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2023 Census Some Nigerians Refusing To Be Counted – NPC

NPC Officials Inspect Materials Ahead Of 2023 Census

October 13, 2022 7:54 pm

In lieu of the upcoming census, the stakeholders of the National Population Commission (NPC), have on Thursday paid a visit to the Nigeria factory of an indigenous technology firm, RLG Adulawo, in Ilesa, Osun state as part of their fresh efforts to fully ensure and confirm that next year’s census is conducted, in compliance with the presidential directive on local content, especially in the area of technology.

The team  had also made sure that theu toured the various sections of the RLG Adulawo Technology City, Ilesa factory, including some of the Assembly lines, testing centres and workshops sections, where ICT …

2023 Atiku’s Popularity Has Knocked You Out – PDP To Tinubu

2023: Atiku’s Popularity Has Knocked You Out – PDP To Tinubu

October 13, 2022 7:14 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as someone dazed by the resounding presentation of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

It alleged that Tinubu had become disoriented to the extent that he can no longer articulate or engage in any productive and focused political discourse.

The PDP made the declaration on Wednesday, via a statement by the spokesperson of the party, Debo Ologunagba.

The statement partly read, ‘While Asiwaju Tinubu has proven to Nigerians that he is …

ASUU Set To Suspend Strike After branches Voted

ASUU Set To Suspend Strike After Branches Voted

October 13, 2022 7:09 am

Many branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday, voted to suspend the ongoing eight-month strike to press home demands for improved working conditions for members and infrastructure in public universities.

The branches had summoned congresses based on the directive of the national body on yesterday following a ruling by the Court of Appeal which ordered that ASUU respects the judgment of Industrial Court of Nigeria and suspend its industrial action.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that after yesterday’s meetings across the country, members resolved to ask the National Executive Council (NEC) to call for the …

Biden Vows To Deal With Saudi Arabia After Oil Output Cuts

Biden Vows To Deal With Saudi Arabia After Oil Output Cuts

October 13, 2022 7:03 am

The President of the United States, Joe Biden has sent out a very stern warning to Saudi Arabia that there will be ‘consequences’ after a global cartel of oil-producing countries which is led by the kingdom and Russia announced that they would cut oil production despite Washington’s objections.

While making his remarks on Tuesday come a day after influential Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the US must immediately freeze all cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including arms sales.

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‘There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,’ …

Nigeria Opens Talks With Ethiopia Over Visa Ban

Nigeria Opens Talks With Ethiopia Over Visa Ban

October 13, 2022 6:53 am

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has revealed that it has opened communications with the Ethiopian Government over the controversial subject of a recent visa ban on Nigeria, in order to seek a reversal of the new policy.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who made this known during the weekly briefing of the FEC, however, took out time to explain that the ban does not in anyway affect the agreement by the two nations on Nigeria Air.

The council today also approved the ratification of International Labour Organisation Convention 181 which seeks to permit operation of private employment agencies and …

Nord Stream 2 Putin Offers To Boost Gas Supplies To Europe

Nord Stream 2: Putin Offers To Boost Gas Supplies To Europe

October 13, 2022 6:08 am

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has disclosed that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to the European Union through a link of the Germany-bound Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea, an offer which was immediately turned down by Berlin.

Putin who made this offer while speaking at a Moscow energy forum on Wednesday, asserted that one of the two links of the pipeline remained pressurised despite a series of ruptures last month which caused major leaks, sending gas spewing out off the coast of Denmark and Sweden.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Nord …

Oil Theft Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

Oil Theft: Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

October 13, 2022 5:53 am

Amidst the ongoing controversies around oil theft, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, had called for the resignation of top managers of the petroleum sector over reported large-scale crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.

The former Anambra State governor made this known yesterday while speaking at the 52nd annual Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) conference in Lagos, yesterdays, on the topic, ‘Accounting As A Requisite For Sustainable Governance,’ according to him, it was expected that the hierarchy of Nigeria’s oil management bureaucracy would immediately quit after the discovery of the oil …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

2023: INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Ineligible Registrants

October 12, 2022 9:32 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again made another announcement which revealed that it has discovered 2.7 million cases of some double registration which had been carried out during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration.

The commission  had also revealed that all the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register.

Read Also: Guber Polls: 14 APC, PDP Candidates Fails To Make INEC List

This had been disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at an event tagged ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ held in Washington DC, United States.

Yakubu also raised concerns about security challenges across the country, …

Russia Designates Meta As ‘Terrorist And Extremist’ Group

Russia Designates Meta As ‘Terrorist And Extremist’ Group

October 12, 2022 7:25 am

Russia on Wednesday included US tech giant Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to a list of which it has labelled as ‘terrorist and extremist’ organisations, according to a database of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (Rosfinmonitoring) which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York. 

Recall that in late March, Russia had announced a ban on Facebook and Instagram for allegedly ‘carrying out extremist activities’ after authorities accused Meta of tolerating what it described as ‘Russophobia’ during Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.

Meta had announced on March 10 that the platforms would allow statements like …

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

October 12, 2022 7:19 am

The Senator representing Enugu East senatorial district, Chimaroke Nnamani who is a former governor of Enugu State has decried the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ignore five of its governors as it commenced presidential campaigns for next year’s elections.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the presidential campaign of the PDP which was earlier in the week flagged off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, however, five of its governors – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) had snubbed the event.

Their decision …

2023: Wike Appoints 14,359 Advisers, Liaison Officers

2023: Wike Appoints 14,359 Advisers, Liaison Officers

October 12, 2022 7:13 am

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has confirmed the appointment of a total of 14,359 persons as advisers and liaison officers for various political units in the State.

In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the governor disclosed that a total of 14,000 persons were appointed as advisers while 359 persons were appointed as liaison officers for local governments and wards.

The statement disclosed that the appointments were with immediate effect.

Read Also: Wike Makes U-Turn, Withdraws Criminal Charges Against

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Russian Onslaught Zelensky Pleads For Ukraine ‘Air Shield’

Russian Onslaught: Zelenskyy Pleads For Ukraine ‘Air Shield’

October 12, 2022 6:57 am

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to wealthy Western nations in the world to help Kyiv create an ‘air shield’ after intensified deadly Russian aerial attacks which have continued to grow.

Zelenskyy, who told the G7 club of rich nations ‘millions of people would be grateful’ for help fending off attacks from the sky, warned Russia ‘still has room for further escalation’ after Monday’s bloody missile salvoes across Ukraine.

Following the attacks, Washington pledged to up shipments of air defences to Ukraine, while Germany promised delivery “in the coming days” of the first Iris-T missile shield reportedly …

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