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2023 Office Of Citizens Is The Greatest – CharlyBoy

Peter Obi: You’re A “Clannish Clown” – Charly Boy Blasts Gov el-Rufai

August 15, 2022 8:00 pm

Nigerian singer and social critic, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa who is also popularly known as Charly Boy or Area Fada has come out to lambast the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, over his recent cryptic tweet which had put out while mocking some of the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

The Kaduna governor had in a tweet which had been made recently thrown some mocking jabs at the proposed Two Million March rally in Kaduna  for Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Ahmed-Baba.

Read Also: 2023: El-Rufai Denies Alleged Plans To Join PDP

According to him, …

Ossiomo Power How Nigeria Lost $1.9m In 5 Days - Gov Obaseki

Ossiomo Power: How Nigeria Lost $1.9m In 5 Days – Gov Obaseki

August 15, 2022 4:32 am
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that Nigeria has lost over $1.9million in the past five days due to the disturbance of gas distribution to the Ossiomo Power plant situated in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state.
The Ossiomo Power project is a product of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led state administration to ensure that the state maintains and generates power independently
The 95 megawatts installation came to fulfillment through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ossiomo Power Company which powers government offices, hospitals, and streetlights in Benin metropolis.
Emotan Gardens Estate, Edo Tech Park, Edo
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Crime Gangs Blamed As Five Die In Ecuador Blast

Crime Gangs Fingered As Five Die In Ecuador Blast

August 15, 2022 4:18 am

No fewer than five people were confirmed dead and 16 others injured following an explosion on Sunday in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, an attack the government blamed on organized crime, officials said.

The President of the country, Guillermo Lasso had declared a state of emergency in the country’s second-largest city of Guayaquil following the report, where eight houses and two cars were destroyed in the blast.

Lasso had also taken Twitter to warn that his year-old government would ‘not allow organized crime to try to control the country.’

The state of emergency will be in force from …

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

August 15, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 41 people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured following a fire that broke out at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt’s Coptic Church disclosed on Sunday, citing the health ministry.

The health ministry in Egypt had earlier disclosed that ‘several’ people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood yesterday and that ambulances transferred at least 55 injured people to local hospitals.

According to a police statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Monday, an initial investigation pointed to an …

Cairo Coptic Church Fire Outbreak Leaves 41 Dead

Cairo Coptic Church Fire Outbreak Leaves 41 Dead

August 14, 2022 8:51 pm

A massive fire outbreak that had broken out on Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital Cairo  has left a total of 41 people dead as was reported by church officials said.

The blaze had been started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the capital’s northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, officials said.

Read Also: Death Toll In Thai Nightclub Fire Soars To 15

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on his Facebook page that “I have mobilised all state services to ensure that all measures are taken”

Fire services in the country had later announced that …

At Least Four Governors Not Paying Minimum Wage, NLC Laments

NLC Writes Buhari, Demands Stringent Probe Of All State Governors

August 14, 2022 5:50 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has openly petitioned the Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari while seeking for an immediate investigation of all the Nigerian state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Commission, ICPC, over the alleged massive looting and mismanagement of public funds.

In a letter titled: Reviving the Economy: Our Response to Governors Prescriptions by its President, Ayuba Wabba, NLC faulted governors’ recent recommendations to revive the nation’s ailing economy.

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FG Threatens Serious Sanctions On CCECC Over Rail Project

FG Threatens Serious Sanctions On CCECC Over Rail Project

August 14, 2022 2:40 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened to impose serious sanctions on a Chinese construction firm, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, over its alleged failure to meet up with the contract of providing 85 percent of rail project cost.

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, made this known on Saturday in Lagos during the inspection of the Lekki Deep Seaport.

According to Sambo, the projects are the Kano-Kaduna and the Maiduguri-Port Harcourt rail lines.

The minister said he gave the construction firm till October 30th to comply.

“The CCECC has not brought anything to the table, I gave them a …

Miyetti Allah Drags Ortom To ICC Over Seizure Of Cow

Miyetti Allah Drags Ortom To ICC Over Seizure Of Cows

August 14, 2022 2:37 am

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, popularly known as Miyetti Allah, has announced that Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, will face justice at the ICC for ‘violating the rights of Fulani herders’ in his state.

The National Secretary-General of the Fulani socio-cultural group, Mr Saleh Alhassan, also said Miyetti Allah had approached the International Criminal Court of Justice, Hague, to file a suit against Ortom for seizing over 25,000 cows belonging to members of the group and detaining over 4,000 herders.

Ortom had, after inaugurating the state’s Community Volunteer Guards, said he had secured the conviction of over 400 Fulani …

4 Killed As OPC, Fulani Cow Dealers Clash In Kwara

4 Killed As OPC, Fulani Cow Dealers Clash In Kwara

August 14, 2022 2:31 am

The police command in Kwara State has confirmed the killing of no fewer than four persons and dozen other who were injured at Kaara Market in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state following a clash between OPC members and Fulani cow dealers. 

The police in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Okasanmi Ajayi, informed the people of the state, especially those active on Ilorin Ajase-Ipo/Offa road that normalcy had been restored, and the road cleared of every barrier created as a result of the misunderstanding between some people suspected to be members of OPC and cow dealers …

New Hazard Allowance Being Withheld By Finance Ministry -NARD

New Hazard Allowance Being Withheld By Finance Ministry -NARD

August 14, 2022 2:28 am

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has lampooned the Ministry of Finance for the non-payment of the increased hazard allowance which was approved by the Federal Government last year. 

The President of NARD, Dr Dare Ishaya, who spoke with our correspondent, said the money for the hazard allowance was budgeted, but the Federal Ministry of Finance had yet to release it.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Federal Government had in December 2021 increased the hazard allowances applicable to health workers in its healthcare facilities across the country.

The increment was contained in a circular with reference …

Mexico: Search For Underground Trapped Miners Resumed

Mexico: Search For Underground Trapped Miners Resumed

August 13, 2022 5:11 pm

The Mexican government has revealed that they are finally in a better position to help in a commencement of a search operation of a flooded coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped for more than a week while offering fresh hope to anguished qrelatives.

It has been reported that several hundred of the rescuers which also included the soldiers and some of the military scuba divers, are taking part in efforts to save the miners missing since August 3 in the northern state of Coahuila.

Read Also: Families Of Trapped Mexican Miners Cry Out Of Desperation

“We have all …

Over 11 Killed In Montenegro Shooting, Broadcaster Confirms

Over 11 Killed In Montenegro Shooting, Broadcaster Confirms

August 13, 2022 4:13 am

No fewer than 11 people were yesterday killed during a mass shooting in Montenegro’s central city of Cetinje the country’s public broadcaster confirmed to newsmen.

‘Eleven people were killed, while six were wounded, including a member of the police,’ Montenegro’s public broadcaster RTCG said Friday, adding that the shooter was included in the toll.

A police officer who did not want his name in print also confirmed the figure to reporters.

Read Also: 3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the incident took place in Cetinje, which is some 36 kilometres (22 …

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