August 2022

Crime Gangs Blamed As Five Die In Ecuador Blast

Crime Gangs Fingered As Five Die In Ecuador Blast

August 15, 2022 4:18 am

No fewer than five people were confirmed dead and 16 others injured following an explosion on Sunday in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, an attack the government blamed on organized crime, officials said.

The President of the country, Guillermo Lasso had declared a state of emergency in the country’s second-largest city of Guayaquil following the report, where eight houses and two cars were destroyed in the blast.

Lasso had also taken Twitter to warn that his year-old government would ‘not allow organized crime to try to control the country.’

The state of emergency will be in force from …

APC Not The Cause Of Nigeria's Problems - Party's Vice Chair

APC Not The Cause Of Nigeria’s Problems – Party’s Vice Chair

August 15, 2022 4:09 am
The National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Lukman yesterday claimed that it would be unreasonable for anyone to blame the party over the innumerable predicament ravaging the nation.
This is even as Lukman stated that while not dismissing the plenitude of challenges, especially in the area of insecurity, the ruling party has been bold enough to admit its existence unlike the previous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, which was perennially in denial.
Lukman noted that, he, however, doesn’t disregard the torrent of challenges in the nation, particularly in the aspect of insurgency; the
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Allow 7m Nigerians to Complete Voter Reg, SERAP Warns INEC

Allow 7m Nigerians to Complete Voter Reg, SERAP Warns INEC

August 15, 2022 4:08 am

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to as a matter of urgency reopen voters’ registration to allow no fewer than seven million Nigerians that had already started their registration online to complete the process.

In a letter dated August 13, 2022, and signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP issued the demand and threatened to take the commission to court if the demand is not complied with within seven days.

Read Also: INEC Makes Announcement On CVR As Deadline Elapses

The civil society organisation …

Call Your Supporters To Order, Police Warn Tinubu, Obi, Others

Call Your Supporters To Order, Police Warn Tinubu, Obi, Others

August 15, 2022 4:01 am

The Nigeria Police Force has sent a serious warning to all politicians in the race for the Presidency of Nigeria to eschew violence and caution their supporters against sending threats to voices of dissent and people not supporting them in the run-up to the poll.

According to the police, any threat to life is a criminal offence, while also adding that the Electoral Act as amended is also clear on the appropriate punishment prescribed for election-related crimes.

The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in an interview with reporters against the backdrop of online bullying and violent social media …

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

August 15, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 41 people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured following a fire that broke out at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt’s Coptic Church disclosed on Sunday, citing the health ministry.

The health ministry in Egypt had earlier disclosed that ‘several’ people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood yesterday and that ambulances transferred at least 55 injured people to local hospitals.

According to a police statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Monday, an initial investigation pointed to an …

Why We Want To Break Away From Nigeria – Yoruba Group

Why We Want To Break Away From Nigeria – Yoruba Group

August 15, 2022 3:45 am
An organisation identified as the Yoruba Self-Determined (YSDM), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking for a ‘peaceful break away’ of the Yoruba tribe from the country Nigeria.
Mr. Akintoye who is a History professor revealed that Yoruba leaders bade for the infusion of a secession clause in the Nigerian Constitution in the 1950s, however, the request was revoked by colonial masters of the time.
The organisation’s chairperson, Banji Akintoye, in the message pointed out that the number of Yorubas eager to break away from Nigeria due to the “worsening and painful plight” the country is currently experiencing,
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Cairo Coptic Church Fire Outbreak Leaves 41 Dead

Cairo Coptic Church Fire Outbreak Leaves 41 Dead

August 14, 2022 8:51 pm

A massive fire outbreak that had broken out on Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital Cairo  has left a total of 41 people dead as was reported by church officials said.

The blaze had been started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the capital’s northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, officials said.

Read Also: Death Toll In Thai Nightclub Fire Soars To 15

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on his Facebook page that “I have mobilised all state services to ensure that all measures are taken”

Fire services in the country had later announced that …

Don’t Make Us Suffer - Ekiti Pensioners Beg Gov-Elect, Oyebanji

Don’t Make Us Suffer – Ekiti Pensioners Beg Gov-Elect, Oyebanji

August 14, 2022 8:51 pm

Joel Akinola who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ekiti State Branch, has openly urged the governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji, to make sure he applies the experience he has garnered over the years in act of governance in moving the state forward.

Akinola had also urged Oyebanji to, on the assumption of office in October, make sure that he prioritises the welfare and wellness of pensioners, saying, “We want you to ensure pensioners no longer suffer at old age after service to the state during our active days.”

Read Also: Segun Oni Pledges To Challenge Oyebanji’s Victory In

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At Least Four Governors Not Paying Minimum Wage, NLC Laments

NLC Writes Buhari, Demands Stringent Probe Of All State Governors

August 14, 2022 5:50 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has openly petitioned the Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari while seeking for an immediate investigation of all the Nigerian state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Commission, ICPC, over the alleged massive looting and mismanagement of public funds.

In a letter titled: Reviving the Economy: Our Response to Governors Prescriptions by its President, Ayuba Wabba, NLC faulted governors’ recent recommendations to revive the nation’s ailing economy.

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Gov. Abiodun Vents As Miss MAPOLY, Odeh Is Found Dead

Gov. Abiodun Vents As Miss MAPOLY, Odeh Is Found Dead

August 14, 2022 5:49 pm

Miss Happiness Odeh who had been beauty queen and student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been found dead after she had been abducted some days ago.

Odeh, who had also won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, had been kidnapped on Tuesday, August 9.

However, MAPOLY Students Union Government (SUG) had also confirmed the tragic murder on Sunday.

Read Also: Gov Abiodun: Ogun Students Debunk Claims Of Rigging In 2019

After days of a security alert on her abduction, the SUG President of MAPOLY, Sodiq Ajani, and the Public Relations Officer, Joy …

Don’t Lose Hope, Elect Good Leaders In 2023 – Jonathan

Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, Elect Good Leaders In 2023 – GEJ

August 14, 2022 2:44 am

Former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has called on Nigerians not lose hope in the country despite the ugly situation of things, but use the opportunity presented by the current political cycle to take decisions that would not only help renew hope but also restore what had been lost and rebuild the country.

The former President made this known in his keynote speech at the memorial lecture which was held in honour of late Edo businessman and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo in Abuja on Saturday. 

Jonathan pointed out that ahead of the 2023 elections, it is important …

ExxonMobil Announces Renewal Of 2 Deepwater Assets In Nigeria

ExxonMobil Announces Renewal Of 2 Deepwater Assets In Nigeria

August 14, 2022 2:42 am

Oil giants, ExxonMobil Corp. has announced the renewal of two deepwater leases in Nigeria for a further 20 years, becoming among the first permits to be granted under the country’s new oil and gas law.

The U.S. energy giant extended its rights over two oil blocks at a ceremony on Friday in Abuja. It also renewed production-sharing contracts with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Limited(NNPC).

“We are pleased to announce the renewals of our OMLs 133 (Erha) and 138 (Usan) deepwater leases for a further 20–year period. This includes extensions of Production Sharing Contracts with our partner NNPC Limited.

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