September 2022

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

September 20, 2022 8:26 pm

In lieu of their recently coordinated protests all over the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened that on Friday, they will be shutting down the Yola International Airport in Adamawa State over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Zone E chapter of NANS which is to effect the shutdown of the Yola Airport, has also revealed that it will be in line with NANS nationwide ‘Occupy The Airport’ protest over the lingering ASUU strike.

Read Also: We’ll Shut Down Airports Until ASUU Strike Is Resolved – NANS

A request letter …

2023 Stop Using Obi To Seek Relevance, Oshiomhole Warned

2023: Stop Using Obi To Seek Relevance, Oshiomhole Warned

September 20, 2022 7:05 am

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has been heavily criticised over his latest criticism of the Labour Party (LP), presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Oshiomhole was lambasted for allegedly trying to leverage on Obi’s popularity to seek relevance.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the former APC National Chairman had berated Obi for failing to tackle insecurity while he was the Governor of Anambra State.

Addressing a youth conference in Abuja, Oshiomhole said the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, took some major steps towards tackling insecurity because Obi failed during …

2023 Corruption Is Ruining Nigeria, I Will End It – Obi

2023: Corruption Is Ruining Nigeria, I Will End It – Obi

September 20, 2022 6:55 am

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has asserted that fiscal recklessness, inability to tackle insecurity and corruption have been primarily responsible for Nigeria’s failing economy.

Obi also said that domestic problems, caused by leadership failure, have damaged the unity and cohesiveness of the country.

The former Anambra State governor, made this known while speaking at the Private Sector Economic Forum organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday, said the government that would succeed the Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari regime in 2023 would be confronted by an array of daunting challenges, both …

Herdsmen Murder Three People In Gov Ortom’s Hometown

Herdsmen Murder Three People In Gov Ortom’s Hometown

September 20, 2022 6:46 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that suspected herders have allegedly killed no fewer than three people in Ngban community in the Guma Local Government Area, the hometown of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that over the last three weeks, no fewer than 13 people were killed at Tse Numgbera, Umella, Yogbo, and Ukohol communities all in Guma LGA.

The latest attack, according to residents, took place around 4 pm on Monday, when suspected herders invaded the Ngbea area under Nyiev council ward of the …

Switzerland Signs Contract For Supply Of 36 US Fighter Jets

Switzerland Signs Contract For Supply Of 36 US Fighter Jets

September 20, 2022 6:35 am

Switzerland on Monday signed a controversial contract to buy 36 US F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost of more than six billion francs ($6.2 billion).

‘National Armaments Director Martin Sonderegger and the Swiss F-35A Program Manager Darko Savic signed the procurement contract on 19 September 2022 at armasuisse in Bern,’ said armasuisse, the country’s arms procurement agency.

‘With this, the procurement of 36 F-35A is contractually agreed,’ it added.

The selection of the F-35 by the Swiss government in June 2021 sparked some controversy, particularly in light of the cost-overruns of the fighter programme in the United States.

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2023 I’m PDP Member But ‘Obidient’ – Ex-Reps Member, Isibor

2023: I’m PDP Member But ‘Obidient’ – Ex-Reps Member, Isibor

September 20, 2022 6:29 am

A former member of the House of Representatives and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor, has declared support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar.

Ifaluyi-Isibor said though he supported former Vice-President Atiku in the 2019 presidential election, he has switched to support Obi for the 2023 presidency because of his track records.

Ifaluyi-Isibor, also the Director of Mobilisation, Nigeria Diaspora Youth Coalition for Peter Obi, disclosed this on Monday while fielding questions on a Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily program which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New …

FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review - Ngige

FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review – Ngige

September 20, 2022 6:24 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has asserted there are plans to increase the ₦30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made this disclosure at the Nigeria Labour Congress public presentation titled, ‘Contemporary history of working-class struggle’ in Abuja.

According to him, it has become very imperative that the adjustment has become necessary based on what was happening globally.

He said, ‘The inflation is worldwide, we shall adjust the minimum wage in conformity with what is happening now. The 2019 Minimum Wage Act has a new clause for …

Covid-19 Pandemic ‘Is Over’ In US, Joe Biden Declares

Covid-19 Pandemic ‘Is Over’ In US, Joe Biden Declares

September 20, 2022 6:15 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden has declared the pandemic ‘over’ in the North American country, even as the number of Americans who have died as a result of COVID-19 stays on a steady rise. 

According to .0.0Mr. Biden said that while ‘we still have a problem’, the situation is rapidly improving.

Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each day.

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has last week stated that the end of the pandemic is “in sight”.

In an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS, Mr Biden …

German Central Bank Laments Over Signs Of Recession

German Central Bank Laments Over Signs Of Recession

September 19, 2022 7:23 pm

The German central bank has lameneted on Monday about the fact that it was increasingly likely that Europe’s largest economy would be shrinking for a “prolonged” period as Russia has completely throttled down energy supplies to the continent.

“The signs of a recession for the German economy are multiplying,” the Bundesbank said in its monthly report, warning of a “broad-based and prolonged decline in economic output”.

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The likely slump was above all down to “supply-side constraints”, namely reduced deliveries of energy in the wake of the Russian invasion of …

Disgraced Ex-King Of Spain Pays Last Respects To Queen Elizabeth

Disgraced Ex-King Of Spain Pays Last Respects To Queen Elizabeth

September 19, 2022 7:20 pm

Juan Carlos I who is Spain’s disgraced former king and his successor have also been counted among those who had attended the final funeral rites of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, in a sign of public rapprochement.

Juan Carlos who had abdicated while still in power with his tenure mired in scandal in 2014 had also gone into self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 against a background of numerous investigations into his fortune.

Read Also: Over 500 World Leaders Set To Grace Queen’s Funeral Today

But the former king and his estranged wife Queen Sofia …

Nigerian Youths Will Work With Tinubu’s Govt - Yahaya Bello

Nigerian Youths Will Work With Tinubu’s Govt – Yahaya Bello

September 19, 2022 7:15 pm

The Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello has come out to reiterate his earlier statement that the Nigerian youths will be determining the intricacies of how the government of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC would be run if he is elected president in 2023. 

Governor Bello who has just been appointed as the National Youth Coordinator for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council had made this revealations today.

Read Also: What I Admire In My Running Mate, Shettima – Tinubu Quips

According to Tinubu, Bello had also deserved the appointment considering his impressive political …

2023 Retaining Power In The North Wrong, Obasanjo Bombs PDP

Queen Elizabeth Had Great Human Relations – Obasanjo

September 19, 2022 7:03 pm

As the final burial rites and the remains of the late Queen Elizabeth II were on Monday interred in the United Kingdom (UK), one of the former Nigerian Presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has made an open disclosure that he had tremendous respect for the dead Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Obasanjo had also described her as a personality who has some great human relations, whom he equally had a perfect relationship with while she had been alive.

Read Also: Over 500 World Leaders Set To Grace Queen’s Funeral Today

Obasanjo had made this speech on Monday, when he had …

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