Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Peoples Gazette newspaper’s head office which is situated in Abuja was on Friday invaded by men of the Nigeria Police who whisked away the editor of the media house and four other workers.
Details of the raid has revealed that one of the newspaper’s editors who was identified as John Adenekan and four other staff members were arrested.
Adenekan who is an assistant managing editor, was taken away at about 12:35 p.m. by five armed police officers who broke into the paper’s office opposite
It has been revealed by a report which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York that between the months of February and December, 2021 the already suspended accountant general of the Federation, Ahmed Idris who is currently being embroiled in a corruption probe had accepted a bribe of ₦15.136 billion, which would help to accelerate the payment of 13% derivation to the nine oil producing States in the Federation.
The scandalous bribe, we learnt, had been paid through one Olusegun Akindele, which was one of the counts levelled against Idris, as his case came for trial on Friday at …
Woes are not yet over for the DANA airlines company as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the immediate suspension of Dana Airlines’ air transport licence (ATL) and their air operator certificate (AOC) indefinitely over unsafe flying practices.
The NCAA had made this announcement in a statement which had been signed by Musa Nuhu, its Director-General.
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Dana’s operating licences were suspended after the authority “discovered that the airline is no longer in a position to meet its financial obligations and to conduct safe flight operations”.
According to the …
An aggrived Kwara State Senator, Makanjuola Ajadi has come out to openly accus Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State of betraying him severally.
Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the Kwara State Government which is run by the All Progressives Congress (APC) party has slammed a suit which was stopping Ajadi’s senatorial ambition for the Kwara South Senatorial District.
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The suit,which had been personally signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Legal Matters, Malam Sambo Muritala, will be coming up on July 26, 2022. The suit is …
The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday in Abuja reiterated that one of his desires for Nigeria is that the 2023 general elections should mark the commencement of the institutional strength of the country’s electoral body in conducting an acceptable, credible, and violence-free elections.
President Buhari had made this disclosure this while he had been receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State today.
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He had also revealed to the high-powered delegation led by Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, that the Electoral Act, which had been signed by him this year, was …
As speculations for the Nationwide protest gets higher, the Federal Government of Nigeria has openly urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to abandon its planned protest which is coming on the heels of the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions.
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment had also made the appeal at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in his office on Thursday.
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Ngige, in his speech, had informed the NLC leaders about the DSS’ report against …
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has come out to ask the Chinese Government and the international business community to pave a stand in the investment in some of the moribund industries of the state which would be helping to create job opportunities for citizens.
Some the state-owned factories in Bauchi which the Governmeot had teased them with include the Bauchi Meat Factory, Styr Nigeria Limited, Bauchi Furnitures, and Bauchi Fertiliser Blending Company have operated abysmally for years.
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Speaking in Bauchi at the Government House, on Thursday, the …
The president of the United States, Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, Africa Daily News, New York reports.
He is presently experiencing some mild symptoms and would continue working but in isolation, the White House disclosed on Thursday night.
In a Tweet that was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, Biden stated that he is ‘doing great’ despite testing positive for COVID-19.
‘Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today,’ Biden tweeted on his official …
The Commissioner of police in Kano State, Samaila Shiabu Dikko, has revealed that security agencies in the state were in receipt of intelligence reports of a plot by bandits to invade the state using tricycles.
He spoke during an interview with journalists while parading suspects and their exhibits at the Police headquarters of the Command.
‘We have intelligence and we have succeeded in arresting some suspected bandits and we have made a lot of recovery of explosives. Based on that, we had additional intelligence that these bandits are aiming at Kano and they are going to capitalize on using these …
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello has revealed that the administration need a total sum of ₦21.029 billion to complete the ongoing National Assembly Complex renovation.
Bello made this known during an oversight function embarked upon by the Senate Committee on FCT. The minister disclosed that the National Assembly Phase II project popularly known as ‘the White House’ was built from 1996 to 1999 by ITB Nigeria Ltd adding that no major rehabilitation work has been done since then.
Bello said the contract was awarded December 30, 2021 to be completed in 16 months at the …
Facebook has removed the accounts of at least two state-owned media outlets in Afghanistan, the company confirmed on Friday, saying it was complying with laws in the United States listing the Taliban as a ‘terrorist organisation’.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that since taking over in August of last year, the Taliban have used Facebook and Twitter liberally. They also tightly control the nation’s state-owned media, which includes radio, TV, and newspapers.
The state broadcaster National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and the privately owned Bakhtar news agency both claimed that they had been blocked, despite Facebook parent company …
No fewer than 18 people have so far been killed in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, a region plagued by violence between local tribes and placed under ’emergency status’ by Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday.
According to the local police commander George Kakas, 13 men and five women were slaughtered on Tuesday close to the mining town of Porgera. It appears that the victims were killed using axes and machetes.
The rough jungles of the Enga region frequently witness violent fights between indigenous tribes, sometimes ending in mass murders, which are brought on by conflicts over territory, resources, or other …
