July 2022

Hanifa Kano Court Sentences Proprietor To Death By Hanging

Hanifa: Kano Court Sentences Proprietor To Death By Hanging

July 29, 2022 6:42 am

The Kano State High Court has sentenced the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar which had generated outrage a few months ago.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Usman Na’abba, also sentenced Tanko to five years imprisonment for the four-count charges leveled against him.

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, earlier this year had vowed to sign the death sentence without further delay if given by the court.

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Until her death, Hanifa was a pupil of …

Nigeria Is Broke, Can’t Fund Capital Projects In 2023 - Ngige

Nigeria Is Broke, Can’t Fund Capital Projects In 2023 – Ngige

July 29, 2022 6:34 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has claimed that the country is bankrupt at the moment noting that even the funds for capital projects in 2023 will be a major challenge. 

Addressing a media briefing, on Thursday in Abuja, to mark the 2022 World Day Against Child Labour, the minister stated that the Federal Government does not have money to prosecute capital projects next year, a development which might worsen unemployment and poverty.

He equally told students of federal universities that negotiating separately with members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would not resolve …

Nigeria Approves Increment Of WAEC Fees

Nigeria Approves Increment Of WAEC Fees

July 29, 2022 5:59 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) increase their examination fees from ₦13,000 to ₦18, 000 for West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSC internal).

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the rise in fees was also applicable for external candidates who would love to participate in the examination.

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who confirmed the planned increment at a meeting with officials of WAEC in Abuja, on Thursday, confirmed that the upward review of WAEC fees was in response to the rising cost of operations and other logistics required for …

Nigerian Govt Moves To Halt Exportation Of Raw Minerals

Nigerian Govt Moves To Halt Exportation Of Raw Minerals

July 29, 2022 5:51 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it has now embarked on a move to end the exportation of raw minerals in the country to aid in the diversification of the economy, job creation, and industrialisation of the country.

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja, today.

He lamented that Nigeria is up till now still exporting crude oil as traded for refined petroleum products.

He said the state would take advantage of the abundant solid minerals in their area to improve its revenue generation.

He said: ‘As we started …

2023 Downtrodden Nigerians Are Our Structure

2023: Downtrodden Nigerians Are Our Structure – Labour Party

July 29, 2022 5:41 am

The National Chairman of the Labour Party Hon. Julius Abure has called on Nigerians to remain resolute in their quest for good governance and not be carried away with insinuations that the party has no structure to win the 2023 presidential election, pointing out that the suffering Nigerians are the party’s structures.

Abure stated this at a North West one day mobilisation, sensitisation program with national officers in Kaduna.

Represented by the national secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouq, the national chairman said the program is aimed at sensitising and mobilising more supporters to ensure they go to the polls against all …

Impeachment: We've Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

Impeachment: We’ve Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

July 29, 2022 5:32 am

Barely twenty-four hours after some senators threatened to serve an impeachment notice on President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity, their counterparts in the House of Representatives, have also joined the fray saying that they have to numbers to do that.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that senators from the various opposition parties and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Wednesday after walked out of plenary told newsmen that they were giving President Buhari six weeks to address the problem of insecurity across the country or face impeachment.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate met …

Over 75,000 Russian Troops Killed, Injured In Ukraine - US

Over 75,000 Russian Troops Killed, Injured In Ukraine – US

July 29, 2022 5:24 am

The Joe Biden-led administration as President of the United States has asserted that over 75,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

It informed US lawmakers this during a classified briefing on Wednesday.

‘We were briefed that over 75,000 Russians have either been killed or wounded, which is huge,” the official said, according to CNN.

‘You’ve got incredible amounts of investment in their land forces, over 80% of their land forces are bogged down, and they’re tired.”

Read Also: War: Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a Democrat …

Togo Wades-In To Resolve Mali, Ivory Coast Soldiers Dispute

Togo Wades-In To Resolve Mali, Ivory Coast Soldiers Dispute

July 29, 2022 5:18 am

High-powered delegations from Mali and Ivory Coast met yesterday with Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe who has now taken the position of mediating a dispute over the arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers in Bamako.

President Gnassingbe met separately with the delegations in the presidential palace in the capital Lome, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the Togolese presidency did not publish any statement on the meeting as at the time of filing this report.

The togolese president was requested to mediate the conflict by Mali’s military junta in July.

Read Also: Military Camp Against Military Camp Foiled In Mali

Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert …

Facebook’s Meta Records First-Ever Drop In Revenue

Facebook’s Meta Records First-Ever Drop In Revenue

July 29, 2022 5:07 am

Facebook-parent Meta yesterday reported its first quarterly revenue drop and a plunging profit as the social media powerhouse continued to battle a devastating economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Meta had for a very long time continued to deliver a seemingly endless upward growth but after this income miss — and reporting earlier this year its first decline in global daily users — the company sounded a more modest tone.

‘This is a period that demands more intensity, and I expect us to get more done with fewer resources,’ CEO Mark …

US Economy Hits Contraction, Heightens Recession Fears

US Economy Hits Contraction, Heightens Recession Fears

July 28, 2022 4:48 pm

Businees reports have revealed that the United States economy has actually contracted for a second straight quarter between April and June thereby giving rise to more recession fears just months before key midterm elections in a blow for President Joe Biden.

Gross domestic product had also declined at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter which came after a bigger drop in the first three months of the year, according to the Commerce Department. Two-quarters of negative growth is commonly viewed as a strong signal that a recession is underway, and a downturn in the world’s largest …

China Property Crisis: Asia’s Richest Woman Loses Heavily

China Property Crisis: Asia’s Richest Woman Loses Heavily

July 28, 2022 4:44 pm

The wealthiest woman in Asia, Yang Huiyan had reportedly lost more than half of her fortune in a heavy loss over the past year as China’s real estate and property sector was massively shaken by a cash crunch.

Yang Huiyan who has been a majority shareholder in Chinese property giant Country Garden, had also seen her net worth plunge by more than 52 percent to $11.3 billion from $23.7 billion a year ago, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index which vetted the report on Thursday.

Read Also: Your Support For Russia Complicating Relations, US Warns China

Yang’s fortune had taken …

HURIWA Blasts National Assembly For Failing To Impeach Buhari

HURIWA Blasts National Assembly For Failing To Impeach Buhari

July 28, 2022 4:31 pm

Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the National Assembly has come under serious fire from the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) for refusing to resume the process of impeaching President Muhammadu Buhari over the deteriorating security situation and the massive insecurity in the country and fears of a terrorist attack around Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) had also slammed Buhari for his alleged leadership failure in securing lives and property and for jetting out of the country despite attacks and fears of more terrorist …

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