Politics

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has boasted that the agriculture policy of his administration is beginning to yield positive fruits in the country as many civil servants are now picking up their hoes and heading to the farms.

The President who said this while playing host to Hailemariam Dessalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Friday disclosed that Nigeria fell back to agriculture because crude oil is no longer sustainable.

He further revealed that Nigerians now eat what they produce because his administration also stopped the importation of many food products.

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The Ondo State Security Network Agency is better known as Operation Amotekun have announced the arrest of at least 400 cows in its ongoing ‘Operation Clean up’ in the state.

The state Commander of the corps, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye made this disclosure when he spoke to newsmen in Akure yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that he said that the arrest of the cows was made possible with the support of local hunters.

He stated that the directive of the state government that all local government chairmen should set up a vigilante system has yielded results.

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III has asserted that a bulk of Nigeria’s current problems are a result of a lack of understanding among different ethnic groups in the country.

The Sultan made the observation in Kano on Friday while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Inter-Tribal Traditional Leaders Association of Nigeria

The Sultan maintained that it is better for Nigerians to understand one another than to tolerate one another arguing that people who tolerate themselves rarely give room to work together and attain their common objectives.

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta, of Kenya, of stopping so low to allegedly collude with a terror-friendly government, like that of Nigeria in abducting its leader Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB, expressed disappointment with the Kenyan President for allegedly betraying its Mazi Kanu, saying it will hold him accountable for his action.

It also alleged that President Keyatta and his government allegedly planned the abduction immediately it leader entered the country before contacting Nigerian on his presence in the country and subsequent smuggling into with the assistance of Nigerian security agents.

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The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the attack on the residence of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that gunmen had attacked Igboho’s residence in the wee hours of Thursday.

It was also gathered that seven persons were killed and his wife kidnapped during the attack.

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The gunmen who donned military uniforms attacked Igboho’s residence at about 1:30 am and destroyed valuable assets in the building.

Footage from his residence showed blood spills in the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asserted that mass defection will rattle both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) between now and December, as politicians are set to realign ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The governor lambasted those defecting away from the PDP pointing out that although defection is an inherent part of the democratic process, those who defected from the PDP lacked integrity and character.

Wike made these claims at the inauguration of reconstructed William Jumbo, Ernest Ikoli, Eleme, Akassa, Abana, and Mbiama streets in Old Government Residential Area of Port Harcourt on …

Spain’s ruling Socialists has vowed that it would ‘never’ allow an independence referendum in Catalonia.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made this comment yesterday as his government prepares to resume negotiations with Catalan separatists.

The prime Minister’s comments is coming barely one week after nine Catalan political leaders were pardoned and freed from jail for their part in the northeastern region’s failed push for independence in 2017.

‘There will be no referendum on self-determination,’ Sanchez told parliament, saying his Socialist party would ‘never accept this type of deviation.’

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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and Britain of ‘provocation’ in the Black Sea.

Africa Daily News, New York had last week, the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in Sevastopol said it had forced the British warship HMS Defender, which had sailed close to Crimea, to change course by firing warning shots and dropping bombs.

Putin yesterday revealed that a US reconnaissance aircraft was also present during the incident, which was observing the Russian reaction to the actions of the HMS Defender.

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Suspected Bandits in Zamfara State yesterday opened heavy fire on the convoy of Kano State Governor, Abdullah Ganduje and injured three policemen in the convoy.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the incident reportedly occurred while the convoy of the governor was coming from Zamfara State where Ganduje and other governors visited Guzau to receive Governor Bello Matawalle into the APC fold.

The convoy ran into a roadblock mounted by the bandits on the Zamfara, Katsina, and Kano Road, around Shema, and on seeing the convoy, the bandits opened fire on it.

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A coalition of Igbo-British lawyers has lambasted everyone involved in the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in a foreign land and his forceful repatriation to Nigeria.

The coalition while fingering Kenya in the plot promised to take action against the East African country.

In a statement by Attorney E.R Okoroafor in Glasgow, Scotland, which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, the group said Kanu’s arrest was ‘illegal and archaic.’

It accused the Kenyan government of playing a major role ‘in the illegal detention of the leader of the …

The British High Commission has reacted to the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

In a message made available to Africa Daily News, New York,  a spokesperson of the British High Commission,  Dean Hurlock stated that while they can confirm Kanu’s arrest, he was not picked up in the UK where he is based before now.

The IPOB leader, who is also a UK citizen, had been in the UK since 2017 when he fled Nigeria.

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Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and …