July 1, 2022

2023: I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

July 1, 2022 5:44 am

Against the backdrop of the crisis that engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Vice presidential candidate of the opposition party, the Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to put more measures in place to placate all aggrieved members.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the choice of Okowa plunged the opposition party into an avoidable crisis with many Governors insisting that the Presidential candidate of the party should have consulted the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike before arriving at the decision.

Meanwhile, amid the full-blown disagreement among party leaders, some …

UK Set To Invest N12bn In Nigerian Start-Up, Moove

UK Set To Invest ₦12bn In Nigerian Start-Up, Moove

July 1, 2022 5:29 am

The Development Finance Institution (DFI) of the UK government in collaboration with the British International Investment (BII) has announced the approval of a $20m (₦ 12 billion) 4-year structured credit investment in Nigerian mobility fintech start-up known as Moove.

BII, formerly known as CDC Group, revealed that the investment reflected its focus on mobilising capital to build self-sufficiency as well as market resilience in Nigeria and improve access to inclusive economic opportunities while helping to catalyse the country’s boundless entrepreneurial ambition.

The funding is expected to be utilised by Moove to purchase and import brand new fuel-efficient cars into Lagos, …

HURIWA Blast Buhari Over $7B Diversion In Petrol Subsidy Scam

July 1, 2022 5:24 am

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Friday, asserted that the alleged diversion of about $7 billion in petrol subsidy under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the very height of enormous corruption that has eaten deep into the present administration in the past seven years.

HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko in a statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York appealed to civil society organisations and rights activists not to relax but to drag the Buhari governement to court to put an end to the criminal corruption ongoing in the present administration.

The group …

ASUU Srike: NLC Moves To Hold One-Day Protest In Solidarity

July 1, 2022 5:04 am

Angered by the incessant industrial actions going on in the educational sector in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday announced that it has concluded plans to hold a one–day national protest to force the Federal Government to meet the demands of the striking university-based unions.

The congress pointed out that reports from a meeting of its Central Working Committee showed a painful lack of progress in the negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, and National Association of Academic Technologists.

The …

Bandits Attack Niger State, Abduct Several Chinese Nationals

July 1, 2022 4:56 am

Gunmen on Thursday attacked a mining site in Ajata- Aboki, Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government, Niger State where they killed several persons, injured and abducted many others including four Chinese nationals working in the site.

The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths Of Niger State, Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki, as well as the Niger State Government confirmed the incident in separate statements issued on Thursday which were obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

In a statement, Kokki said; ‘During yesterday’s deadly encounter, a large number of casualties were instantly recorded at the said mining site being owned and managed …

Outrage As Man Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

Outrage As Man Is Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

July 1, 2022 4:51 am

A man in India, whose name was given as Kanhaiya Lal, was on Thursday been murdered over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammad.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Lal who is a tailor was hacked to death right inside his shop in Udaipur, a city in the western Indian State of Rajasthan.

The perpetrators who went on to post the video online, claimed that they killed him in retaliation of his ‘support’ for a remark about Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Lal, who ran Supreme Tailors in Udaipur’s Hathipole, was seen in the video posted online taking measurements of one …