September 14, 2022

10 Reported Dead In Twin Air Strikes On Ethiopia’s Tigray

September 14, 2022 7:11 pm

It has been reported that ten people have been killed in the second day of the air strikes which have been targeted on Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Wednesday as had been reported by hospital officials.

The attacks had also come after the authorities there had expressed readiness for a ceasefire.

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The Twin drone attacks had also reportedly hit a neighbourhood which is located in Tigray’s capital Mekele at around 7:30 am (0430 GMT), thereby killing 10 and injuring more than a dozen others, two officials from the biggest hospital …

Klopp Openly Mocks Boehly US-Style Plan For Premier League Game

September 14, 2022 7:01 pm

In a recent reaction, Jurgen Klopp has come out to openly pour some scorn on the idea of a United States-style of the all-star Premier League game which had been floated by new Chelsea chairman, Todd Boehly, while mockingly asking whether the Harlem Globetrotters will be also be involved.

Chelsea’s new co-owner Boehly, who also has massive stakes in the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and LA Lakers basketball team, had notified a New York conference that he has already floated the idea with his other Premier League counterparts.

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Okowa Presents ₦469.5bn 2022 Budget To State Assembly

Atiku Abubakar Is Ready To Unify Nigeria – Okowa Boasts

September 14, 2022 6:55 pm

Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who is the governor of Delta State and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential candidate has openly declared that the Presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has shown that he is truly ready to unify the country if he is elected.

Okowa who made this declaration at the Atiku South West Assembly in Ibadan on Wednesday had noted that only the PDP’s presidential candidate actually has the capacity and respect for Nigerians and is ready to sit down to discuss with all and who the experience to put the …

Police Service Commission (PSC) Chair, Musiliu Smith Resigns

September 14, 2022 6:52 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, Retired Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith has finally tendered in his resignation as regards his appointment.

The retired IGP who had also been at loggerhead with the Police Hierarchy over the organisation which has been constitutionally responsible for the recruitment of Constables into the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have tendred in his resignation on the grounds of ill health.

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In the interim, the second most …

2023: Our Position On Muslim Ticket Unchanged – Northern CAN

September 14, 2022 7:54 am

The chairmen of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of the 19 Northern States and Abuja has intensified their opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that they would not change their position.

They stated their position during a meeting convened by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, both members of the APC, which held in Abuja.

Dogara subsequently announced the meeting on his Twitter handle.

He said the meeting with the Christian leaders from the North and FCT …

Queen Elizabeth tweet My life under threat over – Uju Anya

Queen Elizabeth Tweet: My Life Under Threat – Uju Anya

September 14, 2022 7:45 am

Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya, has said her life has been under threat since her Thursday tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Anya, who is a Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, spoke while speaking to reporters.

Anya, on Thursday, at the news of the Queen’s ill health wrote, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”

Although the tweet had since been deleted for violating ‘Twitter rules’, Anya confirmed to Africa Daily News, New York that …

2023 Presidency: APC Victory Impossible – Ortom

September 14, 2022 7:44 am

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has performed ‘abysmally’ in the past seven years and that there is no magic they can conjure to win next year’s presidential poll.

The governor said Nigerians were fed up with the APC, given its poor performance in the last seven years, and that the party was losing members across the country.

Ortom, in a statement by his spokesperson, Nathaniel Ikyur, yesterday, said the APC will lose the 2023 election as Nigerians were seeking a ‘viable alternative to the APC, especially after the dismal and abysmal performance …

I Will Inject $10bn Economic Stimulus Fund For MSMEs – Atiku

September 14, 2022 7:41 am

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that he would resuscitate Nigeria’s ailing economy by launching a $10 billion Economic Stimulus Fund within his first 100 days in office if he wins the 2023 presidential election. Atiku said the fund would prioritise support to micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) that offer the greatest opportunity for inclusive economic growth.

The PDP presidential candidate spoke in Lagos during the ‘Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Presidential Economic Agenda Forum for the PDP.’ He laid out his economic plan to salvage the country’s economic fortunes before members …