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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to shut down Nigeria in protest if the Federal Government proceeds with its plans to hike the fuel price.

Africa Daily News, New York had a few days ago reported that the Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, announced that fuel subsidy will be removed by next year, and when done, fuel price might cost ₦340 per litre.

NANS said it will team up with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other Civil Society Organisations to register their rejection of the policy through nationwide shutdown.

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Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has reacted to Andy Uba’s decision to approach the court after the outcome of Anambra gubernatorial election didn’t favour him.

The popular man of God explained that Andy Uba will end up being disgraced if he approaches the court to battle the outcome of the election because the victory of Charles Soludo and APGA in the election is a result of obedience to spiritual advice and warnings.

Primate Ayodele made it known that contesting the outcome in court will end up futile because God has not anointed Andy Uba to become …

Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in Istanbul against male violence. 

The protesters held banners saying “We will fight till we get what we want”, “Don’t be quiet to the male violence” and urged the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to rejoin an international treaty designed to protect women.

The landmark Istanbul Convention came into force in 2014 and laid the way for a Europe-wide legal framework to tackle, prevent and prosecute violence against women.

Turkey abandoned the convention after Erdogan signed a decree to that effect in March, drawing the wrath of …

South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers, worse than Delta variant.

However, the scientists are working to understand its potential implications, they said on Thursday.

The variant – called B.1.1.529 – has a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, which are concerning because they could help it evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible, scientists told reporters at a news conference.

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Early signs from diagnostic laboratories suggest the variant has rapidly increased in the most populated province of Gauteng and may …

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has extended the 14-day ultimatum earlier given to the Federal Government by seven days, raising the possibility of fuel scarcity across the country in the coming weeks.

This was contained in a statement issued by the union’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, on Thursday in Lagos.

Recall that NUPENG had, on November 15, issued the 14-day ultimatum to embark on a nationwide strike due to what it called non-implementation of an agreement earlier reached with the government.

The issues at stake include non-payment of workers’ salaries and title benefits, among others.

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Apple yesterday sued the Israeli spyware maker at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal, seeking to block NSO Group from targeting the over one billion iPhones presently in circulation.

The suit from the Silicon Valley giant adds to the trouble facing embattled NSO, which was soaked in controversy over reports that tens of thousands of activists, journalists, and politicians were listed as potential targets of its Pegasus spyware.

US authorities just weeks ago blacklisted NSO to restrict exports from American groups over allegations the Israel firm ‘enabled foreign governments to conduct transnational repression.’

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday revealed that it had received no fewer than 158 fresh Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Farinloye said the returnees, who had been stranded in Libya, departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli, aboard a chartered Buraq Aircraft Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG.

He said that they arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 5. 47 p.m.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s promise this week to head for the front lines of his country’s brutal year-long war has boosted recruitment for the besieged armed forces.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a prominent distance runner — marathoner and Olympic silver medallist Feyisa Lelisa — has joined thousands of ordinary Ethiopians keen to follow Abiy’s lead.

World powers have continued to cry out ovcr a military escalation that could scuttle efforts to broker a ceasefire, as rebels claim they are advancing towards the capital Addis Ababa and foreign governments tell their citizens to leave.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Wednesday, warned the Federal Government not to go on with fresh plans of giving approvals for the creation of new universities in the country.

The immediate past President and ex-officio of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who gave the warning, pointing out that Nigeria does not by any reason need new universities.

He stressed that the best thing for the government to do is to focus on rehabilitation of the existing ones in order to deliver quality education to the people.

Ogunyemi stated this in Abuja during a national symposium and retirement …

The Emir of Katsina State, Dr. Abdulmumin Usman on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to join hands and help the police in battling crimes in the country for the sake of peace and prosperity of the country, pointing out that the security outfit needs serious help.

The Emir made this appeal in his palace during a courtesy call by the President of Police Officers Wives Association, Hajiya Hajara Ahmed Alkali.

The Katsina royal father also called on the federal government to further look into the welfare of the Nigerian police by providing modern equipments to help in tackling the security challenges …