July 2022

Journalist On DSS Watchlist For 38 Years Hailed By Buhari

Journalist On DSS Watchlist For 38 Years Hailed By Buhari

July 13, 2022 4:58 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chairman of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade, on his 60th birthday while hailing his efforts at promoting journalism.

Arogundade who is an educator, was formerly President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

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The President hailed his relentless efforts in promoting press freedom, democratic principles, and increased transparency during election processes. The Nigerian leader also reiterated that he recognizes the important role IPC plays in ensuring that journalists and other media workers perform their legitimate duties.

Buhari had also …

2023 Muslim-Muslim Ticket Act Of God – APC Chairman, Adamu

2023: Muslim-Muslim Ticket Act Of God – APC Chairman, Adamu

July 13, 2022 3:34 pm

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday, assured Christians in Nigeria that they have nothing to fear with the joint ticket of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2023 presidential election, insisting that the decision was ‘the work and the will of God.’

Adamu made the declaration in Daura on Wednesday when he led the party’s National Working Committee on a Sallah visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also informed journalists that he and his team were in Daura to brief the President on what transpired in Osun State on …

ASUU Urges Buhari To Meet With Renegotiation Committee

ASUU Urges Buhari To Meet With Renegotiation Committee

July 13, 2022 1:01 pm

In a bid to bring to an end the lingering strike which the organisation has undergone for the past few months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede said this on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Briggs committee which was set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria on June 7, is to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement with ASUU and submit its report to the Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu in three months.

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2023 You Would Lose If.., Akeredolu Warns APC

Ignore Religious Agitations, Vote Competence – Gov Akeredolu

July 13, 2022 1:01 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has on Wednesday, called on Nigerians to ignore religious sentiments and agitations and vote for competence, while reiterating that the faith of the Vice President does not affect performance in any government.

Akeredolu, who had expressed confidence that the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will certainly rescue the country had also noted that the work stops on the President’s table.

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“Muslim-Muslim ticket has nothing to do with performance. Let’s vote for someone that can do something. The …

Gov Abiodun Felicitates With Nobel Laureate, Soyinka At 88

Gov Abiodun Felicitates With Nobel Laureate, Soyinka At 88

July 13, 2022 12:37 pm

As the world renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate price winner in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka marks his 88th birthday today, Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State governor, has openly described him as a rarest breed of mankind and one who has straddled planet earth with an exceptional candour.

Gov Abiodun similarly described the doyen of Medicine in Nigeria, Professor Emeritus Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, who had trained many other professors and medical experts in Nigeria and abroad as a rare gift to the nation and the medical profession across the world.

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Prof …

Terrorists Seize Kaduna villages, Preach Against Democracy

Terrorists Seize Kaduna villages, Preach Against Democracy

July 13, 2022 9:52 am

Many villages of Brinin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State were openly preached to by members of the Ansaru terrorist group on Tuesday as part of their activities marking the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.

A source from the affected villages told Africa Daily News, New York that the terrorists are persuading the locals to abandon formal education and respect for constituted authorities to accept their kind of religion that detests democracy.

Recall that the terrorists took time to interact with the locals and urged them to acquire arms and launch a rebellion against the government prior to two months ago when they …

Blame FG, Not Lecturers, For Strike, ASUU Tells Nigerians

Blame FG, Not Lecturers, For Strike, ASUU Tells Nigerians

July 13, 2022 4:24 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said the Federal Government, and not its members, are responsible for the union’s prolonged strike which began in February this year.

It, therefore, called on Nigerians to ask the government when it will sign the agreement reached at the just concluded renegotiation meeting.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on Monday told striking lecturers to consider the future generation and resume work, saying “enough is enough for keeping students at home.”

However, ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with …

War Ukraine, Russia To Hold Key Talks As Food Prices Soars

War: Ukraine, Russia To Hold Key Talks As Food Prices Soars

July 13, 2022 4:18 am

Russian and Ukrainian officials are scheduled to meet in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss the delayed grain shipments that have driven up food prices worldwide, while Kyiv announced that it has destroyed a Russian military facility as the conflict continues.

One of the largest exporters of wheat and other grains, Ukraine has seen some of its shipments impeded by Russian warships and mines that Kiev has placed in the Black Sea.

The meetings, which will also be attended by a UN mission, will be held in Turkey, which has led efforts to revive the crucial grain trade.

On the ground, …

2023 Why I Picked Funke Akindele As Running Mate – Adediran

2023: Why I Picked Funke Akindele As Running Mate – Adediran

July 13, 2022 4:13 am

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos State, Jide Adediran has provided his reasons for the choice of Nollywood actress, Funke Akinfele as running mate despite reservations from several people. 

Miss Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, confirmed her nomination as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the PDP on Tuesday.

The actress said she would be putting a hold on her acting career and focus on politics to cause a change to improve the welfare of Lagosians.

Confirming her nomination in an interview, Adediran explained that he picked not just an actress, but a filmmaker and a …

Covid-19 Pandemic Is ‘Nowhere Near Over’, WHO Insists

Covid-19 Pandemic Is ‘Nowhere Near Over’, WHO Insists

July 13, 2022 3:34 am

The Chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday warned that fresh waves of Covid-19 infections is a strong indicator that the pandemic is ‘nowhere near over’, whole also voicing concern the virus is ‘running freely’.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out he was worried that case numbers were continuing to rise, putting further pressure on stretched health systems and workers.

‘New waves of the virus demonstrate again that Covid-19 is nowhere near over,’ he told a news conference that was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, adding: ‘As the virus pushes at us, we must push back.’

‘The …

2023 Muslim-Muslim Ticket, A Disastrous Error – Ex-SGF Lawal

2023: Muslim-Muslim Ticket, A Disastrous Error – Ex-SGF Lawal

July 13, 2022 3:27 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has described the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate as a ‘disastrous error’.

In a statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, Lawal added his voice to the raging controversy that has been trailing the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Lawal pointed out that he saw the decision coming and he had made his reservations known to the proponents long before the announcement was made.

He disclosed he suspected that Tinubu …

2023 Census: NPC Recruitment Portal Faces Attack From Hackers

2023 Census: NPC Recruitment Portal Faces Attack From Hackers

July 13, 2022 3:21 am

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that it successfully foiled an attempt to hack its recruitment portal for the 2023 census.

NPC Commissioner for Anambra, Chidi Ezeoke, made this known while speaking at a news conference in Awka on Tuesday.

Ezeoke revealed that the NPC had established a digitalised online geo-fenced portal to recruit personnel from selected communities across Nigeria.

The official also went on to assure Nigerians that the commission was committed to correcting anomalies to ensure an accurate and reliable census next year.

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“If hackers …

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