity in the nation is affecting everybody, …

2023: PDP, APC Jittery Over Obi’s Soaring Popularity – LP

2023: PDP, APC Jittery Over Obi’s Soaring Popularity – LP

July 31, 2022 4:09 am

The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Bashiru Apapa, has asserted that the growing acceptability of the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among Nigerians will pave the way for its victory in the 2023 presidential election.

Apapa, who claimed that Obi’s presidential bid was daily receiving overt and covert support from many governors and notable leaders, went on to add that Nigerians were tired of the country’s negative drift in the hands of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The deputy chairman, who spoke in Ado Ekiti during a sensitisation programme for …

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