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Tent Shelter For Bussed-In Asylum Seekers Opened In New York

Tent Shelter For Bussed-In Asylum Seekers Opened In New York

October 20, 2022 7:42 am

New York City has launched an emergency tent shelter to provide shelter for an influx of asylum seekers being bussed into the city by the Republican leaders of Texas and other US states in advance of critical midterm elections early next month.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the first arrivals were brought on Wednesday to the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center on Randall’s Island, which will serve as a temporary home for 500 single migrant men, according to the city.

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The asylum seekers were dropped off in New York City after long journeys that …

Real Reason Many States Are Flooded In Nigeria - FG

Real Reason Many States Are Flooded In Nigeria – FG

October 20, 2022 6:15 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has explained that contrary to widely held beliefs, water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon is not responsible for the flooding that has devastated parts of Nigeria. 

While the Senate Committee on Water Resources, like many Nigerians, was of the view that water released from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon was responsible for the devastating flood in many parts of the country, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said that was not the case.

The minister said the flood is due to water flowing from tributaries like River Katsina-Ala and others flowing into River Benue …

Nigeria Now Has One Doctor To 10,000 Patients Ratio - NIPSS

Nigeria Now Has One Doctor To 10,000 Patients Ratio – NIPSS

October 20, 2022 5:57 am

The fast-detoriating state of depletion of the health workforce in Nigeria has taken a more drastic turn for the worse with the doctor-to-patient ratio in the country now pegged at 1:10,000 as against the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation of 1:1,000, according to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).

At the moment, Nigeria has the third-largest number of foreign medical doctors working in the United Kingdom after India and Pakistan.

The director-general of NIPSS, Professor Ayo Omotayo, disclosed this yesterday at a one-day symposium with the theme: Nigeria’s Recent Health Sector Brain Drain and Its Implications for …

New York Opens Emergency Center For Fresh Influx Of Migrants

New York Opens Emergency Center For Fresh Influx Of Migrants

October 19, 2022 9:25 pm

Some of the giant tents which had been built on an island have reportedly opened up Wednesday as the New York City’s latest temporary shelter for an influx of international migrants who are being directed into the city on Buses by the southern border states.

The humanitarian relief center which is situated ib Randall’s Island is also intended to be a temporary waystation for single, adult men — many from Venezuela — who have also been arriving several times per week on buses chartered predominantly from Texas and it has been reported that the tents include cots for up to …

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NMA Announced New Innovation To Tackle Quackery In Benue

October 19, 2022 9:01 pm

In some of their new innovations, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Benue State chapter has made an announcement about a fresh innovation which would be called the Digital Help Desk as some of their fresh measures which would be used to curb the menace of medical quackery. 

NMA, which would be coming under the chairmanship of Dr Ushakuma Anenga, had also revealed that the Digital Help Desk has several channels with which to improve communication between the association and the general public.

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The help desk was …

Train Crushes Man To Death In New York Over Phone

Train Crushes Man To Death In New York Over Phone

October 18, 2022 7:20 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that a 50-year-old man is under arrest and has been detained after a fight had broken out with another subway rider which had ended with that man being fatally struck by a train in Elmhurst, Queens.

The suspect had been reportedly standing near the platform of the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave. station at around 4:45 p.m. Monday when the other 48-year-old Heriberto Quintana bumped into him while walking by and the contact had sent the suspect’s cellphone tumbling onto the subway tracks.

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FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

October 18, 2022 5:51 am

The government of Nigeria has described the recent killings of Nigerians in South Africa as wicked and callous while calling for sustained efforts to end it.

In a statement issued Monday, the Consulate General of Nigeria in South Africa said the killings, which happened In the last three weeks, were unnecessary.

It said: ‘The Consulate General of Nigeria, Johannesburg, has received with grave concern reports of recent violent killings of Nigerians in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.

‘The killings, which happened In the last three weeks, are unnecessary, condemnable, and utterly …

NATO Begins ‘Routine’ Nuclear Drill Amid Russia Tensions

NATO Begins ‘Routine’ Nuclear Drill Amid Russia Tensions

October 18, 2022 5:17 am

NATO has confirmed that it has launched its regular nuclear deterrence drills in western Europe after tensions heightened with Russia over President Vladimir Putin’s veiled threats in the face of setbacks in Ukraine.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Monday, the 30-nation alliance has pointed out that the ‘routine, recurring training activity’ — which runs until October 30 — was planned before Moscow invaded Ukraine and is not linked to the current situation.

It will have to involve US B-52 long-range bombers, and up to 60 aircraft in total will take part in training flights over Belgium, the United …

Teenager Jumps Off Bridge To Escape Arrest In US

Teenager Jumps Off Bridge To Escape Arrest In US

October 17, 2022 5:54 am

The police officers have arrested a 14-year-old boy who reportedly jumped off of a 25-to-30-foot bridge after running out of gas during a pursuit in Detroit, Michigan, the United States.

According to Fox 2 Detroit reports, the teenager over the weekend, was suspected to be a thief who had stolen one of three Mustang Shelby GT500s sports cars from the Flat Rock Assembly Plant lot in Metro Detroit.

It disclosed when one of the cars was spotted, the officers with the Brownstown Police Department (BPD) called and tried to stop the driver, but he refused and this led to …

Flood Act Fast Now To Avert Disaster, Edwin Clarke Urges FG

Flood: Act Fast Now To Avert Disaster, Edwin Clarke Urges FG

October 17, 2022 5:46 am

Elder statesman from the Niger Delta, Edwin Clark has charged the Federal Government to ‘act fast’ to avert disasters in the Niger Delta following flooding in the region.

In a statement on Sunday, Clark, who is also an Ijaw elder, decried the flooding which has displaced thousands of people in the region and other parts of Nigeria. He accused the Federal Government of being nonchalant over the issue, calling on the humanitarian ministry and other agencies to urgently deplore relief materials to the areas.

‘I enjoin these Federal Government bodies to act fast and sincerely. And should ensure that if …

Ukraine Invasion I Have No Regrets, Putin Declares

Ukraine Invasion: I Have No Regrets, Putin Declares

October 15, 2022 4:19 am

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has stated that he has no plans ‘for now’ to launch any sort of massive air raids such as those carried out this week, in which more than 100 long-range missiles were fired at targets across Ukraine.

Speaking on Friday at the end of a summit in Kazakhstan, President Putin said ‘We do not set ourselves the task of destroying Ukraine. No, of course not’.

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He went on to add that the call-up of reservists would be finished in two weeks, promising an end to the divisive mobilisation that has seen …

Obajana Controversy Kogi Vows To Sue Dangote

Obajana Controversy: Kogi Vows To Sue Dangote

October 15, 2022 3:33 am

The Government of Kogi State on Friday said it would drag Dangote Cement Plc to court and reclaim what rightfully belongs to the people.

The decision to go to court was taken at an emergency meeting on Thursday night between key government officials, led by Governor Yahaya Bello, and stakeholders representing the different ethnic groups in the state.

A statement signed by the Hon. Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said that, at the meeting, which ran into the early hours of Friday, all stakeholders resolved to head to court in the interest of the people and generations to come.

He …

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