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Switzerland Signs Contract For Supply Of 36 US Fighter Jets

Switzerland Signs Contract For Supply Of 36 US Fighter Jets

September 20, 2022 6:35 am

Switzerland on Monday signed a controversial contract to buy 36 US F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost of more than six billion francs ($6.2 billion).

‘National Armaments Director Martin Sonderegger and the Swiss F-35A Program Manager Darko Savic signed the procurement contract on 19 September 2022 at armasuisse in Bern,’ said armasuisse, the country’s arms procurement agency.

‘With this, the procurement of 36 F-35A is contractually agreed,’ it added.

The selection of the F-35 by the Swiss government in June 2021 sparked some controversy, particularly in light of the cost-overruns of the fighter programme in the United States.

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FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review - Ngige

FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review – Ngige

September 20, 2022 6:24 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has asserted there are plans to increase the ₦30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made this disclosure at the Nigeria Labour Congress public presentation titled, ‘Contemporary history of working-class struggle’ in Abuja.

According to him, it has become very imperative that the adjustment has become necessary based on what was happening globally.

He said, ‘The inflation is worldwide, we shall adjust the minimum wage in conformity with what is happening now. The 2019 Minimum Wage Act has a new clause for …

Covid-19 Pandemic ‘Is Over’ In US, Joe Biden Declares

Covid-19 Pandemic ‘Is Over’ In US, Joe Biden Declares

September 20, 2022 6:15 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden has declared the pandemic ‘over’ in the North American country, even as the number of Americans who have died as a result of COVID-19 stays on a steady rise. 

According to .0.0Mr. Biden said that while ‘we still have a problem’, the situation is rapidly improving.

Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each day.

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has last week stated that the end of the pandemic is “in sight”.

In an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS, Mr Biden …

48 Killed As Terrific Rain And Landslides Hit Nepal And India

48 Killed As Terrific Rain And Landslides Hit Nepal And India

September 19, 2022 6:28 am

No fewer than 50 people in Nepal and India in recent days have died following a heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed almost, authorities shave confirmed. 

In western Nepal at least 22 people died after landslides buried more than 100 houses on Friday, police official Narayan Dangi told reporters.

Eleven people were injured, including three airlifted to hospital by army helicopter.

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‘Rescue teams are still searching for one missing person,’ Dangi said.

A major relief operation was underway with the police and army clearing debris and …

Panic As Explosion Rocks Taraba

Panic As Explosion Rocks Taraba

September 19, 2022 6:22 am

There is palpable tension after a loud explosion was again heard in the ATC area of Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State Sunday night.

Speaking through the state police command through its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the explosion to Africa Daily News, New York on Monday morning.

Though the police could not give detailed reports of the explosion, the PPRO, however, promised to get back to our correspondent as soon as further information was made available to the command by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the area.

Some persons from the area who also …

COVID-19 30-Month Ban On Handshakes During Mass Suspended

COVID-19: 30-Month Ban On Handshakes During Mass Suspended

September 19, 2022 6:12 am

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has directed that handshakes popularly known as ‘Kiss of Peace’ should resume, during the celebration of mass after suspending the Eucharistic practice 30 months ago.

It also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to do everything within their powers to ensure the technology was transparently deployed to increase the confidence of the people in the electoral process

The suspension followed the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency in the year 2020.

The decision to lift the suspension was taken during proceedings of the just-concluded second …

Cameroon Attack Leaves Church Burned, Priests Kidnapped

Cameroon Attack Leaves Church Burned, Priests Kidnapped

September 18, 2022 9:02 pm

Massive turmoil struck in the Cameroon region as some five priests, a nun and two churchgoers have been reportedly kidnapped by some of  the yet-to-be-identified attackers who has set fire to a church in western Cameroon in the latest violence in an area which has been hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.

The church of St Mary in the village of Nchang was “burned by unknown armed men” in the attack on Friday, the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference said.

Read Also: 10 ‘Summarily Killed’ By troops In Cameroon After Crackdown

“It was with great shock and …

48 Dead As Heavy Rains And Landslides Besiege Nepal And India

48 Dead As Heavy Rains And Landslides Besiege Nepal And India

September 18, 2022 9:01 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that some heavy monsoon rains and landslides have led to the death of almost 50 people in Nepal and India in recent days.

It has been reported in western Nepal that at least 22 people have died after landslides have also buried more than 100 houses on Friday, police official Narayan Dangi told AFP and eleven people have also been left seriously injured, including three airlifted to hospital by army helicopter.

Read Also: Children Among 15 Killed In Uganda Landslide

“Rescue teams are still searching for one …

ASUU Fresh Hopes As FG Reviews ‘No-work No-Pay’ Policy

We’ll Shut Down Airports Until ASUU Strike Is Resolved – NANS

September 18, 2022 4:57 am

In the face of a seven-month impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has made known its intentions to suspend the operations at all international airports nationwide.

The national body of NANS met over the weekend in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and condemned the way the Federal Government was treating the lecturers who were on strike as well as education in general.

Students stressed that the four-day closure of highways and expressways was a success, which is why they decided to stop international travel beginning …

Cleric Commends Youths Over Loss Of Intrest In BBNaija

Cleric Commends Youths Over Loss Of Intrest In BBNaija

September 18, 2022 4:49 am

A Nigerian Missionary Priest who is very popular on social media, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has commended Nigerian youths for still being focused on Nigerian politics since the beginning of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) season seven show.

The cleric gave this commendation in a post via his official Facebook page, expressing that with the decline of interest in BBNaija this year, the show might not recover, taking the position it was initially accorded.

He further called on Nigerians especially the youths to channel their energy toward voting for the right leaders in the 2023 general elections so that the monetary …

Obadiah Mailafia’s Words Were Prophetic, Brother Says

Obadiah Mailafia’s Words Were Prophetic, Brother Says

September 18, 2022 4:44 am

Dr. Luka Mailafia, brother to the late Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and strong critic of bad governance, yesterday that his brother’s words were prophetic and had come to pass and still manifesting.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Mailafia had run into trouble after granting an interview to a Lagos-based Radio Station that revealed the atrocities of bandits and terrorists in the country, stating that one of their commanders told them that after the rural attacks, they would move into the cities.

After the interview, Mailafia became a …

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

September 17, 2022 7:50 pm

The Czech Republic, which is where the European Union presidency is located has on Saturday called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes after some new mass graves had been discovered in Izyum, Ukraine.

The appeal is also following the discovery of around 450 graves which are also locted outside the formerly Russian-occupied city of Izyum with most of the exhumed bodies showing signs of torture.

Read Also: Blackout Hits Eastern Ukraine As Zelenskyy Blames Russia

“In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and abhorrent,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on …

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