August 1, 2022

Russia Announces Blacklist Of 39 Britain Citizens, Including Cameron

Russia Announces Blacklist Of 39 Britain Citizens, Including Cameron

August 1, 2022 7:28 pm

While displaying its version of counter-sanctions due to the barrage of European sanctions on her due to the conflicts with Ukraine, Russia has on Monday announced that it would be blacklisting 39 British citizens, including Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.

The reason is not far fetched from the fact that London has also been one of Kyiv’s most vocal supporters after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24.

Russia’s foreign ministry said the citizens listed, including journalists, “contribute to the hostile course of London aimed at …

DR Congo Army Officials Fire Shots At Anti-UN Protesters

DR Congo Army Officials Fire Shots At Anti-UN Protesters

August 1, 2022 7:20 pm

As a result of the ongoing protests in the Country, some of the DR Congo military officials have fired warning shots to disperse protesters who had been approaching a United Nations peacekeepers’ base in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, a day after two people were killed by members of the UN force.

Congolese forces had also shot into the air and police fired tear gas to break up two columns of dozens of people in the eastern border city of Beni, who were rallying against the United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO.

Read Also: Confusion As UN Peacekeepers

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Hundreds Still Reported Missing After Kentucky Floods Incident

Hundreds Still Reported Missing After Kentucky Floods Incident

August 1, 2022 7:20 pm

In the aftermath of the deadly floodings that has plagued Kentucky these past few days, at least 30 people have now been reported dead in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky, as the region braces for more rainfall and flooding.

It had also been reported that at least six children including four siblings, aged one to eight, who were reportedly swept from their parents’ grip are among the dead.

Read Also: Death Toll In Kentucky Renewed Flood Threat Hits 26

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the death toll would continue to rise as “hundreds” remain unaccounted for.

More than 12,000 …

United States Mission Announces New Consul General In Lagos

United States Mission Announces New Consul General In Lagos

August 1, 2022 6:25 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the United States Mission in Lagos has announced the arrival of Will Stevens who is the new Consul General at the United States Consulate General in Lagos.

Consul General Will Stevens had reportedly arrived in Lagos on Friday, July 29, following some of the consultations in Washington, D.C.

Mr Stevens would also be succeeding Claire Pierangelo, who had been leading the United States Consulate General Lagos from August 2019 to April 2022.

Read Also: U.S Consulate Reiterates Support For Trade In Nigeria

As Consul General in …

Russia 'Positive Development' - Russia Lauds Start Of Ukraine’s Grain Exports

Positive Development – Russia Lauds Ukraine’s Grain Exports

August 1, 2022 6:13 pm

As new developments encroach into the conflicts between them and Ukraine, Russia has welcomed the first shipment of grain from the port of Odesa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast as a “positive’’ development.

“This is a good opportunity for testing the effectiveness of the functioning of mechanisms that were agreed during the negotiations in Istanbul,’’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.

Read Also: Tension As Drone Attack On Russian Fleet Leaves Over 5 Dead

This is according to the Interfax news agency which had been announced on Monday.

“We hope that the agreements will be fulfilled by all sides and that …

MultiChoice Announces Launche Of New Channel On DStv

MultiChoice Announces Launch Of New Channel On DStv

August 1, 2022 12:50 pm

While broadening its entertainment options for its viewers, Multichoice has finally announced its open launch of an additional DStv channel, “News Central”.

Dr Busola Tejumola who is the Executive Head, Content & Channels, West Africa, MultiChoice Nigeria had made this disclosure in a statement on Monday.

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“DStv customers will enjoy more robust news coverage as MultiChoice launches ‘News Central’ on Monday, August 1, 2022.

“The brand new channel is a 24-hour news platform focusing on genuine and accurate storytelling.

“It will be available to DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Access, …

NCC Grants Over ₦500m For Research To Nigerian Universities

NCC Grants Over ₦500m For Research To Nigerian Universities

August 1, 2022 12:43 pm

In lieu of the rising need to revitalise the research sector in the Country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it would be committing over ₦500 million to some of the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to further facilitate for the increase in research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

Prof. Umar Danbatta who is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission had made this disclosure at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia, Industry and Other Stakeholders which ended in Kano at the weekend.

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Tension As Drone Attack On Russian Fleet Leaves Over 5 Dead

Tension As Drone Attack On Russian Fleet Leaves Over 5 Dead

August 1, 2022 5:39 am

Tension is brewing currently after a drone attack on the Russian fleet in the Crimean port of Sebastopol on Sunday left no fewer than five people, the Russian-annexed city’s mayor Mikhail Razvozhayev disclosed.

‘This morning, Ukrainian nationalists decided to spoil the Day of the Russian Fleet’ being celebrated on Sunday, he said on Telegram, adding that five people, including employees of the army staff, had been wounded.

All festivities had been ‘cancelled for security reasons’, he said, asking residents of the city to remain indoors ‘if possible’.

Read Also: Lithuanians Raise Millions To Procure Ukraine A Combat Drone

Huge celebrations …

Confusion As UN Peacekeepers Open Fire In DR Congo

Confusion As UN Peacekeepers Open Fire In DR Congo

August 1, 2022 5:23 am

A yet-to-be-identified number of people have been killed and several others were injured after United Nations peacekeepers opened fire at a border post in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has revealed.

A video of the incident which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York shared on social media, showed men – at least one in police uniform and another in army uniform – advancing towards the immobilised UN convoy behind a closed barrier in Kasindi.

The town is in eastern DRC’s Beni territory on the border with Uganda.

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2023 Tambuwal Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo

2023: Tambuwal Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo

August 1, 2022 4:24 am

The governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Sunday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in what his team has described as a meeting to discuss national issues.

A Special Assistant to the former president on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, made this disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

The meeting, he revealed, took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence of the former Nigerian leader in Abeokuta.

He, however, said the discussions between former President Obasanjo and Governor Tambuwal held behind closed doors.

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2023 Election We Will Vote Individuals Not Parties – CAN

2023 Election: We Will Vote Individuals Not Parties – CAN

August 1, 2022 4:18 am

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, has declared that Nigerians will not vote for just political parties next year in deciding on President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor after his tenure in 2023.

According to him, Nigerians have gone beyond casting their votes based on the political party fielding candidates.

The Archbishop, who made this known while delivering the sermon at the 2022 International Men’s Conference of Christ Holy Church International in Abuja on Sunday, stressed that the electorate, particularly the Christians will vote for candidates in the next general elections using their …

Over 16 Gruesomely Murdered In Northeastern Mali Attacks

Over 16 Gruesomely Murdered In Northeastern Mali Attacks

August 1, 2022 3:57 am

No fewer than 16 people were killed in two-midweek attacks which occurred in northeastern Mali by suspected jihadists on encampments of nomadic tribesmen, local sources have confirmed. 

A source close to the authorities in Menaka, the region near the Niger border where the attacks happened told newsmen on Monday that; ‘The killings took place in the evening between Wednesday and Thursday with the same modus operandi: assailants on motorbikes who came into the camp, shot at people indiscriminately from close range, then take away their livestock’.

A first attack targeted a nomadic camp about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the …

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