August 22, 2022

2023: Six Die Following Kwankwaso’s Visit To Nasarawa

August 22, 2022 4:05 am

No fewer than six persons reportedly lost their lives in Nasarawa State over the weekend, as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, stormed the state to commission the party’s secretariat in Lafia.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the ugly incident occurred when a bus conveying supporters in the presidential candidate’s convoy lost control.

About four of the victims died on the spot, while those that sustained injuries were rushed to hospital where two others died.

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Kwankwaso had pledged a commitment to …

Your Votes In The S’East Intact, Uzodinma Reassures Tinubu

August 22, 2022 3:47 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma yesterday reassured the presidential candidate of his party, the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, that people in the South East are very prepared to vote for him during next year’s polls.

Uzodinma gave this surprising reassurance when he met with the support organisation of the former Lagos State governor over the weekend.

The support groyp is under the aegis of The Asiwaju Group which was set up to ensure victory for the APC in the next elections.

In a statement jointly signed by Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, AbdulRasak Danjuma, Ibrahim …

Power Generation Falls To 43mw Due To Strike – Buhari's Govt

How Strike Crashed Power Generation To 43mw – Buhari’s Govt

August 22, 2022 3:40 am

Data received from the Federal Ministry of Power on Sunday indicated that the last one-day strike employees of the Transmission Company of Nigeria embarked over the nonpayment of benefits forced Nigeria’s energy production to plummet from a high of 4,829.5 megawatts to as low as 43MW.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the country’s electrical grid was shut down last Wednesday by electricity company employees working under the National Union of Electricity Employees, leaving companies and other power users in the complete darkness

They had embarked on a strike in opposition to a requirement for senior managers to attend

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2023: HURIWA Warns Wike Over Crackdown On Atiku’s Loyalists

August 22, 2022 3:38 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has lambasted the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike for allegedly beginning crackdowns on his political foes including those of his own Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a statement issued by its national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the rights group called on the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba, the Director General of the State security Services, DSS Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi and the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya to instruct their operatives not to be used by …