September 2022

Cleric Commends Youths Over Loss Of Intrest In BBNaija

Cleric Commends Youths Over Loss Of Intrest In BBNaija

A Nigerian Missionary Priest who is very popular on social media, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has commended Nigerian youths for still being focused on Nigerian politics since the beginning of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) season seven show.

The cleric gave this commendation in a post via his official Facebook page, expressing that with the decline of interest in BBNaija this year, the show might not recover, taking the position it was initially accorded.

He further called on Nigerians especially the youths to channel their energy toward voting for the right leaders in the 2023 general elections so that the monetary …

Obadiah Mailafia’s Words Were Prophetic, Brother Says

Obadiah Mailafia’s Words Were Prophetic, Brother Says

Dr. Luka Mailafia, brother to the late Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and strong critic of bad governance, yesterday that his brother’s words were prophetic and had come to pass and still manifesting.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Mailafia had run into trouble after granting an interview to a Lagos-based Radio Station that revealed the atrocities of bandits and terrorists in the country, stating that one of their commanders told them that after the rural attacks, they would move into the cities.

After the interview, Mailafia became a …

Outrage As Chinese Man Stabs Nigerian Lover To Death In Kano

Outrage As Chinese Man Stabs Nigerian Lover To Death In Kano

A Chinese man whose name has been given as Geng Quangrong has allegedly stabbed his lover, a 23-year-old woman, Ummu Kulthum to death at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.

The Kano state police command confirmed the ugly incident through its spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who explained that the suspect, Geng, 47, committed the crime on Friday after scaling the fence of the deceased residence to gain access where he stabbed her severally until she gave up the spirit.

Geng alleged that he was deceived by Ummu who was his girlfriend and promised to marry him but …

APC Must Do More To Win 2023 Elections - Tinubu

APC Must Do More To Win 2023 Elections – Tinubu

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has called on party members in the Northeast to do more for him to ensure that he wins the 2023 elections.

He made this call in Gombe on Saturday when he spoke during the wedding reception of Misbahu Yahaya, son of Governor Inuwa Yahaya.

The former Lagos governor reminded APC followers that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, hails from the region.

Tinubu thanked party members and supporters for what they have been doing for him.

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‘Now …

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

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.

Read Also: Blackout Hits Eastern Ukraine As Zelenskyy Blames Russia

“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

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.

Read Also: Hurricane Sally Hits US Gulf Coast

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

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 …

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

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.

Read Also: You Can’t Blackmail Amaechi – Rivers APC Blasts Gov Wike

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

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

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

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

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 …