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Tragedy As 5 Die In Bauchi Boat Mishap

Tragedy As 5 Die In Bauchi Boat Mishap

September 15, 2022 5:16 am

No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed after the canoe that was conveying them capsized in Jama’are local government area of Bauchi State.

Hon Saleh Muhammed who is the member representing Jama’are in the Bauchi State House of Assembly made this disclosure while speaking to reporters in Bauchi.

He said the victims lost their lives after hours of heavy downpour and windstorms in the area which also left many houses and farmlands destroyed.

The lawmaker decried the devastation caused by floods in his constituency, revealing that no fewer than 500 houses were destroyed and about 1,000 families displaced.…

JAMB Makes Case For Exam Fee Hike, Seeks Financial Autonomy

JAMB Makes Case For Exam Fee Hike, Seeks Financial Autonomy

September 15, 2022 5:12 am

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to consider granting it financial autonomy by removing it from the list of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in the annual budget of the Federal Government.

This is even as JAMB made a case for a reversal of the recent reduction of the examination fee from ₦5,000 to ₦3,500.

JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, made this appeal in Abuja on Wednesday at the public hearing on the proposed 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper organised by the committee.

Oloyede, however, pointed out …

10 Reported Dead In Twin Air Strikes On Ethiopia’s Tigray

10 Reported Dead In Twin Air Strikes On Ethiopia’s Tigray

September 14, 2022 7:11 pm

It has been reported that ten people have been killed in the second day of the air strikes which have been targeted on Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Wednesday as had been reported by hospital officials.

The attacks had also come after the authorities there had expressed readiness for a ceasefire.

Read Also: UNICEF Frowns At Ethiopian Air Strike That Hit Kindergarten

The Twin drone attacks had also reportedly hit a neighbourhood which is located in Tigray’s capital Mekele at around 7:30 am (0430 GMT), thereby killing 10 and injuring more than a dozen others, two officials from the biggest hospital …

Police Service Commission (PSC) Chair, Musiliu Smith Resigns

Police Service Commission (PSC) Chair, Musiliu Smith Resigns

September 14, 2022 6:52 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, Retired Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith has finally tendered in his resignation as regards his appointment.

The retired IGP who had also been at loggerhead with the Police Hierarchy over the organisation which has been constitutionally responsible for the recruitment of Constables into the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have tendred in his resignation on the grounds of ill health.

Read Also: Uproar As PSC Promotes Magu To AIG Ahead Of Retirement

In the interim, the second most …

Queen Elizabeth tweet My life under threat over – Uju Anya

Queen Elizabeth Tweet: My Life Under Threat – Uju Anya

September 14, 2022 7:45 am

Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya, has said her life has been under threat since her Thursday tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Anya, who is a Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, spoke while speaking to reporters.

Anya, on Thursday, at the news of the Queen’s ill health wrote, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”

Although the tweet had since been deleted for violating ‘Twitter rules’, Anya confirmed to Africa Daily News, New York that …

Tension As Somali Forces Kill Over 100 Al-Shabab Militants

Tension As Somali Forces Kill Over 100 Al-Shabab Militants

September 13, 2022 6:15 am

Somali National Army (SNA) which is reportedly supported by local militia dubbed Ma’awisley killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants and liberated over 20 villages during security operations carried out in two regional states on Sunday, the government has disclosed. 

The Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism said the operations were conducted in Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South-West States.

“The terror group has been using these towns as strongholds for organising their terrorist attacks with explosives and suicide bombers on different parts of Somalia,” the ministry said in a statement.

It said the militants have caused atrocities on the local civilians whom …

Muslim-Muslim Ticket Nigeria Needs Experienced Leader - Gumi

Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Nigeria Needs Experienced Leader – Gumi

September 13, 2022 6:06 am

Kaduna-based controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has described the Muslim-Muslim ticket as deceit, saying what Nigeria need is an experienced politician to lead it in the 2023 general election.

He advised that Nigerians should do away with ethnoreligious politics in this 21st century, and come together as one united people for the progress of the country.

In an interview on the forthcoming general election and the state of the nation, Gumi said there was nothing wrong with politicians contesting elections several times, seeking victory.

He warned that if an inexperienced politician is voted into power, he would find …

Strict Rules For Queen Elizabeth II’s Lying In State

Strict Rules For Queen Elizabeth II’s Lying In State

September 13, 2022 6:01 am

Britons have a reputation for patiently waiting in line but the queue for Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state is likely to be unprecedented even by their standards.

A huge queue is expected to stretch through the night as people pay their respects to the queen in parliament’s Westminster Hall in London this week, the British government warned.

Mourners will also face airport-style security and obey strict rules, including an edict to wear appropriate clothing and a ban on filming, taking photographs or using mobile phones.

They will be allowed to file past the late monarch’s coffin non-stop from 5:00 …

Queen Elizabeth: London To Face ‘ High Spate Of Travel Demands’

Queen Elizabeth: London To Face ‘ High Spate Of Travel Demands’

September 12, 2022 8:39 pm

London has announced that they will be experiencing an “unprecedented travel demand” in the coming days as people have decided to visit the capital to finally pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

In another announcement, Public transport users have also been advised that the city will be “exceptionally busy” at that point in time and they should expect Tube stations to temporarily close for some time to avoid overcrowding.

Read Also; Queen Elizabeth: UK Police Announces Plans To Step Up Security

Planning journeys in advance using the latest information “will be essential,” according to a joint statement by Network …

How Nigeria Loses $700 Million Monthly To Oil Theft - NNPCL

How Nigeria Loses $700 Million Monthly To Oil Theft – NNPCL

September 12, 2022 7:05 am

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has asserted that it lost 470,000 bpd amounting to $700 million monthly due to oil theft couple with security challenges that hindered oil production in some terminals.

This is even as it has disclosed that it has assembled an array of security measures, all coordinated by the digital control system to curb the ugly trend.

The Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPMS), Bala Wunti, made the disclosure during a tour of the facilities of the NNPCL at the weekend, explaining that the pipelines particularly those around Bonny terminal cannot be …

Blackout Hits Eastern Ukraine As Zelenskyy Blames Russia

Blackout Hits Eastern Ukraine As Zelenskyy Blames Russia

September 12, 2022 6:12 am

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in the country’s eastern region which is suffering a ‘total blackout’.

Zelenskyy made this known in a statement on social media.

‘A total blackout in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, a partial one in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions.

‘No military facilities. ‘The goal is to deprive people of light and heat,‘ he said.

Read Also: There Could Be Nuclear Disaster In Ongoing War – Zelenskyy

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this is coming a day after a counter-attack by Kiev’s troops …

Floods Homes ‘Swept Away’ After South Africa Mine Dam Burst

Floods: Homes ‘Swept Away’ After South Africa Mine Dam Burst

September 12, 2022 4:12 am

A mine dam on Sunday burst and sparked flooding that has now swept away houses and cars in central South Africa, officials have confirmed forcing residents to be evacuated from the areas. 

Television footage which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York clearly showed a river of mud and water flowing away from the mine after the burst and into a nearby residential area, which went on to cover roads and sweep houses away, in Jagersfontein, a town about 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of the Free State province capital, Bloemfontein.

‘The mine dam in the area burst this …

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