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Bandits Plotting To Invade Kano Using Tricycles – Police

Partial Lockdown As Police Confirm Threat To Attack Lagos

August 17, 2022 8:50 pm

In a new confirmed security threat, the Lagos State Police Command has come out to announce that the state has been placed under a partial lockdown by some of the security agencies in the State after a fresh threat had been unvieled.

Abiodun Alabi who is the Lagos State Commissioner of Police had revealed that surveillance has been raised in due time due to the massive threat of attacks, he had also made the disclosure during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability (SFPA)’s quarterly meeting.

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Breaking: Electricity Workers Finally Call Off Nationwide Strike

August 17, 2022 8:43 pm

In lieu of their recently announced strike action, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has finally called off its nationwide strike action just a day after they had downed their tools and thrown the country into a blackout.

The decision had also come on the heels of an emergency meeting which had been held by the union with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday.

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The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action. NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would …

NiMet Predicts Flooding In 6 Nigerian States, Warns Residents

NiMet Predicts Flooding In 6 Nigerian States, Warns Residents

August 17, 2022 5:53 am

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), on Tuesday, predicted that no fewer than six states would experience flooding in a matter of few weeks’ time.

In the aftermath of this, the agency has gone on to warn that those residing close to flood-prone areas to evacuate before this most dangerous time.

In a statement on Tuesday, Director General of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Matazu mentioned the six states as; Borno, Kebbi, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Delta States.

NiMet Director General further said its soil moisture analysis and the weather patterns showed that some parts of these states are flood high-risk areas.

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Ukraine's Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

Ukraine’s Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

August 17, 2022 4:00 am

Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom has raised alarm over what it called an ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack on its website however insisting that its operations had not been tampered with.

‘On August 16, 2022, the most powerful cyberattack since the start of the Russian invasion occurred against Energoatom’s website,’ the operator said in Telegram message that was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

It ‘was attacked from Russian territory’.

The Russian ‘popular cyberarmy’ group used more than 7 million internet bots to attack the website for three hours, Energoatom said.

However, the assault ‘did not have a considerable impact on the work …

Spain Firefighters In Deadly Battle To Control Huge Valencia Wildfire

Spain Firefighters In Deadly Battle To Control Huge Valencia Wildfire

August 16, 2022 8:53 pm

Spain has been having it hot as some 300 firefighters have spent a difficult night in the process of trying to battle a huge wildfire which had occurred in the southeastern part of Spain which had has burnt through nearly 10,000 hectares in an area notoriously difficult to access.

The fire had been reportedly started when lightning had hit the Vall de Ebo area in the province of Alicante late Saturday and has since spread quite rapidly around the surroundings while being fuelled by strong winds, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people, Valencia’s regional government said.

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Total Blackout Threat As Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

Total Blackout Threat As Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

August 16, 2022 5:35 pm

Nigerians are in trouble again as the Nigerian electricity supply crisis will be worsening from tomorrow (Wednesday) as the organised labour in the country has openly instructed all the workers in the power sector to down their tools and commence on an indefinite strike action over the pending labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE ) had made this announcement on Tuesday when they had converged on the headquarters of the TCN in Abuja.

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Some of the aggrieved workers …

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

NANS Mulls Nigerian Governments To End Insecurity, ASUU Strike

August 16, 2022 5:19 pm

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) has made an open call on the Federal, State and Local Governments of Nigeria to make sure that they jointly implement a working and reliable security policy which had happened in a bid to ensure the complete repeal of insecurity which has been bedevilling the country.

The leadership of NANS in the Osun State Axis had made the call in a press statement on Tuesday which had been jointly signed by Chairman, Afeez Oyewole; General Secretary, Salahudeen Adisa and JCC P.R.O, Adekanmi Adewale.

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Strike ASUU To Hold Key Meeting With FG On Tuesday

Strike: ASUU To Hold Key Meeting With FG On Tuesday

August 16, 2022 7:05 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is will today hold a strategic meeting with representatives of the Federal Government over its prolonged strike action.

Speaking during an interview which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York the President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke revealed that the meeting was to deliberate one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over,

‘That is the issue of renegotiation,’ Osodeke said, ‘the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

‘It is not just about wages. It has to do with the system, funding, the structure, the autonomy and other issues; and how to fund universities.…

Umahi Raises Alarm Over Arms Proliferation In Nigeria

Umahi Raises Alarm Over Arms Proliferation In Nigeria

August 16, 2022 6:56 am

The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and the Governor Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has expressed serious concerns over the proliferation of small arms in the country.

This assertion came as Umahi was setting up a 10-man committee to work in consonance with the National Taskforce in the state in order to set the stage for the enlistment of over 4,000 residents of the state, into the commission.

The governor expressed the concern while receiving the Director-General of the National Taskforce/Commission on Proliferation of Small Arms and Ammunition, Baba Muhammed, and his team in Abakaliki, on Monday.

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Yobe To Copy Hiroshima In Post Insurgency Recovery – Gov Buni

Yobe To Copy Hiroshima In Post Insurgency Recovery – Gov Buni

August 16, 2022 6:36 am
Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has identified leadership determination, community resilience and timeliness as key to the restoration process of the post-insurgency recovery plan.
Hon. Mai Mala Buni, Yobe sated Governor has specified leadership determination, community stability and punctuality as fundamentals to the rehabilitation procedure of the aftermath of an insurgency-ridden society
He made this public on Monday during Matsuyama Kazuyoshi, Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria’s courtesy visit to him.
Mamman Mohammed, Director General, Press, and Media Affairs to Governor Buni in a press statement issued
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IGP Rewards DPO For Rejecting $200,000 Bribe In Kano

IGP Rewards DPO For Rejecting $200,000 Bribe In Kano

August 16, 2022 6:28 am

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba on Tuesday presented a certificate of Award to Nassarawa, Divisional Police Officer, SP Daniel Itse Amah for rejecting the sum of Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD 200,000) offered him as a bribe in a case of alleged armed robbery.

In a letter containing the commendation, SP Daniel was extolled for exhibiting sound professionalism in his actions which lead to the arrest of Ali Zaki, a Kano-based legal practitioner, and some Police officers.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that investigations by Operatives led by SP Daniel led to the …

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What I’ve Been Sacrificing For Nigeria As Minister – Keyamo Boasts

August 15, 2022 8:38 pm

Festus Keyamo who is the Nigerian Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has revealed all that he has been sacrificing for Nigeria since he was appointed as a minister

Keyamo has openly boasted that he has been using his personal resources since he was appointed as minister in Nigeria.

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The Minister had also revealed that his ministry has never given him a car to discharge his duties since he was appointed minister.

In a statement he signed, the minister said his emergence as the spokesman of the …

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