July 2022

ISWAP Responsible For Attacks On Christians, FG Insists

ISWAP Responsible For Attacks On Christians, FG Insists

July 5, 2022 6:27 am

The Federal Government has opposed the request by five Republican senators from the United States that Nigeria is reclassified as a nation of particular concern due to alleged persecution of Christians.

The senators who made the appeal also claimed that Nigerian Christians’ freedom to practise their religion had been violated in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Responding to the allegation in an interview with reporters on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said the call was based on false premise and misunderstanding of what was going on in the country.…

Gunmen Kill Security Man, Raze Down Filling Station In Ondo

Gunmen Kill Security Man, Raze Down Filling Station In Ondo

July 5, 2022 5:54 am

There was mild pandemonium yesterday in Igoba community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of a security guard whose name was given as ‘Mr Sunday’ by gunmen.

The yet-to-be-identified attackers who also set the station ablaze shot and killed the security guard who was manning the Titolu Venture filling station in the community.

The manager of the station, Ajisafe Oluwatobiloba, revealed that while attempting to determine what started the fire, they came upon the body of the security guard.

Read Also: Another Edo Catholic Priest, Osia Abducted By Gunmen

‘I was called by one …

1M Nigerians Will Be Recruited For 2023 Census - NPC

1M Nigerians Will Be Recruited For 2023 Census – NPC

July 5, 2022 5:34 am

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that the federal government of Nigeria has concluded plans to employ no fewer than one million Nigerians for the conduct of the 2023 National Census.

The commissioner representing Ekiti at the NPC, Mr Deji Ajayi, made this revelation while speaking in Ado Ekiti, on Monday at a press conference heralding the trial census to be conducted in Ekiti in preparatory to the next year’s main census exercise.

He assured Nigerians that reliable technological innovation had been advanced by the NPC for the conduct of the exercise to prevent politicians and interested elites from …

27 Murdered In Twin Jihadist Attacks In Burkina Faso

27 Murdered In Twin Jihadist Attacks In Burkina Faso

July 5, 2022 5:24 am

No fewer than 27 people were killed by suspected jihadists in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, authorities have confirmed.

A security official provided an estimate death toll, stating that ‘approximately 15’ individuals, some of them were children, were slain late Sunday near Bourasso in the Kossi province.

A local resident estimated there were 20 or so fatalities.

‘Armed men moved around the village at around 5:00 pm, firing in the air. They came back at night and blindly opened fire on people,’ the source said.

Read Also: 8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

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Interpol Nabs Suspected Nigerian Fraudster In South Africa

INTERPOL Nabs Suspected Nigerian Fraudster In South Africa

July 4, 2022 7:26 pm

A 28-year-old Nigerian has met his waterloo as he has been arrested by Interpol officers in relation to a cybercrime ring which involves fraudulent activities like phishing, internet, romance scams and money laundering.

The suspect who has been identified as James Junior Aliyu had also been arrested at an upmarket estate in Sandton, Johannesburg, after a takedown operation.

Read Also: Fraud: 3 Nigerians Nabbed By INTERPOL In Operation Killer Bee

Members from the Interpol National Crime Bureau (NCB) in Pretoria with assistance from members of the SAPS Gauteng Highway Patrol Unit had raided the upmarket estate at 10:00 on Wednesday, …

2023 Elections ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC Boasts

What INEC Wants To Achieve In Osun Guber – Mahmood

July 4, 2022 7:18 pm

Professor Mahmood Yakubu who is the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),  has openly revealed that the electoral umpire has put out directives which would help the Osun State governorship election to be much better streamlined than the recently concluded Ekiti State governorship poll and the upcoming 2023 general elections too.

