October 2022

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 …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

2023: INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Ineligible Registrants

October 12, 2022 9:32 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again made another announcement which revealed that it has discovered 2.7 million cases of some double registration which had been carried out during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration.

The commission  had also revealed that all the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register.

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This had been disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at an event tagged ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ held in Washington DC, United States.

Yakubu also raised concerns about security challenges across the country, …

Polaris Bank CEO, Tokunbo Abiru Retires

Reps Directs CBN To Halt Planned Sale Of Polaris Bank

October 12, 2022 9:30 pm

The Nigerian House of Representatives has made a fresh directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make sure that they fully suspend the planned sales of Polaris Bank, one of the financial institutions in Nigeria.

The House of Reps has also resolved that they would be setting up an ad hoc committee which would be intended to investigate the interest of the federal government in the bank before its sales.

This decision had also been following a motion of urgent public importance which had been moved by Henry Nwajuba on Wednesday during plenary.

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13 Reported Dead In Two Days Of Syria Rebel Clashes

13 Reported Dead In Two Days Of Syria Rebel Clashes

October 12, 2022 9:26 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that up to thirteen people who are mostly fighters have been found to have been murdered in the two days of ongoing clashes between some of the rival factions competing for power in northwest Syria, a war monitor said Wednesday.

The terrible fighting between the two pro-Turkish Syrian rebel groups began in the town of Al-Bab in northern Aleppo province before spreading to other areas and drawing in other factions, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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EFCC Arrests, Quizes NDDC’s Account Director Over N25bn Fraud

Siemens Scandal: Arrest Big Men Too – CACOL Urges EFCC

October 12, 2022 9:25 pm

Coming on the heels of numerous  corruption and financial crimes, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has charged all the anti-corruption agencies in the country to make sure that they prosecute all suspects in the Halliburton and Siemens bribery scandals irrespective of class.

Debo Adeniran who is the Chairman of committee had revealed that the authorities had been taking too long in their findings into some of the high-profile cases.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had also in 2016 announced the reopening of the investigation …

Russia Designates Meta As ‘Terrorist And Extremist’ Group

Russia Designates Meta As ‘Terrorist And Extremist’ Group

October 12, 2022 7:25 am

Russia on Wednesday included US tech giant Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to a list of which it has labelled as ‘terrorist and extremist’ organisations, according to a database of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (Rosfinmonitoring) which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York. 

Recall that in late March, Russia had announced a ban on Facebook and Instagram for allegedly ‘carrying out extremist activities’ after authorities accused Meta of tolerating what it described as ‘Russophobia’ during Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.

Meta had announced on March 10 that the platforms would allow statements like …

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

October 12, 2022 7:19 am

The Senator representing Enugu East senatorial district, Chimaroke Nnamani who is a former governor of Enugu State has decried the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ignore five of its governors as it commenced presidential campaigns for next year’s elections.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the presidential campaign of the PDP which was earlier in the week flagged off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, however, five of its governors – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) had snubbed the event.

Their decision …

2023: Wike Appoints 14,359 Advisers, Liaison Officers

2023: Wike Appoints 14,359 Advisers, Liaison Officers

October 12, 2022 7:13 am

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has confirmed the appointment of a total of 14,359 persons as advisers and liaison officers for various political units in the State.

In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the governor disclosed that a total of 14,000 persons were appointed as advisers while 359 persons were appointed as liaison officers for local governments and wards.

The statement disclosed that the appointments were with immediate effect.

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UK Moves To Cut Excess Dependents From Nigerian Migrants

UK Moves To Cut Excess Dependents From Nigerian Migrants

October 12, 2022 7:05 am

The United Kingdom is presently looking at the possibility of tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country.

According to Daily Mail, UK, it has been discovered that Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when compared to other groups of migrants.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the UK Home secretary, Suella Braverman is presently considering tightening the rules on dependant.

This is coming after Home Office immigration figures recently indicated a startling inconsistency across different nationalities coming to the UK to work and study.

Its report shows that Nigerians accounted …

Russian Onslaught Zelensky Pleads For Ukraine ‘Air Shield’

Russian Onslaught: Zelenskyy Pleads For Ukraine ‘Air Shield’

October 12, 2022 6:57 am

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to wealthy Western nations in the world to help Kyiv create an ‘air shield’ after intensified deadly Russian aerial attacks which have continued to grow.

Zelenskyy, who told the G7 club of rich nations ‘millions of people would be grateful’ for help fending off attacks from the sky, warned Russia ‘still has room for further escalation’ after Monday’s bloody missile salvoes across Ukraine.

Following the attacks, Washington pledged to up shipments of air defences to Ukraine, while Germany promised delivery “in the coming days” of the first Iris-T missile shield reportedly …

Panic As Lightning Kills 2, Leaves Four Injured In Imo

Panic As Lightning Kills 2, Leaves Four Injured In Imo

October 12, 2022 6:47 am

The people of Ndegwu community in Owerri West LGA of Imo State have been thrown into anguish and mourning following the horrendous lightning that struck and allegedly left no fewer than two persons dead and injured four others after a heavy rainfall yesterday. 

The names of the victims were given as Mr.Emeka Gerald Mbah, a 39-year-old from Umuejekaubi Umuahum Ndegwu, and his friend, Mr.Chigbumkpa Ernest Odionyenma who is a 36-year-old from Umuadi Umuogwuta in Ndegwu Community, died instantly when the thunder struck during heavy rain at about 5 pm.

Mr. Stanley Opara, an eyewitness, told reporters that the deceased were …

2023 Why I Declined Offer To Be Obi’s Running Mate – Shagari

2023: Why I Declined Offer To Be Obi’s Running Mate – Shagari

October 12, 2022 6:42 am

A Minster and a former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari, has revealed that he was one of the first people contacted by the Labour Party to become Peter Obi’s running mate in the build-up to next year’s election.

Shagari, who was speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Today New York last night claimed that he had declined the opportunity because he did not believe Obi stood a chance in 2023.

‘The Labour party contacted me and requested if I would like to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi,’ the PDP chieftain …

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