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A 49-year-old man identified as Floyd Ray Roseberry from North Carolina was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday for allegedly attempting to bomb US Capitol Hill.

According to the report which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, FBI agents and members of the sheriff’s office in Cleveland County, North Carolina, went to his home, a representative for the sheriff’s office told newsmen.

US Capitol Police chief Tom Manger told reporters earlier this Thursday afternoon that the suspect’s motives were not certain.

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He said that law enforcement …

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged not to exit the government as a failure by the time his second term in office ends in 2023.

He made the declaration during a crucial closed-door meeting with service chiefs held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, conveyed the President’s pledge to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting which lasted more than five hours.

‘The President was briefed, the President is quite happy that there’s been a tremendous success, especially with the advent of the new service chiefs and Inspector-General …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asserted that though the situation in Nigeria is very bad, it is not irredeemable as many believe.

Obasanjo made this assertion after a closed-door meeting with the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The former president said every right-thinking individual knows that the ‘Nigeria situation is very bad, but it is not irredeemable.’

The former President expressed concern that the nation is not where it is supposed to be.

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned increasing banditry in Nigeria insisting that only restructuring can get the country working again.

He asserted that it won’t be a surprise if bandits and kidnappers apply for registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and seek listing at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

He also said Nigeria must restructure to witness accelerated development.

He said: ‘We needed to fix Nigeria to avoid sleep-walking our way towards disaster.’

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Abubakar spoke at the national dialogue and public presentation of a book, ‘Remaking Nigeria: Sixty …

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday revealed that Turkey was still prepared to protect Kabul airport following the Taliban takeover, and Ankara was talking with all concerned parties.

Speaking in a televised interview, Erdogan said; ‘We aimed at ensuring the security of the airport and contributing to the security of this country after the withdrawal of American (troops). We still maintain this intention’.

Ankara has negotiated with US defence officials since offering to help secure and run Kabul airport, which is key to allowing countries to retain a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan after the US troop withdrawal.

But …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed his readiness to evacuate citizens of his State who are studying in Plateau following the crisis currently rocking the state.

Ortom gave the assurance on Wednesday while briefing newsmen in Makurdi the state capital.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that travellers from Bauchi State were during the weekend, attacked and murdered by some assailants yet to be identified.

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Killings in the State have become very rampant in the last few days.

Following the Saturday massacre, the management of the University …

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has explained why a third force being promoted to oust the major political parties in the country come 2023 will not fly.

There have been calls for a third force following the largely poor performance of the two major political parties in managing the country’s resources.

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, recently asked Nigerians to reject the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general polls.

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Olusegun Falola, lawyer of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho, has explained why his client would not return to Nigeria anytime soon.

Falola alleged that Igboho can not return to Nigeria because ‘they are planning to kill him.’

The counsel who is one of Igboho’s lawyers said the agitator is being kept safe Benin Republic.

Falola disclosed this while giving an update on the safety of the Yoruba nation agitator.

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‘The case will make revelations as to which government is powerful in Africa, our government may not …

Spanish giants Barcelona are interested in signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Arsenal, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

The La Liga club are reportedly willing to offer former Liverpool midfielder, Philippe Coutinho, in part exchange for the Arsenal captain.

Earlier on Monday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta revealed the club are £1.15bn in debt.

Aubameyang, 32, signed a new three-year deal with Arsenal last year until 2024.

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The Gabon striker missed the Gunners’ opening-day Premier League defeat at Brentford on Friday through illness, alongside Alexandre Lacazette.

Aubameyang, who joined Arsenal for …

An opposition leader in Zambia Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, has been declared the winner of last week’s keenly-contested presidential election, after he defeated the incumbent, President Edgar Lungu, by more than one million votes.

With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results showed that Hichilema had garnered 2,810,757 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201.

‘I, therefore, declare Hakainde Hichilema President-elect of the Republic of Zambia,‘ electoral commission chairman, Justice Esau Chulu, said in a televised address which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

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The 59-year-old opposition politician gave his long-time rival, …

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), not to assume that the bulk votes the party had in 2015 and 2019 would remain intact in 2023 as President Muhammadu Buhari whose personality attracted the votes will not be on the ballot.

Consequently, Professor Osinbajo charged the youth arm of the party to work hard to build a stronger membership base, right from the grassroots.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Vice President stated this when he received a delegation of the APC National Youth Lobby Group, who was at the Presidential …

Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor and 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad Sanusi II, has relieved his experience while working as the Chief Regulator of the banking industry, noting that he was prepared to go to prison while he had a face-off with the Jonathan administration for blowing the cover on alleged embezzlement of public funds.

Speaking in Abuja at a dinner organised in his honour by the Nigerian Platform to celebrate his 60th birthday, the controvcersial banker asserted that he understands that sensitive nerves are ruptured when the truth is spoken, but will not be deterred in speaking …