The INEC Chief had stated this on Monday while inspecting non-sensitive materials at the INEC office, Osogbo, alongside Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Abdulganiy Raji, with other officials of the commission. He also urged electoral officers of INEC to be proactive in their duties ahead of …

ASUU Strike: ABU VC Laments About Empty Buildings

ASUU Strike: ABU VC Laments About Empty Buildings

July 4, 2022 7:17 pm

The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Kabiru Bala, has openly lamented that the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has completely dampened his spirit.

The Don had made this announcement on Monday at a meeting which had been organised by the Kano Zone of ASUU.

Read Also: SERAP Charges Buhari To Redirect Govt Funds To ASUU

Bala had also noted that the industrial action which has lasted for over 140 days has also affected the economy of host communities.

He had urged the government, ASUU and stakeholders to consider the effect of the …

Nigeria Is Unable To Meet OPEC Crude Oil Production - Hostcom

Nigeria Is Unable To Meet OPEC Crude Oil Production – Hostcom

July 4, 2022 4:48 pm

Prince Mike Emuh who is the National Chairman of Oil and Gas Host Communities, has openly lamented about the country’s under-performance of crude oil production of 2.3 million barrels per day which falls below the quota given by the organisation of the Oil Producing Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Emuh had also narrated that the current under production of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, which currently fluctuates between 1.3 million barrels per day, was grossly inadequate according to OPEC for a country luke Nigeria as well as it’s complete effect on the nation’s revenue generation given that Nigeria thrives on monolithic economy.…

Shiroro Massacre: Niger Govt Suspends All Mining Activities

Shiroro Massacre: Niger Govt Suspends All Mining Activities

July 4, 2022 4:47 pm

Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello who is the Niger State Governor has given out a directive that orders the immediate suspension of all the mining activities in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger state.

The order, the Governor had reiterated had also became necessary following continued bandits’ attacks on the councils until further notice.

Read Also: Buhari Promises Justice For Shiroro As Bandits Wreak Havoc

Africa Daily News, New York has also recalled that some of the bandits attacked a mining site in Ajata Aboki Village in Shiroro LG last Wednesday that resulted in the killing of about …

Another Catholic Priest Abducted By Bandits In Kaduna

Another Catholic Priest Abducted By Bandits In Kaduna

July 4, 2022 3:53 pm

Tragedy struck again in Kaduna State as another Catholic priest who has been identified as Rev Fr Emmanuel Silas was abducted in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Monday.

Fr Silas, who is in the priest in charge of St. Charles Catholic Church, Zambina in Kauru LGA, had been reported missing after he failed to appear for morning mass.

Read Also: Terrorists Kill Rev. Vitus Borogo In Kaduna, Shehu Sani Reacts

The Chancellor, Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Okolo disclosed the sad news in a statement on Monday. He, however, urged the …

UNICEF Excited Over Rescue Of 50 Children In Ondo

Ondo: UNICEF Slams Warning Against Violence On Children

July 4, 2022 3:52 pm

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has given some commendation to the Federal Government of Nigeria and some other security agents over the rescue of abducted children in Ondo State.

Africa Daily News, New York has also reported that some unidentified children and some adults had been rescued from a church where they were waiting for rapture.

Read Also: UNICEF Excited Over Rescue Of 50 Children In Ondo

A statement signed by UNICEF Communication Specialist, Geofery Njoku noted that children must never be held against their will under any circumstance. It condemned the violence against children, warning that a society …

Russia Spews Threats As Ukraine Attacks Belgorod With Missiles

Russia Spews Threats As Ukraine Attacks Belgorod With Missiles

July 4, 2022 10:59 am

The Russian Nation has finally reacted after some Ukrainian forces had launched numerous missiles on the Belgorod, a Russian city.

According to Russia, the missile attack was aimed to provoke Moscow.

Read Also: Missile Rain: Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Terrorism

The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said, according to CNN, that “the goal of the Kyiv regime is to strike with unguided weapons at residential areas of cities.”

She said that Ukraine would not have carried out the attacks on its own, adding that the action of Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops were coordinated with its Western curators, who were most …

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