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UN Chief Begs Russia Not To Cut Nuclear Plant From Ukraine Grid

UN Chief Begs Russia Not To Cut Nuclear Plant From Ukraine Grid

August 19, 2022 7:01 pm

Antonio Guterres who is the United Nations chief has on Friday pleaded with the Russian Governement that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station should not be actually cut off from Ukraine’s grid, following some of the Ukrainian reports that Moscow had been planning to cut them off.

“Obviously the electricity from Zaporizhzhia is Ukrainian electricity… This principle must be fully respected,” the UN Secretary General said during a visit to the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine.

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The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine had been seized by Russian troops …

2023: Atiku, Wike Hold Meeting As PDP Begins Reconciliation

PDP: Atiku And Wike Reconciliatory Committee Finally Meet

August 19, 2022 5:11 pm

After much speculations which had surrounded the final reconciliation between the two main stakeholders in the Nigerian opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, some of their reconcilatory representatives have on Friday finally met and opened up their discussions for peace and reconciliation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.

The committee and representatives which had been set up for that purpose would also be consisting of some of the members which had been drawn from both Atiku and Wike’s strategic teams. The meeting had also taken place in Government House, in …

2023 Tinubu Will Transform Nigeria’s Economy – Hon Faleke

2023: Tinubu Will Transform Nigeria’s Economy – Hon Faleke

August 19, 2022 6:53 am

Ahead of the official commencement of the campaign, the Secretary general, All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, James Faleke, has asserted that the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will turn around Nigeria’s economy from import dependent to production based.

Faleke made this assertion when he received members of the APC National Integrity Movement (ANIM) who visited him on Friday in Abuja.

He expressed the strong belief that APC would win the 2023 presidential election, owing to the belief that the Tinubu/Shettima project was a project for all APC groups and party loyalists across the country.

Faleke pointed out that …

2023 I Will Lead Nigeria Out Of Darkness, Atiku Vows

2023: I Will Lead Nigeria Out Of Darkness, Atiku Vows

August 19, 2022 5:37 am

Against the backdrop of the strike saga which involved the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to lead Nigeria out of the darkness if they elect him as their President in 2023.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union’s strike which was happened on Wednesday left Nigeria in darkness for over 12 hours after it shut down power stations over welfare issues.

However, NUEE after its meeting with the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige suspended the strike for two weeks.

Atiku …

Restructuring Won't Break Up Nigeria, Okotie Insists

Restructuring Won’t Break Up Nigeria, Okotie Insists

August 18, 2022 6:41 am

Amidst the ongoing debate on the structure of Nigeria, the Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has asserted out that restructuring Nigeria will not lead to secession.

He made this known via his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, in a statement made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday.

The cleric who lately has been an interim government campaigner allayed the fears of those who think that any attempt to restructure the country would lead to disintegration.

‘Okotie, who has been campaigning for the inauguration of an interim government with the main objective of restructuring the …

2023 Retaining Power In The North Wrong, Obasanjo Bombs PDP

Obasanjo Bombs PDP Over Plot To Retain Power In The North

August 18, 2022 5:59 am

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has questioned the rationale behind the decision of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in picking Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate ahead of next year’s general election.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Atiku hails from Adamawa State, a state in northern Nigeria and was Obasanjo’s deputy between 1999 and 2007.

Obasanjo pointed out that the decision is not politically correct and in the spirit of the understanding between the North and the South of Nigeria going by the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari who is from the North will be …

$418m Paris Club Refund Malami Pursuing Selfish Agenda -Govs

$418m Paris Club Refund: Malami Pursuing Selfish Agenda -Govs

August 18, 2022 5:37 am

The clash of interest that had recently taken centre stage between State governors in Nigeria and the Federal Government over deductions made in respect of the Paris Club Debt Refunds may have taken a fresh twist as the Nigeria Governors Forum on Thursday berated the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over recent comments credited to him regarding the $418million Paris debt refunds.

Rising from a meeting where they deliberated on the matter at the Presidential Villa Abuja, the Governors accused Malami of carrying out the deductions from the funds belong to the states to …

Tinubu Berated For Visiting Obasanjo After Insulting Ex-President

Tinubu Berated For Visiting Obasanjo After Insulting Ex-President

August 17, 2022 8:59 pm

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been mocked and berated for finally visiting one of the former Presidents of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo after he had previously insulted him.

It had also been reported that Tinubu had  met with Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday.

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The meeting between the two Southwest political leaders was believed to be a consultation as regards to Tinubu’s race for 2023.

While reacting to this visit, Deji Adeyanju who is an Abuja-based …

Reckless, Endless Borrowing, A Recipe For Disaster – Atiku

Reckless, Endless Borrowing, A Recipe For Disaster – Atiku

August 17, 2022 6:02 am

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has expressed sadness that the leadership of the All Progressive Congress was still advocating for reckless borrowing amidst an economic tailspin which Nigeria was currently grappling with.

The Vice President of Nigeria pointed out that despite several warnings by the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who has consistently earned against the unwise decision by the current administration to engage of such borrowing.

Mr. Paul Ibe who is the Media Adviser to the PDP candidate said this in a chat with reporters on Wednesday, in Abuja, on Tuesday.…

Insecurity 2023 Polls Under Threat – Ex-Army Chief, Dambazau

Insecurity: 2023 Polls Under Threat – Ex-Army Chief, Dambazau

August 17, 2022 5:55 am
The Minister of Interior, and former Chief of Army Staff, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, hinted that the activities of the members of the self-proclaimed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and terrorists have posed a serious threat to the forthcoming 2023 elections.
According to him, the 2023 elections would possibly be impeded by the upsurge of insecurity in the country, he further said that some percentage of the nation’s population would continue to be displaced, he noted that areas prone to the terrorist attacks are soft and vulnerable targets which would birth fear in the minds of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC
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Kenya Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto's Victory In Court

Kenya: Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto’s Victory In Court

August 17, 2022 5:38 am

Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga vowed Tuesday to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ after rejecting the outcome of elections that awarded victory to his rival William Ruto.

The 77-year-old veteran politician branded the result of the August 9 race a ‘travesty’ but stopped short of explicitly announcing that he would mount a challenge at the Supreme Court.

‘What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the consitution and the laws of Kenya,” he told a press conference in Nairobi, blaming the head of the commission that oversaw the poll.

‘I do not want …

2023 Shekarau Will Conclude On Defection This Week -Spokesman

2023: Shekarau Will Conclude On Defection This Week -Spokesman

August 17, 2022 5:33 am
Ex-governor of Kano state, Ibrahim Shekarau is yet to conclude on whether to defect from the New Nigeria People Party this week, as related to the media as confirmed by his spokesperson, Sule Yau on Tuesday.
In response to questions on his visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for forthcoming general elections.
Shekarau served as the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party’s presidential candidate in 2011 and was among the party’s executives in the coalition negotiations with the leaders of the other legacy parties that led to the creation of the APC
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