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The Islamic State group on Thursday attacked a Kurdish-run jail in northeast Syria freeing fellow jihadists, a war monitor reported without specifying how many escaped.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a car bomb hit the entrance of the Ghwayran prison and a second blast went off in the vicinity before IS jihadists attacked Kurdish security forces manning the facility, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

‘A number of prisoners managed to escape,’ said the Observatory which relies on a network of sources inside Syria. It did not specify how they managed to break out.

Ghwayran is …

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has explained why he believes that banditry will not end soon in the state.

The governor attributed the continued attacks by bandits on innocent residents of various communities in the State to the activities of some individuals.

He made the remarks yesterday afternoon while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

‘I don’t think this issue of banditry will end very soon because already, some people are behind it,’ the governor said.

‘Some people are using it and all they need is at least to show Nigerians …

The number of Covid-19 cases in China on Monday reached its highest level since March 2020, even as Beijing races to smother outbreaks just three weeks before hosting the Winter Olympics.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that China, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, has stuck to a strict policy of targeting zero Covid cases even as the rest of the world has reopened.

But its approach has come under sustained pressure in recent weeks with multiple clusters across the country just as the Games are about to get under way in Beijing.

On Monday there were …

Nigerian Grammy-award-winning singer, Burna Boy has called out the Rivers State Government over the environmental situation of the city particularly the soot problem which is beginning to constitute a health hazard.

Bunkering and illegal crude oil refining activities are on the high rise in different riverine communities of Rivers State.

Burna Boy, in a series of posts on social media on Wednesday, sought a solution to the menace.

Alongside pictures of dark clouds and faces of people covered in black, Burna Boy sought the way forward.

His post read: ‘Dark clouds over my city, what is the way forward?…

The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Police Force, Frank Mba, has disclosed that the Nigeria Police extended the online registration in the ongoing 2021 police constable recruitment to Saturday, January 22, 2022, to allow more Southerners to apply.

In a statement made available to Newsmen on Wednesday, Mba explained that the extension became necessary ‘to ensure equal opportunity and even spread of applications, particularly from states in the South-East, South-South geopolitical zones and Lagos State.’

He stated the extension would enable the southern states to meet up with the required quota for their respective states.

Giving a breakdown …

No fewer than 19 people were confirmed dead and a dozens others injured when a fire blazed through a high-rise apartment building in New York City on Sunday, its mayor disclosed early Monday morning in one of America’s worst residential fires in recent memory.

‘We know that we have 19 people who are confirmed dead, as well as several others in critical condition,‘ Mayor Eric Adams told CNN, adding that 63 people had been wounded.

‘This is going to be one of the worst fires in our history,’ he said.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that at least …

The Government of Rivers State has declared about 19 people wanted for alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering activities which is the primary source of soot.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Governor Nyesom Wike, who made the announcement in a statewide broadcast on Sunday, ordered those affected to ‘report themselves to the state police command.’

The Governor said he has also ‘given the full details’ of the persons involved to security agencies for prompt action.

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He also directed the state head of service to issue a …

The general overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has warned Christians to desisit from criticising their prophets, saying such attitude attracts dangerous punishment from God.

The renowned clergy who gave the warning during the Leadership Empowerment Summit at the church’s headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, said speaking against men of God can attract leprosy.

Oyedepo asserted many critics of his ministry must have been victims of the warning, stressing that the warnings are based on spiritual insights.

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He said, “Beware of speaking hurt against the …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has turned down plans by the Federal Government to increase taxes on non-alcoholic and carbonated drinks.

The NLC made its position known in a statement signed by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

Recall that the government had announced the increased taxes as a way of discouraging over-consumption of sugar, checking obesity, and also generating more money to fund the 2022 budget.

But the union believes implementing increased taxes on non-alcoholic and carbonated drinks, which is one of the provisions in the 2021 Finance Act, will impose …

Congratulations are in order as fast-growing media outfit – Scholastic Art Creations has announced the appointment of an internationally rated Brand Strategist for its recently released film – Gang of Looters.

Many Nigerians were amazed to wake to the news on Wednesday that renowned Writer, Actor, and Entreprenuer Dr Chiemelie, Chief Executive Officer of Kizzy Service Hub an online media hub is now the brand strategist for the recently released blockbuster film, Gang of Looters. Dr. Chiemelie who is also the international correspondent for Africa Today News, New York has been inundated with congratulatory messages from people who believe the …

Even as the world is still grappling with the highly mutated Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, a new Coronavirus variant identified as IHU has emerged in France.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Scientists identified the new strain, B.1.640.2, at the institute IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille.

This is coming just a few days after Israel reported its first case of rare double infection of COVID and Influenza, Flurona. France has already reported at least 12 cases of this variant, which researchers believe contains 46 mutations, more than Omicron. The new variant has been associated with Cameroun.

However, …