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Sultan Takes Responsibility For Children Orphaned By Insurgency

Sultan Takes Responsibility For Children Orphaned By Insurgency

May 7, 2022 1:07 pm

The Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that children who were orphaned as a result of insurgency would be left in his care and are his responsibilty.

The Sultan made the declaration on Saturday, during the Eid-el-fitr lunch which was organised for the students of UK Jarma Academy in Sokoto State.

The school founded by a Sokoto-based Philanthropist, Alhaji Umarun Kwabo, holds an estimated total of 171 Orphans from Borno, Yobe and Sokoto states. These include 117 orphans from Borno, 21 from Yobe and 33 from Sokoto …

Extreme Weather: Africa Bridges Gap On Early Warning

Extreme Weather: Africa Bridges Gap On Early Warning

May 7, 2022 3:16 am

 African countries have resolved to bridge the gap on early warning and early action regarding extreme weather conditions on the continent.

Prof. Mansur Matazu, the Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), made this known at the closing of a two-day regional forum hosted by Nigeria.

Bodies involved in the forum are Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Application Programmes (CLIMSA) Committee, and the Governing Board of African Centre of the Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD).

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Such efforts, Matazu said, would curtail damages in all 54 African countries coming together under ACMAD as …

Nigeria To Host UNWTO Conference On Culture – NTDC DG

Nigeria To Host UNWTO Conference On Culture – NTDC DG

May 7, 2022 3:12 am

Mr Folorunsho Coker, the Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), says Nigeria will host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference on culture and sustainable development through tourism in November.

Coker, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, said that the hosting followed the discussions with UNWTO Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili, at the United Nations General Assembly in December, 2021.

“The UNWTO platform is coming to Lagos in November 2022. It will be the opportunity for Nigeria to show the world its diversity in mediums of cultural expression,’’ the

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Lagos Boat Mishap: 15 Bodies Finally Recovered From River

Boat Mishap: Buhari Mourns Victims, Warns Against Rickety Boats

May 7, 2022 3:11 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief as several people are feared dead after a boat sank in Mai’aduwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Reacting to the incident in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said he was extremely pained by capsizing of the boat.

The boat was carrying mostly children returning from Sallah celebrations.

He said: “My thoughts are with the bereaved families.

“Right now, rescue operations by the State Government and National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, are ongoing at the site of the tragedy, hoping to rescue missing passengers.…

11 Killed Following Terror Attack In Burkina Faso - Army

11 Killed Following Terror Attack In Burkina Faso – Army

May 7, 2022 2:21 am

No fewer than seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army have revealed.

The first attack near the town of Solle on Thursday led to the deaths of two soldiers and four civilian volunteers helping the army while five paramilitary troops perished in another raid the same day at Ouanobe, the army said in a statement received Friday.

The ambushes were staged by “terrorists,” according to the army, using a term to signify jihadist groups active in Burkina Faso’s north.

Nine people were wounded, it said, adding that the …

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2 Men In Court Over Alleged Burglary, Theft In Ekiti

May 6, 2022 5:38 pm

One Isah Ibrahim and Faruq Umaru, alleged to have stolen a Yamaha generator and other valuables worth ₦442,000, were on Friday brought before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti.

The defendants, whose ages were given as 65 and 27 respectively and of no fixed addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.

The Prosecutor, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendants committed the offences sometime in April at about 2:00a.m., at Atikankan Area in Ado-Ekiti.

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Akinwale said that the first defendants broke into …

Bandits: NRC Announces Restoration Access Between Abuja And Kaduna

Bandits: NRC Announces Restoration Access Between Abuja And Kaduna

May 6, 2022 1:56 pm

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that the track access between Abuja and Kaduna is now restored.

The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the development in a statement issued by Director Operations of the NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, on Thursday in Lagos.

Okhiria explained that the south end of the tracks, destroyed by the explosion, has been successfully joined with the north end.

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He said: “In our concerted efforts at restoring the Abuja–Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) tracks corridor for resumption of service, …

Ethiopia: 27 Trucks Of Essential Items Arrive Tigray Region – UN

Ethiopia: 27 Trucks Of Essential Items Arrive Tigray Region – UN

May 6, 2022 1:22 pm

A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that the 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to the city of Mekelle.

This was the fourth humanitarian convoy to reach Tigray since the transportation of aid resumed at the beginning of April, following more than three months of interruption.

Since then, 169 trucks have reached Tigray, transporting some 4,300 metric tonnes of supplies.

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ASUU Strike Small Campus Businesses Dying – KASU Traders

ASUU Strike: Small Campus Businesses Dying – KASU Traders

May 6, 2022 12:34 am

Campus shop owners, in Kaduna State University (KASU), on Thursday, decried the continuous strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that ASUU had on February 14th this year embarked on a one-month warning strike, but because their demands were not met, the union vowed to continue until the Federal Government responds favourably.

However, during the visit by correspondents to the institution, on Thursday, to the main campus of the Kaduna State University, the environment which was unusually quiet, while many business centres within the school campus, especially, the photocopying …

11 African Countries Currently In Fifth Wave Of COVID-19

11 African Countries Currently In Fifth Wave Of COVID-19

May 6, 2022 12:32 am

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in African countries but are currently becoming less and less fatal, an Africa Centre for Disease Control official revealed on Thursday.

Countries experiencing their “fifth wave” of cases are seeing tallies spike higher than in their previous wave, Deputy Head of the pan-African health organisation, Ahmed Ogwell, said.

Eleven countries on the continent are currently in a fifth wave of infection, with Mauritius in its sixth, Ogwell said.

Some of the countries are Algeria, Benin, Congo Republic, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia and Tunisia.

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2023: I’ll Engage Area Boys’ To Stem Insecurity – Aspirant

2023: I’ll Engage Area Boys’ To Stem Insecurity – Aspirant

May 5, 2022 2:56 am

A former Vice Chairman and Executive Secretary, Somolu Local Government, Mr Abiodun Orekoya says he’s ready to engage ‘agberos’ and ‘area boys’ otherwise known as miscreants in the constituency to improve the security if elected in 2023.

Orekoya made the pledge on Wednesday while officially declaring ambition to vie for Somolu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the 2023 general elections.

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Orekoya, who is contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), told newsmen during his declaration at Agunbiade …

24 Kurdish Militants 'Neutralised' By Turkey In Northern Syria

24 Kurdish Militants ‘Neutralised’ By Turkey In Northern Syria

May 5, 2022 12:55 am

Turkey has announced that it has been able to ‘neutralised’ at least 24 members of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria.

According to a statement made public by the defence ministry on Wednesday, this happened after a Turkish soldier was killed in a missile attack in the area.

The missile attack was reportedly launched in Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch zone in northern Syria,

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Turkish authorities often use the term ‘neutralise’ to imply that ‘terrorists’ were killed, wounded, or captured in given security operations.

The tension between YPG and the Turkish military …

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