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6 Dead, 65 Injured As Windstorm Devastates Jigawa

6 Dead, 65 Injured As Windstorm Devastates Jigawa

July 14, 2022 6:21 am

Jigawa Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed six persons killed and 65 others by windstorm in Kafinhausa Local Government Area.

Executive Secretary of the agency, Yusuf Sani, confirmed this to Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday morning. 

He said the windstorm wreaked havoc on the affected community and destroyed several houses, adding that the agency was conducting damage assessment exercise to ascertain the extend of destruction caused by the disaster.

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He said the displaced persons took refuge with their relatives in the area pending when a temporary …

Proposed ASUU New Wage Will Cost Nigeria N1.12trn Monthly - FG

Proposed ASUU New Wage Will Cost Nigeria ₦1.12trn Monthly – FG

July 14, 2022 6:17 am

The federal government of Nigeria has claimed that the proposal made by the Prof. Limi Briggs-led Committee in relation to the demands by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in universities would gulp ₦1.12 trillion to implement.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has posited that contrary to claims by ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, there is currently no collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between it and the union awaiting signing by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The disclosure by Ngige came just as former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples …

Nine Killed As Rebels Attack Eastern DR Congo

Nine Killed As Rebels Attack Eastern DR Congo

July 14, 2022 6:02 am

Fighters from the feared Armed Democratic Forces (ADF) group killed six civilians in an attack on the town of Beni in North Kivu province in DR Congo yesterday night, according to local civil-society leader Pepin Paluku Kavota.

He told reporters on Wednesday the militants targeted a district just a kilometre from army headquarters in the city of 400,000.

The dead included a 15-year-old boy and a 90-year-old woman, said Kavota, who urged security forces “to redouble their efforts”.

The same night, militants also killed at least three people in an attack on a village in the neighbouring Ituri province.

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Twitter Drags Musk To Court, Accuses Him Of Contract Breach

Twitter Drags Musk To Court, Accuses Him Of Contract Breach

July 14, 2022 5:56 am

Twitter has sued Elon Musk for allegedly breaching the $44 billion contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy ‘a model of hypocrisy,’ court documents which were obtained by Africa Daily News, New York have shown.

The suit filed in the US state of Delaware urges the court to order the billionaire to complete his deal to buy Twitter, arguing that no financial penalty could repair the damage he has caused.

‘Musk’s conduct simply confirms that he wants to escape the binding contract he freely signed, and to damage Twitter in the process,’ the lawsuit contended. …

IGP Declares Ban On Spy Vehicle Number Plates, Orders Seizure

IGP Declares Ban On Spy Vehicle Number Plates, Orders Seizure

July 14, 2022 5:22 am

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered an immediate ban on the use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the country.

The IGP asserted that the ban has become necessary to forestall the continuous disregard for traffic rules and regulations and other extant laws guiding road use by individuals hiding under the privileges of SPY police number plates.

He has, therefore, directed state commissioners of police to confiscate all SPY number plates currently in use, but said such vehicles should not be arrested unless they are police officers or officers of other …

NPC Launches The Numbering Listing For Trial Census

NPC Launches The Numbering Listing For Trial Census

July 13, 2022 4:59 pm

The National Population Commission (NPC) in lieu with its earlier announcement of a trial census session has begun housePChold listing and building numbering in the Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State.

Daura has been listed among the six LGAs nationwide which would be covered 100 percent during the trial census, in preparation for the 2023 population and housing census.

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Alhaji Bala Almu-Banye, the NPC’s Federal Commissioner in charge of Katsina State, said the exercise was in line with the approval of the Federal Government for the …

Journalist On DSS Watchlist For 38 Years Hailed By Buhari

Journalist On DSS Watchlist For 38 Years Hailed By Buhari

July 13, 2022 4:58 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chairman of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade, on his 60th birthday while hailing his efforts at promoting journalism.

Arogundade who is an educator, was formerly President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

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The President hailed his relentless efforts in promoting press freedom, democratic principles, and increased transparency during election processes. The Nigerian leader also reiterated that he recognizes the important role IPC plays in ensuring that journalists and other media workers perform their legitimate duties.

Buhari had also …

ASUU Urges Buhari To Meet With Renegotiation Committee

ASUU Urges Buhari To Meet With Renegotiation Committee

July 13, 2022 1:01 pm

In a bid to bring to an end the lingering strike which the organisation has undergone for the past few months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede said this on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Briggs committee which was set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria on June 7, is to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement with ASUU and submit its report to the Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu in three months.

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Terrorists Seize Kaduna villages, Preach Against Democracy

Terrorists Seize Kaduna villages, Preach Against Democracy

July 13, 2022 9:52 am

Many villages of Brinin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State were openly preached to by members of the Ansaru terrorist group on Tuesday as part of their activities marking the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.

A source from the affected villages told Africa Daily News, New York that the terrorists are persuading the locals to abandon formal education and respect for constituted authorities to accept their kind of religion that detests democracy.

Recall that the terrorists took time to interact with the locals and urged them to acquire arms and launch a rebellion against the government prior to two months ago when they …

Blame FG, Not Lecturers, For Strike, ASUU Tells Nigerians

Blame FG, Not Lecturers, For Strike, ASUU Tells Nigerians

July 13, 2022 4:24 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said the Federal Government, and not its members, are responsible for the union’s prolonged strike which began in February this year.

It, therefore, called on Nigerians to ask the government when it will sign the agreement reached at the just concluded renegotiation meeting.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on Monday told striking lecturers to consider the future generation and resume work, saying “enough is enough for keeping students at home.”

However, ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with …

Covid-19 Pandemic Is ‘Nowhere Near Over’, WHO Insists

Covid-19 Pandemic Is ‘Nowhere Near Over’, WHO Insists

July 13, 2022 3:34 am

The Chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday warned that fresh waves of Covid-19 infections is a strong indicator that the pandemic is ‘nowhere near over’, whole also voicing concern the virus is ‘running freely’.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out he was worried that case numbers were continuing to rise, putting further pressure on stretched health systems and workers.

‘New waves of the virus demonstrate again that Covid-19 is nowhere near over,’ he told a news conference that was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, adding: ‘As the virus pushes at us, we must push back.’

‘The …

2023 Census: NPC Recruitment Portal Faces Attack From Hackers

2023 Census: NPC Recruitment Portal Faces Attack From Hackers

July 13, 2022 3:21 am

The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that it successfully foiled an attempt to hack its recruitment portal for the 2023 census.

NPC Commissioner for Anambra, Chidi Ezeoke, made this known while speaking at a news conference in Awka on Tuesday.

Ezeoke revealed that the NPC had established a digitalised online geo-fenced portal to recruit personnel from selected communities across Nigeria.

The official also went on to assure Nigerians that the commission was committed to correcting anomalies to ensure an accurate and reliable census next year.

Read Also: 1M Nigerians Will Be Recruited For 2023 Census – NPC

“If hackers …

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