November 2022

Naira Needs Redecimalisation Not CBN's Clueless Redesigning

Naira Needs Redecimalisation Not CBN’s Clueless Redesigning

November 7, 2022 1:58 am

The Nigerian economy which used to be a powerhouse in Africa is currently facing what might be its greatest threat yet, and the managers appear to be clueless about the measures to take. For an import-driven economy that has failed to make any audacious move on economic diversification, it is only natural that the pressure on the Dollar remains high thus moving its value upwards while the local currency flounders. This has been the case for the past decade and current managers of the economy don’t seem to possess any iota of sincerity toward pulling the country out of the …

Kanye West A Race Traitor with An Unbridled

Kanye West: A Race Traitor with An Unbridled Tongue

November 7, 2022 1:50 am

It will be pretty difficult to deny that Kanye West who recently turned Ye, is a music, entrepreneurial, and marketing genius. Of course, he wouldn’t have become a billionaire if that wasn’t the case, but beyond all that, we cannot look away from the fact that he is suffering from severe mental illness or perhaps is under some kind of spell that is determined to diminish whatever heights he may have attained.

Kanye is an antisemite who has never hidden his hate for the Jewish race and is well-known for his nonchalance about racism against blacks. One might go as …

2023 Can Obi Become A Magician

2023: Can Obi Become A Magician?

November 7, 2022 1:24 am

When the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi pulled a surprise in May and opted to quit Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), it left political pundits flabbergasted as to what must have informed such a decision. To some people, leaving a party that almost made one a Vice President the last time there was an election reeked of desperation and poor judgement, while to others, it was a political masterstroke. The truth is that both schools of thought could be right or wrong and only the February election can provide a definite answer. One …

What Rishi Sunak Must Do To Avoid The Ditch

What Rishi Sunak Must Do To Avoid The Ditch

November 7, 2022 1:14 am

A fortnight ago, the world was treated to some dose of surprise when 42-year-old former hedge fund supremo, Rishi Sunak was announced as Britain’s third Prime Minister in just about two months. There is no gainsaying the fact that Sunak inherited what many people might describe as something close to a disaster. Staying afloat will now be directly hinged on how well he is able to find solutions to the most prominent problems that might be the only things uniting a deeply divided country. He will need to tackle a growing economic crisis sparked by the situation in Ukraine and …

Oil Theft Gunmen Attack Tompolo’s Speedboat In Bayelsa

Oil Theft: Gunmen Attack Tompolo’s Speedboat In Bayelsa

November 6, 2022 2:21 am

Unknown gunmen on Saturday launched an attack on Tompolo’s Pipeline Surveillance boat, Tantita, assigned to Tuomo Unit and headed by the traditional prime minister of Tuomo Kingdom in Delta State, High Chief Mike Loyibo, and reportedly carted away with its 200 horsepower engine.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Tantita is the company that recently won a multi-billion contract to protect crude oil pipelines in the Niger Delta against oil thieves and led by a former militant leader, Government Ekpenupolo, aka Tompolo.

Saturday’s attack reportedly happened at Aleibiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, a few …

Iran Finally Admits Sending Drones To Russia

Iran Finally Admits To Sending Drones To Russia

November 6, 2022 2:14 am

For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, Iran on Saturday admitted that it has sent drones to Russia, however, maintained they were supplied to its ally before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated that; ‘We supplied Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Ukraine and its Western allies have on many occasions accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones in recent weeks to carry out attacks in Ukraine. Tehran has repeatedly denied these claims.

Iran has meanwhile, continued …

Candlelight Vigils To Mourn South Korea Halloween Victims

Candlelight Vigils To Mourn South Korea Halloween Victims

November 5, 2022 9:23 pm

In lieu of the recent crowd stampede disaster in South Korea, some candlelight vigils and rallies have been held in South Korea on Saturday to fully commemorate the 156 people who had been killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country’s deadliest peacetime disasters.

The victims who had been mostly young people, were among the estimated 100,000 who had flocked to the capital Seoul’s popular Itaewon nightlife district to celebrate the first post-pandemic Halloween.

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South Korean law enforcement officials have also …

Eight Arrested By Amotekun For Suspected ₦15m Fraud In Ogun

Amotekun Gives Reasons For Their Inter Border Patrols

November 5, 2022 9:15 pm

Amotekun Corps, the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) has given the reasons why the outfit would be embarking on a joint border patrol to also check some of the crime activities on highways ahead of the festive periods as well.

Leading the border patrol team, the Corps Commander of Ondo State, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, who is also the chairman of all the corps commanders in the region had made this revealation on Saturday in Owena, border town of Osun and Ondo State.

Adeleye had also revealed that the corps would not leave anything for chance, particularly, when it had become …

Flooding ‘State Of Emergency’ Still Too Early – Minister

Flooding Has Doubled Number Of IDPs In Nigeria – FG

November 5, 2022 9:15 pm

The Federal Government of Nigeria in a fresh report have revealed that the recent flooding that submerged some parts of Nigeria has doubled the number of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, nationwide.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq had also made this disclosure on Saturday at an event commemorating National IDPs Day in Abuja.

Read Also: Anxiety As Measles Hit Benue IDP Camps 

Sadiya said the recent flood was a “sad global phenomenon as a result of climate change, which has also doubled the number of displaced persons nationwide and globally.”

It has also …

Retired Pique Was Not As 'Useful' As Before – Xavi

Retired Pique Was Not As ‘Useful’ As Before – Xavi

November 4, 2022 12:46 pm

Xavi Hernandez who is the current Barcelona coach has revealed that he understands Gerard Pique’s decision to retire halfway through the season, because the 35-year-old defender does not actually feel as “important or useful” to the team as before.

Pique had also announced that he would be playing his final match at Camp Nou on Saturday against Almeria, while he will also be available for the club’s last game before the World Cup event at Osasuna on Tuesday.

Read Also: Pogba Ruled Out Of Qatar 2022 World Cup After Injury

This season Xavi has only called on him because of …

Afenifere: Adebanjo Fully Remains Our Acting Leader – Fasoranti

Afenifere: Adebanjo Fully Remains Our Acting Leader – Fasoranti

November 4, 2022 12:21 pm

Pa Reuben Fasoranti who is currently the elder statesman and who is also a leader of Afenifere, on Thursday affirmed that Chief Ayo Adebanjo is still the Acting Chairman of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group.

Mr Fasoranti had also asserted that he has never advocated that the organisation’s meetings would be moved from the hometown of Adebanjo in Ogbo-Ijebu, Ogun State, to his country home in Akure, Ondo State.

Read Also: 2023: Why We Endorsed Tinubu – Afenifere Faction

The Afenifere leader had also managed to emphasize that the report which had been credited to him was intended to polarize Afenifere …

Afegbua Tackles Atiku Over US Visit, Describes It As Shameful

2023: Atiku Abubakar Has A Staunch Record Of Betrayal – APC

November 4, 2022 12:21 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York, the Nigerian Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has also described the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar as a traitor.

It has also been revealed that the Director of Special Media Projects and New Media Tinubu/Shettima PCC, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode had made this revealation in a statement which he had issued on Thursday while he had been reacting to the statement credited to the spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Senator Dino Melaye.

Read Also: Afegbua Tackles Atiku

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