July 2022

Dana Air Clears Air On Emergency Landing Of Aircraft In Abuja

Dana Air Clears Air On Emergency Landing Of Aircraft In Abuja

July 19, 2022 5:58 pm

A major tragedy was averted on Tuesday when a Dana Air Boeing 737 aircraft with the registration number (5N DNA) opted for an emergency landing in Abuja after one of its engines had developed a major fault mid-air.

The airline had also confirmed the incident in a statement which they had put out while detailing that the incident took place at about 2:52 pm.

Dana Air had also stated that all 100 passengers were unhurt and disembarked safely at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

Read Also: Lawyer Sues Dana Airlines Over 11-Hour Flight Delay

Part of the statement read: “Our …

NSCDC 'We Do Not Pose Any Threats To You' – NSCDC To Nigeria Police

‘We Do Not Pose Any Threats To You’ – NSCDC To Nigeria Police

July 19, 2022 5:58 pm

In a fresh development, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has charged Nigerian police officers and other sub-security agencies under the Police not to see the corps as a threat to them but rather as a partner in progress against the surge of crime.

Musa Alhaji Mala who is the Jigawa State NSCDC Commandant had made this assertion when he had paid a courtesy visit to Jigawa State Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Sale Tafida, SHQ office in Dutse.

Read Also: Kaduna: 4 Rail Vandals With 500 Rail Slippers Nabbed By NSCDC

He said the visit was aimed …

Illegal Conversion Of Currency: CBN Makes More Clarifications

MPC: CBN Shoots Up Benchmark Interest Rate To 14%

July 19, 2022 5:26 pm

In a bid to further rejig their rate of financial restriction, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sector of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has on Tuesday maximised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) up to 14 per cent from its initial 13 per cent rate.

The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele had also announced that the MPC had also unanimously agreed to hold all other monetary policy parameters in a constant rate while the Asymmetric Corridor had been retained at +100 and -700 basis points around the MPR, the Cash Reserved Ratio (CRR) at 27.5 per cent and the Liquidity Ratio …

ADC Reveals Why Tonto Dike Was Picked As Guber Running-Mate

ADC Reveals Why Tonto Dike Was Picked As Guber Running-Mate

July 19, 2022 2:13 pm

The African Democratic Congress, ADC has fully explained some of the reasons why the party got to nominate Veteran actress, Tonto Dike as the running mate for the party to the governorship candidate of the party in Rivers State.

The State chairman of the ADC, Leader Sampson had revealed that the decision was to “encourage women”, particularly the “younger ones” to make sure that she goes into politics.

Read Also: 2023: I Will Perform Well As Rivers Deputy Gov – Tonto Dikeh

Sampson disclosed that Dike has been a member of the party for over a year and possessed the …

Rename Polytechnic After Late Okoi Arikpo - Obono-Obla To Buhari

Rename Polytechnic After Late Okoi Arikpo – Obono-Obla To Buhari

July 19, 2022 1:01 pm

Chief Okoi Obono-Obla who is a former presidential adviser and a social and human rights lawyer, has made an open call to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to direct the appropriate federal agencies to make sure that they name the newly established Federal Polytechnic, Ugep, Cross River State, after late Dr. Okoi Arikpo (SAN).

Chief Okoi Obono-Obla had made the call in a letter which had been sighted by Africa Daily News, New York and addressed to the president yesterday.

Read Also: I Almost Died At The Hands Of Buhari’s Die-Hards – Yakasai Reveals

In the letter, he had …

Lai Mohammed Under Fire Linking Peter Obi To EndSARS Protest

Lai Mohammed Under Fire Linking Peter Obi To EndSARS Protest

July 19, 2022 3:58 am

The professionals under the auspices of the Coalition of Nigeria Professionals for Good Governance (CNPGG) have lambasted the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over a statement credited to him to the effect that the October 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi.

According to some online reports on Monday, Mohammed was said to have claimed that most of the young men and women that were at the forefront of the EndSARS Movement, are currently campaigning for the LP flag-bearer on Twitter, and other influential social media …

Finland Emerges World’s Happiest Country In UN's 2022 Ratings

Finland Emerges World’s Happiest Country In UN’s 2022 Ratings

July 19, 2022 3:48 am

Africa Daily News, New York reports that going by the rankings the Nordic country and its neighbors Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland all score very well on the measures the report uses to explain its findings: healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support in times of trouble, low corruption and high social trust, generosity in a community where people look after each …

Russia Slams $360M Fine On Google Over Ukraine Content

Russia Slams $360M Fine On Google Over Ukraine Content

July 19, 2022 3:43 am

A court in Moscow on Monday fined Google 21 billion rubles ($360 million) for not removing a number of contents concerning Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine from its space, the nation’s telecommunications regulator has disclosed. 

Roskomnadzor asserted that the Google-owned video platform YouTube had failed to block ‘false information’ on the offensive in Ukraine, ‘extremist and terrorist propaganda’ and content ‘calling on minors to participate in what was tagged unauthorised demonstrations’.

The regulator said that as this was a repeat conviction for Google the fine was based on its annual revenue in Russia.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that …

Deadly Illness Identified As 'Rat Fever' In Tanzania

Deadly Illness Identified As ‘Rat Fever’ In Tanzania

July 19, 2022 3:38 am

A mysterious disease that left no fewer than three people dead over the weekend in Tanzania has been identified as leptospirosis or ‘rat fever’, a bacterial infection commonly spread by rodents, health authorities in the East African nation’s government have confirmed.

According to reports, last week authorities in the country dispatched a team of doctors and experts to the southeastern region of Lindi where 20 cases have been reported, including the three people who died.

Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu who was part of those who visited the area said the disease was caused by a bacteria which spread through consuming …

Why My Successor Cannot Afford To Fail In Office — Wike

Why My Successor Cannot Afford To Fail In Office — Wike

July 19, 2022 3:33 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has asserted his administration has set a very high standard that his successor cannot afford to bring down by any means, noting that he has used the last seven months to deliver good governance to the good people of Rivers State. 

Speaking on Monday, Wike also pointed out that the state government has concluded plans to award a contract for construction of two additional flyovers to reduce traffic congestion in Port Harcourt and its environs.

Wike pointed out that the two flyovers which he plans to build will be the eleventh …

UK, US Express Satisfaction Over Outcome Of Osun Guber Poll

UK, US Express Satisfaction Over Outcome Of Osun Guber Poll

July 19, 2022 3:22 am

Following last weekend’s victory at the Osun State governorship elections, congratulatory messages have continued to pour in for Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Governor-elect as well as the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had defeated the incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, and 13 others in the keenly contested elections which was held on Saturday.

On Tuesday morning, the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States governments praised the people of the state for their …

NPC Conducts Successful Trial Census In Ogun - Report

2023 Census: NPC Dissociates Self From Fake Recruitment Portal

July 18, 2022 7:19 pm

While reacting to the news of some fake agents and websites parading themselves as the agency, the National Population Commission, NPC, has made an open discloure that it is working to uncover those behind the fake ‘NPC’ recruitment of 2021/2022 portal which is being circulated while inviting Nigerians to apply for employment for the Trial Census and 2023 Population and Housing Census in the country.

In a statement which had been signed by the commission’s Director Public Affairs, Isiaka Yahaya, on Thursday, said the information is totally false and misleading and treated as a scam by fraudsters to swindle …

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