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Japan Demands Africa's Seat On The UN Security Council

Japan Demands Africa’s Seat On The UN Security Council

August 29, 2022 4:04 am

Japan has pledged to employ its position on the Security Council of the international organisation to advocate for an African seat at the UN—saying that the African country has been mistreated even up till now.

‘Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,’ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Tunis, Tunisia on Sunday.’

‘In order for the UN to work effectively for peace and stability, there is an urgent need to strengthen the UN as a whole …

$23m Abacha Loot SERAP Writes Buhari, Demands Details

$23m Abacha Loot: SERAP Writes Buhari, Demands Details

August 29, 2022 4:00 am

As the plans by the United States government repatriate the over $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the federal government demanding a copy of the agreement.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that last Tuesday, Nigeria and the United States had struck an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot.

Meanwhile, less than five days after, the rights group wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to “direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) …

Blasphemy We Are Yet To Find Deborah’s Killers - Police

Blasphemy: We Are Yet To Find Deborah’s Killers – Police

August 29, 2022 3:51 am

The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that, three months after, its men are still searching for the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in May, 202, Samuel was stoned to death by some students who were said to be her classmates over allegations of blasphemy.

The spokesman for the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, while speaking with reporters on Monday over silence on the case, said those arrested by the police were not the prime suspects. Abubakar said they were only among those who …

Tension As Gunmen Kill Hotel Owner, 3 Guests In Ebonyi

Tension As Gunmen Kill Hotel Owner, 3 Guests In Ebonyi

August 29, 2022 3:46 am

Some-yet-to-be-identified Gunmen yesterday reportedly killed a hotel owner, identified as Chief Ogbonnaya Nwadibia, as well as three guests who were lodged in the hotel, at Isu community in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

According a reliable source who spoke to reporters on Monday, the assailants had invaded late Mr Nwadibia’s Galaxy Hotel in motor bikes and unleashed the mayhem.

A resident in the area, Mr Igwe Nwaokorie, who spoke to reporters on Sunday, in Abakaliki said that the incident actually happened on Friday night.

Nwaokorie confirmed that among the three persons killed was the owner of the …

Why We Banned Masquerades In Akwa Ibom, Police Explains

Why We Banned Masquerades In Akwa Ibom, Police Explains

August 29, 2022 3:41 am

The Police command in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Sunday warned that the ban on masquerades parades is still in force in Akwa Ibom explaining why the decision was arrived at.

In a statement issued by the Police spokesman in the state, SP Odiko Macdon, he reiterated that the ban was till in place and there was no plan to lift it anytime soon.

He went on to explain that the ban became necessary following violent and lawless actions of masquerades leading to murders, threats to lives, assaults and other breaches to fundamental rights.

‘A case in point is the `EKONG’ …

Angola Conducts State Funeral For Ex-Strongman Dos Santos

Angola Conducts State Funeral For Ex-Strongman Dos Santos

August 29, 2022 3:35 am

Angolans and a quite a number of African leaders gathered yesterday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was inundated with allegations of plunder and nepotism.

The ceremony took place in the capital Luanda on a day that would have been dos Santos’s 80th birthday, and comes days after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), saw its worst results at the polls in the most hotly contested elections since independence.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Dos Santos will be buried …

NYSC Opens Up On Members Endorsing Presidential Candidate

NYSC Opens Up On Members Endorsing Presidential Candidate

August 28, 2022 4:10 pm

In lieu of the recent video making waves about the organisation endorsing Presidential candidates, the management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has revealed that its attention has actually been drawn to a campaign poster which has been making the rounds on social media that had shown some ladies in NYSC uniform who have been purported to be Corps members endorsing one of the political parties in the country.

In a statement which had been signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and Public Relations of the Scheme, it also revealed that the message encapsulated in the poster is antithetical …

Nigeria Now A Big Exporter Of Rice, CBN Gov Emefiele Declares

Nigeria Now A Big Exporter Of Rice, CBN Gov Emefiele Declares

August 28, 2022 2:41 am

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that Nigeria has now become an exporter of rice following the impacts of its several policies and particularly its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), even as it said it was working to boost the industrial capacity of the country.

CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this while speaking at a seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors with the theme, “Policy Options for Economic Diversification: Thinking Outside the Crude Oil-Box”, on Saturday, noted that the ABP has reversed Nigeria from depending on importing rice to now exporting rice.

“The Central Bank of Nigeria, …

Food Security Declare State Of Emergency, ECOWAS To Leaders

Food Security: Declare State Of Emergency, ECOWAS To Leaders

August 28, 2022 2:39 am

Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York has it that The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) in the face of the issue of food security in the region has demanded that a State of emergency be declared.

At the conclusion of the meeting in Guinea Bissau, the Parliament charged the ECOWAS Commission with convening member nations and announcing food security as a national emergency. They contend that this will increase political commitment on the part of the governments to deal with the situation.

Hon. Oghene Emma Egoh, a committee member and member of parliament (MP) from Nigeria, …

Pope Appoints New Cardinals Who May Pick Successor

Pope Appoints New Cardinals Who May Pick Successor

August 28, 2022 2:38 am

Twenty new cardinals who were appointed by Pope Francis yesterday who were chosen from all four corners of the globe, even as majority of them may someday choose the pope’s successor.

Due to his deteriorating health, Francis has mentioned the likelihood of having to retire, a decision that his predecessor Benedict XVI also took. If he were to step down, a conclave of all cardinals under the age of 80 would be summoned to appoint a replacement.

Judging on their ages, sixteen of the twenty cardinals elected on Saturday would be qualified to participate in that conclave.

The 85-year-old pontiff …

Again, IGP Warns On Use Of Police Uniforms On Social Media

Again, IGP Warns On Use Of Police Uniforms On Social Media

August 28, 2022 2:34 am

The Nigeria Police Force have once again issued a strict warning to Nigerian on the misuse of police uniforms on social media. vowing to prosecute anyone caught in the act.

This is coming after the police suspended two supernumerary officers for violation of social media policy.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in a statement said the use of uniforms is only restricted to officers of the force.

Part of the statement read; ‘‘The incessant, illegal and unwarranted use of Police Uniforms restricted to bonafide serving officers of the Nigeria Police Force.

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Vulnerable People In Gombe Gets Grains Courtesy Of Buhari

Vulnerable People In Gombe Gets Grains Courtesy Of Buhari

August 28, 2022 2:26 am

As part of bold efforts to reduce the effects of hunger among the vulnerable population in Northern Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assisted less privileged people in Gombe State with assorted food items.

The president who was represented by the minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami, flagged-off distribution of the items at the Custodian Hotel Gombe, Gombe state.

According to him, the items would be distributed across the nation to the poorest citizens.

The president said a total of 8, 228 bags of grains which include maize, millet, guinea corn and garri were given to Gombe State, …

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