September 17, 2022

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

September 17, 2022 7:50 pm

The Czech Republic, which is where the European Union presidency is located has on Saturday called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes after some new mass graves had been discovered in Izyum, Ukraine.

The appeal is also following the discovery of around 450 graves which are also locted outside the formerly Russian-occupied city of Izyum with most of the exhumed bodies showing signs of torture.

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“In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and abhorrent,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on …

Japan Braces Herself For ‘Very Tumultous’ Typhoon Nanmadol

Japan Braces Herself For ‘Very Tumultous’ Typhoon Nanmadol

September 17, 2022 7:50 pm

The Japanese weather agency has put out an open warning on Saturday about some of the “unprecedented” risks from a “very dangerous” typhoon which has been heading towards the southern Kyushu island while they had urged the residents to take shelter ahead of the storm.

Typhoon Nanmadol has been reported to be currently producing gusts of up to 270 kilometres (167 miles) an hour and classed as a “violent” storm, the agency’s top level, on Saturday.

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By late afternoon it had been approaching the remote Minami Daito island, 400 kilometres east of …

UK High Commission reopens visa application centers in Nigeria

British High Commission Closes Offices In Queen’s Honour

September 17, 2022 6:08 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the British High Commission offices in Abuja, Lagos and across the rest of the country will be closed on Monday.

The United Kingdom Mission in Nigeria had also made the announcement in a terse statement on its social media accounts and the closure is in observance of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, it noted.

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The notice, however, added that Visa Application Centres in Abuja and Lagos will still remain open.

A service of remembrance was …

2023 HURIWA Warns Wike Over Crackdown On Atiku’s Loyalists

‘I Am Not Like Yahaya Bello’ – Gov Wike Blasts PDP

September 17, 2022 6:04 pm

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has thrown some bants at some of the PDP Governors when he had reiterated his earlier claims that he was not like his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello.

He had made this statement when he has spoken at the launch of a book, “Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” authored by retired Justice Abdu Aboki.

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Wike had also revealed that his visit to the nation’s capital reminded him of his defeat during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

UK Publishes Names Of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Assets

UK Publishes Names Of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Assets

September 17, 2022 3:36 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that the Government of United Kingdom has published the names of no fewer than 56 dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates and other valuable assets.

According to the report, one of the oldest affected names on the list was identified as Mark N’wogo, was a Nigerian said to have been born in Sapele, Delta state, and died on December 9, 1992, in Surrey, United Kingdom.

However, for almost 30 years now, the assets the deceased left behind have remained unclaimed. And by the publication, by December, they would become …

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

September 17, 2022 3:31 am

The Catholic Church has called on its priests to henceforth restrain from using the pulpit for political campaigns even as the church would encourage every adult Nigerian to participate actively in the forthcoming election and not leave it to career politicians alone.

In a nine-point resolution made at the end of the meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association of Nigeria (NCDPA) held at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, with the theme: ‘Political Consciousness for Effective Choice of Political Leaders in Nigeria’,  the Church vows to use its resources and …

Biden, Macron Outraged Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

Biden, Macron Infuriated Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

September 17, 2022 3:27 am

The United States President, Joe Biden, and his French counterpart President, Emmanuel Macron have expressed serious outrage at the discovery of mass graves which has about 440 Ukrainians in the city of Izium.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Izium which is located in the recently liberated Kharkiv region by Ukrainian forces.

Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against escalating the fighting in Ukraine, saying that there will be consequences if the Kremlin uses chemical or nuclear weapons.

‘Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II,’ Biden said during a …

Buhari Set To Address 77th UN General Assembly On Wednesday

Buhari Set To Address 77th UN General Assembly On Wednesday

September 17, 2022 3:24 am

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to deliver his address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next Wednesday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this will be the first full in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed most addresses to be delivered virtually. But overall numbers have been reduced, with smaller delegations and fewer journalists permitted to cover the event.

The UN’s 193-member states will be provided with a platform and 15 to 20 minutes to address the international community. As is customary, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will take the lead on Tuesday, September …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria – INEC

September 17, 2022 3:19 am

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained why the cost of conducting elections in Nigeria was relatively expensive. 

He made this known on Friday when he appeared at the ‘The Editors’ Forum’ in Lagos which was organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors at De Rembrandt Hotel, Awolowo Way Ikeja.

He listed some of the reasons as ‘cost of logistics, highly-secured ballot papers, allowances for personnel and others.’

In his words: “In France, the ballot paper is like an A4 sheet of paper, because it is unthinkable that anybody in France …

Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Nears 90 Million, NIMC Declares

Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Nears 90 Million, NIMC Declares

September 17, 2022 3:14 am

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has asserted that close to 90 million people have registered for the National Identification Number (NIN) in the country. 

NIMC Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Aliyu Aziz, made this disclosure while speaking yesterday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the fourth National Identity Day with the theme ‘Traditional Institution as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation’.

‘Without sounding immodest, NIMC has made great strides on so many fronts in the last three years,’ he said. ‘From just over 1,000 enrolment centres and 2,000 enrolment devices across the country, NIMC in partnership with its licensed …

Ayu Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution - George

Ayu: Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution – George

September 17, 2022 3:10 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the PDP, a former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George yesterday asserted that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, wouldn’t have become its standard bearer had the party stuck religiously to its principle of zoning.

According to him, it was based on an in-house agreement that opposed the provision of the party’s constitution that the former vice president was allowed to contest which he eventually won.

George, who is a former military governor of Ondo State, stated this while appearing on Arise TV, in response to those faulting the calls for the …

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