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Nigerian Army Gives Fresh Directives On Recruitment Platform

June 15, 2022 9:35 am

The Nigerian Army has finally announced the dates for the recruitment screening exercise for applicants of the 83 Regular Intake 2022 for Non-Tradesmen and Women who are willing to join the army.

It also instructed applicants to visit its recruitment portal at https://recruitment.army.mil.ng to check the lists of shortlisted candidates.

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The Army disclosed this in a public announcement, via its verified Twitter page late Tuesday, @HQNigerianArmy.

It tweeted, “The state recruitment screening exercise is scheduled to commence from 28 June – 11 July 2022 in all the 36 states and

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Goods Smuggling Kenya Moves To Enhance Border Security

Goods Smuggling: Kenya Moves To Enhance Border Security

June 15, 2022 4:56 am

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced that it has increased border surveillance in order to stem the high amount of smugglers bringing goods in from neighbouring countries such as Tanzania and Uganda.  

The general belief is that the move will help to reduce the potentially large revenue lost to local manufacturers and traders to illicit trade, which the Anti-Counterfeits Authority (ACA) estimates to be more than Sh153 annually. 

The measures follow other recent steps to improve the strength of the Kenyan border, such as the discontinuation of the Kenya visa on arrival. It is now obligatory for all non-visa-waiver …

Kidnapped Anglican Bishop, Wife And Driver Regain Freedom

Kidnapped Anglican Bishop, Wife And Driver Regain Freedom

June 15, 2022 4:50 am

The Anglican Bishop Rt Rev Aderogba Adeyinka of Jebba Anglican Diocese, Kwara State, his wife, and a driver who were abducted on Sunday by gunmen have regained their freedom.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York.

‘The Massive deployment of Police personnel for the operation to rescue the victims and the domination of the entire area by the Police Tactical teams pressurized the abductors into freeing the victims,’ the statement read, adding that the victims were released unhurt at about 18:20 …

EU Acquires 110,000 Vaccine Doses To Fight Monkeypox

EU Acquires 110,000 Vaccine Doses To Fight Monkeypox

June 15, 2022 4:46 am

The European Union on Tuesday revealed that it has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox outbreak and would share them out among the bloc’s members.

The jabs, made by Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, are currently authorised for use in the EU against smallpox, but officials say they will also work against the monkeypox virus.

‘With the agreement signed today, we ensure that member states will have access to much-needed vaccines to protect people exposed to monkeypox,’ EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides disclosed.

The World Health Organization says that, since the start of May, 1,285 monkeypox cases …

ECOWAS Court Decries Terrible, Haphazard Law Applications

June 14, 2022 5:32 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have shown that the ECOWAS Court of Justice has decried the poor application of community law by the national courts of member states.

The court stated that this impacts negatively on the growth of the law and the region’s integration project.

“In twenty years of operation, the Court has never been seized of a referral by a national court”, said Vice President Justice Gberi-be Ouatttara.

Ouatttara spoke at the opening of the first ordinary session of the 2022 ECOWAS Parliament.

Read Also: SERAP Drags Buhari’s Govt To ECOWAS Court

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Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

June 14, 2022 6:39 am

A court in Senegal has sentenced a fugitive rebel leader and two other men to life in prison for murder and armed insurrection over a massacre that claimed 14 lives.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Cesar Atoute Badiate, head of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), a rebel group fighting for autonomy in the southern Senegalese region, was sentenced in his absence for the killings.

Omar Ampoi Bodian, another member of the group, and journalist Rene Capain Bassene, received the same sentence, their lawyer Cire Cledor Ly told reporters.

The court in Ziguinchor, the main city …

Iran Attack Threat Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

Iran Attack Threats: Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

June 14, 2022 6:27 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid has advised citizens in Turkey to leave the country ‘as soon as possible’ over threats that Iranian operatives are actively planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul. 

‘It’s a real and immediate danger,’ Lapid informed a meeting of lawmakers from his Yesh Atid party, citing ‘several Iranian attempts at carrying out terror attacks against Israelis on holiday in Istanbul’.

‘If you are already in Istanbul, return to Israel as soon as possible,’ Lapid said. ‘If you have planned a flight to Istanbul — cancel. No vacation is worth your life,’ he added.

‘Do not fly to …

Consider Optional Celibacy, Spain Catholics Advises Church

Consider Optional Celibacy, Spain Catholics Advises Church

June 14, 2022 6:04 am

Spanish Catholics have expressed their desire to have Rome consider talks on the future of the priesthood including optional celibacy, the ordination of women, and also of married men, a key document which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York has shown.

The document was unveiled by the CEE Episcopal Conference that groups Spain’s leading bishops at a 600-strong gathering in Madrid yesterday.

It was coming against the backdrop of months of consultation with more than 215,000 people, mostly lay people but also priests and bishops, with the proposals to be condensed into a final document that will be …

Saudi Embrace Online Registration For Hajj To Combat Scams

Saudi Embrace Online Registration For Hajj To Combat Scams

June 14, 2022 4:53 am

Saudi Arabian authorities have disclosed that it would henceforth require that would-be hajj pilgrims from many Western countries apply for visas via a government portal online, a move which is intended to crack down on ‘fake’ travel agencies, officials told reporters on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the new system was put in place as the kingdom concludes preparations to welcome 850,000 Muslims from abroad for the annual hajj after two years during which pilgrims not already in Saudi Arabia were barred because of Covid pandemic restrictions.

It applies to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, …

US Woman Who Got STD In Car Gets $5.2m In Damages

US Woman Who Got STD In Car Gets $5.2m In Damages

June 13, 2022 2:14 pm

A bizzre case between a United States woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease from her partner during romantic encounters in his car and his insurance company has ended with her being awarded $5.2 million in damages from his vehicle insurance company.

The woman in the state of Missouri successfully claimed her partner had negligently infected her with HPV, and that his policy covered her for “injuries and losses.”

Read Also: 74 Year Old Nabbed For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Minor

Referred to in court documents only as M.O., the woman had requested an award of $9.9 million before an …

Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets - SERAP

Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others Should Publish Their Assets – SERAP

June 13, 2022 1:37 pm

As Nigerian political parties openly field their candidates for the 2023 general elections, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to presidential candidatess ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, which urges them to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities, and to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.

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SERAP said: “While there is no constitutional requirement for presidential candidates to publish their assets and liabilities before elections, doing so would show that you can

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Pollution: Osun Stakeholders Urge FG To Curb Illegal Mining

Pollution: Osun Stakeholders Urge FG To Curb Illegal Mining

June 13, 2022 1:36 pm

The rising spate of illegal mining in the Osun State have seen some stakeholders motioning to the Federal Government and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to deal with the heavy contamination of Osun River as urgently as they can.

The Statement has reiterated that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, and NESREA to set up a committee to deal with mining activities in Osun State, which has polluted Osun River.

They make the call in a communique after a Twitter Space themed “The Gold Curse: Poverty, …

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