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The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Tuesday reiterated the call for the separation of the office of the Attorney-General and that of the Minister of Justice.

The CNPP, while reacting to the accusation by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum against the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over his special interest in the controversial $418m refunds requested by consultants with respect to the Paris Club refund.

The umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in Nigeria also backed the governors of the 36 states of the federation on the accusation that Mr. …

Fuel scarcity is gradually biting hard in Damaturu and other parts of Yobe State with the resurfacing of long queues in filling stations where the product is available.

Checks by Africa Daily News, New York reveal that many petrol stations within the metropolis have remained closed over lack of product.

In few other stations where it is available, motorists have to wait in long queues and spend hours to get fuel.

Inusa Mamman Mohammed, a taxi driver who after spending about five hours lamented buying a litre of petrol at the cost of N175.

“We do not know what is …

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has stated that bribe-seeking workers at Nigeria’s airports will be barred for life from working at airport terminals across the country if caught.

The FAAN Managing Director, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja after an emergency meeting with FAAN’s management over rising cases of bribery at airports.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that an American vlogger, Sabbatical in a viral video called out airport officials for requesting money at different points.

He went ahead to describe the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos as “extreme corruption.

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Embattled pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu has reacted to news that some of his close allies and family members were instrumental to his rearrest in Kenya.

Kanu said the rumour that his brother, Kanunta; Secretary, Carolyn Okoroafor, and one Madam Nnennaya Anya, were behind his rearrest in Kenya is false.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, described the news mischievous; hence those behind it must stop and issue a retraction.

Read Also: Anambra: Kanu Never Gave ‘No Election Order’ – Abaribe

Kanu’s reaction was made public by his Lead Counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor during their routine briefing at the …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday called on member states to work towards imposing new sanctions against Belarus, which she blamed for an influx of migrants at the Polish border. 

The use ‘of migrants for political purposes is unacceptable’, she said in a statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, adding that the EU would also look at how to sanction ‘third-country airlines’ that bring migrants to Belarus.

‘We will not hesitate to adopt sanctions if necessary against companies and countries that play into the hands of smugglers,’ EU diplomatic chief Josep Borrell warned

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday stated his administration would prepare a law that will recommend jail terms for heads of building control agencies if a building collapses in the state under their watch.

The governor disclosed this during the Treasury Board Meeting on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2022 Budget in Abeokuta, the state capital.

He said, ‘I am coming up with a law that will send workers in the building industry to prison. Workers in the agencies responsible for building control are susceptible to taking bribes.

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Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) had disagreements on Monday over custody of former pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina after he was handed an eight-year jail sentence.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the drama unfolding as Maina was led out of the court at the close of trial by officers of the correctional center, but the EFCC insisted he went with them.

Both federal agencies finally reached common ground and drove out of the court premises with Maina heading to the Kuje Correctional Center.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal …

The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy.

The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay” in organising elections set for February 27 in Mali, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou told AFP after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who holds the rotating presidency of ECOWAS, to inform him …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN has constituted a task force committee against the acute petroleum scarcity in the country.

The association noted that queues have resurfaced at many filling stations across the country, while many others had closed down their activities, causing panic among citizens.

However, in a statement issued to journalists on Monday, the Chairman of IPMAN, Kano zone, Bashir Ahmad Dan-Mallam, said the association formed a committee, in collaboration with Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to check hoarding of the commodity at filling stations.

Dan-Mallam explained that any marketer found culpable of hoarding the product …

The death toll in the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has reached 44, the state government said on Sunday.

A statement issued by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso on Sunday said one more body was evacuated from the debris on Saturday, bringing the total to 43 deaths.

Read Also: Ikoyi: I’m Not Owner Of 21-Storey Building – Osinbajo

Omotoso added that 15 survivors had been rescued so far, while 49 people had reported that their loved ones were missing.

In his words: ‘Two more body has been recovered from the site of the

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and the African Union’s envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday visited the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia to discuss humanitarian access and a possible ceasefire in the year-long conflict.

Mr Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president and Mr Griffiths were in the regional capital Mekelle at the same time, according to reports.

It is unclear, however, whether the two were on the same trip.

Tigray TV reported that the two met ‘the president of Tigray government, Dr Debretsion Gebremichael’ in his office for talks on the ‘crisis in Ethiopia and ways to …