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Protesters Protest In Spain, Morocco Over Migrant Deaths

Protesters, Protest In Spain, Morocco Over Migrant Deaths

July 3, 2022 7:08 am

In response to the deaths of 23 African migrants who perished in a crush while attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Morocco, protests were conducted on Saturday in a number of Spanish cities as well as in Rabat.

Numerous protests against immigration policy and the ‘militarization of borders’ were held in Barcelona, Malaga, Vigo, San Sebastian, and Melilla itself.

In the Moroccan capital, a few dozen representatives of the Collective of Sub-Saharan Communities in Morocco and associations helping migrants demonstrated in front of parliament calling for Rabat to “stop playing the role of EU policeman”.

‘We …

We Want Senate Presidency, SGF, South-East APC Tells Tinubu

We Want Senate Presidency, SGF, South-East APC Tells Tinubu

July 3, 2022 7:04 am

The South-East zone caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted its sights to the positions of Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) if the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, wins the 2023 general elections.

The development was made known by a top party chieftain in the South-East, who who preferred not to be named.

The source revealed that when Tinubu comes back to the country, a group would meet with him and present their demands.

‘If the South-West has the presidency while both the North-West and North-East are still negotiating …

Real Reasons Why Life Is Unpleasant In Nigeria - Shettima

Real Reasons Why Life Is Unpleasant In Nigeria – Shettima

July 3, 2022 6:59 am

A former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has opened up on why he thinks life appears nasty, brutish and short, in the midst of abundance, in Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria.

Shettima made these revelations while speaking Abuja at the investiture of Yusuf Ali as the 11th President of Rotary Club Abuja Maitama, pointed out that citizens get swamped by inordinate worship of money, individualism, and a crass materialism at the detriment to the wellbeing of the masses.

The former Senator called on citizens to work towards saving Nigerians who are migrating to different countries through dangerous …

ECOWAS Summit: VP Osinbajo Leaves For Accra

ECOWAS Summit: VP Osinbajo Leaves For Accra

July 2, 2022 5:37 pm

 Yemi Osinbajo who is the Vice-President of Nigeria has on Saturday flown off from Lagos to Accra, Ghana where he would be representing Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.

Laolu Akande who is Osinbajo’s spokesman had in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, mentioned that the vice-president would be standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit which comes up on Sunday.

Read Also: Displaced Nigerians In Cameroon To Return Soon – Osinbajo

The vice-president will also join other leaders to deliberate and take decisions on the political, …

I Am A Supporter Of IPOB’s Agitation, Wike Claims

Gov Wike Refuses Entreaties, Snubs Atiku’s Emissary In Turkey

July 2, 2022 2:32 pm

Reports by Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike while in Turkey had refused to grant any audience to a former Minister of Police Affairs, Adamu Waziri, who had been sent to speak with him by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku Abubakar in a move for peace had deployed Mr Waziri to meet Governor Nyesom Wike, who is on holiday in the Eastern European country, after the governor rebuffed several attempts by the candidate to arrange a meeting between them.

Read Also: 2023: Tinubu Never Met

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Ganduje 'Tinubu Is Not An Experimental Nigerian President' - Ganduje

‘Tinubu Is Not An Experimental Nigerian President’ – Ganduje

July 2, 2022 2:31 pm

While appraising Tinubu’s wits and grandstanding in Nigerian politics, the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has boasted that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, is not an experimental president while given his level of dexterity and strong rooting in politics and administration in the Nigerian project.

The governor had made this assertion at the Governor’s Lodge, Aminu Kano House, Abuja, when he received an award presented to him by the National Coalition of Tinubu Support Groups Worldwide, the national directorate, comprising Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Oman, and the …

Omokri Throws Support Behind Muslim-Muslim Presidential Ticket

Omokri Throws Support Behind Muslim-Muslim Presidential Ticket

July 2, 2022 10:12 am

A socio-political commentator and former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has fully insisted that there is nothing actually wrong with the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in Nigeria while throwing his support behind Tinubu for actually supporting the movement.

Omokri had also reiterated that the focus should be on the credibility of the presidential candidates, not religion.

The staunch ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had made the remark via a tweet.

Read Also: Reno Omokri Slams $500 Bounty On Peter Obi’s Supporter

Omokri had also made full explainations that he was not opposing the All Progressives Congress, …

2023 Peter Obi’s Victory Would Shock You, Okupe Blasts Critics

2023: Peter Obi’s Victory Will Shock You, Okupe Blasts Critics

July 2, 2022 5:06 am

A former presidential spokesperson and Director General of the Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, has lambasted those claiming that the Labour Party has no structure to win a presidential election insisting that they would weep when it eventually happens.

In a tweet which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Friday, Okupe asserted that the LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would win the 2023 election.

Okupe, whose name was earlier submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission as Obi’s running mate, pointed that ‘those mocking us will weep when Obi wins the presidential election’.

He …

2023 Tinubu Never Met Wike In France - Spokesperson

2023: Tinubu Never Met Wike In France – Spokesperson

July 2, 2022 4:50 am

A spokesperson on Friday clarified that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu never at any point held any meeting with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in France.

Africa Daily News, New York reports had gone viral on social media about a supposed meeting between Tinubu and Wike, a chieftain of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

However, a statement signed by a spokesperson of the Tinubu Media Office, Tunde Rahman, debunked the reports, describing them as fake.

Read Also: INEC Finally Releases Tinubu’s Credentials, University Certificates

‘We have seen a viral social …

Putin Describes Russia’s Ukraine Operation Is A ‘Success’

Putin Gloats To US That Sanctions Are Pushing Russia Forward

July 1, 2022 7:04 pm

Vladimir Putin who is the Russian President, has reiterated that the numerous Western sanctions have only helped to push his country and its ally Belarus toward “speeding up integration. ”

Putin had further stated that the Russian integration with Belarus will come in various sectors, which, according to him, would further help to “minimize the damage” of the sanctions.

Read Also: There Would Be No Ukraine War If Putin Was Female – Boris

“Russia and Belarus have continued to grow in their cooperation in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres,” Putin said in a video message to the

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About Ketanji Jackson, First Black Woman In US Supreme Court

July 1, 2022 7:03 pm

The United States has marked another historical moment on the milestone of female liberation as Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman who would be serving on the United States’ Supreme Court.

The 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment by Democratic President Joe Biden has also revealed that white men are not in the majority on the nation’s highest court for the first time in 233 years since its inception.

Read Also: Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

While her confirmation is a milestone, it does not actually effect any change to the 6-3 conservative …

Buhari Orders NFF To Hold Elections In Sept, Amend Statutes

Buhari Promises Justice For Shiroro As Bandits Wreak Havoc

July 1, 2022 1:39 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has openly described Thursday’s dastardly bandit attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State where expatriates were kidnapped as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not be allowed to go unpunished.

President Muhammadu Buhari had also paid tributes to the gallant men of the security forces who had lost their lives in the process of defending the attack by the bandits.

Read Also: Banditry: 17 Persons Abducted In Shiroro, Niger State

This was disclosed in a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday.

“We

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