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Nigeria Thrown Into Total Blackout As Grid Crashes To Zero

Nigeria Thrown Into Total Blackout As Grid Crashes To Zero

July 20, 2022 1:37 pm

The entire country is currently suffering another blackout as the Country has been thrown into another massive blackout which followed the massive crashing of the Nigerian electricity grid.

Africa Daily News, New York had learnt that the national gridline had crashed to zero megawatts on Wednesday after it developed a fault.

Read Also: Grid Collapse: We’ve Rectified Nationwide Blackout – FG

This blackout is one of many which is coming a few weeks after a similar collapse occurred on June 12 and just 20 days after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had activated a partial contract order for the …

Abiola’s Children Defend Father Over Drug Trade Allegations

Abiola’s Children Defend Father Over Drug Trade Allegations

July 20, 2022 1:36 pm

While reacting to a series of allegations linking him to a drug cartel who based their activities in the United States, the family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Kahimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, has come out to debunk all the reports while claiming that their father was never involved in narcotics as claimed by top-tier investigative journalist, David Hundeyin.

Hundeyin had recently authored an article titled: “Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate” where he alleged that Abiola traded in hard drugs when he was alive.

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13 Inmates Killed As Fresh Crisis Erupts In Ecuador Prison

13 Inmates Killed As Fresh Crisis Erupts In Ecuador Prison

July 20, 2022 4:42 am

No fewer than thirteen inmates have been confirmed dead and two others injured following yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison yesterday, law enforcement officials have revealed.

‘Unfortunately, central command reports 13 (inmates) dead and two injured,’ the South American country’s prison authority SNAI said on Twitter.

The incident took place at the same Bellavista prison in the town of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Quito, where 44 inmates were killed in a bloody brawl in May.

Prison officials, aided by the military and the police, were able to regain control of …

How Ngige Elongated Nationwide Strike With Actions - ASUU

How Ngige’s Actions Elongated Nationwide Strike – ASUU

July 20, 2022 3:48 am
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has claimed that the actions and steps taken by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is one of the key factors responsible for the unexpected delay in resolving the issue between the Federal Government and the university lecturers.
The Union lambasted Ngige accusing him of hijacking the negotiation process at the early stage from the Ministry of Education, even though significant progress was already being recorded towards finding lasting solutions to the strike.
ASUU also accused the Minister of taking upon himself the role of unabashed protagonist in the ongoing
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Protesters In Panama Reject Peace Deal, Mount New Roadblocks

Protesters In Panama Reject Peace Deal, Mount New Roadblocks

July 20, 2022 3:42 am

As social groups rejected a deal made with the government to clear the roadways in exchange for a reduction in fuel prices, fresh roadblocks appeared in Panama yesterday indicating that trouble was still brewing. 

According to Luis Sanchez, a leader of the Anadepo civic gathering, union leaders consulted grassroots supporters about the arrangement made on Sunday before deciding to continue the protest.

‘We had warned the executive that we still have to consult the rank and file,’ he told the TVN-2 channel.

The agreement, he added, ‘was signed under pressure’ and members have opted to continue the mobilization that had …

Dana Air Clears Air On Emergency Landing Of Aircraft In Abuja

Dana Air Clears Air On Emergency Landing Of Aircraft In Abuja

July 19, 2022 5:58 pm

A major tragedy was averted on Tuesday when a Dana Air Boeing 737 aircraft with the registration number (5N DNA) opted for an emergency landing in Abuja after one of its engines had developed a major fault mid-air.

The airline had also confirmed the incident in a statement which they had put out while detailing that the incident took place at about 2:52 pm.

Dana Air had also stated that all 100 passengers were unhurt and disembarked safely at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

Read Also: Lawyer Sues Dana Airlines Over 11-Hour Flight Delay

Part of the statement read: “Our …

NSCDC 'We Do Not Pose Any Threats To You' – NSCDC To Nigeria Police

‘We Do Not Pose Any Threats To You’ – NSCDC To Nigeria Police

July 19, 2022 5:58 pm

In a fresh development, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has charged Nigerian police officers and other sub-security agencies under the Police not to see the corps as a threat to them but rather as a partner in progress against the surge of crime.

Musa Alhaji Mala who is the Jigawa State NSCDC Commandant had made this assertion when he had paid a courtesy visit to Jigawa State Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Sale Tafida, SHQ office in Dutse.

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He said the visit was aimed …

Finland Emerges World’s Happiest Country In UN's 2022 Ratings

Finland Emerges World’s Happiest Country In UN’s 2022 Ratings

July 19, 2022 3:48 am

Africa Daily News, New York reports that going by the rankings the Nordic country and its neighbors Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland all score very well on the measures the report uses to explain its findings: healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support in times of trouble, low corruption and high social trust, generosity in a community where people look after each …

Russia Slams $360M Fine On Google Over Ukraine Content

Russia Slams $360M Fine On Google Over Ukraine Content

July 19, 2022 3:43 am

A court in Moscow on Monday fined Google 21 billion rubles ($360 million) for not removing a number of contents concerning Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine from its space, the nation’s telecommunications regulator has disclosed. 

Roskomnadzor asserted that the Google-owned video platform YouTube had failed to block ‘false information’ on the offensive in Ukraine, ‘extremist and terrorist propaganda’ and content ‘calling on minors to participate in what was tagged unauthorised demonstrations’.

The regulator said that as this was a repeat conviction for Google the fine was based on its annual revenue in Russia.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that …

Deadly Illness Identified As 'Rat Fever' In Tanzania

Deadly Illness Identified As ‘Rat Fever’ In Tanzania

July 19, 2022 3:38 am

A mysterious disease that left no fewer than three people dead over the weekend in Tanzania has been identified as leptospirosis or ‘rat fever’, a bacterial infection commonly spread by rodents, health authorities in the East African nation’s government have confirmed.

According to reports, last week authorities in the country dispatched a team of doctors and experts to the southeastern region of Lindi where 20 cases have been reported, including the three people who died.

Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu who was part of those who visited the area said the disease was caused by a bacteria which spread through consuming …

NPC Conducts Successful Trial Census In Ogun - Report

2023 Census: NPC Dissociates Self From Fake Recruitment Portal

July 18, 2022 7:19 pm

While reacting to the news of some fake agents and websites parading themselves as the agency, the National Population Commission, NPC, has made an open discloure that it is working to uncover those behind the fake ‘NPC’ recruitment of 2021/2022 portal which is being circulated while inviting Nigerians to apply for employment for the Trial Census and 2023 Population and Housing Census in the country.

In a statement which had been signed by the commission’s Director Public Affairs, Isiaka Yahaya, on Thursday, said the information is totally false and misleading and treated as a scam by fraudsters to swindle …

Ex-Gov, Garba Laments Over Kidnapped Family In Kaduna Train

Ex-Gov, Garba Laments Over Kidnapped Family In Kaduna Train

July 18, 2022 9:57 am

General Idris Garba (rtd.) who is a former military governor and administrator of Benue and Kano States, has made an open appeal to Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State to come to his  assistance and rescue his son, wife and four children who had been abducted during the terrorists’ attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train.

General Garba had spoken through his brother when the governor’s representatives visited his Kaduna home. He noted that he has been traumatised and has been having sleepless nights since his loved ones were abducted.

Read Also: Abuja-Train Attack: Niger Gov Mulls For Rescue Of Abducted

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