July 24, 2022

Gov. Akeredolu Laments Over Abandoned Projects In Nigeria

Gov. Akeredolu Laments Over Abandoned Projects In Nigeria

July 24, 2022 8:36 pm

The Ondo State Governor and the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has come out to lament ton he spate of abandoned projects in Nigeria.

Governor Akeredolu had noted that abandoning projects at this critical period in the economic life of the country is not cost-effective.

The Governor, who identified corruption, resource control, project goals, contractor selection and supervision as some of the major challenges behind abandoned projects, noted that a reasonable government must work towards achieving successful completion of projects in its state.

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Another Syria Church Attack Leaves 2 Dead, 12 Injured

Another Syria Church Attack Leaves 2 Dead, 12 Injured

July 24, 2022 3:05 pm

Two individuals have been reportedly murdered while 12 were left injured on Sunday by an unannounced bombardment of a church as it was being inaugurated in Syria’s central province of Hama.

“A rocket fired by terrorist organisations targeted a religious gathering in the town of Al-Suqaylabiyah near Hama, killing two people and wounding 12,” it said.

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SANA had also revealed that the attack came during a ceremony to inaugurate the Ayia Sofia church. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a vast network of sources on the …

Take Power Before Corrupt Leaders Ruin You - Obasanjo To Youths

Take Power Before Corrupt Leaders Ruin You – Obasanjo To Youths

July 24, 2022 3:05 pm

One of the former presidents of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has openly charged all Nigerian youths make to make sure that they wake up from their slumbers and take over their leadership positions, rather than waiting for the future and waiting for corrupt leaders to ruin them.

Obasanjo had made this known while speaking during an interview with Nigerian football legend, Segun Odegbami, on his Eagle7 Sports programme on 103.7 FM, reiterated that the youths should always reject the “leaders of tomorrow” tag as corrupt leaders would destroy the so-called tomorrow if the younger generation fail to rise up and take …

3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

July 24, 2022 1:44 pm

Tragedy struck today when three people were reportedly killed in a school shooting which had taken place at a university in the Philippine capital, Manila in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.

The incident had occurred at Ateneo de Manila University as some of the law students and their families had arrived for a graduation ceremony that was to be attended by the Supreme Court chief justice.

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The alleged gunman has also been detained.

Rose Furigay, a former city mayor in the restive southern province …

Camp Military Camp Against Military Camp Foiled In Mali

Military Camp Against Military Camp Foiled In Mali

July 24, 2022 1:33 pm

The Malian army announced on Sunday that they have succeded in thwarting a fresh attack which had been made on a military camp in the centre of the country, two days after a deadly suicide attack in a strategic garrison town near the capital of the country.

Armed forces “once again foiled” an attempted attack on a camp in Sevare early on Sunday, the army said on social media.

“The provisional toll stands at one terrorist neutralised,” it added.

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A high-ranking official from the Sevare camp, speaking on condition …

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

July 24, 2022 9:54 am

Panic has gripped Nigerians as a splinter terrorist group in the North West which has been identified as one of the factions of the ISWAP have openly threatened to kidnap the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and murder the remaining train victims.

The unknown terrorists had made the threat in a fresh video which had surfaced where they were captured flogging some of their captives.

This threat is coming a few weeks after the convoy of Buhari was attacked in Katsina State.

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In the new viral video, the daredevil terrorists, who …

Leadership Newspaper Reporter Finally Released By Zamfara Police

Leadership Newspaper Reporter Finally Released By Zamfara Police

July 24, 2022 9:51 am

Comrade Umar Maradun who is one of the correspondents of the Leadership Newspaper in Zamfara State, who had been arrested by the police at his Maradun country home has finally been released on bail after a lot of backlash from the public.

Africa Daily News, New York had also reported that both the leaderships of the Zamfara State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Union had also requested for his bail but the police refused due to reasons best known to them.

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Comrade …

2023: Soon, I Will Reveal What Really Happened In PDP – Wike

2023: Soon, I Will Reveal What Really Happened In PDP – Wike

July 24, 2022 2:34 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has revealed that he will soon spill the beans about all that has transpired in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) very soon.

Wike stated this in a terse tweet on Saturday evening.

He wrote: “I will speak soon and Nigerians will know the truth of all that has transpired in the PDP in recent times.”

Recall that on Friday, Atiku Abubakar the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, spoke about why he didn’t choose Wike as his running mate.

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Everything About My Life Happened By Accident — Obasanjo

Everything About My Life Happened By Accident — Obasanjo

July 24, 2022 2:28 am

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, asserted that everything about him is accidental, except farming.

Obasanjo, who was military Head of State before he was elected as civilian President in 1999, said the only thing he did in life that did not come by happenstance is farming.

Speaking on a live radio interview with Segun Odegbami on Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, the former Nigerian leader said he is always proud to be addressed as a farmer.

Odegbami had asked him to speak about what he termed his “romance with farming”.

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At Least 20 Confirmed Dead As Floods Take Over Southern Iran

At Least 20 Confirmed Dead As Floods Take Over Southern Iran

July 24, 2022 2:26 am

Flooding in southern Iran has killed no fewer than 21 people and left others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, state media reported on Saturday.

“Twenty-one people were killed and two are still missing,” in the floods that affected several towns in and around Estahban county in the southern province of Fars, Hossein Darvishi, provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, was quoted as saying by state TV.

Videos posted on local media and social media which were sighted by Africa Daily News, New York showed cars caught in the rising waters of the Roodball river and …

US Heat Wave Intensifies As Wildfire Rages In California

US Heat Wave Intensifies As Wildfire Rages In California

July 24, 2022 2:23 am

While a massive fire devastated a portion of California, tens of millions of Americans already baking in a sweltering heat wave braced for record-breaking temperatures to rise on Sunday.

The worst of the country’s high heat is predicted to hit the central and northeastern regions on Sunday at the earliest, which has public health officials scurrying.

The intense heat has also raised the likelihood of fires like the large Oak Fire, which started on Friday in California close to Yosemite National Park and has already threatened enormous sequoia trees in recent days.

The Oak Fire — described as “explosive” by …

2023 We Have Zero Problems With Tinubu – APC Northern Govs

2023: We Have Zero Problems With Tinubu – APC Northern Govs

July 24, 2022 2:17 am

Northern Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have denied rumours that they are not happy with presidential candidate Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s choice of Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the coming 2023 presidential election.

This comes amid rumours the APC Northern Governors are not in support of the choice of Shettima, former Governor of Borno State as Tinubu’s running mate.

The governors said they support the choice of Shettima because he is also a former governor.

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Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, in …

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