Politics

Some youths from the oil-rich Niger Delta region have rejected the 3 to 5 percent equity shares allotted to oil host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill recently passed by both chambers of the National Assembly warning the President that there would be consequences should he decide to assent such bill.

The youth groups made their position known during a protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on Monday, lamenting that the region has been ‘stripped off of their rights and entitlement after sixty-five years of oil discovery, exploration, sacrifices, and devastation of their environment in the region.

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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagum, yesterday collapsed during an official engagement in Bauchi.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Katagum, who was in Bauchi metropolis to launch an empowerment programme slumped while delivering her speech.

She was immediately conveyed by officials to the Trauma center of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) for medical attention.

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According to an eyewitness, she as she stood to launch the programme, she suddenly held her head and collapsed on the floor.

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Hundreds of die-hard supporters of Former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma remained camped outside his home on Sunday vowing to render the country ungovernable if he is jailed.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that after the historic sentencing to a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, South Africa’s constitutional court has agreed to hear Zuma’s appeal to rescind the order.

A surrender deadline was set to run out on Sunday but after refusing to testify in a corruption trial, Zuma has shown no sign he will hand himself in to the authorities.

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit, asking the court ‘to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since May 29, 2015, including the projects on which the overdrafts have been spent, and repayments of all overdrafts to date.‘

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that SERAP is also seeking an order to compel the president to ‘explain and clarify whether the $25bn (N9.7trn) overdraft reportedly obtained from the CBN is within the five-percent limit of the actual revenue of the …

The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, has assured the Nigerians that the Army which he leads would do everything in its power to restore peace and security in the country with the last drop of its blood.

Gen Yahaya, asserted that the army is more determined and resolute, to restore peace and stability in all parts of the country.

He has therefore charged officers and soldiers to remain steadfast in prayers to defeat all the enemies of the state.
The COAS gave the charge at a reception he held with personnel shortly after the Interdenominational …

It was rowdy yesterday as hundreds of supporters gathered in a show of solidarity for Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma outside his Nkandla homestead, as the deadline for him to hand himself over inches closer.

Africa Daily News, New York had on Tuesday reported that in a ruling, Zuma was asked by the constitutional court to hand himself over by Sunday to start a 15-month jail term for contempt of court.

Supporters, mainly members of the African National Congress’s Umkhonto Wesizwe military wing, have for weeks camped outside Zuma’s home in KwaZula-Natal province in solidarity with the former leader.

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has explained why he withdrew his son from the public school in Kaduna stating that he had it on good authority that some bandits terrorising the state were targeting his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai.

In an interview with BBC Pidgin which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, Governor El-Rufai explained he secretly withdrew his son from Kaduna Capital school following intelligence that the bandits were planning to attack the school to kidnap his son.

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Reports on Friday indicated that the governor …

Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has reiterated that the rearrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was in accordance with the legal process.

The Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Public Relations, Jibrilu Gwandu, while briefing newsmen yesterday revealed that the IPOB leader was represented by a lawyer throughout the judicial process that led to the grant of his earlier bail.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Kanu, who is facing an 11-count charge of treason, treasonable felony, terrorism, and illegal possession of …