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Japan Braces Herself For ‘Very Tumultous’ Typhoon Nanmadol

Japan Braces Herself For ‘Very Tumultous’ Typhoon Nanmadol

September 17, 2022 7:50 pm

The Japanese weather agency has put out an open warning on Saturday about some of the “unprecedented” risks from a “very dangerous” typhoon which has been heading towards the southern Kyushu island while they had urged the residents to take shelter ahead of the storm.

Typhoon Nanmadol has been reported to be currently producing gusts of up to 270 kilometres (167 miles) an hour and classed as a “violent” storm, the agency’s top level, on Saturday.

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By late afternoon it had been approaching the remote Minami Daito island, 400 kilometres east of …

UK High Commission reopens visa application centers in Nigeria

British High Commission Closes Offices In Queen’s Honour

September 17, 2022 6:08 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the British High Commission offices in Abuja, Lagos and across the rest of the country will be closed on Monday.

The United Kingdom Mission in Nigeria had also made the announcement in a terse statement on its social media accounts and the closure is in observance of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, it noted.

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The notice, however, added that Visa Application Centres in Abuja and Lagos will still remain open.

A service of remembrance was …

UK Publishes Names Of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Assets

UK Publishes Names Of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Assets

September 17, 2022 3:36 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that the Government of United Kingdom has published the names of no fewer than 56 dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates and other valuable assets.

According to the report, one of the oldest affected names on the list was identified as Mark N’wogo, was a Nigerian said to have been born in Sapele, Delta state, and died on December 9, 1992, in Surrey, United Kingdom.

However, for almost 30 years now, the assets the deceased left behind have remained unclaimed. And by the publication, by December, they would become …

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

September 17, 2022 3:31 am

The Catholic Church has called on its priests to henceforth restrain from using the pulpit for political campaigns even as the church would encourage every adult Nigerian to participate actively in the forthcoming election and not leave it to career politicians alone.

In a nine-point resolution made at the end of the meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association of Nigeria (NCDPA) held at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, with the theme: ‘Political Consciousness for Effective Choice of Political Leaders in Nigeria’,  the Church vows to use its resources and …

Biden, Macron Outraged Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

Biden, Macron Infuriated Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

September 17, 2022 3:27 am

The United States President, Joe Biden, and his French counterpart President, Emmanuel Macron have expressed serious outrage at the discovery of mass graves which has about 440 Ukrainians in the city of Izium.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Izium which is located in the recently liberated Kharkiv region by Ukrainian forces.

Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against escalating the fighting in Ukraine, saying that there will be consequences if the Kremlin uses chemical or nuclear weapons.

‘Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II,’ Biden said during a …

Buhari Set To Address 77th UN General Assembly On Wednesday

Buhari Set To Address 77th UN General Assembly On Wednesday

September 17, 2022 3:24 am

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to deliver his address at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next Wednesday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this will be the first full in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed most addresses to be delivered virtually. But overall numbers have been reduced, with smaller delegations and fewer journalists permitted to cover the event.

The UN’s 193-member states will be provided with a platform and 15 to 20 minutes to address the international community. As is customary, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will take the lead on Tuesday, September …

Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Nears 90 Million, NIMC Declares

Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Nears 90 Million, NIMC Declares

September 17, 2022 3:14 am

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has asserted that close to 90 million people have registered for the National Identification Number (NIN) in the country. 

NIMC Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Aliyu Aziz, made this disclosure while speaking yesterday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the fourth National Identity Day with the theme ‘Traditional Institution as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation’.

‘Without sounding immodest, NIMC has made great strides on so many fronts in the last three years,’ he said. ‘From just over 1,000 enrolment centres and 2,000 enrolment devices across the country, NIMC in partnership with its licensed …

13 Reported Dead As Death Toll Rises In Jordan Building Collapse

September 16, 2022 7:38 pm

In the recent incident in Jordan, three bodies have been pulled out from the rubble of a building in Jordan’s capital on Friday three days after it had collapsed thereby bringing the overall toll to 13 dead.

A massive rescue operation had also been mounted since the four-story residential building had been toppled over on Tuesday in Jabal al-Weibdeh, one of Amman’s oldest neighborhoods.

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“Rescue teams were able to extract three more bodies on Friday; the death toll now stands at 13,” the country’s public security directorate said in a …

50% Of Africa's Wealth Revolves Around 3 Countries Only

50% Of Africa’s Wealth Revolves Around 3 Countries Only

September 16, 2022 6:34 pm

Some recent findings have revealed that over half of Africa’s combined wealth and generated GDP is being controlled and revolves around three nations which had been reported the Africa Wealth Report 2022 (pdf) which had been published by the United Kigdom investment consultancy firm Henley & Partners in partnership with South African wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth.

The countries which are namely South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria have been reported to respectively command over $651 billion, $307 billion, and $228 billion in private wealth make up $1.18 trillion which also translates to an estimated 56% of Africa’s $2.1 trillion …

134 Killed, Homes Wiped Out As Seasonal Floods Hits Sudan

134 Killed, Homes Wiped Out As Seasonal Floods Hits Sudan

September 16, 2022 5:54 am

Flooding in Sudan has left no fewer than 134 people dead and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the northeast African country’s ongoing wet season, police said on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that heavy rains is known for falling between May and October in Sudan, which faces severe flooding each year, wrecking property, infrastructure, and crops.

The National Council for Civil Defence said the floods have killed a total of 134 people, left 120 others injured, and damaged or destroyed more than 128,000 homes so far this wet season.

Water can be seen engulfing villages and …

ASUU Strike Why Students Must Stop Blocking Expressways —FG

ASUU Strike: Why Students Must Stop Blocking Expressways —FG

September 15, 2022 5:51 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has asserted that the protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), that blocked a traffic-laden section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are ‘violating’ the country’s law.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to the Minister, the Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) recognises and protects citizens’ right to public protests but does not empower any Nigerian to ‘inflict pain …

End Of Covid-19 Pandemic Now In Sight, WHO Declares

End Of Covid-19 Pandemic Now In Sight, WHO Declares

September 15, 2022 5:28 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO), has declared that the number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically while urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that last week, newly reported cases of the disease, which has killed millions since being identified in late 2019, fell to the lowest level since March 2020.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while speaking to reporters said; ‘We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,’ he told reporters. ‘We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.’

But …

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