October 13, 2022

Russian Army Will Be ‘Destroyed’ If Putin Nukes Ukraine - Borrell

Russian Army Will Be ‘Destroyed’ If Putin Nukes Ukraine – Borrell

October 13, 2022 9:33 pm

Josep Borrell who is the Eurpoean Union foreign policy chief has on coervin for made an warned Moscow on Thursday that its forces would be “annihilated” by the West’s military response if President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.

“Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the Member States, and the United States and NATO are not bluffing neither,” Borrell said at the opening of a Diplomatic Academy in Brussels.

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Chimamanda Adichie Refused National Honour - Team

Chimamanda Adichie Refused National Honour – Team

October 13, 2022 8:13 pm

Foremost writer and actor, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who is an award-winning Nigerian author and had been recently decorated with Harvard University’s iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, which had managed to break her silence over her non-appearance at Tuesday’s conferment of national honours by President Muhammadu Buhari.

While perusing through the report, one of the members of Chimamanda’s communications team, Omawumi Ogbe, told had revealed to Newsmen that the author declined the honour.

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Ogbe said in a statement: “Following the recent conferment of national awards by the President, there have …

2023 Census Some Nigerians Refusing To Be Counted – NPC

NPC Officials Inspect Materials Ahead Of 2023 Census

October 13, 2022 7:54 pm

In lieu of the upcoming census, the stakeholders of the National Population Commission (NPC), have on Thursday paid a visit to the Nigeria factory of an indigenous technology firm, RLG Adulawo, in Ilesa, Osun state as part of their fresh efforts to fully ensure and confirm that next year’s census is conducted, in compliance with the presidential directive on local content, especially in the area of technology.

The team  had also made sure that theu toured the various sections of the RLG Adulawo Technology City, Ilesa factory, including some of the Assembly lines, testing centres and workshops sections, where ICT …

Osinachi Begged Me Not To Report Husband’s Abuse - Neighbour

Osinachi Begged Me Not To Report Husband’s Abuse – Neighbour

October 13, 2022 7:42 pm

As more testimonies emerge which surround the abuse and subsequent death of the late gospel singer Osinachi, one of her neighbours, Grace Nnaji has on Thursday opened up to an FCT Court in Abuja, that the singer had on several occasions begged her not to report her husband, Peter Nwachukwu’s abuse.

Nnaji, who had been identified as a tailor, had told the court that she had met the singer when her husband had approached her to make a dress for her.

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Nnaji while giving her testimony which had been led by …

Court Discharges, Acquits Nnamdi Kanu Of Terrorism Charges

Court Discharges, Acquits Nnamdi Kanu Of Terrorism Charges

October 13, 2022 2:00 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the secessionist group.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be discharged and acquitted. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017.

However, the Court of Appeal on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from …

2023 Atiku’s Popularity Has Knocked You Out – PDP To Tinubu

2023: Atiku’s Popularity Has Knocked You Out – PDP To Tinubu

October 13, 2022 7:14 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as someone dazed by the resounding presentation of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

It alleged that Tinubu had become disoriented to the extent that he can no longer articulate or engage in any productive and focused political discourse.

The PDP made the declaration on Wednesday, via a statement by the spokesperson of the party, Debo Ologunagba.

The statement partly read, ‘While Asiwaju Tinubu has proven to Nigerians that he is …

ASUU Set To Suspend Strike After branches Voted

ASUU Set To Suspend Strike After Branches Voted

October 13, 2022 7:09 am

Many branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday, voted to suspend the ongoing eight-month strike to press home demands for improved working conditions for members and infrastructure in public universities.

The branches had summoned congresses based on the directive of the national body on yesterday following a ruling by the Court of Appeal which ordered that ASUU respects the judgment of Industrial Court of Nigeria and suspend its industrial action.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that after yesterday’s meetings across the country, members resolved to ask the National Executive Council (NEC) to call for the …

Biden Vows To Deal With Saudi Arabia After Oil Output Cuts

Biden Vows To Deal With Saudi Arabia After Oil Output Cuts

October 13, 2022 7:03 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden has sent out a very stern warning to Saudi Arabia that there will be ‘consequences’ after a global cartel of oil-producing countries which is led by the kingdom and Russia announced that they would cut oil production despite Washington’s objections.

While making his remarks on Tuesday come a day after influential Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the US must immediately freeze all cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including arms sales.

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‘There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,’ …

Nigeria Opens Talks With Ethiopia Over Visa Ban

Nigeria Opens Talks With Ethiopia Over Visa Ban

October 13, 2022 6:53 am

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has revealed that it has opened communications with the Ethiopian Government over the controversial subject of a recent visa ban on Nigeria, in order to seek a reversal of the new policy.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who made this known during the weekly briefing of the FEC, however, took out time to explain that the ban does not in anyway affect the agreement by the two nations on Nigeria Air.

The council today also approved the ratification of International Labour Organisation Convention 181 which seeks to permit operation of private employment agencies and …

Nord Stream 2 Putin Offers To Boost Gas Supplies To Europe

Nord Stream 2: Putin Offers To Boost Gas Supplies To Europe

October 13, 2022 6:08 am

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has disclosed that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to the European Union through a link of the Germany-bound Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea, an offer which was immediately turned down by Berlin.

Putin who made this offer while speaking at a Moscow energy forum on Wednesday, asserted that one of the two links of the pipeline remained pressurised despite a series of ruptures last month which caused major leaks, sending gas spewing out off the coast of Denmark and Sweden.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Nord …

Confession How I killed Ataga, Chidinma Shares Details

Confession: How I killed Ataga, Chidinma Shares Details

October 13, 2022 6:03 am

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square yesterday watched the video recording of how the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga was allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that an undergraduate whose name was given as Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are presently standing trial for Ataga’s murder.

They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu who has been accused of stealing Ataga’s iPhone 7.

In the video which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, Ataga’s body was seen in the video lying on the ground facing …

Oil Theft Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

Oil Theft: Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

October 13, 2022 5:53 am

Amidst the ongoing controversies around oil theft, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, had called for the resignation of top managers of the petroleum sector over reported large-scale crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.

The former Anambra State governor made this known yesterday while speaking at the 52nd annual Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) conference in Lagos, yesterdays, on the topic, ‘Accounting As A Requisite For Sustainable Governance,’ according to him, it was expected that the hierarchy of Nigeria’s oil management bureaucracy would immediately quit after the discovery of the oil …

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