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Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma Released From Jail

Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma Released From Jail

October 8, 2022 6:27 am

Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma has finally been released following the expiration of his prison term for contempt of court.

An official of the government made this disclosure in a statement on Friday.

Zuma bagged a 15-month sentence last year after he flouted instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry.

He surrendered himself to South African authorities on July 7, 2021, to begin his jail term causing the worst violence the country had experienced in years as his disgruntled supporters flooded the streets.

Reacting to his freedom, Reuters reported that Zuma said he felt relieved to be …

11 Nigerian Stowaways Rescued On Liberian Waters

11 Nigerian Stowaways Rescued On Liberian Waters

October 8, 2022 5:56 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that men Nigerian Immigration Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport has taken hold of about 11 Nigerians returned by the Liberian Immigration Service (LIS).

The 11 young men were rescued by the LIS on September 11 on that country’s high sea after stowing away on a sea vessel from the Apapa Port in Lagos four days earlier

The LIS said 14 men comprising 13 Nigerians and a Cameroonian initially stowed away but two Nigerians lost their lives after the crew of the ship tortured them when they …

Wike Makes U-Turn, Withdraws Criminal Charges Against Amaechi

Wike Makes U-Turn, Withdraws Criminal Charges Against Amaechi

October 7, 2022 6:53 am

The Government of Rivers State has confirmed the withdrawal of the criminal charges against the former governor, Rotimi Amaechi, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Tonye Cole, and five others.

When the matter resumed for ruling on the legality of the use of a private lawyer to prosecute the matter rather than the attorney general of the state, counsel to Rivers State government informed the court of their decision to withdraw the suit.

However, the defense counsel argued that withdrawing the suit at this point was an abuse of court process and asked the …

Return Africa’s Stolen Assets, Artefacts, Buhari Warns West

Return Africa’s Stolen Assets, Artefacts, Buhari Warns West

October 7, 2022 6:34 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has made a case for the return of stolen assets and artifacts stolen from Africa by the West.

The President made the demand in an article he wrote on Wednesday, saying the clamour for the repatriation of looted treasures is becoming irresistible.

According to the Nigerian leader, Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, held by the Horniman Museum in London were returning home, 125 years after being plundered by British troops.

Read Also: Auction Of ‘Stolen’ Igbo Artifacts Goes Ahead In Paris

Meanwhile, Germany …

Presidential Race Is Between Obi And Atiku - Primate Ayodele

Presidential Race Is Between Obi And Atiku – Primate Ayodele

October 7, 2022 6:07 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has claimed that the 2023 presidential election is between the Labour Party (LP), candidate, Peter Obi, and his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

This was as Primate Ayodele declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was out of the struggle for the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking with reporters, Ayodele noted that God would decide who becomes the next president of Nigeria.

He stressed that God would not look at any religion or zone in …

2023 Tinubu Is Nigeria’s Next President - Northern Coalition

2023: Tinubu Is Nigeria’s Next President – Northern Coalition

October 7, 2022 5:30 am

A group of Northern leaders on Friday predicted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu will emerge as Nigeria’s next president next year.

The leaders, who are members of 100% Focus Movement, a pro-Tinubu Northern coalition, asserted that the South does not have a choice, but to vote for Tinubu.

The leader of the group, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the South, particularly the South West, needs to vote for the candidate in appreciation for what he has done in the region.

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

‘We don’t …

Rivers Govt Withdraws Criminal Charges Against Amaechi, Cole

Rivers Govt Withdraws Criminal Charges Against Amaechi, Cole

October 6, 2022 6:42 pm

As part of their efforts in burying the hatchet with the past administration, the Rivers State Government has declared that they are going to be withdrawing most of the criminal charges which had been levelled against the former governor of the State, Rotimi Amaechi and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Tonye Cole and some five others.

It had been reported that when the matter had resumed for its ruling on the legality of the use of a private lawyer to prosecute the matter rather than the attorney general of Rivers state, the counsel to …

Buhari Reacts To Release Of 23 Train Hostages

Buhari Reacts To Release Of 23 Train Hostages

October 6, 2022 5:04 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his joy and satisfaction, and that of the entire country with the military as well as other security agencies on the safe release of the remaining 23 kidnapped train passengers held in captivity by terrorists for 6 months.

While reacting to the news of the safe release of the hostages in line with his earlier directives, President Buhari pointed out that the nation owed the military and all other security and intelligence agencies a debt of gratitude for the successful conduct of the operation leading to the release of the hostages, …

Ugandan President Sacks Son Over Social Media Threat

Ugandan President Sacks Son Over Social Media Threat

October 6, 2022 5:00 am

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his son as commander of the nation’s infantry forces Tuesday after the son tweeted an unprovoked threat to capture the capital of neighboring Kenya, drawing widespread concern in East Africa.

Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, dubbed ‘the tweeting general’ of Uganda, in recent months had sparked anger among some Ugandans who see his frequent posts on Twitter as provocative and sometimes even dangerous.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that he has tweeted a number of times in support of the Tigray rebels fighting Ethiopian federal troops. He’s voiced support for violent rebels fighting in eastern …

Ngige Turning ASUU Strike To A Personal Quarrel - Jega

Ngige Turning ASUU Strike To A Personal Quarrel – Jega

October 6, 2022 4:55 am

Attahiru Jega who is a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has tackled the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige saying that he has turned the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) into a personal quarrel.

Speaking on Tuesday during a programme on Arise TV which was monitored by Africa Daily New, New York, Jega said Ngige is creating more problems than solutions.

“Unfortunately, right now, the minister of labour is not helping matters. He has turned this into a personal quarrel between him and the minister of education on one hand …

Guber Polls 14 APC, PDP Candidates Fails To Make INEC's List

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

October 6, 2022 4:42 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates that will be squaring up to contest the governorship and houses of assembly election in 28 states of the federation in the 2023 elections.

A statement signed yesterday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, had in it the 18 political parties that fielded 837 candidates and their running mates for the 28 governorship elections.

Also, the statement indicated that 10,231 candidates would vie for 993 seats in the state assembly elections.

The list also included the names of the running …

Sowore Mocks Peter Obi Over Honorary Citizenship

Sowore Mocks Peter Obi Over Honorary Citizenship

October 6, 2022 4:38 am

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has taken a swipe at his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, for celebrating the honorary citizenship conferred on him in the United States.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Obi had in the early hours of Wednesday shared the news of his honorary citizenship of Dallas on his social media handle.

In his reaction, Sowore declared that Obi had been scammed and that the certificate wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on.

Read Also: Peter Obi’s Lagos Rally Suggests APC’s Decline – Bwala

His Tweet read: …

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