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2023 Presidency My Fate Is In God’s Hands, Emefiele Insists

2023 Presidency: My Fate Is In God’s Hands, Emefiele Insists

February 15, 2022 3:25 pm

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has reacted to the rumours making the rounds that he plans to contest for presidency in the 2023 presidential election.

According to him, it is the prerogative of the President Muhammadu Buhari, to map out his succession plan and if God permits, he would would be no one to say no.

The CBN governor was quoted as speaking when a ‘group of his friends’, tagged ‘Friends of Godwin Emefiele’, visited him to discuss the controversy over his rumoured presidential ambition in 2023.

In a statement issued by the …

Focus On Talents Not Certificates, Pantami Advices Youths

Focus On Talents Not Certificates, Pantami Advices Youths

February 15, 2022 3:10 pm

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in Nigeria, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has reiterated the need for government at all levels and other government institutions to focus more on talent and not ‘certificates’ as that is the only way forward.

He explained that it will go a long way in not only creating more job opportunities but addressing problems of unemployment and by extension, solving the challenges bedeviling the country.

Panatami made these assertions while speaking on Tuesday during the prize presentation ceremony and the Grand Finale of Katsina National Talent Hunt Challenge in Katsina further urged organisers …

2023 Will Determine Igbo’s Status In Nigeria, Ohanaeze Hints

2023 Will Determine Igbo’s Status In Nigeria, Says Ohanaeze

February 15, 2022 5:26 am

The President General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, has declared that the status of Ndigbo in Nigeria will be determined largely by where the next President of Nigeria emerges from.

‘Wherever the country picks its president from in 2023 will send a strong message to Ndigbo,’ Obiozor said in a statement he issued in Owerri on Monday.

He said to avoid the potholes of the past and to secure the future and preserve national unity, “the Nigerian political elite must avoid the prevailing political myopia and contrived amnesia surrounding Nigerian political history over the …

Trudeau Set To Invoke Emergency Powers Over Canada Protests

Trudeau Set To Invoke Emergency Powers Over Canada Protests

February 15, 2022 5:22 am

Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau is expected to invoke rarely-used emergency powers any movement from now to bring an end to trucker-led protests against Covid-19 health rules, as police arrested 11 people with a ‘cache of firearms’ blocking a border crossing with the United States in Alberta.

To achieve this, Trudeau is set to invoke the Emergencies Act to give the government extra powers in a national crisis to bring an end to the trucker-led protests now entering a third week, according to public broadcaster CBC.

Hundreds of big rigs still clog the streets of the capital Ottawa.

And the threat …

2023 Don't Give Up On APC – Lawan Begs Nigerians

2023: Don’t Give Up On APC – Lawan Begs Nigerians

February 14, 2022 3:57 am

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has appealed to Nigerians to continue to entrust the affairs of the country to the All Progressives Congress (APC), maintaining that APC means well for the country.

Lawan made this call on Sunday while speaking in Lagos during the fifth edition of the empowerment programme of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola who is representing Lagos West Senatorial District.

The event, which was held at the premises of the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, was also witnessed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi which was made …

Ukraine Pledges To Keep Airspace Open Despite Russia Threat

Ukraine Pledges To Keep Airspace Open Despite Russia Threat

February 14, 2022 3:21 am

Under pressure Ukraine has vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel despite strong warnings that Russian troops conducting drills near its borders could invade its territories at any point.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Dutch carrier KLM on Saturday became the very first major airline to indefinitely suspend flights to the former Soviet republic due of the rising risks around the country.

Ukraine’s budget airline SkyUp had on Sunday revealed that its flight from Portugal to Kyiv was forced to land in Moldova because the plane’s Irish leasing company had revoked permission for it to …

Electoral Act Presidency Afraid Of APC’s 2023 Chances - Wike

Electoral Act: Presidency Afraid Of APC’s 2023 Chances – Wike

February 13, 2022 2:53 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has claimed that President Mohammadu Buhari is afraid that giving assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill will make his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fail in the 2023 general election.

Governor Wike made the assertion at the inauguration of lecture halls, laboratories and offices of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa on Saturday, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson Kelvin Ebiri

The Governor pointed to the inclusion of the compulsory transmission of electoral results electronically in the Electoral Act Amendment …

Ukraine Attack Will Bring Severe Costs, Biden Warns Putin

February 13, 2022 1:43 am

Efforts to de-escalate the tensions in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy was unable to achieve any serious results on Saturday, with the White House insisting that Russia would face ‘swift and severe costs’ if its troops carry out the planned invasion.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier slammed Western claims that such a move might be on the horizon, calling the idea ‘provocative speculation’ that could result to a conflict in the ex-Soviet country.

Just a few weeks of tensions that have seen Russia nearly surround its western neighbour with more …

South Sudan Election Plans Critical To Avoid Violence - UN

South Sudan Election Plans Critical To Avoid Violence – UN

February 12, 2022 1:47 am

A UN expert who is on social assignment has warned that proper preparations are essential to avoid ‘fuelling violence and polarisation’ if South Sudan proceeds with elections next year.

Barney Afako who is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and a member of the UN’s Human Rights Commission on South Sudan, stated on Friday that ‘South Sudan is at a tipping point [and] and political contention amongst political elites continues’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the country is poised to conduct its first elections since becoming independent in 2011. Polls had been scheduled for 2015, but were disrupted by …

APC Convention Buhari Promises To Support Young People

APC Convention: Buhari Promises To Support Young People

February 12, 2022 12:59 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that he would back any young person who vies for any position in the upcoming All Progressives Congress (APC), national convention which is scheduled to hold later this month.

This was even as president also mandated his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, to ensure that all ministers and heads of agencies include young people with the requisite skills and experience in all boards and committees of the Federal Government.

Read Also: I Will Crush Terrorists Before I Leave In 2023, Buhari

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Biden Confiscates $7 Billion In Afghan Assets

Biden Confiscates $7 Billion In Afghan Assets

February 11, 2022 12:17 pm

The President of the United States, Joe Biden on Friday seized $7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government with the aim of splitting the funds between victims of the 9/11 attacks and desperately needed aid for post-war Afghanistan.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Biden officially seized the assets via an executive order on Friday.

It would be recalled that the money had been stuck in the New York Federal Reserve since the fall of the US-backed government in Kabul and takeover by the Taliban insurgency that fought US-led forces for 20 years.

A senior US …

2023 Tinubu Has Huge Shares In Apple, Man United – Jibrin

2023: Tinubu Has Huge Shares In Apple, Man United – Jibrin

February 11, 2022 5:55 am

A former member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has disclosed that the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is also a presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has huge shares in Apple Corporation as well as a top English club.

Jibrin explained that he was shocked to his marrows when he discovered that Tinubu also owns large shares in Manchester United Football Club.

Jibrin, who is also the Director-General of the Tinubu Support Management Council, made this disclosure while responding to inquiries on APC National Leader’s source of wealth in an interview with Arise Tv which was monitored …

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