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Rendition You Can't Try Kanu In Nigeria, IPOB Challenges FG

Rendition: You Can’t Try Kanu In Nigeria, IPOB Challenges FG

September 30, 2022 4:32 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stressed that no court in Nigeria has the authority to try its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, maintaining that his rendition was illegal.

In a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, said the Nigerian court has violated local and international laws by allegedly condoning Kanu’s rendition.

‘Extraordinary rendition is a serious crime under international law. No civilised nation in the world, more so, those under common law system of justice, condone kidnapping and extrajudicial transfer of suspects across international borders, without the authority …

Army Committed To Security Of All Nigerians – COAS Quips

Army Committed To Security Of All Nigerians – COAS Quips

September 29, 2022 8:40 pm

Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya who is the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff has reiterated his earlier statement that the Nigerian army is always ready to get to stand in harm’s way in order to accord Nigerians all the safety, security and the comfort that they deserve.

Yahaya had made this statement during the maiden Annual Command Guest House Stakeholders Conference in 2022 which had been organised by the Department of Special Services and Programmes on Thursday in Abuja.

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He had also been represented by the Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army …

Father Of Four Killed: As School Wall Collapses In Ondo

Father Of Four Killed: As School Wall Collapses In Ondo

September 29, 2022 10:31 am

A carpenter named Ademola Lawrence was killed when the wall of a crumbling classroom at the Local Authority Primary School, established 67 years ago in the Okitipupa neighbourhood of Ondo state.

According to information obtained by Africa Daily News, the victim, a father of four who was 52 years old, was carrying out bricklaying duties when something unexpected occurred.

According to a source, the victim decided to work as a bricklayer after finding it difficult to find employment in the community.

It was quite terrible that the victim chose to work as a bricklayer in order to survive.

 

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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ian Blasts Through Florida

‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ian Blasts Through Florida

September 29, 2022 3:59 am

On Wednesday, a Monster Hurricane Ian walloped Florida blasting down the southern US state’s coast with extreme wind and rain, and causing ‘catastrophic’ flooding from destructive storm surges.

Dramatic TV footage which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York showed churning water which was submerging roads and sweeping away vehicles as the hurricane edged close to landfall near Fort Myers and Port Charlotte.

Ian, an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm, was destined to affect several million people across Florida and in the southeastern states Georgia and South Carolina.

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The storm was …

Far-Right Trump Supporters Arraigned For Jan 6 ‘Sedition’

Far-Right Trump Supporters Arraigned For Jan 6 ‘Sedition’

September 27, 2022 8:19 pm

Trouble brews for some of the controversial Trump supporters as the leader and some other four members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia who had joined the January 6th, 2021 controversial attack on the United States Capitol would be going on trial Tuesday for the rare charge of sedition.

Stewart Rhodes who had been identified as the eyepatch-wearing former soldier and Yale Law School graduate who had also plotted a military-style assault on the Capitol, and some of his other followers had been charged with taking up weapons against the United States in an effort to keep Donald Trump in …

Allow Us Buy Nnamdi Kanu’s Medications, IPOB Lawyer Tells DSS

Allow Us Buy Nnamdi Kanu’s Medications, IPOB Lawyer Tells DSS

September 27, 2022 5:53 am

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal representative of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has appealed to the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow family members to provide funds to be used for the medical treatment of his client. 

Ejiofor, the lawyer of the pro-Biafran group made the call on Monday, after returning from a court-ordered routine visit to the DSS headquarters in Abuja, where Kanu is being held under solitary confinement for over 14 months.

According to the IPOB lawyer, Kanu’s health condition of recent has been worsening in recent times.

Ejiofor said …

Seven Burnt To Death In Lagos Road Accident

Seven Burnt To Death In Lagos Road Accident

September 26, 2022 4:33 am

At least seven people were confirmed dead yesterday when a commercial bus reportedly caught fire in the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos State.

Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, said the accident involved a 4 passenger Mazda with registration number KJA 699 GY.

He blamed the accident on recklessness and over-speeding by the driver, which he said resulted in the fire with 12 passengers trapped.

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The statement reads: ‘Upon arrival at the scene, …

Amidst Wave Of Women-Led Protests, Iran Vows ‘No Mercy’

Amidst Wave Of Women-Led Protests, Iran Vows ‘No Mercy’

September 25, 2022 7:56 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Iran judiciary chief has openly vowed that no leniency would sill be held against the wave of all the unrest that has been rocking the country since the death of a young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini who had also been in the custody of the morality police.

The warning had also been made by Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei who is also the head of the Judiciary which had come after nine nights of protests and street clashes and had also echoed earlier comments by ultra-conservative President …

White House Frowns At ‘Destructive’ Arizona Abortion Ban Ruling

White House Frowns At ‘Destructive’ Arizona Abortion Ban Ruling

September 24, 2022 8:59 pm

The United States White House has on Saturday frowned at a court ruling  which had been made in Arizona that also imposes a near-complete ban on all the abortions in the southwestern United States state while describing it as “catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable.”

It had been reported that on Friday, a judge in Arizona’s Pima County had also made a ruling that the stricter ban which had also been first imposed in 1864, before Arizona was a state — must be enforced.

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“If this decision stands, health care providers …

Bandits Are Now More Powerful Than Zamfara State Govt – Modi

Bandits Are Now More Powerful Than Zamfara State Govt – Modi

September 24, 2022 8:27 pm

Alhaji Mohammed Modi, a well-known political chieftain in Zamfara State has openly lamented that the rising spate of killings, kidnappings and maiming of innocent citizens in the state has become so embarrassing and is getting quite perplexing.

In an exclusive interview which he had granted to Newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, Modi had alsostated that it is not clear exactly what these bandits want, pointing out that all efforts being made for them to reason and surrender their arms have proved abortive.

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“The State government has initiated dialogues with …

Latvians Show Readiness For War To Neighbouring Russia

Latvians Show Readiness For War To Neighbouring Russia

September 24, 2022 8:25 pm

It had been reported that when war had been declared in Ukraine, the head of Latvia’s fashion chamber Dita Danosa had not hesitated to also become an army reservist, swapping her usually stylish clothes for military fatigues.

“I really felt I couldn’t be passive and just watch television,” the 49-year-old told AFP at the Mezaine military training ground in western Latvia.

“So I decided, yes, the national guard was the place for me.”

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Since Russian forces had also invaded Ukraine in that same February, Baltic states like Latvia — …

Nigeria Air Announces Open Portal For Recruitment

Nigeria Air Announces Open Portal For Recruitment

September 24, 2022 8:22 pm

In lieu of its reopening, Nigeria Air has announced that its 2022 recruitment portal is now open for use.

And the stakeholder of Nigeria Air Limited had also made this known in a statement which had been put out on Saturday.

It had also revealed that the new National Carrier of Nigeria will be also be launching shortly with the Boeing 737-800 (NG) aircraft, followed with B787 aircraft for International Operations.

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It had also further stated that the new Airline will be owned by a Nigerian private Investor Consortium, …

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