July 2022

Kwakwanso Warns Senators Against Impeachment Moves On Buhari

Kwakwanso Warns Senators Against Impeachment Moves On Buhari

July 30, 2022 6:25 am

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has sent a warning to members of the National Assembly to thread softly on the move by some of them to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kwakwanso sounded the note of caution shortly after paying a courtesy call on the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the Government House, Ilorin, the State capital.

The presidential hopeful said the federal lawmakers should not be in a hurry to rock the boat, though he acknowledged that ‘there are reasons to be worried about the security situation in the country.’…

Boko Haram Has Built Strong Presence Close To Abuja – Bukarti

Boko Haram Has Built Strong Presence Close To Abuja – Bukarti

July 30, 2022 6:14 am

A northern-based security expert and lawyer, Bulama Bukarti has asserted that the Boko Haram terrorist group has established a presence close to Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He made the comment while speaking on a Channels Television’s Politics Today program which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

Mr. Bukarti said this was the first time the terrorist group was establishing a presence in the nation’s North-Central region.

‘In the North-Central, close to Abuja, all the three factions of Boko Haram have now successfully established themselves,’ he said.

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2023 We Will Oppose Muslim Ticket With Prayers – Lawal

2023: We Will Oppose Muslim Ticket With Prayers – Lawal

July 30, 2022 5:59 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has declared that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election will be resisted by Nigerians with prayers.

Lawal made this declaration during the APC Northern Christian leaders summit on Friday.

The ruling party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, picked Kashim Shettima, the former governor of Borno, a Muslim, as his running mate.

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

Tinubu’s decision has led to mixed reactions from key stakeholders, particularly the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).…

2023 Census Some Nigerians Refusing To Be Counted – NPC

2023 Census: Some Nigerians Are Refusing To Be Counted – NPC

July 30, 2022 5:17 am

Ahead of next year’s census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that some Nigerians are reluctant to be counted urging them to discard their fears. 

Africa Daily News, New York reports that on Friday in Ebonyi, the NPC listed this among the challenges the commission was facing.

Federal Commissioner, Darlington Okereke gave an update on the implementation of the trial population and housing census.

The official assured that the commission would get it right during the main census.

Okereke said the training of functionaries and massive advocacy were some of the strategies adopted.

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Eight Reported Dead As Fire Erupts In Moscow Building

Eight Reported Dead As Fire Erupts In Moscow Building

July 29, 2022 9:59 pm

Eight people have reportedly perished in a blaze which had occurred in a 15-storey building in Moscow on Friday overnight, after a fire alarm had malfunctioned.

The fire had erupted in the building in a southeastern district, an agency investigating criminal acts said, adding that four people were hospitalised. Emergency services said the blaze broke out on the ground floor of the building, adding that the flames were doused soon after midnight and that more than 200 people were evacuated.

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A senior emergency official told TASS news agency that …

Move Exams From Sallah Day, Islamic Group Urges NECO

5 States Are Still Owing Us Over ₦2bn – NECO Laments

July 29, 2022 9:09 pm

The National Examinations Council (NECO) which is an examination board in Nigeria has revealed that five states in the country are yet to remit their examination fees of their candidates which is worth over ₦2 billion, spanning from 2012 to date.

Prof Dantani Wushishi who is the Registrar of NECO had made this revalation in an interview with newsmen on Friday, in Lagos.

He was in the state to monitor the ongoing 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) organized by the council.

Read Also: Move Exams From Sallah Day, Islamic Group Urges NECO

Wushishi said; “We are using this opportunity …

EFCC Apprehends 140 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Lagos

EFCC Storms Bureau De Change Firms As Naira Crashlands

July 29, 2022 9:08 pm

Some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC operatives have on Friday raided the Abuja Wuse Zone 4 which is the  home to most bureaux de change isitutuitios in Abuja.

The raid which had been conducted on other locations across the country had been undertaken days after the CBN blamed currency speculators for exacerbating the crash of the naira against the dollar and other foreign currencies.

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An authoritative source at the commission told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the raid …

Seven Reported Dead In UAE Flooding After Unseasonable Rains

Seven Reported Dead In UAE Flooding After Unseasonable Rains

July 29, 2022 4:59 pm

It has been reported that at least seven people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates after a barrage of unseasonable downpours had triggered flash flooding in eastern districts of the normally parched Gulf state, authorities said.

“We regret to announce that six people of Asian nationalities have been found dead as a result of the floods,” the interior ministry’s chief of central operations, Ali al-Tunaiji, said.

Read Also: 16 Die As Flash Floods Hit Indian Kashmir Pilgrimage Site

The ministry later announced the death of a seventh Asian migrant.

July temperatures in the UAE regularly hit 40 …

Army Reshuffled As Top Officers Are Redeployed Due To Insecurity

Army Reshuffled As Top Officers Are Redeployed Due To Insecurity

July 29, 2022 12:41 pm

As a result of the rising spate of insecurity in the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has made the approval of the redeployment of some top military officers and also the  appointment of new ones as insecurity rages in Nigeria.

The appointments had been announced in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday in Abuja.

Nwachukwu said the new postings and appointments were done in an effort to reposition the army for operational efficiency.

Read Also: NYSC Cries Out To Nigerian Army As Terrorism Fears Heighten

According to him, …

How 727 Nigerian Doctors Migrated To UK In 5 Months - Report

UNIOSUN Resident Doctors Down Tools Over Rate Of Insecurity

July 29, 2022 12:33 pm

Some of the members of the Association of Resident Doctors in the Osun State University chapter have on Friday, convened an emergency general meeting which was to discuss the spate of insecurity in the hospital environment.

The association had also described the working environment around the hospital as porous and life-threatening while adding that their members were daily exposed to incessant attacks by hoodlums.

Read Also: How 727 Nigerian Doctors Migrated To UK In 5 Months – Report

This was contained in a statement signed by the President of the association, Dr Solomon Ilori and Secretary, Dr Felix Olaomi, the …

2023 Assess Me With My Records As Vice President - Atiku

Atiku Congratulates New CAN President, Mulls Interfaith Relations

July 29, 2022 9:35 am

Atiku Abubakar  who is the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, has also congratulated and felicitated with the newly elected President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh.

The Waziri Adamawa had also charged the new CAN President to forge interfaith relations in Nigeria. He also assured him of total support for the promotion of peace and unity in Nigeria.

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Atiku on his verified Facebook page, on Friday, stated “I wish to congratulate Archbishop Daniel Okoh, the General …

Sheikh Gumi Smashes Buhari Over Abuja Terrorist Attacks

Sheikh Gumi Smashes Buhari Over Abuja Terrorist Attacks

July 29, 2022 9:20 am

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who is the Controversial Islamic Cleric, has finally reacted to terrorist attacks on the Guards Brigade and some other places in Abuja.

Gumi had reiterated that insecurity should be expected because President Muhammadu Buhari rewards failure with an Ambassadorial appointment.

He was reacting to the Federal Government’s plan to sanction the BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust over their recent reports on the issue of politics of insecurity.

Read Also: Sheikh Gumi Condemns Deborah Samuel’s Murder

A statement by Gumi blamed illiteracy for the insecurity in the North.

“What do you expect from a society (Fulani) that …

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