July 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

You Can’t Sit Down For Long Interview, Atiku Dares Tinubu

You Can’t Sit Down For Long Interview, Atiku Dares Tinubu

Unrelenting on his attacks on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, following his reply on Saturday, Atiku Abubakar has now taken him to the cleaners daring him to appear for an interview and address issues.

Atiku in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Paul Ibe said: ‘We were rather amused to read the knee jerk response from the Tinubu Campaign Organisation to the wave making interview granted by Waziri Atiku Abubakar to Arise TV on Thursday, July 21, 2022.

‘Amusement, because we expected this. Mr Tinubu has not sat down to

UN, EU Frown At Attack On Odessa’s Port After Business Deal

UN, EU Frown At Attack On Odessa’s Port After Business Deal

António Guterres who is the United Nations Secretary-General, has openly condemned the missile strike which had been used to destroy the Ukrainian port of Odessa by Russian forces, which came one day after Kiev and Moscow had struck a deal to unblock grain exports.

The Ukrainian military had also revealed that two Russian missiles were intercepted by air defences on Saturday and two others hit the commercial port on the Black Sea. The United Nations and Turkey had helped broker the agreement amid worries about growing global food insecurity.

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“The secretary …

'You're A Pathological Liar': Tinubu Tears Atiku Apart

‘You’re A Pathological Liar’: Tinubu Tears Atiku Apart

In another controversial outburst, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said all Nigerians should feel great pity and sadness for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Tinubu had made this outburst on Saturday in a statement issued by his Media Office and signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman.

He had also revealed that Atiku has reduced himself to uttering baseless lies on national television in his desperate attempt to win the 2023 election by stoking religious bias.

Read Also: 2023: You Stand No Chance, Withdraw Now, PDP Tells Tinubu

Tinubu said; “We are …

Chad Rebels Finally Return To Peace Talks With Govt

Chad Rebels Finally Return To Peace Talks With Govt

After the lingering conflicts in the region, some of the Chadian rebels and the political groups in the country have announced that they are resuming peace talks with the country’s military government in Qatar after they pulled out last week.

50 groups have been handing the negotiatiations for more than four months in Doha, with the aim of holding an inclusive national dialogue to pave the way for elections but a host of them withdrew from the talks on July 16, accusing the government of seeking to destabilise peace efforts.

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No Issues With Muslim-Muslim Ticket - APC Northern Govs

No Issues With Muslim-Muslim Ticket – APC Northern Govs

As sentiments rise to an all time high over the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket which has been adopted by the ruling party for the 2023 general elections, the Northern Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have come out to openly deny all the 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 while agreeing that they fully support the choice.

This is coming on the heel of the rumours the APC Northern Governors are not actually in support of the choice of Shettima, …

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Bishop Abioye Blasted For Comments

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Bishop Abioye Blasted For Comments

As sentiments fly over the proposed Muslim-Muslim ticket choice by the All Progressives Party (APC), Bishop David Abioye who is the second in command at the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has come under massive fire over some of his inciting comments on the Muslim-Muslim ticket which had been adopted by the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Abioye, in a recent sermon had sought to instill fear in his church members that if they vote for party rather than individual, they are on their way to hell.

Abioye was quoted saying that members of the APC in his …

Boko Haram Members, Commander Surrender To Nigerian Army

Boko Haram Members, Commander Surrender To Nigerian Army

Recent reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that at least five Boko Haram terrorists which also includes a Commander of Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JAS), Boko Haram, Malam Isa, have finally laid down their arms and surrendered to the troops of the Nigerian Army in the North East of Borno State.

An Intelligence Source had revealed to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad, that they surrendered to the troops of 73 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai, on July 22, 2022.

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The …